Genealogy Chat

I would just say Val, I found a chap all on his own listed as Head in ancestry's transcription. I knew he had a wodge of kids and wondered if he was the right chap. I checked the image and found he was first on a page, so clicked to see the previous image - and there was the wife and half a dozen kids. Mistakes can happen, so always look at the image, particularly if the name is at the very beginning or very end of the census page.

thank you all very much I was surprised to see all the replies this morning I will check to see if she did indeed remarry under her maiden name which was Sperring , Emily did not die then she got married in 1877 .I do have all of them on 1861 but not after that only him on 1871 and 1891and cannot find the children after 1861

Ian I would gladly give you a prize if you can find the kids anywhere else , Hi Heather thanks for that but he is on the middle of the page.

Jeanette that would explain a lot if she died in 1876 I will check that out thanks a lot, and Ian I just noticed the info you got on freeBMD about Mary Sperring will try that too thanks a lot hope you slept well.

Hi Val, You have a lot of people working on this, so I am leaving well alone!! Can't help but stick my two-penneth in though...... I should think ''White X Place'' is Whitecross Place! Merry

hi Merry yes I was wondering if that is what it meant , still not had a lot of luck on this lot still I am getting closer,I have had contact from someone in their family been a great help. Good luck , and by the way your disguise needs changing I recognised you ha ha ha

Do you have any idea where in Somerset Mary was born? There is a Mary Sperring b Loxton, Somerset, in 1835 on the IGI. COuld that be her? If so, it's just another clue. Ian

thanks thats her she was born in somerset ,

OK. In 1851 Mary was a lodge with Anne Sperring in Lympsham, Somerset. Despite being only 15, she is described as a nurse. Anne was 85, a pauper and agricultural labourers widow. Still looking - watch this space! Ian

Just to add my two penn'orth. The daughter is old enough to be in service, in which case her birthplace could be London, unknown etc. The son would probably still be with his mother, but if the family split up, they might be in the workhouse.

possibility for Alfreds marriage - 1885 DIGBY May Pancras 1b 16 JOHNSON Elizabeth Pancras 1b 16 Kemp Alfred William Pancras 1b 16 Kersley Anthony Thomas Pancras 1b 16 The 1891 census indicates the bride would hava e been May DIgby.

you are a star Ian sorry I couldnt get back earlier have to do some housework sometime. You have given me lots to go on . And Phoenix thanks very much for your reply too that does bear thinking about .