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Am I right !! Summerfield
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Christine | Report | 2 May 2010 22:02 |
My Great Grandfather was George Summerfield c1861 Staffordshire, I found him after he married on 1891 census (name transcribed as Summerford) and on 1901 census both these census were in Plymouth Devon where he had married and settled, but could not find him on census with his Father William or find his birth, though I had sent for a couple of likely certificates. |
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Flick | Report | 2 May 2010 22:58 |
That's how names have evolved over the years - people who couldn't read or write didn't know how to spell them, so the officials who recorded events wrote down what they 'heard' |
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Christine | Report | 2 May 2010 23:56 |
The 1871 I found was |
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Christine | Report | 3 May 2010 00:03 |
The fathers occupation on George's marriage certificate was Iron Brazier and he was deceased. The marriage was August 1887 |
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Thelma | Report | 3 May 2010 00:14 |
1871 Either or neither |
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Flick | Report | 3 May 2010 09:34 |
I think your first step should be to find George in1881 - when he would probably have had the same occupation as in 1891. |
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Flick | Report | 3 May 2010 09:37 |
OK - found the 1901 census, which gives his birthplace as Wolverhampton - you didn't include that piece of info to help us |
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Flick | Report | 3 May 2010 09:52 |
The family you refer to as having found in 1881 has a head William whose occupation is BREWER. A long way from Iron Brazer, I'm afraid |
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Flick | Report | 3 May 2010 09:57 |
This is almost certainly the marriage of William and Harriet - found on freebmd |
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Christine | Report | 3 May 2010 10:50 |
Sorry its taken me a while to get back to you but had a bad night. There is no occupation for George on 1881 census and when he married he was in South Staffordshire Regt. Witnesses on the certificate were Charles Shovel who was Father of the bride and Susan Williams, He married in Plymouth Devon where he was stationed. |