Genealogy Chat

Thought if I could find the Crane servants with their 1851 employer it would help eliminate them, but here's the 1851 lot, decamped, changed place of birth slightly, new servants: Mary M Blane abt 1804 St George Plandle Bs Head Bathwick Somerset Robt A Blane abt 1845 Elthill, Buckinghamshire, England Son Bathwick Somerset Cecelia V Brown abt 1838 Ayrshire, Scotland Daughter Bathwick Somerset Wm Jas Jno George Dawn abt 1835 Bath, Somerset Son-in-law Bathwick Somerset Mary Ann Hill abt 1832 Wells, Somerset Servant Bathwick Somerset Amelia King abt 1838 Devizes, Wiltshire Servant Bathwick Somerset Gore Onesley abt 1827 East Indies Bs Visitor Bathwick Somerset So 'Mr & Mrs Crane' haven't died, moved or got remarried. But I KNOW that John Crane isn't John Smoothy. What I don't know is the connection between Ann Chowns b 1826 Farnham Royal who married John Smoothy in Lambeth district 1858 Ann Chowns, unmarried, no occupation given who gave birth to illegitimate baby in Salt Hill, Farnham in 1850 Hannah Crane, who registered said illegitimate baby's death in 1850 in Salt Hill Farnham Ann Crane, b. 1826 Farnham Royal, who appears to be married to man old enough to be grandfather, living Upton cum Chalvey on 1851 census, very close to Salt Hill. any further thoughts, anyone? nell

nudge any ideas folks? nell

Ann found my Ann Chowns as Ann Thomas. I must say that if you didn't KNOW it should say Chowns, you could read it as Thomas - especially as there is another person on the same page whose surname is Thomas. So now when I am looking for Chowns, I will add Thomas to my list of variants!!! nell - very grateful to all the fab people on this site, what would I do without them?!