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cant read the place names on 1871 census!! NOW SOR
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:30 |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:30 |
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I have a family named Poole on the 1871 census. JOHN POOLE 38 Shat Reath? Staffs.occ home filer?. MATILDA 34 Wednesbury. JOHN 12 Whampton ?Staffs. SARAH A 11 EMMA 4 ABEL HORTON 14 step son occ clock makers app. CHAS HORTON 12 step son occ key smith. All the children born in Whampton?...Family living Bondmills?Green Wallsall. The questions........ Where is Whampton? also where is Bondmills green, Walsall? and....what/where do you think Shat Reath is?..It is NOT Short heath. It was very badly written. A very confussed Gerri x |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:38 |
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Thats a good one! thanks Jenny :o) |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:40 |
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hang on! is Wolverhampton in Staffs? |
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Smiley | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:43 |
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Definitely an abbreviation for Wolverhampton and yes it is in Staffordshire, see here Gerri http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/parishes.html regards Sam |
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KathleenBell | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:44 |
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I think John's birthplace is Short Heath, Staffs, and the address Birchills Green (it is clearer on the previous image). Could the occupation be Home Tiler ? Kath. x |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:49 |
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Thankyou Sam and Kath.. The kind person that mailed me the info said that it was DEFF not short Heath! I think it must have been though. Kind regards gerri x |
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MrsBucketBouquet | Report | 19 Feb 2005 16:52 |
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Kath Do you have the image? Is it possible you could send it me please? Sorry to be a pain... Gerri |
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Val wish I'd never started | Report | 19 Feb 2005 17:08 |
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just gogled Whampton town and it is short for Wolverhampton |
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