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anyone up for a challenge

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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 26 Oct 2007 20:21

You might have said you had the birth cert but you did not give a christian name

Gail

Gail Report 26 Oct 2007 19:19

thanks for your help gail

Gail

Gail Report 26 Oct 2007 19:16

glitterbaby
i already said that i had annie balesmith birth cert .

thats how i got her parents name ....

also williams balesmith parents name was a sarah and william ?



claire
i think she could have married george rhodes
as she named a son george
but according to my mother she had about 23 childern .




GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 26 Oct 2007 18:42

Really strange that the name correction for 1891 census was done by a lady called Gail??

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 26 Oct 2007 18:33

Claire,

Well spotted.

A lot of the names match possible births

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 26 Oct 2007 18:31

This is worth a look

1891 England Census
about Sarah Batsmith
Name: Sarah Batsmith
[Sarah Bailsmith]
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: St Pancras, London, England

Civil Parish: St Pancras
Ecclesiastical parish: St Martins
Town: Kentish Town
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Pancras
Sub-registration district: Kentish Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Annie Batsmith 14
Ellen Batsmith 20
Henry Batsmith 20
Lizzie Batsmith 10
Sarah Batsmith 35
William Batsmith 40
George Hunt 60
Ellen Ketchens 18


GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 26 Oct 2007 18:23

I presume this is your granny as you do not name her - correct reg dist for Kentish Town

Births Sep 1878 (>99%)
Balesmith Annie Pancras 1b 177

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 26 Oct 2007 18:15

Possible deaths

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983
about George Rhodes
Name: George Rhodes
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 20
District: Marylebone (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 458 (click to see others on page)

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1983
about George Rhodes
Name: George Rhodes
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at Death: 23
District: Islington
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 135 (click to see others on page



°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°

°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° Report 26 Oct 2007 18:12

I may have found her first marriage

William Allum 1866 Jul-Aug-Sep Chelsea (1841-1981) Greater London, London, Middlesex

>>Sarah Connolly 1866 Jul-Aug-Sep Chelsea (1841-1981) Greater London, London, Middlesex

Margarett Phillips 1866 Jul-Aug-Sep Chelsea (1841-1981) Greater London, London, Middlesex

>> George Rhodes 1866 Jul-Aug-Sep Chelsea (1841-1981) Greater London, London, Middlesex

Gail

Gail Report 26 Oct 2007 18:03

good luck and here goes

got my granny hodgson birth cert
she was born in 1878 in kentish town
middlesex
the address is 4 james street
mother name sarah rhodes (maiden name conolly )fathers name william balesmith .

so i sent away for marriage cert .
marriage date 29 th june 1868

william balesmith age 25 bachelor

living at 14 ferdinand place pancras middlesex .



sarah rhodes age 19 widow formally (conolly )
living at 24 ferdinand place

her fathers name john conolly

now i got them in the 1871 census as badsmith

but cant find them in the 1881 census

i should imagine they had died by the 1891/ 1901 census .

but find there deaths either ?


but on one census sarah was born in ireland
in another she was born pancras ..lov to know who sarah mr rhodes first name was and when she married him

so if anyone has nothing to do

heres a challenge for you

gail