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John Dooley born in France 1804 - WHY ?!!!

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Susan

Susan Report 12 Mar 2009 16:49

This is a bit of a mystery for our family. I have been able to trace my mother's paternal relations back to John Dooley once he is living in England. However, on the English census's (or is that censi ?), it is marked he was born in France. Very strange as the English weren't particularly liked at that time. Perhaps his father was Irish ? No idea of his mother's origins. Perhaps French.
Any ideas, anyone?

+*+blossom In Essex+*+

+*+blossom In Essex+*+ Report 12 Mar 2009 16:53

Do you want to put some names up and we'll have a look?

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 13 Mar 2009 03:23

wasn't there a bit of a break in the Napoleanic Wars at that point, and the Brits flocked over there


....... there were always a lot of Brits living in France and doing the Grand Tour in the 16 to 19th century

Fishermen going over there,

smugglers, etc etc

Of course, his father could have been a soldier, and his mother a camp follower.


It could be very difficult to find out ..... you're really looking for bapitm records at that period. Not sure what is available for France. And was he baptized in England, and was he Catholic or Protestant




sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Ozibird

Ozibird Report 13 Mar 2009 03:28

Just to set your mind at rest, I was told by somebody who knew latin that the plural of census is censuses because it wasn't the right type of noun to be converted to censi. Don't ask me why, I just bow to the scholars.

Ozi.