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again from findmypast .... R Biffin returning to South Africa??


BIFFIN R 1901 M 1926 Southampton South Africa Cape VIEW VIEW



and then there were these others travelling to South Africa from Southampton in 1903, possibly on the same ship as E W ..... I wonder if they are connected to E W?????




BIFFEN F 1885 M 1903 Southampton South Africa Cape VIEW VIEW
BIFFER E 1897 M 1907 Southampton South Africa Cape VIEW VIEW
BIFFER E 1898 F 1907 Southampton South Africa Cape VIEW VIEW




sylvia

Following on Cherilyn's discovery of the possible travel to South Africa


ancestry has the following ...............

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Reginald Biffin

Name: Reginald Biffin
Birth Date: abt 1901
Age: 25
Port of departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 10 May 1926
Port of arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Cape Town
Ship Name: Kenilworth Castle
Search Ship Database: View the 'Kenilworth Castle' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: The Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Official Number: 118433


from image:-

Boarded at:- Capetown
Proposed Addressed in UK:- c/o 52 Queen Victoria St, EC4
Occupation:- Comm. Salesman
Country of last permanent residence:- S. Rhodesia

Travelling alone


Is it possible????????????




sylvia

Following on Cherilyn's discovery of the possible travel to South Africa


ancestry has the following ...............

UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Reginald Biffin

Name: Reginald Biffin
Birth Date: abt 1901
Age: 25
Port of departure: Durban, South Africa
Arrival Date: 10 May 1926
Port of arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Cape Town
Ship Name: Kenilworth Castle
Search Ship Database: View the 'Kenilworth Castle' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping Line: The Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
Official Number: 118433


from image:-

Boarded at:- Capetown
Proposed Addressed in UK:- c/o 52 Queen Victoria St, EC4
Occupation:- Comm. Salesman
Country of last permanent residence:- S. Rhodesia



Is it possible????????????




sylvia

From findmy past

BIFFEN E W [b c.]1872 M[ale] 1903 [dep] London [to] South Africa Cape

He seems to have travelled alone.

???

The South African genie site an*estry24 (replace * with c) has a hit for an Edward William Biffen - a legal record of some sort. But need paid sub to access :-(

It really does look as though they emigrated!




sylvia

Doris was Doris Emma

Name: Doris Emma Biffen
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1896
Registration district: Edmonton
Inferred County: Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 320 (click to see others on page)


and she was baptised in Yorkshire:-

West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 about Doris Emma Biffin

Name: Doris Emma Biffin
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1896
Parish: Wakefield, St Andrew
Baptism Date: 17 Aug 1896
Father's Name: Edward William Biffin
Mother's name: Antonia Vandertinden Biffin

from image:-

Address:- 63 Sydney Road, Hornsey, London
Father occupation:- Railway Clerk


and Reginald was also baptised in Yorkshire:-

Name: Reginald Biffen
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1900
Parish: Wakefield, St Andrew
Baptism Date: 10 Oct 1900
Father's Name: Edward William Biffen
Mother's name: Antonia Biffen

Address:- 63 Sydney Road
Father occupation:- Railway Clerk




sylvia

Edward William b. ca 1884 is in Staffordshire in the 1881 Census, and seemingly dies in 1898 ......... his will is on ancestry

Just for information, and to help get my head around the family


I think this is Edward William in 1871 ........ his father works at the prison!


1871 Census

Name: Edward Wm Biffin
Age: 6 Months
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Willson Oakley <<<<<<<<<<<<<< ignore!!
Gender: Male
Where born: Taunton, Somerset, England
Civil parish: Wilton
Town: Taunton
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Registration district: Taunton
Sub-registration district: Taunton St Mary Magdalen

