Genealogy Chat

Susie My hubby is a welder by trade! He then worked for several double glazing companies selling windows (he could sell snow to Eskimos) before setting up his own DG company. Got sick of bad fitters so decided to do it himself. We've now branched out into property refurbishment - but obviously not at our house. lol Jeanette

jeannette snap!!! lol hubby fits double glazing and conservatories! it makes me wonder why he spent 4 years doing an apprenticeship for carpentry and joinery when he left school ,just to be fitting windows now!! susie

That's certainly a possibility Rick. Keep us posted with how you get on. Jeanette

Jeanette, Thanks for those ideas. I'll try the parish register lookup request. It hadn't occured to me that she could be a second wife. There is a gap between Emilie and the older boys, but I wondered if a middle child had died. Rick.

Checked 1837online for Alfred Pyke marriages between Jan 1837 and Dec 1841 - none at all :-(

Rick Try putting a message on the Records Office board to see if anyone is willing to do a look up in the St. Annes Soho parish registers for your Emilie, or any of the others in their parishes. Just a thought. Although there doesn't seem to be a particularly big gap between births of the children, perhaps Marianne isn't the real mother of them all. Perhaps there was a 1st wife who died. Jeanette

Jeanette, I've looked for Pyke on freebmd and the IGI, but not on 1837online - I'll give that a go. I've tried searching later than 1842 again on freebmd and the IGI. They would have had 2 kids by then. I know that doesn't necessarily mean they married before that. They are on the 1851 census: 1, Beresford Street, St Peter Walworth, Surrey Alfred Pike,34,wig maker, St Georges East Marianne Pike,32,St Lukes Edward Pike,10,Marylebone Alfred Pike,9,St Pancras Emilie Pike,6,St Annes Soho Harry Pike,4,St Martins Louisa Pike,2,Paddington Charles Pike,0,Newington Surrey This family is definitely my one - Emilie is my GG grandmother and I'd really like her birth cert. If the Alfred Pike I found the birth entry for on the IGI is the same one (and I think it is) then he belonged to a non-conformist (independent) church. I can't know for sure that he ever married Marianne. Rick.

Rick Lots of questions now! Have you tried searching under variant spellings such as Pyke? Have you tried searching later than 1842 for the marriage? Do they appear on later censuses? What are their childrens names? And the big question - Did they ever get married? She may just have taken Alfred's name. Jeanette

Jeanette, I don't live near London and only ever go there on business, so it wouldn't be easy. I'm also not sure they married in the bride's parish of St Lukes. The other weird thing is how none of their kids' births seem to be on the civil registers either. Getting her maiden name would be a real breakthrough. Rick.

Susie Nob thatcher!!! roflmao My hubbies speciality is conservatories - but only when he's getting paid to do them! Rick Can you get to view the parish registers for Alf? Jeanette

thought you'd like that lol a friend on gc has got a book of old trades and she told me quite a few susie

Susie, Nob thatcher !!!! LOL Rick.

rick by the way ,,,another name for a wig maker is ...wait for it....a nob thatcher!!!! lol karen and jeannette talking of diy my hubby is a chippy and i have also got a lot of unfinished projects ,including a conservatory !!!! have you room for one more lol susie

Lynda, That looks wonderful. Hope the weather keeps fine for you. Hope you have a great time, Rick.

Rick Going to Loch Awe Argyll, it's magical there. Try to got to Scotland once a year, one of the best places in the world I have been. Will try tp get to Iona this time. Going on a coach trip. Have a look at some photos. http://www(.)lochsandglens(.)com/ I sound like the Scottish tourist board. I am off to nod land now. Have a good weekend. Lynda

Karen, I like it (footie, not lager that is). Rick.

Lynda, That's a first for me - don't frequent the oppo sites too much ! I've got a paviour too, so no swaps there ! When I run out of other ideas, I'm going back to the bareback rider line, but I'm not sure of any of her history - mostly made up I think. Where are you going in Scotland ? This is normally a good time to go weather-wise according to my Scottish mate. I can recommend a fab Chinese in Edinburgh if you're those parts. Rick.

Thanks Karen, I'm working from home tomorrow so I can get up a bit later. Suppose I should really go to bed now though. Night, Rick. x

Hiya Rick Us girly's have hijacked this site as we have so many interesting things to say! I want your circus bareback rider, and your millionaire, swap you for a printer and a pavior....deal! Yes she did play have a look at this site give your eyes a treat!! Did you know her name is is Ellen Maggs? There are photos on the site of her. http://www.arsenal(.)com/sportsappcontroller(.)jsp?command=forwardOnly&nextPage=/ladies/gm22_bristolrovers14032004(.)jsp Off to Scotland friday for a girly weekend can't wait. Lynda

Jeanette, That's the trouble, as soon as the weather starts getting better you just have to want something built ! Alfred's the first one I haven't found on 1837online. I also can't find any of his 8 children there either. The IGI entries suggest they belong to some non-conformist branch of the church but I don't see why that should matter on the civil registers. Rick.