Genealogy Chat

K/bridge is Kingsbridge, but I thought that a baby down as Male or Female had died at birth.

Is K/bridge not Kingsbridge, Devon, which is much closer than Truro to Stonehouse (about 16 miles), and includes Parishes only 10 miles away? Stan

kathryn lol...it does make you wonder doesnt it? what was his 1st wifes name susie

Thanks Susie, that William is of the right age but I'm pretty certain he was dead by then. Unless he lived up to the old adage about sailers having a girl in every port!

kathryn i have found this on 1891.but after reading your thread i dont suppose its your william as his wife had remarried by then william h wakeham head 36 gardener st feoks cornwall emily wife 29 william son 7 john son 5 emily dau 3 5 south cottage eastbourne sussex i found 3 deaths on ancestry as well william henry dec 1891 devon willam 1893 june cornwall/devon william 1894 march devon even the kids are too young.but hey,never mind.it was worth a try...lol susie

The wife was Elizabeth Hooper (daughter of Elizabeth and William) and the children were William and Lilian. Elizabeth remarried to John Purdie in June 1885 - they are on the 1891 and 1901 census. I had considered that perhaps William wasn't from Stonehouse. The Truro one is closer to Devon and has the right middle name, but I'm reluctant to spend money on certificates that mightn't be him - my bank account can't take it so close after Xmas! I might just have to bite the bullet and hope no other Georges were fathering Williams that year! I had a quick peek on IGI, nothing that looks like a close match and the 1855 William isn't featured.

Katherine, My Gt Grandfather has a different(and not strictly correct) place of birth given for every census he appears in, including when he was one year old. Your ancestor may have asumed he was born in a place his parents moved to early in his life. If his parents didnt tell him where he was born he may not actually know, or he may have fibbed. I would go with the 1855 entry even if it is she wrong place, but since you presumably have a father's name from the marriage cert why not try the IGI family search this may clarify things one way or the other without spending £7. (But if the father's name dosent tally yopu wont be sent the cert and it will only cost £3.50) Pam

Kathryn What was the wife's name and the names of any kiddies?

On 8th July 1877, William Henry Wakeham, son of George, became a happily married man. On the 1881 census, he is there with his wife and her family, bouncing his bonny babies on his knee. As far as I can tell, these are the only places he exists. He was supposedly born in Stonehouse, Devon, in late 1854/early 1855. I've scoured 1837online for Wakeham/Wakem births and found three: July 1854 Wakeham Male K/bridge 5b 194(?) Wakeham William Worthing 2b 555(?) Jan 1855 Wakeham William Henry Truro 5c 224 Only the last seems possible, and he was miles away from where he was meant to be. By 1885 his wife had remarried, yet William doesn't appear to have had his death registered. He is on the 1881 census as a naval pensioner even though he was only in his late twenties, so I doubt he died at sea. If it wasn't for his marriage certificate and the census, I'd swear the man never existed!

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