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adelle

adelle Report 22 Sep 2014 15:46

I'm trying to find out about the last name watken but can't find anything

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entwistles hull leeds holbeck leadsfords leeds holbeck gill leeds holbeck riby ruston fayle leigh lancshire

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 22 Sep 2014 16:00

Sorry but to help you need to be more specific on who you are looking for and when and where

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

adelle

adelle Report 22 Sep 2014 16:03

I'm trying to find out about the last name watken just the last name i can't find any info

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entwistles hull leeds holbeck leadsfords leeds holbeck gill leeds holbeck riby ruston fayle leigh lancshire

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Sep 2014 16:10

If you put "Watken" in search on Freebmd.........lot's of births show with that surname.

Although I am not sure exactly what you mean by........"Find out about the last name "Watken" ?

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"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

BarbinSGlos

BarbinSGlos Report 22 Sep 2014 16:10

Hello adelle

I have just googled Watken and there seems to be loads of info on Watken Family History.
Any good ???

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Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 16:11

Not that many Watkens on Freebmd it's possibly just a different spelling of Watkin which has stuck?

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adelle

adelle Report 22 Sep 2014 16:13

i don't think its english I'm just trying to get a bit of history for the name thats what i thought rose x

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entwistles hull leeds holbeck leadsfords leeds holbeck gill leeds holbeck riby ruston fayle leigh lancshire

Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 16:29

Doesn't look like the marriage was in leeds.?

Name: Henry W Burrow
Spouse Surname: Watken
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1936
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 1471
Find Spouse: edna b watken

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Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 16:38

That couple are on the electoral rolls, with a daughter called Jean. Her birth has the mother's maiden name as Wathen so one or other is a mistranscription.

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Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 16:40



Name: Edna Beatrice Wathen
Year: 1935
County or Borough: Wandsworth
Ward or Division/Constituency: Clapham and Streatham
Street address: 646 Aura It Lane

with Samuel James Wathen
Eleanor Jeffrey Wathen

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Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 16:44

at a guess

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Samuel James Wathen
Name: Samuel James Wathen
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Age: 28
Spouse: Eleann Jeffreys Richards ( eleanor was a widow)
Spouse Age: 33
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 7 Jul 1912
Parish: St Andrew, St Marylebone
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: John William Wathen
Spouse Father: Arthur Sherran >>>> sherras?
Register Type: Parish Register

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adelle

adelle Report 22 Sep 2014 17:08

thanx x :)

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Sep 2014 17:11

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Eleanor Jeffreys Sherras Name:Eleanor Jeffreys Sherras
Registration Year:1878
Registration Quarter:Apr-May-Jun
Registration district:Islington
Inferred County:London
Volume:1b
Page:262



London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Eleanor Jeffery Sherras Name:Eleanor Jeffery Sherras
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1878
Age:28
Spouse: Joseph Richards
Spouse Age:35
Record Type:Marriage
Event Date:15 Apr 1906
Parish:St Andrew, St Marylebone
Borough:Westminster
Father Name:Arthur Sherras
Spouse Father:Joseph Hills Richards
Register Type:Parish Register



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"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 17:12

Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
Wathen Arthur S Sherras Poplar 1c 841

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Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 17:12

England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 about Samuel J Wathen
Name: Samuel J Wathen
Birth Date: abt 1888
Date of Registration: Sep 1961
Age at Death: 73
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 5d
Page: 563

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 22 Sep 2014 17:55

Do you have a death record for Edna Beatrice Burrow?

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"If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

Rambling

Rambling Report 22 Sep 2014 21:32

I think it might be worth looking into this family in that they originate in Yorks

1911 England Census about Beatrice Wathen
Name: Beatrice Wathen
Age in 1911: 8
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Wood Green
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address: 258 Lymington Avenue, Wood Green
Registration district: Edmonton
Registration District Number: 132
Sub-registration district: Wood Green
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household schedule number: 294
Piece: 7258
Household Members:
Name Age
James Wathen 42
Edith Hannah Wathen 40
William James Wathen 16
Edith May Wathen 12
George Wathen 10
Beatrice Wathen 8
Elizabeth Wathen 5
John Thomas Wathen 2
George Hulley 41

1901 England Census about Edith M Wathen
Name: Edith M Wathen
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Father: James Wathen
Mother: Edith Wathen
Birth Place: Islington, London, England
Civil Parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Barnabas
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address:

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Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Highbury
ED, institution, or vessel: 44
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 203
Folio: 94
Page Number: 13
Household schedule number: 100
Household Members:
Name Age
James Wathen 32
Edith Wathen 30
William Wathen 6
Edith M Wathen 2
George Wathen 9 Months
George Hulley 31


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