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Post by alocin66 on Aug 24, 2009 15:08:18 GMT -5
Some very good points for me to think about, CT Thank you
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Aug 24, 2009 16:25:08 GMT -5
Always good to have something to think about. And in a case like this it is best to try and think of every possibility and then consider it. But always keep in mind the possibility that what you want just might not be there to be found! There are always Wills where you might get lucky. But I just found another one for my side tonight. Found some PRs I had forgotten about and looked through and found a James Trewhella Collins. Didn't know about him and cannot see how he came to get 'Trewhella' as a middle name. However - what I found was his baptism and then he disappears from the Census. Checked for a possible death record in FreeBMD and guess what! Not only is there no death record for him - his birth is not recorded in FreeBMD either!!! - and this was in 1896!!
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Post by alocin66 on Aug 25, 2009 15:44:36 GMT -5
Good for you! Maybe your James Collins emigrated? Now, for William Ash! Looked through various bits and pieces, still nothing re birth date. Found a burial date for a William Ash in Sennen 9.11.1779 no age given, that's about it. Any ideas? Can I obtain a marriage certificate for 1763 to identify his father etc?
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Post by Cornish Terrier on Aug 25, 2009 16:07:57 GMT -5
I found that burial also. And there is a burial for a widowed Ann Ash in, I think, 1782. It 'may' be them and it may not given it is only five years after the baptism of the last known child. Judgement reserved. There were no certificates back then - merely Parish Registers. However the Hardwicke Act came into effect in 1758 (from memory) and the amount of information that 'may be' recorded in registeres changed. At any time prior to 1837 it is far less than the norm to find the names of parents for a marriage and prior to 1812 even less common. In fact if there was a parent named it would have been recorded in Phillimore when the transcription was made. I think the best hope is probably going to be a Will. But then you have to hope William or Ann wrote one and it survives or hope that another family member wrote one that offers the answer to your questions. CT
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