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could someone please please heip??????
im Marie Reddington 1968 bromley kent
my dad is John Michael Reddington 1940 southwark.
my grandad John Reddington1912-1988 southwark, i have just got his birth cert and his parents are Samuel Reddington and Catherine Reddington formerly Walker. However i cant find their marraige or where they come from or their birth. could anyone please help
regards
marie

is it Samuel and Catherine marriage you looking for, Have you checked on FreeBMD

I can't see a marriage either.

Did John 1912 have any siblings? To get a clue about the parents' ages - if older siblings, we'd know to look for an earlier marriage, e.g.

What was Samuel's occupation on the birth certificate?

theres these births including your grandad

Births Jun 1912

Reddington John Walker Southwark 1d 43

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Births Sep 1917

Reddington Thomas Walker Southwark 1d 28

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Births Sep 1920

Reddington Frederick Walker Southwark 1d 60

The other Reddington-Walker births post 1911 (when mother's surname started to be included in the index):

(same info as in post above)


oops ... I was too long at FreeBMD. ;)

Only marriage I can see

Marriages Dec 1902 (>99%)
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Hersey Catherine Southwark 1d 113

Redington Samuel Southwark 1d 113

And in the 1901:

Name: Samuel Redington
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation: Visitor
Where born: Southwark

Civil Parish: Southwark St George The Martyr
Ecclesiastical parish: St George the Martyr Southwark
County/Island: London

Registration district: St Saviour Southwark

Rebecca Hursey 49
James Hursey 30
>> Cathrine Hursey 22
Elizabeth Hursey 11
James Hursey 7
>> Samuel Redington 26

That will be the marriage, but is it them??

On the 1911 there is another son called Samuel age 4
It has Catherine born in 1878

Births Mar 1904 (>99%)
REDDINGTON Samuel Southwark 1d 104

Now all we need to work out is why MMN on the births is down as Walker

I've been looking for various permutations of cath* walker married hurs* hers* and vice versa ... to no avail.

The only Catherine Hersey in 1881 is born c1878 in St Luke, daughter of Charles and Louisa. No Walker to match. Catherine daugher of Charles and Louisa is still there in 1891 in St Luke.

In 1891, Rebecca has daughter Caroline c1878. Could be an error in the original.

1891 does have

Rebecca Weedon 35
Samuel Weedon 14
Rebecca Weedon 11
Amn Weedon 8
Eliz. Weedon 4
Caroline Weedon 2
William (George) Weedon
George Weedon 19

in Old Kent Rd, Southwark.

Births Mar 1878
Hersey Catherine Elizabeth St.Saviour 1d 29

There's that one, anyhow!

Another possible option for the Samuel in the 1911 household -- this one would have been 7 in census age:

Births Jun 1903
WALKER Samuel Southwark 1d 129

Here's an interesting one:

Marriages Jun 1903
Giles Priscilla Southwark 1d 115
Plant Lillie Southwark 1d 115
>> Walker William Hersey Southwark 1d 115
Yates John Ernest Southwark 1d 115

Suggests a Hersey-Walker connection.

Marie as just sent me a pm

I belive my grandad john had a brother henry as i have found a bible with his name in it, in 1914 there is a henry reddington born mothers name hersey-walker southwark 1d 44

I have just been trying to find John's death in 1988 to cross ref his birth.....& there isn't one

So, then there are these -- children of that William marriage (and the only results for Hersey-Walker at FreeBMD):


Births Mar 1906
Hersey-Walker Ellen Southwark 1d 24

Births Sep 1911
HERSEY-WALKER Louisa Giles Southwark 1d 56 S

Births Jun 1917
Hersey-Walker John H Giles Camberwell 1d 1304

Births Sep 1924
Hersey-Walker Stanley Giles Camberwell 1d 1339

Well anyhow, it certainly looks like the surname was a combination of Hersey and Walker -- whether from adopting a stepfather's surname and/or being born before the mother's marriage, etc.

So Catherine was registered as Hersey when she was born, married as Hersey, and used Walker as her surname when the children's births were registered.

Now to solve the Hersey + Walker puzzle, except I have to do some real work!

Deaths since 1984, for info:


Edward Hersey-Walker 15 Mar 1915 Jul 2004 89 Bromley Kent

John Hersey-Walker 24 May 1917 Feb 2001 83 Greenwich London

Violet Grace Hersey-Walker 23 May 1912 Apr 2004 91 Hounslow London


Also marriages of David and Stephen in Kent, and two births and another with mother Hersey-Walker.

Google Hersey-Walker -- there are two people on Facebook with that surname. That would be a quick way to get in touch!

And actually there are several in people's trees here at GR -- including William 1879.