anyone heard of the surname refoy/gelks/furbear?

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Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 42 Send Message	Becki	Report	27 Dec 2003 20:38
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 42 Send Message	can anyone help really finding it hard to find any of theses surnames any help would be great ta rebecca
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 1,699 Send Message	Janet	Report	27 Dec 2003 20:42
	In the 1901 census there were 34 Refoys, 2 Gelks and 34 Furbears. The Refoys were mainly from Kent and Sussex. Most of the Furbears were from Devon, some from London, a couple from Somerset. The Gelks (Edwin and Thomas) seemed to be totally unrelated. From that I would assume that the rest of them had been wrongly transcribed. Jan.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Michele	Report	28 Dec 2003 23:48
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi In the 1891 census there seem to be only 7 Gelks- 6 are in Essex and one in Warwickshire 29 Refoy's - mainly born in Sussex, mostly still in Sussex, some in Kent, Hampshire and a couple of other counties. 14 Furbear's - mainly from Culmstock in Devon If you would like more details please email me. Good luck Michele
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 104 Send Message	Jennie	Report	7 Oct 2007 20:20
Member Since: May 2007 Posts: 104 Send Message	Hi I know you posted this a while ago but the name fubear was my grandmother who was born at culmstock did you find out any more?