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how to find parents name if I have a birth record

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Cheryl

Cheryl Report 4 Nov 2010 16:29

Thank you Mary,
sorry for late reply, I've been at work.
Cheryl

Mary

Mary Report 4 Nov 2010 10:38

1911 41,Hankey Street Peterborough

Albert Edward a groom 1873 Hemingford Huntingdonshire
Janet 1869 married 19years 6 children 2 died
Sidney GEORGE 1893
Edward Ernest 1896
Albert frederick 1903
Percy Leonard 1908.

Maryb

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 3 Nov 2010 22:07

OK Catherine - will do

Thanks again for your help. I didn't know whether to read or write as the replies were coming so fast. lol

Catherine

Catherine Report 3 Nov 2010 21:00

Do let us know what the marriage cert. says Cheryl. Always good to hear the outcome.
Catherine

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 3 Nov 2010 20:52

Sorry I didn't realise his marriage would help to find his parents.
The 1881 censu shows him as Edward, but I do think that is him.

Thank you all for your help.

I will get his marraige cert just to confirm details.
Thanks
Cheryl

Catherine

Catherine Report 3 Nov 2010 20:48

OH!
Didn't see that Janey, we turned page and as you added it on to your posting I didn't notice.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Nov 2010 20:48

Cheryl, it's just that if you start out by giving the info you actually have -- in particular, the marriage to Janet Allen, in this case -- people don't waste time on guesses and wild goose chases.

Once I guessed at the marriage, which turned out to be correct, it was possible to find him in 1901 and then track him back using the info in that census.

Catherine

Catherine Report 3 Nov 2010 20:46

Cheryl,
If you are certain that he married Janet Allen, then you really need to start by buying a copy of the cert. This will confirm, or not, if you have the correct father. If not then we can look again at the census records to see if we can find the correct one.
It will also give you his address at the time he married which could help and his occupation which could also confirm any findings.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Nov 2010 20:45

And I posted the 1901, Catherine. ;)


Here's the George & Rebecca household in 1881.


Name: Edward Humphrey
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Son
Father's name: George Humphrey
Mother's name: Rebecca Humphrey
Where born: Broughton, Huntingdon, England

Civil Parish: Ripton Kings
County/Island: Huntingdonshire

George Humphrey 40 - ag lab.
Rebecca Humphrey 38
William Humphrey 19
Jabez Humphrey 13
Thomas Humphrey 11
Edward Humphrey 8
Mary Ann George 40
Percy Graves 6


Looking good.


edit - Chris posted it simultaneously, but I'm going to leave this because it's devoid of irrelevant bumph and formatted for easy reading.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 3 Nov 2010 20:44

1881 address search redefine current search
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth
Year Occupation
Disability Where Born Original
census
image

HUMPHREY, George Head Married M 40 1841 Ag Lab
Great Stukeley
Huntingdonshire VIEW
HUMPHREY, Rebecca Wife Married F 38 1843 Ag Lab Wife
Caxton
Cambridgeshire VIEW
HUMPHREY, William Son Single M 19 1862 Ag Lab
Great Stukeley
Huntingdonshire VIEW
HUMPHREY, Jabez Son Single M 13 1868 Scholar
Great Stukeley
Huntingdonshire VIEW
HUMPHREY, Thomas Son Single M 11 1870 Scholar
Great Stukeley
Huntingdonshire VIEW
HUMPHREY, Edward Son Single M 8 1873 Scholar
Broughton
Huntingdonshire VIEW
GEORGE, Mary Ann Visitor Single F 40 1841 General Serv Domestic
Caxton
Cambridgeshire VIEW
GRAVES, Percy Visitor Single M 6 1875 Scholar
Huntingdon
Huntingdonshire VIEW

RG number:
RG11 Piece:
1604 Folio:
116 Page:
7

Registration District:
Huntingdon Sub District:
Huntingdon Enumeration District:
Ecclesiastical Parish:


Civil Parish:
Kings Ripton Municipal Borough:
Address:
Cottage, Kings Ripton County:
Huntingdonshire

(George and Rebecca?)

Chris :)

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 3 Nov 2010 20:39

Janey, I am trying to keep up with all the responses and my fingers can't go any faster, sorry.

The birth in St Ives is probably correct as it is about 25 miles from here.

