Who were their parents? - Page 2 - Genealogists' Forum

Merry · #11 21-09-22, 08:14

Looks like I might be, as Henry is still in Brighton in 1851, with hs widowed mother, Caroline. He is recorded as an undergraduate of Oxford Uni, so .... a fat red herring, most likely!!

Back to the drawing board......

Merry · #12 21-09-22, 08:31

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He was said to be nephew of Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe Bousfield who was a surveyor in NZ, and who was a son of Rebecca Bousfield, who appears to be the same person that Clara is a visitor with in 1861.

My brain aches reading that!

I see Octavius was aged 10 in 1841, and we know his 'nephew', Philip Cuthbert Anderson was born in 1848. Rebecca was born in the v late 1790s, so she may have had children from perhaps 1820 or a little before. If a sibling of Octavius was a parent of Philip then how did they come by the surname either Anderson or Cuthbert? *headache*

Merry · #13 21-09-22, 08:32

I still have not found baby Clara in 1851, nor the address that was given at the 1851 baptism.

#14 21-09-22, 08:42

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Originally Posted by Merry

I still have not found baby Clara in 1851, nor the address that was given at the 1851 baptism.

She is registered in the April - June Qtr so possibly not born in time!

Edit to say: The address on the baptism is just around the corner from where I am now, needless to say the buildings/cottages do not exist now but there was a church that could now be the Lithuanian Church now. It is a bit of a hotchpotch of design studios and old businesses now but was pretty derelict when I was a child. It is on the edge of the Regents Canal and the old gas works which they are now completely rebuilding by using the gas works in the new buildings.

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vc...ol11/pp109-112

"and the Oval, with 36 cottages and a chapel, on the eastern boundary by 1836. (fn. 30) Much of the estate, however, was occupied by a fishpond until the mid 19th century."

kiterunner · #15 21-09-22, 08:49

This is 12 Oval Cottages (the address from the baptisms) in 1851. Elizabeth Garrett - I think she was mentioned in the original post.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...cklabel=Return

Edit - ah, one of your links which didn't work was to the same census entry! Cuthbert is there.

kiterunner · #16 21-09-22, 08:51

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Originally Posted by maggie_4_7

She is registered in the April - June Qtr so possibly not born in time!

Her baptism record says that she was born in March.

#17 21-09-22, 08:54

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Originally Posted by kiterunner

Her baptism record says that she was born in March.

Sorry didn't spot that.

Merry · #18 21-09-22, 09:01

Well, I got nowhere fast with any of that and now I have to go and do other things!! lol

Merry · #19 21-09-22, 09:40

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Originally Posted by kiterunner

This is 12 Oval Cottages (the address from the baptisms) in 1851. Elizabeth Garrett - I think she was mentioned in the original post.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageview...cklabel=Return

Edit - ah, one of your links which didn't work was to the same census entry! Cuthbert is there.

lol Thanks! The 1851 links was one of those I never looked at!

Merry · #20 21-09-22, 09:45

Makes me think of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson!

I have to go out now, so hopefully this will be solved by the time I return