George LUNN

[lunny68]

I can't see that "your" George LUNN has ever claimed to have been born in Lincoln, so why try and nick my George LUNN who was?  :P

Oi - I did my best to hang on to him for you, Geoff !!  ;D ;D ;D

There's also another George Lunn, who according to the census returns could also fit the registration below. Only his parents are George and Sarah ?

Plus, where does that leave the other child who was born in Lincoln at about the same time ?

Wrawby was a masterstroke from Rosie, but as for anything else, I'm confused too ?

Pels.

Beats me - this has perplexed me for many years!

[Geoff-E]

Wrawby was a masterstroke from Rosie, but as for anything else, I'm confused too ?

Yes, I think Wrawby = Roby is worth a gold star but I can see nowt to back it up. 

[lunny68]

Wrawby was a masterstroke from Rosie, but as for anything else, I'm confused too ?

Yes, I think Wrawby = Roby is worth a gold star but I can see nowt to back it up.  :-\

Not sure what backing it up means, however even if the Roby/Wrawby is a red herring, there is still no George Lunn born in 1863 who fits!

[rosie99]

Not sure what backing it up means, however even if the Roby/Wrawby is a red herring, there is still no George Lunn born in 1863 who fits!

Backing it up means no evidence of a birth registration or christening.  As I said previously

Quote from: rosie99 on Yesterday at 20:23
Don't forget it was not unusual for a birth not to be registered before the mid 1870's


Is George your direct line ?

[lunny68]

Not sure what backing it up means, however even if the Roby/Wrawby is a red herring, there is still no George Lunn born in 1863 who fits!

Backing it up means no evidence of a birth registration or christening.  As I said previously

Quote from: rosie99 on Yesterday at 20:23
Don't forget it was not unusual for a birth not to be registered before the mid 1870's


Is George your direct line ?

Rosie,

Yes, I believe he is my 2x Grandather's brother. He appears in all the census info alongside his siblings and is listed as 'son'.

[lunny68]

Birth, Dec qtr 1862   
George Lunn    
Lincoln, Vol 7a, page 427

I believe he is the son of George LUNN and Sarah BLACKBURN who married 1859.

Geoff, is this something you have found out in your own research?

I wouldn't want to go and potentially order a certificate if it draws a blank at my end.

thanks,

Dave

[Geoff-E]

I don't have the certificate but I see no reason why it shouldn't be this family https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3FB-MQ1  Ignore the reference to Middlesex, there is nothing of the kind on the image. 

There is no evidence that your man (or his parents) ever went within thirty miles of Lincoln.

Sarah BLACKBURN (they married 1859) was a sister of an ancestor of mine. 

[lunny68]

I don't have the certificate but I see no reason why it shouldn't be this family https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3FB-MQ1  Ignore the reference to Middlesex, there is nothing of the kind on the image. 

There is no evidence that your man (or his parents) ever went within thirty miles of Lincoln.

Sarah BLACKBURN (they married 1859) was a sister of an ancestor of mine. 

Yes, that seems to make sense to me - which makes 'my' George all the more puzzling!

I did find an entry to a George Lunn having died in Mar 1914, in Doncaster, of the relevant age, which might be a 'fit' and provide the opportunity to work at this from another angle. If I assume that George is definitely one of mine, then I am in contact with one of his descendants, by marriage, so might have to pick their brains a little more!

The part I do still struggle with, is that in all the census information, George still gives his birthplace as being Lincoln?!

Apologies for all the questions and thinking out loud!!

Dave

[Geoff-E]

The part I do still struggle with, is that in all the census information, George still gives his birthplace as being Lincoln?!

Forgive me Dave, never once does he mention Lincoln.

1871 Bolton
1881 Roby
1891 Brigg
1901 Roby
1911 Robey

Given that, in many cases, Wrawby = Brigg ... "For records prior to 1850, many, many of the records in the Wrawby register were in fact for people living in Brigg" http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/Brigg/#ChurchRecords

 and that hearing "Wrawby" could be perceived by a Yorkshireman to be Robey, I don't think there's any reason to link him to the Lincoln birth.