Albert is my husband 3 X gr grandad. The reason I am trying to find out this info is that I have recently found that my mum in law has a half sister that neither knew about. They live less than a mile apart and the sister knows nothing of where she came from as she was raised by her dads sister after her mother walked out when she was only one year old.
The sisters are now in regular contact and I have offered to find out some info for her as she knew absolutely nothing.

Thanks alot for your help

I think that his parents were George and Rebecca but wanted someone to see if they thought that too.

Catherine

Catherine Report 3 Nov 2010 20:39

1901 for the 1892 marriage Janey found?

Name: Albert G Humphrey
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Janette Humphrey
Gender: Male
Where born: Hemingford, Huntingdonshire, England

Civil Parish: Connington
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Connington
County/Island: Huntingdonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: Coachman Domestic

Registration district: Huntingdon
Sub-registration district: Sawtry
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 35
Household Members:
Name Age
Albert G Humphrey 28
Janette Humphrey 30
Sidney G Humphrey 8
Ernest E Humphrey 5
Violet M Humphrey 4

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Nov 2010 20:31

Cheryl, could you please answer the questions for all the nice people trying to help?

What is your connection with your Albert??

And what do you *know* about him????

edit -- okay, he married Janet Allen.

So he is the one posted from 1891 and 1901.

Could be the one born in St Ives!

St Ives reg dist covers Hemingford Abbots and Hemingford Grey.

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 3 Nov 2010 20:30

Mary - that is who I think his parents are -george and rebecca.

JaneyCanuck -- yes Albert married Janet Allen

I am almost certain the oxfordshire info is not my family.

Catherine -that 1891 census info is what I have and am trying to get further back. Connington is about 2 miles from where I live.

Thanks alot

Catherine

Catherine Report 3 Nov 2010 20:30

The 1891
Name: Albert E Humphry
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relation: Servant
Gender: Male
Where born: Hemingford, Huntingdonshire, England

Civil Parish: Conington
Ecclesiastical parish: Connington
County/Island: Huntingdonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: Groom

Registration district: Huntingdon
Sub-registration district: Sawtry
ED, institution, or vessel: 2

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 3 Nov 2010 20:26

The 1891 census I have shows him as 20 and living at Connington and born at Hemingford. These are in the same area and not far from St Ives. I live in this area so know theres not far between them all.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Nov 2010 20:26

A good chance this is the one registered in St Ives in 1872 -- Is This Your Albert??

Marriages Mar 1892
Allen Isaac Huntingdon 3b 327
Allen Janet Huntingdon 3b 327
> HUMPHREY Albert Edward Huntingdon 3b 327
Judge Elizabeth Huntingdon 3b 327


1901 -- Is This Your Albert??

Name: Albert G Humphrey [looks like "G" ...]
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Head
> Spouse's name: Janette Humphrey
Where born: Hemingford, Huntingdonshire, England

Civil Parish: Connington
Town: Connington
County/Island: Huntingdonshire

Albert G Humphrey 28 - coachman [something]
Janette Humphrey 30
Sidney G Humphrey 8
Ernest E Humphrey 5
Violet M Humphrey 4

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Nov 2010 20:22

And this would be the 1891 groom Albert, in 1881 (you have to allow for spelling variants):


Name: Albert Humphries
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Son
Mother's name: Mary Humphries
Where born: Fulbrook, Oxfordshire, England

Civil Parish: Fulbrook
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Registration district: Witney

Mary Humphries 50
William Henry Humphries 11
Albert Humphries 7
George Harris 21
Thomas Smith 17


Although there were two:

Births Mar 1874
Humphris Albert Witney 3a 713
Births Jun 1875
Humphris Albert Henry Witney 3a 687



You really, really need to say what you *know* about *your* Albert!

Mary

Mary Report 3 Nov 2010 20:22

Albert edward Humphrey A/M/J 1872 st ives Cambridgshire Huntingdonshire

1881 D16> 7Huntingdonshire
Edward Humphrey born 1873 Broughton
George Humphrey 1841
Rebecca 1845.

Are these who baptised Albert Edward as posted earlier??

Maryb

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Nov 2010 20:14

It would help to know what you *do* know -- the reason why you're tracing him.

Do you know whom he married? His marriage certificate would give his age and his father's name, and you can trace back with that.

If one doesn't have certificates, one has to get them! ;)