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Catherine

Catherine Report 22 Nov 2007 17:16

does anyone have any tips - have tried every source I can think of ie Ancestry/FreeBMD/IGI and have also been to local family records office but can find no birth record for Gt gt gt grandfather born around 1810.

Heather

Heather Report 22 Nov 2007 17:34

Catherine, you need to give full details of the man for anyone to help. What solid facts/certs/censuses have led you back to him and what do you already know about him/his family.

Catherine

Catherine Report 22 Nov 2007 17:55

Name William Gibbs - traced on all census from 1881 back to 1841. Always gives Deddington, Oxon as town of birth & he lived there until his death. most of family stayed there until death or marriage as well

Cheshiremaid

Cheshiremaid Report 22 Nov 2007 18:28


There is a William Gibbs on IGI but not 1810

WILLIAM GIBBS
Male


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 15 MAY 1814 Deddington, Oxford, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: BENJMN. GIBBS
Mother: JANE

Extracted from parish records..

Linda

Catherine

Catherine Report 22 Nov 2007 18:31

Thanks for this info - always suppose he may not have known how old he was!

Heather

Heather Report 22 Nov 2007 18:50

Baptisms need not be at birth either.

Selena in South East London

Selena in South East London Report 22 Nov 2007 20:40

I have a few ancestors who waited a few years and got a group christening of the kids on the same day.

Selena