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Christine | Report | 21 May 2006 09:37 |
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i think ive found my great great grandmother in the census records of 1861 and 1871 (right location and age) however i cant seem to find a birth record for her any where. ideas anyone? her name was Elixabeth A Cox(A fior Anna) born in 1856 in Upwey Weymouth. that is all the details i have at the moment |
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Elaine | Report | 21 May 2006 09:46 |
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Found this one Elizabeth Ann Cox 1855 2nd quarter Weymouth 5a 316 |
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Christine | Report | 21 May 2006 09:50 |
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that always happens...i spend hours looking for something and then i come here, ask for help and on or you lovely people always come back with an answer....i dont know how you do it thank you very much |
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Elaine | Report | 21 May 2006 10:09 |
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Christine, I don´t know where you looked but if its any help I searched on Ancestry BMD complete images http://www.ancestry(.)co(.)uk/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/bmd.aspx - free to search. Started with 1856 - didn´t find her there so went 1 year either side. |
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Christine | Report | 21 May 2006 11:44 |
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if the one above does proove to be her whay would she have been a cox and not a bartlett? thank you all for the help. i try the full free imaging but never seem to come up with much. |
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Jennifer | Report | 21 May 2006 11:53 |
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Most likely because the parents were not married at the time. Jennifer |
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Elaine | Report | 21 May 2006 11:54 |
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yes - see what you mean. 1861 census for reference Elizabeth Cox abt 1836 Monkton, Dorset, England Head Upwey Dorset Elizabeth A Cox abt 1856 Upwey, Dorset, England Daughter Upwey Dorset John Cox abt 1858 Upwey, Dorset, England Son Upwey Dorset William C Cox abt 1860 Upwey, Dorset, England Son Upwey Dorset No husband present on census - but Elizabeth senior listed as married, occ. masons labourers wife. |
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Christine | Report | 22 May 2006 16:13 |
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so even if the parents wernt married they didnt necessarily take the fathers name? |
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Glen In Tinsel Knickers | Report | 22 May 2006 20:25 |
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