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James Jackes/Susanna Smith 1806

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Geoffrey

Geoffrey Report 28 Jul 2013 12:33

St Neots/Gamlingay. can any of you good people throw any light on my ancestors, i know the names of siblings, but their parents, marriage etc any details,for ever grateful
Geoff Jacques

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Jul 2013 12:38

What happened in 1806?

Use the following site to look for info.............

https://familysearch.org/

Potty

Potty Report 28 Jul 2013 12:43

Just to get us started: Edit forget this - see later post

1851 England Census

Name:James Jackes
Age:45
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1806
Relation:Head
Spouse's Name:Jane Jackes
Where born:Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England

Civil Parish:Gamlingay

County/Island:Cambridgeshire

James Jackes 45
Jane Jackes 46 B Bourne Cambridgeshire
George Jackes 18
William Jackes 14
Elizer Jackes 11

Children all born Gamlingay

Gee

Gee Report 28 Jul 2013 12:47

Would this be him?



Canada, British Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900

Name:James Jackes

Age:17

Birth Date:abt 1807

Birth Place:Little Eversden, Cambridge

Military Date:14 Dec 1824

Unit:43rd Foot Soldiers

Gee

Gee Report 28 Jul 2013 12:49

County Cambridgeshire
Place Gamlingay
Church St Mary the Virgin
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 20 Apr 1803
Forename James
Sex M
FatherForename William
MotherForename Mary
FatherSurname JACKES
MotherSurname
Abode
FatherOccupation
Notes
FileNumber 32270


County Cambridgeshire
Place Little Eversden
Church St Helen
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 28 Oct 1804
Forename James
Sex M
FatherForename John
MotherForename Elizabeth
FatherSurname JACKES
MotherSurname JACKES
Abode
FatherOccupation
Notes
FileNumber 6757


Im not sure if you saying you have his parents or not?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Jul 2013 12:51

How do you know the names of their siblings, without knowing the names of their fathers?

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Jul 2013 12:53

From the aforementioned family search site

Name: James Jackes
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 20 Apr 1803
Christening Place: GAMLINGAY,CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: William Jackes
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Mary
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C07363-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 990297

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Jul 2013 12:55

OR.......................


Name: James Jacks
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 24 Feb 1805
Christening Place: GAMLINGAY,CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: James Jacks
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Charlotte
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C07363-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 990297

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Jul 2013 12:59

1841 census

Person: JAKES, James Address: Cock Street, Gamlingay
Cost

JAKES, James M 35 1806 VIEW
JAKES, Susanna F 35 1806 VIEW
JAKES, William M 18 1823 VIEW
JAKES, Susan F 12 1829 VIEW
JAKES, Elizabeth F 10 1831 Cambridgeshire VIEW
JAKES, George M 8 1833 Cambridgeshire VIEW
JAKES, Samuel M 5 1836 Cambridgeshire VIEW
JAKES, David M 3 1838 Cambridgeshire VIEW Piece: 68 Book/Folio: 5 Page: 4 Registration District: Caxton & Arrington Civil Parish: Gamlingay Municipal Borough:

Potty

Potty Report 28 Jul 2013 12:59

Possible for 1841:

Name:James Jakes
Age:
35
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1806
Where born:
Cambridgeshire, England

Civil Parish:Gamlingay
James Jakes 35
Susanna Jakes 35
William Jakes 18
Susan Jakes 12
Elizabeth Jakes 10
George Jakes 8
Samuel Jakes 5
David Jakes 3

Potty

Potty Report 28 Jul 2013 13:04

1851 for some of the children in the 1841:

Name:David Jackes
Age:12
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1839
Relation:Brother
Gender:M (Male)
Where born:
Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England

Civil Parish:Gamlingay

William Jackes 28
Lucy Jackes 28
Sarah Jackes 7
James Jackes 3
William Jackes 11 Mo
Samuel Jackes 14 brother
David Jackes 12 brother


Potty

Potty Report 28 Jul 2013 13:22

Forget the 1851 I posted: this looks like that family in 1841:

James Jeaks 30
Jane Jeaks 35
John Jeaks 11
George Jeaks 9
William Jeaks 3
Eliza Jeaks 6 Mo

Potty

Potty Report 28 Jul 2013 13:30

David's baptism:

Name: David Jaques
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 12 Nov 1837
Christening Place: Gamlingay, Cambridge, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: James Jaques
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Susanna
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02388-7
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 2147100
Reference ID: yr 1813-1876 p 22

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 28 Jul 2013 14:18

Baptism
County Cambridgeshire
Place Little Eversden
Church St Helen
RegisterNumber 106
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 13 Oct 1833
Forename William
FatherForename John
MotherForename Susan
FatherSurname JAKES
MotherSurname
Abode
FatherOccupation Labourer

(if relating anywhere/no doesn't relate, sorry!)


http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

Chris :)

http://www.cfhs.org.uk/searchsd.cfm

(some Baptisms, Burials above 1801 - 1837, looks like you'll need to use variants!)


(looking at William 1851, think you need Huntingdon too)

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 28 Jul 2013 15:05

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1319634

(above relating)

Chris :)

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 28 Jul 2013 20:35

geoffrey does not appear to have returned to the thread highlighted above...............

And the census info found today was posted on that thread...............dated February

Marked As Answer Marked as Answered

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 29 Jul 2013 11:21

PM received.......

Geoffrey

Please add all feedback on here............

Potty

Potty Report 30 Jul 2013 14:03

PM received - have asked Geoffrey to return to the thread.

Geoffrey

Geoffrey Report 1 Aug 2013 12:15

thanks so much for help with help and advice on jackes 1806 is helping me move to my goal as i suspect ancestors may have come to help drain the fens