Genealogy Chat

Patricia, The ancestry site is "down" at the moment! I'll look for you tomorrow morning, hopefully it should be up and running properly then.

Patricia, Do you have approximate ages for James and Eliza?

Patricia, Do you have approximate ages for James and Eliza?

Please could you do me a lookup. Elizabeth Heaton age 35 born Leeds. Walter T Heaton age 35 ( Born Leeds?). They are a couple and he might have been a policeman. Thanks Kevin Phillips

Patricia, All I can find is one James and Eliza together however he is 41 I've also found an Eliza Davies and family she is indexed as wife but there is no Head on the schedule. They are at Clarence Court Swansea and Eliza was born Portsmouth. Do you want details of either of these?

Hi Kevin RG12/3694 Folio 100 Page 16 20 Napoleon Street, Leeds, Yorkshire Walter J/T? Heaton, head, mar, 36, police constable, Yorkshire Pudsey Elizabeth Heaton, wife, mar, 35, Yorkshire Hunslet

If you get chance, I have a Tom M Franklin. 1881 he was age 15 Railway Porter living at 3 Cromwell St Swindon (born Wroughton Wilts). In 1901 He is age 35 Railway Porter married to Elizabeth, children Elizabeth 14, Wallace 11, Harry 9 living at Beatrice St, Swindon. So should be age 25 probably Railway Porter and probably in Swindon and hopefully married with a couple of kids. Thank you for the offer.

Hi Sarah, You were right, that was an easy one - wish they were all like that! RG12/1584 Folio 69 Page 31 New Swindon, Wiltshire 15 Haydon Street Thomas M Franklin, head, 25, mar, railway porter, Wroughton Elizabeth Franklin, wife, mar, 24, Swindon Elizabeth Franklin, daur, 4, scholar, Swindon William Franklin, son, 3, scholar, Swindon Thomas A Franklin, son, 1, Swindon Herbert Jenner, boarder, sing, 20, railway porter, Gloucestershire Haresfield Henry Jerome, boarder, sing, 19, General Labourer, Wroughton

Thanks a lot Lucy, that was so quick. The 2 youngest William and Thomas aren't on the 1901, I hate that cos so many little ones died then didn't they? Its awful. Hopefully, they were just round their mates houses, playing playstation oops football or something! Thanks very much, I appreciate it! Sarah

Lucy, Would you please be so kind as to look for Robert & Mary Ann Heron in the West Hartlepool/Seaton Carew area. They were my Gran Maud's parents. Thank you Jim

Hi Jim, Is this them? There are quite a few Robert Herons in that area - I thought I would be lucky and just one turn up, but no such luck, however this is the only one with Mary as a wife. RG12/4065 folio 68 page 31 West Hartelpool, Durham 20 Conifers Street Robert Heron, head, mar, 29, saw mill labourer, Yorkshire Hutton Rugby Mary A Heron, wife, mar, 29, Durham West Hartlepool Edith Heron, daur, 8mnths, West Hartlepool Mary Heron, mother, wid, 52, New Lambton John Heron, brother, sing, 20, saw mill labourer, Hutton Rugby George Heron, brother, sing, 18, saw mill labourer, Hutton Rugby Frederick Heron, brother, 17, iron-worker, Hutton Rugby Mary Ellen Heron, sister, 13, scholar, Hutton Rugby

Lucy Thankyou so much for the lookup you have just confirmed something that I have looking for. Thanks again for your time. Kevin Phillips

Hi Dawn, There are two Clara's - mother and daughter in West Ham - will these be them? Nothing for Frederick Hilbourne but plenty if I play around with the name - do you have a particular area or age I should be looking at?

Lucy, this is weird. My Robert and Mary Ann Heron had lived in Sedgefield where they had 2 sons, They had my Gran in 1887 Seaton Carew and a further son in West Hartlepool in 1896. I was hoping to find info on a great-aunt who at present is only a rumour. Thanks anyway Jim

Jim What is your Gran's name I'll try and cross reference her with the Roberts I find.

Jim What is your Gran's name I'll try and cross reference her with the Roberts I find.

Hi Lucy, My gran was Maud Wake Heron. Her older brothers were Stephen Henry and Thomas James. Jim

Sorry Jim, My mistake must have missed this one as I went down the list: RG12/4066 Folio 40 Page 16 West Hartlepool, Durham Robert Heron, head, sing, 30, blast furnace man, Croxhoe Mary A Heron, wife, mar, 30, Yorkshire Barnsley Stephen H Heron, son, 8, scholar, Durham West Cornforth Thomas J Heron, son, 6, scholar, Durham West Cornforth Maud Heron, daur, 3, West Hartlepool 17 Nelson Street, West Hartlepool I haven't mistyped the fact that Robert as single and Mary as married - that's how it is on the census - perhaps they'd had a row that day!

Thanks Lucy. I shall have to wait 10 years before I can confirm my Grandad's family. Only 2 of them were born before 1891 and we don't really know how many siblings he had. Thanks again, Jim

Lucy, Can I be cheeky and ask for just one more please. James William and Annie MEDHURST of Greenwich. They had a son William John. Thanks, Jim