oncered2003
25-02-2008, 06:14 PM
I AM REALLY HAVING A PROBLEM RESEARCHING MY MUMFORD LINE. MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER ELIZA WAS SUPPOSEDLY BORN AUGUST 23, 1846 IN EATON, ENGLAND. HER PARENTS WERE JOHN AND MARY MUMFORD. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CITIES NAMED EATON IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES, BUT I DONT KNOW FOR SURE WHICH ONE. IF THE MUMFORD FAMILY MOVED FROM A DIFFERENT CITY OR COUNTY TO EATON WHEN ELIZA WAS YOUNG EATON MAY HAVE ONLY BEEN THE CITY SHE REMEMBERED LIVING IN. SHE MARRIED A JOSIAH WARNE WHO WAS FROM CALSTOCK CORNWALL IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1869 AND LISTS HER AGE AT NEXT BIRTHDAY AS 25. IF THAT IS CORRECT, SHE WOULD HAVE BORN IN 1844 RATHER THAN 1846. IVE TRIED LOOKING IN THE 1851 CORNWALL CENSUS WHEN, IF SHE WAS BORN IN 1846 , SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 5. THERE IS AN ELIZA MUMFORD WITH JOHN AND MARY AS PARENTS LIVING IN MODBURY, BUT HER AGE IS LISTED AS 8. SOMEHOW THE MUMFORD FAMILY HAS A DEVONPORT CONNECTION CONNECTION. I THINK HER BROTHER MAY HAVE BEEN BORN THERE, BUT I DONT KNOW HIS NAME. SHE ALSO HAD A SISTER, BUT AGAIN I DONT KNOW HER NAME. THERE IS A FAMILY STORY THAT ELIZA HAD A SISTER WHO WENT TO AUSTRALIA, BUT I CANT EVEN CONFIRM THAT. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE HELP IN WHERE I SHOULD LOOK NEXT.