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AMOS ETHERINGTON Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 06 JAN 1861 Saint John, Redhill, Surrey, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: JOHN ETHERINGTON Family
Mother: JANE BALCHIN



The 1871 census:

Amos Etherington
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Reigate, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Reigate Foreign
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England


Registration district: Reigate
Sub-registration district: Reigate
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 207
Household Members: Name Age
Amos Etherington 10
Eli Etherington 20
Jane Etherington 54
John Etherington 50
Levi Etherington 15



Brother Levi, (aka Balchin)

LEVI ETHERINGTON Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 17 FEB 1856 Saint John, Redhill, Surrey, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: JOHN ETHERINGTON Family
Mother: JANE

1861 census

Levi Hetherington
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Reigate, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Reigate Foreign
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England


Registration district: Reigate
Sub-registration district: Reigate
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 127
Household Members: Name Age
Amos Hetherington 5 Mo
Eli Hetherington 9
Jane Hetherington 34
John Hetherington 40
Levi Hetherington 5
Robert Hetherington 13
Sarah Hetherington 7

Oh, wow. Thank you. This is fantastic!!!

So, Amos was a Castle/Etherington? And his mother Jane was a Balchin.

I need to go back through all your findings to work out what's what. I'm really excited about this though. It's a real breakthrough.




Deb:)

OK. I think I've sorted it out.

Amos was born an Etherington and his mmn was Balchin, which he switched to sometime before 1901.

Frances Emily Simmonds first married John Castle in 1892, after the births of Violet and John Thomas (illegitimate). She then meets Amos and they have a son Amos in 1901(illegitimate) but don't actually get married until 1909.

I wonder if Emily was waiting for her first husband John Castle to die? Divorce would have been too expensive back then for her.


Deb:)

Good Lord, no wonder I couldn't put this together easily.




Deb:)

Hi Deb

Some of them don't make it easy for us, do they?

:-))

Angela

PS Here's the family in 1851 - I can't find a marriage for Jane & John, maybe they didn't bother!

Jane Etherton
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John
Gender: Female
Where born: Tenterden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Reigate
Ecclesiastical parish: Winchester
Town: Reigate
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Reigate
Sub-registration district: Reigate
ED, institution, or vessel: 6c
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 107
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel Charlwood 69
Hele Etherton 3 Mo
Jane Etherton 31
John Etherton 30
Robert Etherton 3

Daniel Charlwood is a lodger.

Thanks Angela,

I have to go to work now, but you've done a brilliant job!

Thanks so much for knocking down this wall.




Deb:)

*chuckles* A simple process of illumination.

Well done everyone - backslaps all round.

Isnt this what puts the fun in genealogy?

Have been following this thread with interest as I recently researched a tree for an old friend - and his mother's line are Balchins from Surrey too, it's not a very common name.

Have to wonder why both Amos and Levi chose to use their mother's name, huh?

Have a good day - I'm off to bed shortly!

Angela

Susan

Without your findings, I probably wouldn't have found what I did. Levi & Amos were two unusual names to find together.

I have enjoyed unravelling this!

Angela