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From: John Lewis <>
Subject: Re: [King] June Roll Call
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 17:35:37 +0100
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 11:38:47 EDT
wrote:

> Thank you! With the given names, this has to be my family - the
> problem is how.
>
> The 1871 Census shows my Georgeina (THORN) SMITH with an age of 26,
> that would put her year of birth around 1845.
>
> I have a tiny slip of paper, passed down in my family, with the
> handwritten message "Jabez James Hillar Smiths Box given to him by
> his Grandfather December 23 1861".

That is possibly his birth date as FreeBMD has this entry:
Births Dec 1861: SMITH Jabez James Hillier Cricklade 5a 20

> Jabez was the first born of Georgeina Thorn and William Smith. I am
> wondering if the James THORN you described below could be my
> Georgeina's grandfather, and the Georgeina THORN 1838 in the IGI
> an aunt?
>
> Is there any information on the Ebenezer THORN you mentioned?

Unfortunately not. I've had a look for all the family in 1881 without
any success (but I am not using the 1881 census CDs which have a more
sophisticated search engine than the online 1881 census sites)

--
John Lewis,
Debian GNU/Linux and GeneWeb genealogy software

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