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Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« on: Sunday 09 March 25 18:43 GMT (UK) »
Hi all,
Could anyone assist in deciphering the birth place on the below image please? It's possibly my 4x Great Grandfather but I am not sure yet I need to do some further digging. The first work looks like Lancaster to me, the other two words are transcribed on ancestry as London Stone but I'm thinking this can't be right?


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Link https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/33483956?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a22463635795548317335424d63645a6b677a456246526f657435422f7a7a355a6e48634f6c3769685a452b383d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d

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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 09 March 25 18:54 GMT (UK) »
Is this the View Full Records transcript  that comes up on your link that you think is wrong ???

Why do you think its wrong?

Do you have any more details you could share?

Name    George Thompson
Gender    Male
Age    53
Relation    Head
Estimated Birth Year    1808
Spouse's Name    Elizabeth Thompson
Where born    London, Stone, Lancashire, England
Civil parish    Chelsea St Luke
Ecclesiastical parish    Kensall Green St John
Town    Kensal
County/Island    Middlesex
Country    England
Registration District    Chelsea
Sub-registration district    Chelsea North East
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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 09 March 25 18:58 GMT (UK) »
If you click on your link and press View Full Records you will see this:

Name    George Thompson
Gender    Male
Age    53
Relation    Head
Estimated Birth Year    1808
Spouse's Name    Elizabeth Thompson
Where born    London, Stone, Lancashire, England
Civil parish    Chelsea St Luke
Ecclesiastical parish    Kensall Green St John
Town    Kensal
County/Island    Middlesex
Country    England
Registration District    Chelsea
Sub-registration district    Chelsea North East

Thank you, yes I've got that but is London Stone a place in Lancaster? I've googled it and sadly that doesn't seem to confirm either way...  ??? ??? ???

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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 09 March 25 19:02 GMT (UK) »
Lancashire? 
Hinchliffe - Huddersfield Wiltshire
Burroughs - Arlingham Glos
Pick - Frocester Glos


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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 09 March 25 19:04 GMT (UK) »
OK I see what the confusion is, I have also Goggled "London, Stone, Lancashire, England" with no joy

Sorry.
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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 09 March 25 19:05 GMT (UK) »
It may be possib;e that the word 'Lancaster' actually refers to the County of Lancashire. (Sometimes in the past - Lancaster was used for Lancashire).

However - I cannot make sense of the other words IF the first word does mean Lancashire.
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Lancashire, West Yorkshire, Southern Ireland, Scotland.

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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 09 March 25 19:10 GMT (UK) »
Also the intro to this says

"George Thompson was born about 1808 in Lancashire, England. In 1861, he was 53 years old and lived in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, with his wife, Elizabeth, 3 sons, and 2 daughters. "

Chelsea, Middlesex  ???

Edit:
Chelsea historically formed a manor and parish in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex, which became the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in 1900

Which brings into play the word "Ossulstone" being miss transcribed as "London Stone" ??? ???
Very long shot I know  ;D
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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 09 March 25 19:24 GMT (UK) »
Thompson is such a difficult name to research. What I'm struggling with is determining who my 4x great grandfather actually was.

My 3x Great Grandfather Thomas Thompson married Harriet Mary Loveridge 17 Feb 1861 St Pancras Parish Church - he gives his father's name as George Thompson and the occupation is recorded as 'Dead'.

There are trees on ancestry that say his mother was an Elizabeth Rider - I bought a digital birth image from GRO below but I am not 100% sure if this is him or not - with such a common name. The tree on ancestry states George was married to Elizabeth Rider and then Charlotte Parker but the census records they have attached to their tree doesn't make sense.



George married Elizabeth Rider in 1828 and then Charlotte Parker in 1850.

They have attached census for 1851 of him living with wife Charlotte in Westminster and then in 1861 with a wife Elizabeth in 1861 suppose he could have married a 3rd time to another Elizabeth. This is why I want to verify for myself before going down the wrong path as I have previously done with my Thompson line.

They have George date of birth 1807 Gainsborough Lincolnshire.

I am totally confused  :P








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Re: Birthplace 1861 Census George Thompson
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 09 March 25 19:28 GMT (UK) »
Have you found him in 1851 please?

I am struggling to locate him on that census - using his approx birth year, and a location of Middlesex.
Places of interest;
Lancashire, West Yorkshire, Southern Ireland, Scotland.