Genealogy Chat

thanks, going to dorset, have no rellies that i know of from there, so i cant go round any graveyards checking lol but i will update this thread when i get any info back

Hope you have a good time then! Merry

lol, im going away for 2 weeks dunno how im gonna cope without the boards i`ll order cert before we go so it will hopefully be here when i get back, lol gawd wont be able to sleep for the fortnight wondering if its arrived lol

****takes Slow Boat to China over the next few weeks, so as to miss arrival of cert***** Merry (only joking! Please leave this thread on, and post on here again when you get the cert)

hi merry no i`ll order it as it is lol i spoke to someone at GRO when i had cheque back and she said if i wanted it still just put the bride and grooms name down and nothing else. im surprised you remembered on mays birth certificate sarah had just put formerly price on it

For goodness sake, don't order it with any checking points, will you?????????????????? I don't think I can cope with the stress!!!!!!! Just order it with the two names from the index and NOTHING ELSE!!!! LOL! Merry

Hi sorry for not getting back to you until now, Adas birth cert says ada jane protheroe, i thought the p might have stood for price. this family is driving me up the wall lol i did wonder if sarah made the fathers name up as i couldnt find a william in the redditch area, and because its only got redditch on it and no address im wondering if she was hiding something as i cant find a marriage for a sarah price i wondered if she married a head then married alfred meredith and was a bigamist, still doesnt explain william protheroe. merry im going to send for sarah merediths 2nd marriage to archer exton i sent for it before but MIL told me sarahs maiden name was griffiths so GRO sent my cheque back as i had given wrong name, now i have the right name of price i will send off and see what her fathers name was.

Stop it Patricia!!!! I'm certain the birth cert for Ada was for an unmarried couple because the birth reg is indexed under Protheroe and under Head. But it is a mightly co-incidence. Where is Crickhowell? Is it Brecon? Maybe the Herefordshire registrars specialised in asking the wrong questions and getting the wrong answers? Maybe

Ok Does this marriage fit in anywhere? Dec 1865 Price Sarah Protheroe William Crickhowell 11b 283 or just a coincidence?

Ooops. Looks like the family in Monmouth are called Stead. Looked like Head to me. So no connection there.

You were right, the image does look like Head, but transcribed as Stead. However, when the head of house died, he was a Stead!! Name: John Endell Stead Birth Date: abt 1800 Year of Registration: 1893 Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar Age at death: 93 District: Monmouth (1837-1939) County: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire Volume: 11a Page: 24 Merry (I think I need a lie down!)

Could William Head and William Protheroe be the same person? He might have been William Protheroe Head. And if Jane Merredith in Wales in 1881 is really Ada Head, she appears to be living with a family called Head. If they are relatives why would they list her as Merredith?

I don't think I can take any more, Angela!!!!! Tee hee!! Flippin' names are driving me nuts! Merry

Yes, probably if she wasn't asked she didn't volunteer the info. btw - just had a look at the image for that Jane Meredith & looks like she's a servant with a family called Head! Angela

The only thing that doesn't fit is that when Sarah Head produced Ada she didn't mention any previous surname, like formerly Price (but maybe the registrar assumed as she was registering an illegitimate child, she must be a spinster?!) and also, when Sarah Meredith had her children she only mentioned she was ''formerly Price'' and no mention of being ''late Head'' as well. (but again it might just be an oversight?) Merry

Hello again Does the P in Ada Jane P Head stand for Price or maybe Protheroe? My theory is Sarah Price married William Head. He dies & she has a fling with William Protheroe, resulting in Ada. Sarah then marries Alf Meredith (although why he doesn't describe Ada as stepdaughter in census I don't know! The same reason he didn't name Fanny Price as sister-in-law?) This would make Ada & May half-sisters, them both having Sarah Meredith late Head, formerley Price as their mother. (or has all this been said before?) Angela

Oh!!!! That is soooo funny......I was soooo busy looking at Jane Price in 1851, I didn't even see Sarah at the bottom! So, that's two Sarah Prices to sort out!! One dau of Peter and the other dau of Samuel! Suppose she is more likely to be the dau of Samuel and sister of Fanny? Merry

Fanny Price did have a sister Sarah. She's with the family in Ledbury on 1851 census aged 6. Parents Samuel Price and Maragaret. Sarah born Castle Froome like older sister Jane.

Is this Ada Jane Head in 1881? (I realise it doesn't help much - or maybe it does). Jane Meredith Age: 15 Estimated birth year: abt 1866 Relation: Servant Household: View other family members Family and neighbors: View neighbors Gender: Female Where Born: Redditch, Worcestershire, England Civil parish: Monmouth County/Island: Monmouthshire Country: Wales Street address: North Parade Terrace Education: View image Employment status: View image Occupation: General Serv Source information: RG11/5228 Registration district: Monmouth Sub registration district: Monmouth ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Folio: 43 Page: 3 (click to see others on page) GSU Number: 1342259 Angela

Hi merry sorry had to pick kids up from school, she is alfred and sarah merediths daughter wife to the elusive hugh humphreys evans her death was registered in easington county durham 1904, i thought her and ada were step sisters, thats how i came to the conclusion why may was living in shotton colliery because ada lived close by. No i was thinking of getting adas marriage cert and seeing if she had alfred as her father or william, theres gotta be a conncetion somewhere but im darned if i can find it at the moment lol