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From: "john pickworth" <>
Subject: Re: [DBY] 2 Questions
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 21:21:53 +0100


Only 15 Seth Wards in 1881 census.
Only one was born in Derbyshire (c 1849) and there for the census.
Only one other Seth born c 1829 in Derby but in Yorkshire at census.
Nothing wrong in wife Elizabeth being 2 years older.
Do you know any of their childrens names that can be checked with the 1881
census.
Check 1871 and earlier census returns.
Check in Derbyshire marriage index's also IGI circa 1869 for marriage.
(Though Repton probably not parish of marriage).
If your Seth was alive in 1881 and lived in Derbyshire, having a wife called
Elizabeth then follow the one you first thought might be the correct person.
IGI has coverage of Repton from 1578 - 1881(1988 listings)
Keep on digging
Regards
John

-----Original Message-----
From: F. Leeanna Simons <>
To: <>
Date: 20 May 2000 00:34
Subject: [DBY] 2 Questions


>
>Hi Listers,
>
>I'm sitting here preparing letters to various local registrars. I have a
few
>quick questions and would really appreciate some advice here.
>
>1) To which office does the entry "Burton" in the civil reg refer? Derby?
The
>one on Traffic St?
>
>2) Bit more complex but maybe someone can advise. Have Seth WARD and
family in
>1881 census--100% sure its my gang living on Up Brook St Derby. Seth WARD,
>born Repton, gives age at time as 32 so must be born in 1848 or 1849,
right?
>Go to civil registration and find Seth WARD in 4th quarter 1848, in Burton.
>Good, I think, must be him. Check out online IGI and damned if there isn't
>THREE Seth WARDs born in Repton one in 1827, one in 1841 & one in 1845. My
man
>isn't there. And no marriages that I can find. Quick check of Vital
Records
>Index and nothing. Here's my question: is the birth year indicated by
virtue
>of the 1881 census reliable enough to go on here? How can I ever know
which is
>my Seth WARD if I don't know his parents names? (maybe wouldn't be so anal
>about all this except that according to the 1881 census, his wife Elizabeth
is
>2 years older than he says he is. Made me wonder. What do you generous
>helpers think?
>
>Bye for now,
>
>Off to buy sterling pounds.
>
>Regards,
>Leeanna
>
>
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