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i'm tryting to find my great grandmothers parents she is florence maud galiphant born 1897 london. there is no record of any other galiphants, and beleving the name could have come from abroad did a surname search on many sites. the surname galiphant is not recognised. v strange any ideas on whats going on and where parents might have been born/married and why no record of the surname?
cheers vicky

Name: Florence Maud Galiphant
Year of Registration: 1897
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Lambeth
County: Greater London, London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 326 (click to see others on page)

You should buy that birth certificate ..... that will tell you her mother's name, her father's name (if she was not illegitimate), and her mother's maiden name.

Go to www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

and follow instructions for Ordering Ceritficates.

it will ask if you ahve the GRO reference number .... andswer YES (the GRO number is that set of 2 numbers at the end ...... 1d 326)


Each certificate will cost £7


sylvia

There are several Galiphants in Durham on the 1901

..... but no Florence or Maud



sylvia

Its possible the name has changed through mistranscription.

There is a marriage for Frank Galaphant 1875 dec qt Colchester Essex to Eliza Bacon ,or Alice Biggs

There are 2 Florence Maud the correct age but with no surname living in London in 1911

1881 CENSUS.
Frank Gallifant 1854 Bures Essex.occ ag lab.
Eliza wife 1853 Colchester.occ tailoress
Allice dau 1873 Colchester
Lydia dau 1877 Mile End
Hariet dau 1880 Mile End

address Clay Lane

1911 census.
Florence Maud ( no surname)1896

living Mile End Old Town

1901 mistranscribed

Name: Frank Gallifant
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Bures St Mary, Essex, England

Civil parish: Chappel
Ecclesiastical parish: Chappel
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Lexden
Sub-registration district: Stanway
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 72
Household Members: Name Age
Frank Gallifant 47
Eliza Gallifant 48
William R Gallifant 19
Frank Gallifant 16
Joseph Gallifant 9
Bessie V Gallifant 13
Beatrice M Gallifant 11
Gladys E G Gallifant 4
Ethel D Gallifant 2



but no florence


June c

Is this her marriage?

Marriages Dec 1915 (>99%)
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Galiphant Florence M Horton Lambeth 1d 943
Horton Alfred G Galiphant Lambeth 1d 943

yes thats her marrage. bit worried about ordering a birth certificate as usually i can't make the writing out anyway due to the photocoping or actual handwriting previosly i've just had to guess . i see there are many variants on her name but all spelt similar so not sure if i could tell diffrence on a certificate of that age.

I think you have to order that cert or you wont get any further confidently in your research.

If you cant read it, you can always scan it to someone on here to read it for you.

This could be a relation.

Marriages Dec 1891
Gallafant Florence Lambeth 1d 808

and

Marriages Sep 1900
Gallifant Frances Louisa Lambeth 1d 913

Actually, if you go to freebmd.org and enter the name and tick phonetic variations, theres an awful lot of Gallifants, Gallifents and so on - Im sure all variations and very possibly of French origin.

This marriage looks interesting:

Marriages Mar 1884
GALLAFENT Robert Lambeth 1d 426
LOVELOCK Walter Frederick Lambeth 1d 426
ROBERTS Charlotte Lambeth 1d 426
STEWART Rose Eleanor Lambeth 1d 426