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Dallas

Dallas Report 9 Sep 2008 20:15

I was wondering if anyone can help solve this problem.
I have been searching for a birth of a Edgar Haigh c1871 in Lepton,Huddersfield,parents Eliza Haigh (Beevers) and Henry Haigh,he appears in the census's of 1881 age 9,1891 age 19 and 1901 age 28.I have used the GRO,but to no avail,I have ask the local registar to do a search for me, they did not find anything from 1869-1873.

Sue

Sue Report 9 Sep 2008 20:19

Name: Edgar Haigh
Year of Registration: 1871
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Huddersfield
County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire
Volume: 9a
Page: 363 (click to see others on page)


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Source Information:

FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.

Uggers

Uggers Report 9 Sep 2008 20:19

Registration of births wasn't compulsary until (I think) 1875 but I have births a few years after that that weren't registered - best try for baptisms.

Uggers

Uggers Report 9 Sep 2008 20:20

There it is then :)

Sue

Sue Report 9 Sep 2008 20:21

lol Uggers, don't know if it is!

x

Dallas

Dallas Report 9 Sep 2008 20:37

I have baptisms for Lepton but not found him and I had same thought that he may not have been registered.Forgot to mention that Edgar's father Henry died in 1866,he used Henry;s name as father on marriage cert.

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 9 Sep 2008 20:42

Um, if he was born in 1871, then his father can't have died in 1866, looks like some porkies were told in the family maybe?

What about the one that Sue offered?

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 9 Sep 2008 20:43

Dallas, have you met FreeBMD? ;)

http://www.freebmd.org.uk
(click on the red "Search" in the lower left)

Easy as pie and a fraction of the price: free!

It's crappy for fuzzy searches though (if something is mistranscribed or not spelled as you expected).

I think you can use the Ancestry version free:


Births
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8912
Marriages
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8913
Deaths
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8914

Ancestry does much better on finding things you weren't looking for.

Dallas

Dallas Report 9 Sep 2008 20:47

GRO and Huddersfield Registrar's have checked all dates around 1871 but none matching the parents names I gave them,I have death cert for Henry and burial dates in family vault.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 9 Sep 2008 20:47

I don't know the geography, but is this one ruled out?

Births Jun 1870
Haigh Edgar Huddersfield 9a 329

Dallas

Dallas Report 9 Sep 2008 20:50

Thanks JaneyCanuck

I have checked with both these web sites more than i can remember

~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 9 Sep 2008 20:50

I think someone is lying about Henry being the dad if he died in 1866, it's just not physically possible.

For Reference 1881:
Name: Edgar Haigh
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Eliza
Gender: Male
Where born: Lepton, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Dalton in Huddersfield
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address: Trevillian St
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Scholar

Registration district: Huddersfield
Sub registration district: Kirkheaton
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Chas. W. Cliffe 42
Edgar Haigh 9
Eliza Haigh 40 (widow)
Sam Haigh 16
Tom B. Haigh 20
Jas. Hy. Smith 5
Sarah B. Smith 6

chrisa

chrisa Report 9 Sep 2008 20:51

Why don't you order which ever one you think is most likely going off the info you have & not give any names for his parents?

You already know there's something strange going on because he has given the name of a man who was dead 5 yrs before he was born as his father when he married.

Julie

Julie Report 9 Sep 2008 20:56

Might not of lied about ages

My G/Dad had the surname that was his married mums surname but it now turns out that the man she work for could be his dad

So if the 1881 is the correct family there's a possibility the Mr Cliffe could be the dad.....Your best bet would be to find them in the 1871 and see what Man was living with them

Julie

Julie Report 9 Sep 2008 21:04

1971.....Children are with G/Dad

George Haigh
Age: 72
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799
Relation: Father-in-law
Gender: Male
Where born: Lepton, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Lepton
Ecclesiastical parish: Lepton St John
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image
Registration district: Huddersfield
Sub registration district: Kirkheaton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 8
Household Members: Name Age
Jonathan Castle
Annie Dyson 12
Ellen Dyson 30
Emma Dyson 6
John Dyson 34
Joseph Dyson 3
Lavina Dyson 10
Louisa Dyson 4
Mary Dyson 8
George Haigh 72
George Haigh 3
Samuel Haigh 6
Thomas Haigh 10


~Summer Scribe~

~Summer Scribe~ Report 9 Sep 2008 21:07

Hmmm, interesting.

Dallas

Dallas Report 9 Sep 2008 21:08

Yes children are with g/father,I found Eliza as a visitor with her sister in Barnsley in 1871?
could Edgar be born there.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 9 Sep 2008 21:11

I might inquire about this one:

Births Dec 1871
Cliffe Edward Huddersfield 9a 336


I've seen several instances of people being called Edwin / Edward / Edgar interchangeably on various records.

Julie

Julie Report 9 Sep 2008 21:20

Can you post the 1871 as im not picking her up

Ok have found her, her birth place was different

Dallas

Dallas Report 9 Sep 2008 21:23


Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Civil Parish: Barnsley
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Barnsley
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image
Registration district: Barnsley
Sub registration district: Barnsley
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 95a
Household Members: Name Age
Louisa Beevors 14
Eliza Haigh 29
Anna Oldroyd 2
Elizabeth Oldroyd 24
Joseph Oldroyd 26


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