Take one 4xg-Grandparent week 9 - 30 Sep - 6 Oct 2011

[kiterunner]

This is our weekly challenge to see how much information you can find out about each of your 4xg-grandparents. Because there are so many brick walls at this stage, we are expecting that you will have quite a few missing 4xg-grandparents, and that the ones you do post up will have quite a few gaps to fill in. For this challenge, we ask that you only post a thread if you know the first name of your ancestor. You are allowed to post up to two threads each per week, e.g. your own ancestor and your OH's as well.


This week, we are focussing on your father's father's father's mother's father's father.

If you want to take part, just start a new thread on this board and put your 4x-great-grandfather's name in the Title. Copy the following form and fill in the answers that you already have, then over the course of the next week you try to fill in the blanks and everyone else helps you. If you're lucky enough to have all the information already, then you can still post it up if you want, so that search engines can pick it up.

Can you fill in all of the following information about that person:

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Date and place of birth
Names of parents
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Occupation(s) - if any
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Date, place and cause of death
Date and place of burial.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any


Adoptive or step-4x-great-grandparents welcome!

Also, something new for TO4G - if you have posted a thread in TO3G for this ancestor's son, could you please include a link to that thread. If you search for the tag TO3G3, you should find it. Please let me know of any missing / wrong tags and I will correct them.

[Langley Vale Sue]

I can't do this week either . My GG grandmother was adopted in Canada and my OH's was illegitimate so no fathers or grandfathers known! Oh well, there's always next week

[ElizabethHerts]

I can't find baptisms for either of my 3xgreats so no go for me either.

[Merry]

A no-go for me this week. I don't have any 4xgs for OH on his father's side and I don't have a bap for my 3xg on this line.

It has reminded me that I have not finished struggling with my 3xg, John Saunders, coal merchant (remember him, Kate!!), so I might give him another go!

[kiterunner]

Yes, I remember him well. *groans*

[Merry]

Oh well no baptism for Hannah 2 X G G so no chance ,,,unless I can do anon anon lol

[Margaret in Burton]

I can't do this weeks either. OH's side is the (GF famous) family of Peter Henry Harrison and coincidentally mine is the father of Thomas Harrison my 3 x great grandfather who I'm stuck on.

[WendyPusey]

I can't do any this week either.

[Asa]

I have one lot a complete blank because of illegitimacy and the other - John Sullivan labourer probably from Ireland - isn't really worth putting up :-)