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FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 18 Oct 2010 20:18

How did I miss that one?

Thank you Renes...Off to investigate

Edits.

Oooooo AND hes a Coach Driver...Oh well done Renes..Thank you..

Renes

Renes Report 19 Oct 2010 08:50


John Godfrey
 
Birth: Lifrom, , , Ireland
Christening:
Marriage: 31 AUG 1869 Manhattan, New York, New York
Death:
Burial:

Father: Robert Godfrey

Mother: Marg...t Nill...  

Mary Bowie

 
Birth: Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec
Christening:
Marriage: 31 AUG 1869 Manhattan, New York, New York 

Father: Edies... Bowie
Mother: Mary R...  



Expect you have looked at this - but Mary was born in Canada - and John Ireland - any good





FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 19 Oct 2010 09:37

No I hadnt looked at anything other than the one you found on 1880 census Renes,I was too tired and Jaded from the day before.Takes longer to recover when you are not a teenager anymore.

The marriage is a good possibility although I will have to point out that on the census of 1880 that you found it says John Godfrey was born in NY and his parents were born in Ireland.
It also says Mary was born in NY also and her Father born Canada and her mother in NY.
But I am certainly not dismissing it.

Renes

Renes Report 19 Oct 2010 10:10

Oh I see now Fans

I muddled up who was born where ---- not used to looking at USA census ------

Need mases of more practise

Shall I delete it

Renes

Renes Report 19 Oct 2010 10:27

For Reference 1880 Census USA

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Father's
Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John GODFREY Self M Male W 33 NY Coach Driver IRE IRE
Mary GODFREY Wife M Female W 30 NY Keeps House CAN NY
Elizabeth GODFREY Dau S Female W 13 NY Cash Girl NY NY
Frank GODFREY Son S Male W 11 NY Attends School NY NY
Mary GODFREY Dau S Female W 5 NY NY NY
John GODFREY Son S Male W 3 NY NY NY
Charles GODFREY Son S Male W 2 NY NY NY

Source Information:
Census Place 22nd Ward, District 21, New York, New York (Manhattan),
New York City-Greater, New York
Family History Library Film 1254889
NA Film Number T9-0889
Page Number 359B

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 19 Oct 2010 10:34

No dont delete it Renes.It may turn out right one day,you never know..

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 19 Oct 2010 13:48

There I am, tidying up after folk and this flippin' thread keeps popping up ;))


Just thought I would nudge to get the adrenalin goin'


hahahahaha






Slap.

FannyByGaslight

FannyByGaslight Report 23 Oct 2010 16:27

This man was born Feb 22nd.

Name: Henry C Harding
Death Registration Month/Year: 1946<<(March quarter
Age at death (estimated): 64
Registration district: Islington
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 1b
Page: 233

Sparky friends grandad who never married his nan,but they lived in sin for years til his death.


This is Sparkys mother, born in 1929,but not registered til 1959 !


Name: Barbara R Harding
Mother's Maiden Surname: Harding
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1959
Registration district: Pancras
Registration county: Greater London, Middlesex
Volume Number: 5d
Page Number: 552

And sister

Name: Ruby E Harding
Mother's Maiden Surname: Harding
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1959
Registration district: Pancras
Registration county: Greater London, Middlesex
Volume Number: 5d
Page Number: 552

Births Mar 1926
Harding Ruby E Harding Pancras 5d See S'59



Name: Barbara R Harding
Mother's Maiden Surname: Harding
Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1929
Registration district: Pancras
Volume Number: 5d
Page Number: S'59

This is Nora on 1911
HUNT, Fredrick Head Married
22 years M 58 1853 Chair Turner Radnage Bucks
HUNT, Ellen Wife Married F 58 1853 North End Bucks
HUNT, Nora Daughter F 14 1897 Stokenchurch Bucks

Registration District:
Wycombe Sub District:
Stokenchurch Enumeration District:
5 Parish:
Stokenchurch

Address:
Church Street Stokenchurch County:
Buckinghamshire

Nora had 2 boys (father unknown) before having Ruby and Barbara,and was made to leave the family home after the 2nd,and she then had the boys "adopted" out(names not known to me) and only uncovered about them after Nora was dead.
It is believed that she may have met Henry anytime between 1916 and 1928 !
She ended up in Pancras area of London,thats all I know.

Anything is possible with this family.
One of them must surely have been married elsewhere I say ,or why not get married..?
Sparky tells me so much in the trying to find his grandads birth that I get lost,so if this looks like waffle,sorry.

She used the name Harding as her maiden name to reg the girls as Henry was dead and she wanted them registered as Harding and not Hunt.
Thats what he tells me.
He is searching for all his documents again now,but they have been tidied away by partner when he was in hosp,and cant be found.He is hopping mad at her so I shant bother him again about them for a while..