finding our past
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update
I have uploaded some more certificates, includng several death certificates for James Joseph Haley, Emily Jane [Moulding] Haley, James Mirrielees Joseph Haley, George Henry Bolton, John Besch and Fanny Mary [Bryant] Besch. I have also uploaded John Henry Bolton’s birth entry in the St Andrew’s Holborn parish register and the Besch Baptisms I wrote about…
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finding documentation of a link
So, in London during the 19th Century there were two families called Besch who were tailors. I have held a firm belief that the two older members, John Besch [who is Lilian bond’s Grandfather] and Frederick Besch, were brothers but have been unable to find their baptism records so far although, according to the census,…
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Warners and Artletts
So some news regarding both the Artlett and Warner branches of the family. I had a message via GR from someone who said that Emily Caroline Artlett was in her tree and that she was the daughter of James Artlett, a bricklayer, and Charlotte Quait and was born in 1814 in Broadwater. This contradicts her…
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mystery solved
The birth certificate for Henry Aldridge, son of Robert and Susan, arrived today and I now know that Susan’s maiden name was Griffith. So Susan Griffith of Withycombe, Somerset married Robert Aldridge at the end of the 1820s. I have no idea where, but shall start by trawling through the parish records for the churches…
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genesreunited.co.uk
i put my family tree on Genes Reunited before I even began doing this in earnest, and have been in contact with several people who are related to me via various ancestors, mainly on Dad’s side of the family. One of them, Sylvia, who is related through the Nodings, has sent me a selection of…
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oh and another thing about mistakes on certificates
I now know why Kenny Delaney thought Ellen Enwright’s name was spelt Anright -Â it is spelt that way on Daniel Delany’s birth certificate. The other thing that has me a bit confused is there the Edward in Daniel Edward Delany came from as it is not on his birth certificate but he does use it…
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good point
Regarding my last post, my friend Sal just pointed out that paviour and tailor sound an awful lot alike.
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once again the waters are muddied
So, today the batch of certificate I ordered three weeks ago arrived and they contain one of those entries that makes me want to throw things! On Sarah Dempsey and Daniel Delaney’s marriage certificate, Sarah’s father is listed as a tailor. Now, on every other piece of documentation I have gatheed together he is down…
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more!
I have added some more scans of certificates to the family pages. Bond: added Fanny Mary Bryant birth certificate and Frederick William Besch and Fanny Mary Bryant marriage certificate Bolton: added Amelia Elizabeth Varney birth certificate; Thomas Varney and Elizabeth Taylor marriage certificate; Edward Ambrose Epps and Mary Ann Hankin marriage certificate Delaney: added John…
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where i’ve got to
I have uploaded all the scans of birth, death and marriage certificates and linked them via each family branch page. I have also written a few notes on each family page and shall be adding to them gradually. I am still waiting on a number of certificates which should fill in a couple of info…