Find Ancestors

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Boards

Quick Search

Single word search

Tools

Findmypast DNA Banner

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

henry james madge

Login to Add Reply Watch This
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

james ernest liddle

james ernest liddle Report 21 Sep 2010 14:46

trying to find surname of wife of henry james madge her name was mary j ? born truro cornwall about 1855 they had 3sons and 3daughters born between1878 @ 1888 one of the sons was my grandfather james henry madge

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 21 Sep 2010 14:52

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

Marriages Dec 1876

Ball William Newton Abbot 5b 343
FROST Mary Louisa Newton A 5b 343
Madge Henry James Newton A 5b 343
Smith Elizabeth Newton A. 5b 343

Researching:

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 21 Sep 2010 15:01

Is this your grandfather please? Note Henry's wife is Mary L not Mary J

1881 census

Name: James H. Madge
Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1878
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Henry J. Madge
Mother's Name: Mary L. Madge
Gender: Male
Where born: Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales

Civil parish: Swindon
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England

Street Address: 22 Carfax St
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Highworth
Sub-registration district: Swindon
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Henry J. Madge 28 Factory Labourer, b. Exeter, Devon
Mary L. Madge 24 b. Cornwall
James H. Madge 3
Martha J. Madge 11 (months?)

Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 2020; Folio: 18; Page: 28; GSU roll: 1341487

Researching:

Jim The Ferret

Jim The Ferret Report 21 Sep 2010 15:11

Birth?
Births Sep 1856 (>99%)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Frost Mary Louisa Truro 5c 163

Jim

Researching:
Nelhams Kemp in Glamorgan/Somerset Dyer in Hailey Willows/Willers

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 21 Sep 2010 15:19

I see now where you got the Mary J from
1901
Name Age
Henry J Madge 47
Mary J Madge 45
James Madge 23
Martha Madge 20
Sarah A Madge 18
Mary T Madge 13
Frederick Madge 11
William Madge 8
Rosetta Ball 18


On the actual image she is Mary L.

Researching:

Jim The Ferret

Jim The Ferret Report 21 Sep 2010 16:04

Birthplace of Mary is VERYAN Cornwall

Jim

Researching:
Nelhams Kemp in Glamorgan/Somerset Dyer in Hailey Willows/Willers

patchem

patchem Report 21 Sep 2010 17:06

When was your Grandfather born?
His birth certificate will have his Mother's maiden name on it.
I cannot see a James Henry in 1878 (1877 from Merthyr), so exact date would help.
Thanks