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Im always the optimist, keeping all bits of paper and note scribblings, you should see the size of the box I need..!!!!

I drew a blank with the Douglas Leslie bit initially also, and weird as this may sound a "medium" told me that my grandfather (who had passed away unexpectedly just over a month prior to that and was the younger son of Douglas Leslie) said to swap names over to help.

He may of course have been talking about the birth parents names but havent looked at that bit yet.

Thank you, I think you're all great.

Gill xx

apologies if this has already been added but just come across it

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Joshua Stone Name: Joshua Stone
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1877
Baptism Date: 29 Jul 1877
Father's Name: George Stone
Mother's Name: Maryanne Stone
Parish or Poor Law Union: Paddington St Peter
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers

Thank you, no thats new - and a slight variation on the Mother's name - Maryanne as opposed to Mary Anne :-D

I take it the other thread has gone.....it was nice to know

Hi Julie,

I asked her to delete the other thread before everyone started to duplicate the research - there were only a few questions on there at the time and no info. She did this !

If this has caused a problem then it is my fault!!

Hope you are doing O.K.

Dea Xxx

No worries Dee.......I PM from the OP would have been nice though as i went for me dinner & a rest


Doing ok here all scans tomorrow so keeping fingers crossed, morphine seem to be helping with the pain lol

xx

Keeping fingers crossed Julie.

Nite nite,

Dea Xxx

Apologies Julie, I thought I could add a comment by deleting but it took the whole thing away without an option, never had to delete one before so didnt know what I was doing.

Sorry for any waste of your time. I am SO grateful to everyone that has replied today.

Best Wishes,
Gill

THANK YOU to everyone that replied yesterday with information details. My search will go on.

Gill x :-D

Hello everyone, just as a long-shot - but would welcome a 2nd opinion on my mystery..

Back to the birth parents of my Great-Grandfather - Alice Ann Davies and her husband Albert George.

On Ancestry.com a friend has found an entry on the 1911 census, and I might be clutching at straws, but Alice has a first name of Hephzibah - could this be a spiritual name?
Interestingly there are 3 female young children, a Lilian and an Amy that I can read, with them, but no boys, although they do state that 2 have died.. Could they have been travelling overseas, and if as it states, he had some Governmental type work, they didnt want any male children being forced into service?

Am I clutching at straws?

A really good thing though, Ive made a link through Genes to another line of the Stone family - sadly they are just as flumoxed as I am with this "mystery".

Thank you for listening to my ramblings,
Gill

Sorry to trouble everyone again... Please would someone be able to help me confirm or remove a name that I have found..

In the 1911 Census I can find a George Albert Davis (different spelling to Davies) with a wife of Hephzibah Alice (married for 13 years) - but as I do not know the maiden name Im unable to establish whether there is a connection - Im looking for Edwards..

Children listed on the 1911 Census are Hephzibah Annie, Lilian Maud and Ivy Mary (2 children listed as having died).

He has some job listing Messenger for the Army.

Thank you

Is this the couple?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1897 (>99%)
>>>Davis George Albert Wandsworth 1d 1208
>>>Farman Hephzibah Alice Wandsworth 1d 1208
SWEENY Winifred Wandsworth 1d 1208 S
Valpy Edward Wandsworth 1d 1208

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: George Albert Davis <<<<Drummer Address Victoria Barracks Windsor
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Spouse Name: Hephzibah Alice Farman Address 48 Kilton Street
Spouse Age: 19
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 12 Dec 1897
Parish: Battersea St Saviour
Borough: Wandsworth
Father Name: Frederick Davis <<<<Manager (Deceased)
Spouse Father Name: Samuel William Farman <<<<Engine Driver
Register Type: Parish Register

Witnesses: Samuel William Farman & Elizabeth Edmonds Farman

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Hephzibah Alice Farman
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1879
Baptism Date: 19 Jan 1879
Father's Name: Samuel William Farman
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Mary Farman
Parish or Poor Law Union: Clapham Holy Trinity
Borough: Lambeth
Register Type: Parish Registers



Her parents marriage

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
Name: Samuel William Farman <<Widower, Engine driver
Age: Full Age
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Mary Edmonds <<Spinster
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 28 Sep 1873
Parish: Newington Holy Trinity
Borough: Southwark
Father Name: Samuel Farman <<Cabinet maker
Spouse Father Name: Charles Edmonds <<House decorator
Register Type: Parish Register

Witnesses: Alfred Molson & Rosa? Harriet Hughes

Thank you Gins for the information, I think thats another avenue safely closed off.

Im starting to wonder if RamblingRose's thoughts are correct, earlier on in this thread, and perhaps George Albert Stone and Albert George Davies are one and the same person.

Maybe making 5 out of 2 + 2, but I have found an Alice A Davies on the 1901 census as a single parlourmaid in the house of a Sophia M Huddart (50 Westbourne Park Rd), in Paddington - maybe she gave Albert George her surname and the Edwards name for her was her own mother's maiden surname..
Other families might have answered things correctly but I cant say the same for this lot!!
Hard to have all these questions and no-one around anymore to ask answers of.. :-)

Would anyone be able to advise me, are there a list of single unmarried mother homes on any searches? Just wondering if one was in Kent..

Thank you everyone for your time.

Hello helpful people,

Would anyone know please that might have come across this before - if an original marriage certificate has some written notes on it and signed and dated by a Rector 10 years after the original ceremony, would there be an additional entry in the records?

Just thought Id ask before I start down a potentially meaningless path.

Thank you