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~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:16

Adeliza Pratt's father was a Victualler

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:15

His father was known as "Sir Billy".
His birthplace is not far from here, I might try to find out more about him.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:13

probably not anymore Tina...could try following their children forward.

Harpstrings

Harpstrings Report 2 Mar 2008 22:11

Gosh, so do you think that there is a family household with servants perhaps? I like this, its like being a detective. LOL

Cant find anything on FreeCen about him.

T. xx

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:07

It goes right back to the 1600s :-)

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 22:06

Born 1837, Costock, Notts, to parents William and Ann, (no other names for them !)

Harpstrings

Harpstrings Report 2 Mar 2008 22:03

gent indeed - bet he did sweet fanny adams and was living off his landed parents no doubt or he sent the poor wife off to work lol what a name she had too bloomin eck! wonder if they had a child named godzilla ha ha ha ha lol

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 22:03

Tina, if you look on that link it gives you quite a few generations back if you keep clicking on father's name, but there's nothing to substantiate them. I love his wife's name lol.

Harpstrings

Harpstrings Report 2 Mar 2008 21:59

Hi Laptop - feel sorry for the poor bloke - wonder what his parents names were -heaven help us?! LOL

Tina x

piggin gentry - always have to have too much of everything ! pmsl!!

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 21:59

Oooh... he was a gentleman...well if he was part of "them" classes then it's no surprise is it lol.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 21:58

lmao LD there goes my fun.

Tina, sounds like someone was trying to sound literary.

Went off too google and found:
http://www.roffesoft.co.uk/cgi-bin/GedGetIndiPage.cgi?pid=I142

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 21:57

Found him !
1881 census living with wife Adeliza (nee Pratt) in Quorn Leics, occupation "Gentleman"

Harpstrings

Harpstrings Report 2 Mar 2008 21:49

Samuel Bagnall William Decheaux Quinton Wild Woodroffe

a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i (j) / (k) /l/m/n/o/ (p) /q/r/s/t/u (v) w/x/ (y) (z)

nearly all the letters of the alphabet have you noticed.
(those in brackets are the ones missing) LOL

Tina x

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 21:49

Off to Ancestry to search for him, keep my seat warm ....... no Scribe not like that !

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 21:48

Do you think he grew up to be an ag lab? lol

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 2 Mar 2008 21:47

lol faddy names... go on do a census search for him lol

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 21:46

Tina, can you imagine trying to put that on an application form !

LD

LD Report 2 Mar 2008 21:45

Ros, no but was doing a search for somebody else and came across this. Am tempted to find out about him !

Harpstrings

Harpstrings Report 2 Mar 2008 21:45

Well I think thats just pure greediness to have so many names LOL

tina xx

CATHKIN

CATHKIN Report 2 Mar 2008 21:44

is he related to you??
Ros xx