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Hello can anyone suggest where i can find where my grt grt grandfathers first name originates from. On his son Thomas's birth certificate 1867 he states his name as Coloexter George Brown, on the 1851 census he is there aged 5yrs with his mother Ann, brother Frederick and sister Ellen. But on his marrige certificate 1866 he is down only as George Brown. It appears on other census he drops the name Colextor.
Can anyone suggest where this name could have originated from please.

sue ault

Have you seen the image on the 1851 census?

I think it may be mis-transcribed?

looks like, Cola?ter, I am 90% sure that their is no letter X in the word

for reference
Name: Colexter Brown
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Paddington

Civil Parish: Paddington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Kensington
Sub registration district: St Mary Paddington
ED, institution, or vessel: 1a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 49
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Baylis 40
Thomas Baylis 16
Mary Ann Baylis 14
William Baylis 8
Charles Mapleston 28
Charles Perry 51
Frederick E Brown 19
Ann Brown 42
Helen Brown 12
Colexter Brown 5
William Cook 50
Mary Cook 50
Emma Stead 3

note that Frederick E Brown is down with a middle name (initial) E but Colexter Brown is missing his middle name (Initial) G.

also how sure are you that you have got the correct marriage cert

Roy

just a thought .......................
Barbara Windsor had a ancester called Golding .....this was his mothers maiden name !! .....

The program at the time said this was "often" done !!!

not seen it before myself ...but worth a thought !

Is this the family in 1841?

1841 England Census
Name: Edward Brown
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1805
Gender: Male
Civil Parish: St Pancras
Hundred: Ossulstone (Holborn Division)
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: St Pancras
Sub registration district: Tottenham
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Brown 36
Ann Brown 35
Frederick Brown 10
Ellen Brown 2

Rose