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From: "B & L Jones" <>
Subject: Re: [LON] Charles Henry DAVIS 1844, son of the Prince of Wales?
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:41:05 +1000
In-Reply-To: <487EDADF.3050007@yahoo.com.au>


Thanks Ron. It's not really possible to distinguish which Charles Davis he
is on the censuses before 1881 because I don't know his parent's names or
where he was born. There are too many to choose from. I only have the
birth certificate of one of his children, I'll have to get some others to
see if the information differs.
Lorna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Lankshear [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2008 3:39 PM
> To: B & L Jones
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [LON] Charles Henry DAVIS 1844, son of the
> Prince of Wales?
>
> The Prince of Wales in 1844 was 3 years old - see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales
>
> The previous prince died as King in 1830
>
> Perhaps the Aunt meant someone else
>
> Have you found him in all census back to 1851 ?
>
> Ron Lankshear - Sydney Aust (from London- Shepherds Bush &
> Chiswick) http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/
>
>
> B & L Jones wrote:
> > Hi List
> >
> > According to the censuses Charles Henry DAVIS was born
> about 1844 but he
> > didn't know where. He was a member of the Royal Artillery
> and married Lucy
> > Grant Ferguson in 1872 at the Royal Chapel Tower of London.
> On his marriage
> > certificate his parents were unknown.
> >
> > An elderly aunt has always maintained he was an
> illegitimate son of the
> > Prince of Wales, 'one of many' I'm told.
> >
> > While there are other persons of that name born around that
> time I would
> > like to explore the idea of the rumour being true. I
> presume this has been
> > done before so I'm wondering if anyone has any clues as to
> how/where I could
> > start my search for his birth.
> >
> > Lorna
>


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