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census look up please!! Reuben Ratcliff

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Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Dec 2011 06:14

hi can anyone help

im searching for the parents of
Reuben Ratcliff B.1883 in peckham...london
any info would be great
Many thanks
Lorraine :-D

jax

jax Report 20 Dec 2011 06:28

1901

Name: Reuben F Ratcliff
Age: 18
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Frank H Ratcliff
Mother's Name: Hannah Ratcliff
Gender: Male
Where born: Peckham, London, England

Civil parish: Camberwell
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints North Peckham
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration district: Camberwell
Sub-registration district: Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 52
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 362
Piece: 512
Folio: 129
Page Number: 57
Household Members: Name Age
Frank H Ratcliff 51
Hannah Ratcliff 52
Rose H Ratcliff 21
Reuben F Ratcliff 18
George R Ratcliff 16
Lyida A Ratcliff 14



Births Mar 1883 (>99%)
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RATCLIFF Reuben Frank Camberwell 1d 941

jax

jax Report 20 Dec 2011 06:30

Marriages Sep 1877 (>99%)
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Ratcliff Frank Hart Camberwell 1d 1054

Whittington Hannah Camberwell 1d 1054

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Dec 2011 06:31

hi jax

thanks for the info

any way of finding out the maiden name of hannah for me?

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Dec 2011 06:32

or where she was born?

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Dec 2011 06:33

brilliant .. thanks very much jax
merry xmas to you

jax

jax Report 20 Dec 2011 06:33

I have posted it but easily found on freebmd

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

jax

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 06:38

Lorraine

you may be interested in this record from ancestry

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Reuben Frank Ratcliff

Name: Reuben Frank Ratcliff
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Spouse Name: Maud Isabella Francis
Spouse Age: 24
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1908
Parish: North Peckham All Saints
Borough: Southwark
Father Name: Frank Ratcliff
Spouse Father Name: Joseph Edward Francis
Register Type: Parish Register

from image:-

Reuben
Bachelor
Occupation:- Carman
Address:- 6 Canal Bank
Father occupation:- Packer

Maud
Spinster
no occupation shown
Address:- 14 Willowbrook Road
Father occupation:- General Dealer

Witnesses:- Joseph Ed. Francis and Lydia Amy Ratcliff



sylvia

jax

jax Report 20 Dec 2011 06:42

says she was born Lavington, Sussex, England between 1847and 49 on the census's but not seeing a birth

jax

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 06:43

from ancestry:-

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Frank Hart Ratcliff

Name: Frank Hart Ratcliff
Age: Full Age
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877 <<<<<<<<<<< wrong!
Spouse Name: Hannah Whittington
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Sep 1877
Parish: Camberwell St George
Borough: Southwark
Father Name: William Ratcliff
Spouse Father Name: Renben Whittington <<<<<<< Reuben on image
Register Type: Parish Register

from image:-

Frank
Of Full Age
Bachelor
Occupation:- Publisher's Manager
Address:- East Surrey Grove
Father occupation:- Compositor

Hannah
Of Full Age
Spinster
no occupation shown
Address:- East Surrey Grove
Father occupation:- deceased

Witnesses:- William Ratcliff and Ann Lavender Ratcliff



sylvia

jax

jax Report 20 Dec 2011 06:45

Name: Frank Hart Ratcliff
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1849
Baptism Date: 4 Feb 1849
Father's Name: William Ratcliff
Mother's Name: Sarah Ratcliff
Parish or Poor Law Union: Bermondsey St James
Borough: Southwark
Register Type: Parish Registers

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 06:50

Could this be Hannah in 1861????


1861 Census

Name: Hannah Whittington
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Reuben Whittington
Mother's Name: Harriet Whittington
Gender: Female
Where born: Woolavington, Sussex, England

Civil parish: Petworth
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Registration district: Petworth
Sub-registration district: Petworth

Reuben Whittington 48 b.ca 1813, Woolavington, Ag Lab
Harriet Whittington 41 b.ca 1820, Woolavington
William Whittington 16 Ag Lab
Hannah Whittington 13
Charlotte Whittington 11
Harriet Whittington 9
Luke Whittington 4


all born Woolavington



sylvia

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Dec 2011 06:53

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONES HELP, THIS HAS NOW OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW BRANCH FOR ME THAT I WAS STUCK ON

MERRY XMAS TO YOU ALL :-) :-) :-)
LORRAINE

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 06:54

from familysearch.org

England Marriages, 1538–1973 for Reuben Whitington

Groom's Name: Reuben Whitington
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Harriet Hedger
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 18 Nov 1843
Marriage Place: Graffham,Sussex,England
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M07055-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 919112
Reference Number:



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 06:59

Interesting

I can see baptisms on that familysearch site for Luke, Harriet, Charlotte, John, William

and Hannah has been baptised as Anna ..... a common interchanging of names!

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Reuben Whitington

Name: Anna Whitington
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 16 May 1847
Baptism/Christening Place: WOOLAVINGTON,SUSSEX,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Reuben Whitington
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Harriet
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C07135-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 416755
Reference Number:



John was born 1846, but may well have died, or be living elsewhere by 1861

Name: John Whitington
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 23 Jan 1846
Baptism/Christening Place: Lavington, Woolavington, Sussex, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Reuben Whitington
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Harriet
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03637-0
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1041575
Reference Number: item 1





NOTE:- the names seems to be Whitington, with one 't' on all these records



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 07:02

????

the freebmd registration for Hannah??

Births Jun 1847 (>99%)

WHITINGTON Hannah Midhurst 7 436

Midhurst is the Registration District that includes West Lavington



I should search both under Whitington and Whittington for this family!!



sylvia

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 07:06

You also need to look for Wittington, without the 'h" :-D

1851 Census

Name: Hannah Wittington
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Ruben Wittington
Mother's Name: Harriett Wittington
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Woolavington, Sussex, England

Civil parish: Woolavington
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Registration district: Midhurst
Sub-registration district: Midhurst

Ruben Wittington 36 b. Graffham, Sussex, Farm Labourer
Harriett Wittington 30
William Wittington 6
Hannah Wittington 4
Charlotte Wittington 1
William Wittington 32 b. Petworth, SussexBrother, Unmarried, Farm Labourer




sylvia

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Dec 2011 07:07

thank you so much sylvia
all this info is wonderful..it will keep me going for a while now
you ve found out more in half an hour for me than i would of in weeks

thanks again
have a great xmas :-) :-)
Lorraine

Lorraine

Lorraine Report 20 Dec 2011 07:07

thank you so much sylvia
all this info is wonderful..it will keep me going for a while now
you ve found out more in half an hour for me than i would of in weeks

thanks again
have a great xmas :-) :-)
Lorraine

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 20 Dec 2011 07:07

MERRY XMAS LORRAINE
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)