William Hodges Born 12 January 1857 Walcot, Bath

[colleys]

On the naval consent form, 'son' is crossed out and replaced with 'nephew', it is then signed with a mark as Pryor/Pryfor or similar

The uncle is possibly a William Prosser.

I'd post a snip but this is a look up board and attachments aren't allowed. Here's a link:

https://imgur.com/ZEz2Jg1

Thanks, I'll try that and see if I find anything

[hanes teulu]

I would just say don’t rule out too soon if a date of birth isn’t exact.  Often days, months and years are reported inaccurately on various records.

From Bathbmd.org.uk:
Surname: HODGES   
Forename(s): William Charles   
Mother's Maiden Name: RODD   
Year: 1857   
Sub-District: Lyncombe/Widcombe - First Series   
Registers at: Bath   
Reference: LW1/13/172

Thanks, I did look further into William Charles Hodges, but it looked like his parents were still alive in 1872 when William joined the navy, so I'd assumed not him as the date of birth doesn't join up and the uncle signed the naval form. I'll have another dig and see if anything else confirms and denies.

The family are together on the '71 Census - William's occpn is "Telegraph Messenger". Do your William's naval papers include a profession/occupation when he signed on?

[hanes teulu]

Marriage Registration
(Snip posted looks like "Mark x of William Prosser)

William Prosser, Dec Qtr 1850, Bath, 11 66 - on same page Mary Ann Hodges

Added - there's a William Prosser at Walcot on the '71 Census but with wife Charlotte. Re the 1850 marriage previously posted, on the same page was a Charlotte Taylor.

[colleys]

I would just say don’t rule out too soon if a date of birth isn’t exact.  Often days, months and years are reported inaccurately on various records.

From Bathbmd.org.uk:
Surname: HODGES   
Forename(s): William Charles   
Mother's Maiden Name: RODD   
Year: 1857   
Sub-District: Lyncombe/Widcombe - First Series   
Registers at: Bath   
Reference: LW1/13/172

Thanks, I did look further into William Charles Hodges, but it looked like his parents were still alive in 1872 when William joined the navy, so I'd assumed not him as the date of birth doesn't join up and the uncle signed the naval form. I'll have another dig and see if anything else confirms and denies.

The family are together on the '71 Census - William's occpn is "Telegraph Messenger". Do your William's naval papers include a profession/occupation when he signed on?

Not that I can see, but I might be missing it as the quality isn't great.

National archive references are ADM-139-1013-21258 & ADM-188-32-56351

[colleys]

Marriage Registration
(Snip posted looks like "Mark x of William Prosser)

William Prosser, Dec Qtr 1850, Bath, 11 66 - on same page Mary Ann Hodges

Thanks, I'll have a look into this

[ShaunJ]

Another snip. Prosser (?) has been altered to Hodges for the boy's name

https://imgur.com/a/YzPbjqy