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Thread: Edgar Lay, b 1907, Leeds
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05-05-2017, 9:08 PM #11
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05-05-2017, 10:34 PM #12
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1939 register has him as Edgar Payne living in Birmingham with Hilda
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06-05-2017, 5:26 AM #13
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06-05-2017, 9:23 AM #14
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The story takes another twist ..............................
I found Edgar Lay on an 1881 census in Leicester in which he had been transcribed as "Illeg Grand Son"
He was in the home of his grandparents Peter and Eliza Lay - the reference is RG11; 3179; 44; 20
I have spent some time trying to find Peter on earlier census returns without success, nor can I find any of Peter's children EXCEPT............
Using wild cards I came across a family that "seems" to fit the bill in 1871 with the surname transcribed as LEA :
Peter Lea, 44, born in Liverpool
Elizabeth, 44 born in Warwickshire
Children William, Sarah, Selenor, Elenor, Walter and Alice all born in Coventry
Could the name LEA have become LAY?
Going back to the 1881 census I am suspecting that Edgar is the son of James & Ella Russell as he was living with them in 1891. James and Ella married in 1877, the same year that Edgar was born - this is only a suspicion. The GRO doesn't have a mother's surname recorded, what would be on the actual birth certificate?
David
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06-05-2017, 10:24 PM #15
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1861 rg9 2204 69 4
Peter lea 1824 Prescott lancs
1851 H107 2061 418 16
Peter Lea 1821 watch maker
Baptised 29 Aug 1819 Prescot parents Peter and Ann Lea desc as watchmaker BT on ancestry
Not even sure this is even correct line is there another name change. and job change??
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07-05-2017, 3:07 AM #16
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07-05-2017, 4:17 AM #17Going back to the 1881 census I am suspecting that Edgar is the son of James & Ella Russell as he was living with them in 1891. James and Ella married in 1877, the same year that Edgar was born - this is only a suspicion. The GRO doesn't have a mother's surname recorded, what would be on the actual birth certificate?
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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07-05-2017, 8:38 AM #18
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07-05-2017, 7:18 PM #19
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A big thank you to all who have answered my query.
My wife and I are just about to leave Hilary's home in Palmerston (near Dunedin) to drive back to home in Paeroa in the North Island via the South Coast of the South Island which will take us 4 days so I will be without access to a computrt until Saturday.
David
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07-05-2017, 7:58 PM #20
Hi David
Enjoy your trip home and stay safe.
When the mother's maiden name is not shown on the index it is usually assumed that it is the same as the child's surname and it will show as such on the birth certificate. The chid's first name only is recorded and then if no father is recorded that space is left blank. The mother's full name appears in the appropriate column. I can't recall at the moment just when the forms were changed to include the child's full name including the surname. Until this happened it was assumed that the child's surname was that of the father, if recorded, or if not the same as the mother.
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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