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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 16 Feb 2010 05:37

Possible marriage for William and Charlotte

from the International Genealogical Index on www.familysearch.org ...... a free site.


This is an Extracted record taken from the actual parish register

WILLIAM TOWN Pedigree
Male Family

Event(s):
Birth:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Marriages:
Spouse: CHARLOTTE BOWE Family
Marriage: 17 SEP 1835 Saint Alphage, Greenwich, Kent, England

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Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.

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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:
M006321 1615 - 1636 942.23 C4G V.2 Book 6906350 Film
M006321 1637 - 1659 0363062 Film NONE
M006321 1801 - 1811 0254589 Film NONE
M006321 1812 - 1819 0254590 Film NONE
M006321 1820 - 1827 0254591 Film NONE
M006321 1828 - 1834 0254592 Film NONE
M006321 1834 - 1837 0254593 Film NONE




children of William and Charlotte .... all extracted records from the I G I



MARY ANN TOWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 21 MAY 1837 Saint Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England

HENRY RICHARD TOWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 16 JAN 1843 Saint Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England

ALBERT TOWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 12 JAN 1851 Saint Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England

CHARLES TOWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 13 DEC 1840 Saint Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England

JOSEPH TOWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 06 NOV 1853 Saint Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England

WILHELMINA TOWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 11 NOV 1838 Saint Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England

GEORGE TOWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 05 APR 1846 Saint Mary, Littlehampton, Sussex, England




sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 16 Feb 2010 05:32

William Town in 1841

1841 Census

Name: William Town
Age: 50
Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Where born: Sussex, England

Civil parish: Little Hampton
Hundred: Poling
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Registration district: Worthing
Sub-registration district: Little Hampton

William Town 50 Toll Keeper
Charlotte Town 30
Mary Town 4
Wilhelmina Town 3
Charles Town 7 Mo


Address:- Toll Bar



Leah Tupper 40 Hotel Keeper
Phillis Tupper 25
Thomas Tupper 20
Drusilla Tupper 15
Emily Tupper 10
Leah Garton 25
Thomas Pachan 40
Elizabeth Pearen 15
George Bushby 15

Ancestry shows the Tuppers etc as being in the same household as the Towns, they are NOT, they live in the Beech Hotel


I was hoping that this census might have something like "Retired Mariner"!



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 15 Feb 2010 20:57

Just for the record, here is Henry Richard Town in 1871

1871 Census

Name: Henry Richard Town
Age: 29
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Annie
Gender: Male
Where born: Littlehampton, Sussex, England
Civil parish: North Mimms
Town: Marshmore
County/Island: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Hatfield
Sub-registration district: Hatfield

Henry Richard Town 29 Railway Signalman G.N.R.
Annie Town 27
William Edward Town 6
Walter Frank Town 4
Mary Emily Henrietta Town 2
Herbert George Town 1 month

Address:- Marshmore



First question, can he be found with father?


Second question, is his story accurate?



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 15 Feb 2010 20:48

Nick

don't go to the expense of hiring a researcher, at least not yet.


The first thing they will do is look through the censuses


if you don't have access to censuses back to 1841, we do

We also have access to several other sites that may help to sort out whether there were brothers William and Thomas, or if it was William Thomas.

Jut leave this thread up for a few days, and have some patience as peopel try ot sort things out for you.

Meanwhile, you could access those sites that people have given you. The Trafalgar Roll Call looks very interesting




sylvia

doddsy1

doddsy1 Report 15 Feb 2010 20:18

Try googling for HMS Victory Trafalgfar Roll

TootyFruity

TootyFruity Report 15 Feb 2010 20:02

You could try writing to the museum at Portsmouth on the historical dock. They may be able to point you in the right direction

Nicholas

Nicholas Report 15 Feb 2010 18:22

thanks for your help. i`ve looked at this site before. i think i may have to pay for a researcher to sort it out. i`d better start saving!
kind regards
nick

mgnv

mgnv Report 15 Feb 2010 16:41

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutapps/trafalgarancestors/

Nicholas

Nicholas Report 15 Feb 2010 16:21

Hi. i could do with some help. my wife has a newspaper cutting (said to be from the Times) dated Nov` 1926. it came from her grandfather who kept it from new. in it her ancestor, Henry Richard Town, of North Mymms says his father was born in 1781, was on the "Victory", helped to carry Nelson down below when he was wounded and died in 1865 aged 84 at Littlehampton ( sussex i think) I `ve checked and his death is recorded as 1865 in littlehampton and the census files say his name is William Town. the National Archives list a Thomas Town, born in London as serving on HMS Thunderer. the question is. What do we do next to prove, or disprove this ancestor did serve at the battle of Trafalgar? I`m not an expert at this so any help would be welcomed. thanks, Nick.