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From: "Deborah Mitchell" <>
Subject: Re: [NYorks] Conundrum and TERRYs
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:54:58 -0000
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Dear Steve,
Thanks for your guidance (and the info from the IGI). Your explanantion
does sound very likely, too.
Good luck with the research into the TERRY family. At least you now know
where William was in 1851!
Deborah
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Whitaker" <>
To: <>
Sent: 10 January 2005 11:09
Subject: Re: [NYorks] Conundrum and TERRYs
> Deborah
>
> On your first query, there are a number of reasons why someone born in
> Kirbymoorside would be recorded as born in Bulmer (or vice versa). For
> instance, perhaps they moved to Bulmer (which isn't _that_ far away -
> about 10 miles) when she was very young and although she knew in 1851,
> she had forgotten her birthplace by 1861. Alternatively, she may have
> known, but was she the one who filled out the census form? If she was
> away at the time the enumerator came round, perhaps her husband or son
> just guessed at where she'd been born. You shouldn't just assume
> anything - not even that it's your mistake :-)
> On that basis, I had a quick look at the online IGI. There is one very
> nice match -
> Hariot (sic) Bentley baptised Kirkby Moorside (sic!) 29 June 1800.
> Daughter of George and Mary Bentley.
> There appear to be three siblings: George (bp.1791), William (bp.1797)
> and Robert (bp.1809).
> The elder George seems to have married Mary STOCKILL 3 March 1788.
>
> On your other question, the original confectioner, Joseph Terry, was
> born in Pocklington in 1794. He had three sons who followed him into the
> family business in York and IIRC one of them was called William. I don't
> have dates for him but it sounds about right. One of my projects (if I
> ever get the time) is to trace the ancestry of Joseph Terry as he has
> been claimed as a distant cousin of mine.
>
> Anyway, all the best and I hope this helps.
>
> Steve
>


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