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1901 ONLY please

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 30 Jan 2016 20:04

Is it possible to find anything about this guy please? It could be a poor transcription

Name: Galanx Finch
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1892
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Mother: Letitia Finch
Birth Place: Farningham, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Plumstead

Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Woolwich
Sub-registration district: Plumstead East
ED, institution, or vessel: 29
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 577
Folio: 32
Page Number: 56
Household schedule number: 308
Household Members:

Name Age
Letitia Finch 29
Galanx Finch 9 <<<<
Letitia Finch 8
Kate Finch 6
Annie Finch 3
Roland Potter 20
Walter Dunnell 18

As I'm gradually working through the other names, please don't spoil the 'fun' ;-)
Thank you

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 30 Jan 2016 20:23

Don't worry - think he was Joseph Gilbert Finch but known as Gilbert

Name Gilbert Finch
Age 11
Birth Date 7 Jun 1891
School Plumstead High Street School
Borough Greenwich
Admission Date 25 Aug 1902
Parent George
Notes High Street School, Plumstead (0783) opened in 1893. Renamed Plumstead High Street School in 1921, then Bannockburn School in 1951
Reference Number LCC/EO/DIV06/HIG2/AD/001

His parents seperated and attempted to file for divorce. The Courts overturned the Decree Nisi because they had colluded.

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 30 Jan 2016 20:31

http://surname.rootschat.com/lexicon/dbsig/dbsig-quick-search.php?dbsig_num=1&surname=SHACKELL&view=11022

(above relates to Sister Kate?)

Chris :)

(if known/not known, or interested, lol, or don't look if you haven't got to her yet!)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 30 Jan 2016 21:16

DET

I looked at the image on ancestry ............ Galanx is a true transcription of the name as written on the image

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 30 Jan 2016 21:22

FMP version



Lititia Finch Head Married Female 29 1872 - Otford, Kent, England
Galanx Finch Son - Male 9 1892 - Farningham, Kent, England
Lititia Finch Daughter - Female 8 1893 - Farningham, Kent, England
Kate Finch Daughter - Female 5 1896 - Farningham, Kent, England
Annie Finch Daughter - Female 3 1898 - Farningham, Kent, England
Roland Potter Boarder Single Male 20 1881 General Labourer Farningham, Kent, England
Walter Dunnall Boarder Single Male 18 1883 General Labourer Farningham, Kent, England


It must have been a nickname they had for him!

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 30 Jan 2016 23:11

Thanks - Sylvia you're probably right about it being a nickname. I've found the other children who weren't living with Letitia.

Chris - that's useful, thank you. I had a quick peek at the Ancestry records very late last night and did spot the marriage with the correct parents names. The Shakell background is quite handy. :-)

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 30 Jan 2016 23:36

DET .....

the only thing is that I couldn't find a birth registration for a Joseph or Gilbert Finch at the relevant time


unless I'm just being particularly stupid :-)

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