Genealogy Chat

Can any help have Jane Lucy Laskey married to my Great Grandad Paul Richard Lloyd(born 1864) but on ancestry in have found the marriage date as 17th June 1899, but her birth place in the 1891 census is Birmingham,Warwickshire and in the 1901 census is Barnham Broom, Norfolk. Must be the same person as the kids are the same. Please Please can someone tell me how i can find out which is the right birth place. Thankyou Kathy

What do the 1871 and 1881 censuses say?

I think that's just a case of the census taker writing down what he heard. She said Barnham Broom and he heard Birmingham. I have one like that in my tree. He was born Halvergate, Norfolk and the census taker wrote down Harrogate, Yorkshire because they were in Yorkshire at the time of the census. Margaret

1881: Lucy Jane Laskey abt 1873 Barnham Broom, Norfolk, England Daughter Barnham Broom Norfolk Births Mar 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laskey Lucy Jane Forehoe (Norfolk) 4b 180 <---Which covers Barnham Broom Couldn't find any births in Warwickshire

Hi Katherine I think Paul Lloyd had 2 wives both named Jane. Jane L Laskey born c1873 Barnham Broom Norfolk is working as a servant in Heigham Norfolk in 1891 so can't be Jane the wife of Paul in 1891. Maureen

In response to Maureen's suggestion there are two marriages Dec 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heartfree Jane Ormskirk 8b 1059 LLOYD Paul Ormskirk 8b 1059 Jun 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LASKEY Jane Lucy Ormskirk 8b 1378 Lloyd Paul Richard Ormskirk 8b 1378 and a few deaths for Jane's in Ormskirk on FreeBMD

So if he's been married twice i should probably find another marriage for him, looking at the two census the ages are different the Norfolk one is abt1873 and the Birmingham one is abt1865 will keep looking. thank you, kath

I agree with Maureen, you have 2 Janes. The one on the 1891 census is 26 and the one in 1901 is 28. Also the one on the 91 census has children from a previous marrige who are too old to be the children of the 1901 Jane. Margaret

thanks Louise, you must know your way round the site to find it that quickly, thank you for the help

I think you'll find that the censuses are not always exact, as someone pointed out to me, sometimes the children or wife gave the information and they did not always give the right information. For eg. my gt Grandad, I have looked at the different censuses and one says born in Norwich Norfolk, another says born in Banningham Norfolk, another says North Walsham Norfolk etc, I actually found by looking at the Birth Indexes on Ancestry.co.uk that he was born in Aylsham Norfolk. So if I were you I'd check the Birth Indexes and it will tell you where the Birthplace is. Kind regards ~Stella~

am checking them all Stella thankyou and thanks to the others for their advice also ill keep looking am slowly getting the hang of it, all tips greatfully received kathy

One of my rellies gives Trunch Norfolk as place of birth in 51, 61, and 1881. 1871(last one I looked at) says Fring, which was in fact correct. He lived in Trunch though, from 1841 - 1881. In 1901 his grandson is recorded as born Ipswich, Norfolk . He too was born in Trunch, but had moved to the north-east by 1892. Perhaps he was asked where did you come from, and named the port where his journey had begun. Jay

forgot to post Birth Jun 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARTFREE Jane Aston 6d 327

cheers Louise