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From: "C Rihan" <>
Subject: Re: Dead Man Walking
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 14:21:07 GMT
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"Matthew Wilson" <> wrote in message
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> I am trying to track down the details of the untimely demise of my
maternal
> great-great grandfather Samuel Humphries.
> He was born Oct 15 1848 in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire to parents
> William and Maria. He married Frances Pratt on July 29, 1867 in
> Minchinhampton and eventually settled in Wotton-Under-Edge.
>
> In the 1881 Census, Frances Humphries is a Widow. Her youngest son is 7
mo.
> old., so Samuel Humphries was alive as late as 1880.

Or late 1879, if he was the father.
9m pregnancy +7m = 16m.
Only 3 full months in 1881 before the 1881 census was taken at the start of
April.
Also that youngest son could have been born late, and could be a couple of
weeks older than the 7m
given on the census.

> Deaths Registered in Oct Nov Dec 1880
> Humfreys, Samuel, 33, Nottingham, 7b, 134
>
> The age is one year off, and I don't know of any connection to Nottingham.

May not have been living there, just visiting .

> Samuel's paternal lineage goes back a few more generations in
> Gloucestershire. I don't know what his occupation was, or if that might
have
> taken him to Nottingham. He was probably a farmer, or farm labourer. The
> 1871 Chalford census might clarify that point.

His marriage certificate should have his occupation. Though of course that
could have changed over the years.

Best wishes
C.Rihan


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