Genealogy Chat

Have you tried just searching just using his initials, DOB and POB? He may have been in the workshouse just before he died and quite often inmates were only identified by their initials.

If he died in 1841, there will be a death certificate giving his age so you will know when he was born.
To search local parish registers, phone Suffolk County Records Office to find where to search. Their number is 0845 606 6067

thank you for that.
I have found a potential James on census night at the Dragon Inn. The age is about right
. Anyone out there got a time machine so I can go back and ask him personally. lol

have you searched for his children by forename and birth date ONLY?


or do you always use the surname?


If the latter, try the forename.




sylvia

Thanks everyone for that, I've searched via his children and not found anything useful. I guess I will be scratching my head for a bit longer. :)

did he have a wife and / or any children?

If so, could you please post them on here


sometimes searching for another member of the family is more successful!




sylvia

If the above 1841 is correct for Charity, 1851 gives her place of birth so possibly James's birth place too, if she was his sister.


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ALLUM, Robert Head Married M 45 1806 Ag Laborer
Athelington
Suffolk
ALLUM, Charity Wife Married F 45 1806
Horham
Suffolk
ALLUM, Robert Father Widower M 68 1783 Ag Laborer
Horham
Suffolk

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RG number:
HO107 Piece:
1796 Folio:
360 Page:
4

Registration District:
Hoxne Sub District:
Dennington Enumeration District:
4 Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Athelington Municipal Borough:
Address:
Grove, Athelington County:
Suffolk

1841 ?
Name: Charity Allum
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Gender: Female
Where born: Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Athclington
Hundred: Hoxne
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Hoxne
Sub-registration district: Dennington
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Robert Allum 35
Charity Allum 35
Robert Allum 8

Have hit an absolute brick wall with finding the birth of James Harvey, his death entry is dated November 1841, but he doesn't appear on he 1841 census (not that I can find him anywhere close to his home place of Wilby, Suffolk) He was a gingerbread maker/baker so maybe he was at work, but surely if he was at a place of work he would appear on a census somewhere) Death notified by Charity Allun, who we think was his sister. I don’t even know where to begin searching parish registers for his birth or that of his sister. Can anyone point me in the right direction please