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1841 look up please a big ask

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Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 19 Jul 2008 17:13

I have been told that I may have the wrong parents for my rellie, so can anbody find a Joseph Firkins brn abt 1836 in either Birmingham or West Bromwich. His Father could be a Peter or a Jeremiah

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 19 Jul 2008 17:14

Puzzled !!

Which later census have you found him on?

Did he marry and have you got the cert?

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 19 Jul 2008 17:20

I have him on the 1841 one with his Father Peter and Mother Mary in West Brom, the info for that was family hearsay. I have now let some one see my tree, and I am supposed to have the wrong father and mother. I do have his wedding cert coming, but if I am wrong I can't find another Joseph that "fits the description"

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 19 Jul 2008 17:29

1851 have you checked this one out

Name: Joseph Firkin
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England

Civil Parish: West Bromwich
Ecclesiastical parish: Christ Church
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub registration district: West Bromwich South
ED, institution, or vessel: 1f
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 81
Household Members: Name Age
Emma Blakeman 1
Jane Blakeman 24
William Blakeman 28
Joseph Firkin 14 bottle jack makers boy
Mary A Firkin 12
Peter Firkin 41 West Bromwich, occ of nailer

Or is this the one you think is the father?

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Lynda Carol

Lynda Carol Report 19 Jul 2008 17:31

Yes thats the one I have, think I will bide my time and wait for his wedding cert. Many thanks for your help and time

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 19 Jul 2008 18:12

There's this marriage on BVRI but the father is neither Peter nor Jeremiah!

FIRKINS, Joseph Age: 28 Marriage
Wife: Emma TURNER Age: 27
Marriage Date: 18 Jul 1868 Recorded in: West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Husband's Father: Thomas FIRKINS
Wife's Father: Samuel TURNER
Source: FHL Film 1526218 Dates: 1837 - 1898

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)