Genealogy Chat

Thankyou Lucy, your a star I have been searching for months for John Bonner I can now send for certificate. It's wonderful the help we receive from Genes Connected members. Good Luck with your research Lucy. Cheers Pat.

Hi Emma, I would be very grateful if you could look up William Henry Prosser, wife Ann, hopefully living in Pembrokeshire. Many thanks. Yvonne

Hi Lisa, No Frederick Wacey - perhaps it has been misspelt - whereabouts in the country was he born? Do you have a rough idea of where he should be in 1891 or any other names that could be with him? and I'll try again.

Please could you look up a name for me on the 1891 census? I am looking for FREDERICK WACEY. many thanks

Elton, Two Bowmans for you: William D Bowman, head, mar, 39, Hay Binder, South Mimms Middlesex Emma E Bowman, wife, mar, 37, Potters Bar Middlesex at Southgate Road, Potters Bar, South Mimms RG12/1052 Folio 66 Page 7 Potters Bar Middlesex Annie S Bowman, serv, sing, 18, General Domestic Servant, South Mims Middlesex Head of house - John Flemming, House Furnisher at 47 Alston Road, Barnet RG12/1052 Folio 121 Page 27 Barnet Middlesex There are others born different areas - sometimes they crop up as Herts others as Middlesex. Is there a particular forename you are looking for?

Hi Dorothy, I'm sorry I have exactly the same problem with that page!

Vanessa, RG12/1427 Folio 79 Page 2 Great Bardfield, Essex Post Office, High Street, Great Bardfield Joseph W Tanner, head, mar, 45, Draper & Grocer (subpostmaster), Thaxted Emily A Tanner, wife, mar, 45, Saffron Walden Ernest W Tanner, son, sing, 18, Drapers Assistant, Great Bardfield Frederic Tanner, son, sing, 17, Drapers Assistant, Great Bardfield Alice G Tanner, daur, 11, scholar, Great Bardfield Frank Tanner, son, 10, scholar, Great Bardfield William S Tanner, son, 7, scholar, Great Bardfield Winifred Tanner, daur, 5, scholar, Great Bardfield Matthew Tanner, father, (wid/mar?), 87, formerly agricultural labourer, Thaxted Agnes A Arnold, serv, 15, General Servant domestic, Linsell Andrew Foster, visitor, mar, 46, Grocers Assistant, Thaxted I found two possible William Tanners 1. In Croydon wife Anne - William born Flaxton 2. In Harlow wife Mary - farmer Do you think any of these are likely? Do you have a wife's name of childrens I can cross ref. with? Hope this is some help.

Hi Lucy, if you're not overwhelmed can you do me a look up? The page I want won't load properly on Ancestor, but it may do for you. Details: William Brookes and family Glos. South Cerney, District 13 Page 5. Thanks.

Thanks so much for this offer. Could you see if you could find William Tanner abt 55 and household, and Joseph Tanner abt 45 and household both born Essex probably Thaxted or Romford. Many thanks.

Lucy, You are a darling. Shirley.

Elton, Do you have parents names for Clara Lawrence? I can only find two in Herts about the right age. 1. Father William Lawerence born St. Albans 2. Mother Elizabeth Lawrence born Bendish St Pauls Walden The only Daisy Lawrence is found at: 126 Goldsmith Row, Shoreditch, London Albert Lawrence, head, mar, 31, grocer manager, St. Albans Louisa Lawrence, wife, mar, 34, Surrey Daisy L Lawrence, niece, 12, scholar, Barnet Herts + 1 servant + 1 apprentice RG12/253 Folio 142, page 12, Shoreditch, London The others I will look for tomorrow! Emma.

Cheers Emma! Ginny

Hi Virginia, Hope this is him:- John C Wilkes, head, mar, 31, sawyer, Silverdale Hannah Wilkes, wife, mar, 33, ? Bank Charlotte Wilkes, daur, 9 mnths, Newcastle Under Lyme Sarah Gibson, mother, wid, 67, Scot Hall RG12/2150 Folio 53, Page 25 22 Bailey Street, Newcastle Under Lyme Emma.

Margaret, Found these: William Randles,head, mar, 43, wheelwright, Cheshire Stockport Emily Randles, wife, mar, 32, Macclesfield Charles Randles, son, 13/15?, Office Boy (in pencil the word port), Lancashire Gordon R Randles, son, 2, Cheetham Hill RG12/3255 Folio 140 Page 43 16 North Road, Kirkmanshulme, Newton, Lancs William Randles, lodger, mar, 42, Block maker, Liverpool Elizabeth Randles, lodger, mar, 40, Liverpool Head - David McNamara, Paper Hanger RG12/2926 Folio 116 , Page 4 19a Brighton Terrace, Toxteth Park, Lancashire Emma.

Hi there! could you look up : John Charles Wilkes b.1860 + wife Hannah b.1858 living in Newcastle under Lyme Staffordshire, to give details of any other family Thank you so much Ginny

Hi Shirley, Found this for you:- Richard Males, head, mar, 39, hat-body maker, London Southwark Esther Males, wife, mar, 34, Collar Ironer in Laundry, Southwark London Mary A Males, daur, 14, scholar, Southwark Eliza Males, daur, 12, scholar, Southwark Esther Males, daur, 6, scholar, Southwark Richard Males, son, 9, scholar, Southwark RG12/342, Folio 120 Page 30 5 London Street, St Saviours London Esther Hammond, Head, wid, 56, Mangler, Scotland RG12/342, Folio 120, page 31 7 London Street, St Saviours London Hope it helps, Emma

Hi Allie, This is all I could find: Joseph Cooke, head, mar, 51, Bricklayers Labourer, Middle Salop Ann Cooke, wife, mar, 47, Middle Salop John Cooke, son, sing, 25, Tailor, Middle Salop Thomas Cooke, son, sing, 23, Shoemaker, Middle Salop William H Cooke, son, 11, scholar, Middle Salop Richard Cooke, son, 10, scholar, Middle Salop Edwin Cooke, son, 6, scholar, Middle Salop RG12/2122 Folio 11, Page 15 Middle Shropshire Joseph Cooke, serv, sing, 21, Agricultural Labourer, Middle Shropshire head of house - Thomas Richmond - Farmer RG12/2123, Folio 149, Page 3 Edgebolton, Shropshire

Thanks very much. I have even found his death cert now. Fantastic, much appreciated.

Hi Fiona, The only thing I can find is: Isaac Howe, head, mar, 84, sawyer, Banham, Norfolk Sarah Howe, wife, mar, 64, Upwell Norfolk Herbert Howe, sing, son, 22, farmer, Chatteris Cambs RG12/1300 Folio 94 Page 16 West Street, Chatteris, Cambs

thank you emma i am would like to know where william randles,44,and family lived in 1891 birkenhead area