Reginald's birth in Bracknell, Berkshire.

[sjdavid]

I would appreciate it if there was someone who could help me to help a friend.
We are trying to find the baptism records for Reginald George Caseley or Palmer who was born in Bracknell in 1891 (believed to be 15th August 1891). Reginald's mum lived in Cornwall and travelled to Berkshire to give birth to Reginald, she returned back to South West were she married Henry Caseley in Dawlish, Devon in 1894. Reginald's mother was Joanna/Johanna Palmer from St. Clements, Truro, Cornwall.

The family could not find Joanna on the 1891 and they believe that she was staying with an unknown member of the family.

kind regards

Steve

[danuslave]

Hi Steve

Trying to identify the correct Palmer family, but I can't find Joanna/Johanna in 1881 either.  Do you have a reference for this?

Linda

[danuslave]

I think your friend might have got in a muddle with this - maybe 

There is a baptism for a Reginald George Palmer
parents George (a Gilder) & Joanna
30 Mar 1892
Saint John the Evangelist, Hammersmith

The original image shows date of birth as
15 August 1891
and the address as
The Brackwells, East Hampstead

Linda

[KGarrad]

To be fair it DOES say Bracknell on the 1901 census!

RG13, 2049, 125, 10
5 Queen Street, East Dawlish

Caseley, Henry  Head  M  39  General Labourer  b Dawlish
Caseley, Johanna  Wife  F  26  b Merther, Cornwall
Caseley, Reginald  Son  M  9  b Bracknell, Berkshire
Caseley, Henry  Son  M  6  b Dawlish


That would put Johanna's age at 16 when she gave birth to Reginald!
No wonder she's hiding in 1881!

[danuslave]

Interesting one this, isn't it?

[KGarrad]

Oops! Changed my last post to say 1901! 

In the later census, Reginald is stated to be born in the same town as his father

[behindthefrogs]

I think your friend might have got in a muddle with this - maybe 

There is a baptism for a Reginald George Palmer
parents George (a Gilder) & Joanna
30 Mar 1892
Saint John the Evangelist, Hammersmith

The original image shows date of birth as
15 August 1891
and the address as
The Brackwells, East Hampstead

Linda

Easthampstead is part of modern Bracknell.  Up to 1852 Bracknell Street, as it was then called, was a very small village in the parish of Easthampstead.  In 1852 it became a parish in its own right.  When the railway came the station was at Bracknell and as a result it developed to become the larger village.  There were ribbon developments of houses along the road between Easthampstead and Bracknell.  Modern Bracknell resulted from the huge new town development in the 1970s.

[sjdavid]

Thanks you all for you response to this, I have passed the details onto my friend who has instructed her brother to go back into the attic and go through the records he has.
As soon as this has been done I update this posting.

regards

Steve

[danuslave]

Easthampstead is part of modern Bracknell.  Up to 1852 Bracknell Street, as it was then called, was a very small village in the parish of Easthampstead.  In 1852 it became a parish in its own right.  When the railway came the station was at Bracknell and as a result it developed to become the larger village.  There were ribbon developments of houses along the road between Easthampstead and Bracknell.  Modern Bracknell resulted from the huge new town development in the 1970s.

Thanks behindthefrogs and sorry everyone - that was me being careless!  Because the baptism was in Hammersmith, I asumed that the birth was Hampstead in London.   

Really, I'm old enough to know better 

It still doesn't explain who George Palmer the Gilder is though??

Linda