Willson Oakley 52 Governor of Prison
Ellen Oakley 45
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Edward W Biffin 27 b.ca 1844, Bridgewater, Somerset, Porter (OR Accountant?)
Emma Biffin 28 b.ca 1843, Wiveliscombe (?sp), Somerset , Housewife
Emma Honna Biffin 4 b.ca 1867, Taunton, Scholar
Edward Wm Biffin 6 Months
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Address:- County Prison



sylvia

Thanks Mike. This is a good lead for me to follow.
Helen

Wonder if this is Emma in 1881.
The reason why Edward was boarding out.
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Martha TRUEMAN Pauper Inmate Female 14 Devizes, Wiltshire, England Scholar Pauper
>>>>> Emma BIFFIN Pauper Inmate W Female 33 Combe Hay, Somerset, England Cook Sert Pauper
Thomas BIFFIN Pauper Inmate Male 10 West Lavington, Wiltshire, England Scholar Pauper
Edward BIFFIN Pauper Inmate Male 4 Devizes, Wiltshire, England Scholar Pauper
Charles CURTIS Pauper Inmate Male 11 West Lavington, Wiltshire, England Scholar Pauper
Harriet CURTIS Pauper Inmate Female 9 West Lavington, Wiltshire, England Scholar Pauper
(Continued)

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Institution "Devizes Union Workhouse"
Census Place Devizes St James, Wiltshire, England

Wow! Thank you for the quick responses. I have the birth info of Edward and Antonia but I cannot find anything for either of them after the 1901 census. I am quite new to this so I may not be searching in the right places. They may have emigrated.

Thanks
Helen

possible parents

Marriages Mar 1865 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*******Biffen Edward William - Taunton 5c 625
Burton Mary Ann Taunton 5c 625
**********Gibbs Emma - Taunton 5c 625
Stevens William Taunton 5c 625

Edward William Biffen
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 22 Jan 1871 Wilton,? Somerset,? England
residence: Wilton,? Somerset,? England
parents: Edward William Biffen,? Emma


name: Edward William Biffen
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 22 Jan 1871
baptism/christening place: Wilton, Somerset, England
father's name: Edward William Biffen
mother's name: Emma
indexing project (batch) number: I03322-5
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1526792

Antonia Vanderlinden Simpson
England Marriages, 1538–1973
birth: 1870
marriage: 23 Jan 1893 Wakefield,? York,? England
parents: Abraham Simpson
spouse: Edward William Biffen


groom's name: Edward William Biffen
groom's birth date: 1871
groom's age: 22
bride's name: Antonia Vanderlinden Simpson
bride's birth date: 1870
bride's age: 23
marriage date: 23 Jan 1893
marriage place: Wakefield, York, England
groom's father's name: Edward William Biffen
bride's father's name: Abraham Simpson
indexing project (batch) number: I08297-0
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1542257

Antonia Vanderlendeu Simpson
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
christening: 02 Jan 1870 CATHEDRAL,?MANCHESTER,?LANCASHIRE,?ENGLAND
residence: Lancashire,? England
parents: Abraham Simpson,? Georgina Chambers Field


name: Antonia Vanderlendeu Simpson
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 02 Jan 1870
baptism/christening place: CATHEDRAL,MANCHESTER,LANCASHIRE,ENGLAND
father's name: Abraham Simpson
mother's name: Georgina Chambers Field
indexing project (batch) number: C07354-7
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 438181

Birth certificate for names of parents

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Births Dec 1870
Biffin Edward William - Taunton 5c 370

Household: 1881

Phoebe TOOGOOD Head W Female 52 Bath, Somerset, England Tioness
Mary TOOGOOD Daur U Female 25 Bromley, Middlesex, England Dressmaker
Robert TOOGOOD Son U Male 24 Twerton, Somerset, England Locomotive Fireman (Ry)
Federick TOOGOOD Son U Male 22 Twerton, Somerset, England Timber Sawyer
Phoebe A. TOOGOOD Daur U Female 19 Twerton, Somerset, England Asst In Home Duties
Edward TOOGOOD Son U Male 16 Twerton, Somerset, England Coach Smith (Ry Cm)
Alfred TOOGOOD Son Male 13 Twerton, Somerset, England Errand Boy
William V. TOOGOOD Son Male 12 Twerton, Somerset, England Scholar
************* Edward W. BIFFEN Boarder Male 10 Taunton, Somerset, England Scholar
Edith E. BIFFEN Boarder Female 2 Twerton, Somerset, England


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Dwelling 2 Longmead Terr
Census Place Twerton, Somerset, England

Does anyone have any information on Edward William Biffen born 1871 in Taunton Somerset. He married Antonia Vanderlinden Simpson 23.01.1893 in Wakefield Yorkshire. I have found him in the 1901 census living on Hornsey Middlesex- was a railway clerk - and in the same census his wife and children Doris and Reginald are listed as visitors in Wakefield. My search then goes cold.