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Thank you so much, I hadn't thought of a Dutch connection, I have a Dutch friend who is coming to see me tomorrow so I will ask her what she thinks. Thank you again. Cherryl

Heather - it's umlaut

Im with the Dutch ancestors theory - Id noted a number of Rodel's with the amplaut (is that how its spelt :) accent over the o in Rodel. Also, had a google using Demerera and the name Rodel and came up with this: Looks like you may still have rellies out there?

Demerara Timbers Ltd , ...... Raffael Ernst, Mark-Oliver Rödel.

This may also interest you:

http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/rodel/

Have a good few hours searching the internet using the name and Guyana, Demera - there even appears to be a town named Rodel there. Good hunting

Sounds good Ivy.

- and tracing forward from 1851, his daughter Ellen is living with her uncle and aunt in Lancashire in 1861 - the uncle being born in Holland.

Following mgnv's comments, and Googling for Guiana, it seems that the area was originally settled by the Dutch, and only ceded to the British in 1814. Since Ancestry calculate from the 1851 census info that he was born in 1804, you might be looking for Dutch ancestors?

I presume you ahve seen this on the I G I on familysearch??

I assume this is the son who is on the 1851 census



Richard Geo. Rodell Pedigree
Male Family

Event(s):
Birth: , London, England

Christening:
Death:
Burial:

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Parents:
Father: Richard Family
Mother: May Harrison

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Marriages:
Spouse: Josephine Garobini Pitt Family
Marriage: 26 NOV 1868 Manhattan, New York, New York

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Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.






sylvia

as tania found

Mary is on the 1861 Census as a Dress Maker, and widowed



so have you tried to find Richard George's death?



sylvia

Thank you everyone for the information, his name definately was Rodel, his daughter Ellen was my gt gt grandmother. I can't find him on anyother census, neither can I find his marriage certificate or death certificate, he seems to have appeared in 1851 then disappeared again. The other trees with him in them have no more information than I have. Regards Cherryl

Right, found the right one now - looks like Demerara to me -probably had a military/naval dad? or as it says gentleman as occupation, may be land owner BUT on the image the name looks like Rudil to me - are you sure you have the right bloke? How have you worked back to him?

There are a couple of people on ancestry trees with him but they seem to have just the same info as on the 1851 plus the wife as Mary Harrison.

Demerara is the old name for Georgetown and the neighbouring countryside. Georgetown is the capital of Guyana, formerly British Guiana. In my youth, brown sugar was called Demerara sugar, but I've no idea if it is still called that, nor if it actually came from there.

Does it not even show the County?

If you look at the image it says Demerara which was in South America.

Rose

1861 England Census
about Mary Rodell
Name: Mary Rodell
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Where born: Gainsboro, Lincolnshire, England

Civil Parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: Trinity
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View Image

Registration district: Marylebone
Sub registration district: All Souls
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 452
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Rodell 40 [widowed]
Margret M Rodell 13
John M Rodell 11
George Rodell 8

I am looking for Richard George Rodel, I can only find him in 1851, with the name Rudell, his place of birth is DENZERARA, I have looked this up on Google and cannot find it, does anyone have an idea where this may be? I cannot find Richard in any other census. Many Thanks Cherryl