Grand father Henry Stanford

[henry8]

My Ggrandfather, Henry Stanford was born in Croyden on the 15/81839. He emigrated to South Africa in 1857. It would like to trace further back but, how do I go about from here? Please could anybody help?

[Browneyes]

You could have a look at some of the sites on

cyndislist.com/soafrica.htm

It's a start anyway.

[Sandyhall]

My Ggrandfather, Henry Stanford was born in Croyden on the 15/81839. He emigrated to South Africa in 1857. It would like to trace further back but, how do I go about from here? Please could anybody help?

Hi
From what you already tell us and as he was born in 1839 in Croydon, Surry I would expect to find
1. a birth Cert.
I couldn't find one in Surrey on FreeBMD

2. him & family on the 1841 & 1851 Census.
Couldn't find him in 1841

This is the nearest I could find in the 1851 England Census

Name: Ann Stanford, Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Female
Where born: Norwood, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Lambeth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Brixton
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
William Burford 40 head
Ann Stanford 45 lodger
Sarah Stanford 13 lodger's Daughter
Henry Stanford 9 lodger's son

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1575; Folio: 560; Page: 19

Do you already have a birth Cert. for him which would tell you his Parent's name

[Jane M]

Hi Henry8 & welcome to B-G Forums.
If I might ask, from where did you get his birth date? The logical way of proceeding back from Henry is to get a copy of his birth certificate which will give you the names of his parents. I've had a look on the Free BMD site & it doesn't appear on the index for the date you gave so if you can enlighten me as to the source of your information I'll try to help,

Jane

[henry8]

You could have a look at some of the sites on

cyndislist.com/soafrica.htm

It's a start anyway.

Hi
Thank you I shall visit the site

[henry8]

Thank you Sandyhall
I have no birth certificate. My information is scant and it seems that I will have to dig deeper to verify my information at this end
Henry8

[henry8]

Hi Henry8 & welcome to B-G Forums.
If I might ask, from where did you get his birth date? The logical way of proceeding back from Henry is to get a copy of his birth certificate which will give you the names of his parents. I've had a look on the Free BMD site & it doesn't appear on the index for the date you gave so if you can enlighten me as to the source of your information I'll try to help,

Jane

Hi Jane
As I mentioned to SandyHall my information is scant- too scant to proceed with my search, so I will have to go back to the drawing board. I live in South Africa, Henry emigrated from England. Perhaps I should start at our local dept. of inland affairs for a copy of a birth certificate and then return to this forum.
Thank you------Henry8

[Jane M]

Hi Henry8,
I saw & responded to your other query re. Ann Hyde over on the Sussex page, is that the wife of Henry Stanford?
You said your source for the birth date of Ann Hyde was from a book, is that the same source for the birth date of Henry Stanford?
It might be a good idea to find a death record for him in SA, that might give you a better idea of his birth date. I'm presuming (if Ann Hyde was his wife) that they married in SA? If this is so, then a copy of that marriage certificate should give you an age for him plus, at least, his father's name, if records were kept in SA in a similar way to UK records.
I'm sure we'll be able to help once you've sorted everything out!

Jane

[henry8]

Hi Henry8,
I saw & responded to your other query re. Ann Hyde over on the Sussex page, is that the wife of Henry Stanford?
You said your source for the birth date of Ann Hyde was from a book, is that the same source for the birth date of Henry Stanford?
It might be a good idea to find a death record for him in SA, that might give you a better idea of his birth date. I'm presuming (if Ann Hyde was his wife) that they married in SA? If this is so, then a copy of that marriage certificate should give you an age for him plus, at least, his father's name, if records were kept in SA in a similar way to UK records.
I'm sure we'll be able to help once you've sorted everything out!



Jane

Hi Jane

Yes Henry married Ann in South Africa. I will endeavor to obtain information from the dept. of inland affairs in South Africa and return to this forum.

Henry

[Leona777]

Hi Henry8

Did you get any more information cause I found that Henry Stanford is in my family tree from the Honiball side and I would like to know if you might let me know how far you got with your research.
thanks
Leona777