Genealogy Chat

I've got the name Luff in my tree (from Hampshire as far as I can gather)! Just finishing off my wine too - night!

Angela

Sorry Angela ...... the Weltham Luff on those census' is mine - all mine! I just can't find her maiden name and I'd love to know where they got her first name from.

This puts current celebrity kids names in the shade!

I think I'll finish my wine and get some sleep now.

Goodnight and thanks again.

Trudi

Are you winding us up - Weltham???

Bet you long for a Smith or Jones!

Seriously, sometimes the unusual names are a lot harder to find, aren't they?

Angela


Good grief - there are loads with the christian name Weltham on censuses!!!

Brilliant!

Perhaps he had nothing to do with my Hyden at all!

It's just such a strange name. I need to keep searching. I must admit that I'd missed 'Iden' completely.

Thank you all so much for your time.

The next one is my gt x4 grandmother whose christian name was 'Weltham' ............. ;0)

Hi i have a lot of Pidgiens in my tre if you would like to look let me know
Alyson xx

And his death:

Deaths Sep 1886 (>99%)
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Rigden Iden 78 Elham 2a 602

1851

Name: Iden Rigden
Age: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1807
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Newington, Kent, England

Civil parish: Postling
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Elham
Sub-registration district: Folkestone
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 4
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Chaplin 58
Ann Chaplin 30
Thomas Chaplin 58
Thomas Chaplin 3
Sarah Dvons 18
Stephen Foreman 25
John Gambril 22
Edward Maycock 18
Edward Maycock 10
Frank Maycock 13
Sarah Maycock 19
Iden Rigden 44

And 1861:

Iden B Rigden
Age: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Newington, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Postling
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Registration district: Elham
Sub-registration district: Hythe
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 69
Household Members: Name Age
Edmund Dowel 59
George Maycock 62
Rigea Maycock 60
Iden B Rigden 52

Rigden is quite a common name in Kent. Do you think Pigden was a variant of this?

There are Pidgens in Cornwall/Somerset etc.

You'll have fun with this one I think!

There's this in 1871:

Iden Rigden
Age: 63
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1808
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Newington, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Lyminge
Town: Each End Hill
County/Island: Kent
Country: England


Registration district: Elham
Sub-registration district: Elham
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 84
Household Members: Name Age
John Barham 46
Rebecca Barham 45
Adelaide Gafford 13
Sarah Gafford 53
Iden Rigden 63


Angela

Hi,

I need your expert and kind opinions (again). I've got so many dead ends in my tree that I thought I'd research an unusual Christian name instead, but I've got into a worse loop with it than in my normal research!

My Grandfather was Reuben Hyden Pigden b.1899.

His uncle was Hyden Pigden b. 1875 in Greenwich, Kent.

The 2 generations before mostly came from Sydenham, Kent.

I searched in Ancestry for the christian name 'Hyden' to see if my Hyden had been named after an ancestor.

In the 1881 census there is a 'Hyden Rigden' b. 1808 recorded. He was born in Kent. Surely this can't be a coincidence? The thing is, I can't find a record of him anywhere else! I've tried soundex searches - my Hyden has been recorded as 'Hidens' on one census - it's as if this bloke just appeared out of nowhere for the one census!

I know it's a lot to ask, but can anyone help?

Thanks
Trudi

Anyone got any ideas?