I have a relative - Harry STAPLETON b Ampthill, Beds in 1867c and he married Elizabeth PARR in 1894. Just thought I'd throw in my Harry Stapleton. Cheers Eunice in hot and sunny 38c Melbourne. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Research Strategy Advice Needed > Connie, > > Sounds like a lot of fable and not a lot of fact. It's hard when > it's not your own family. > > At best, he would be 80 by the time of WWI. And if his wife was of > similar age, she would have to be dead by 1945 - not registering children. > > And if we really stretch the imagination and have a 75 yr old male > marry a 20 yr old female and have a child around 1900, why would there be a > wait of 45 years to register the birth. > > Do you have any specific data? Do you know a specific area of > Bedfordshire ? Who was his wife.? Where did they marry? When & where did > they die? When & where were any children born? > > Looking logically, he should appear in every UK census from 1841, > 1851, 1861 & 1871. Other listers may be able to elaborate on census data for > those overseas on military service. I believe all those censuses are now > available at Ancestry.co.uk for subscription or pay per view basis. > > If he migrated in 1872, you should find him in 1880 USA Census > available at www.familysearch.org. Otherwise try 1881 UK census. > > An analysis of the distribution of Stapleton in Bedfordshire from > 1861 census shows they come from just 4 locations - most from Ampthill and > Bedford city, with a few in Luton and Woburn, and just one family in > Biggleswade. There are no Henry or Harry and just 4 John's around the > indicated age. However, it's more likely > that around aged 30 he was on active service. > > Over in USA, in 1880 Census there is a Henry Stapleton b 1836 > England, living in Tennessee with wife Harriet. There are no Harry's but > unfortunately too many John's for meaningful analysis. > > I'm sure we would all like to help. We just need one or two > secondary clues that could come from a death or marriage certificate. > > Peter in Sydney > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > Bedfordshire at Rootsweb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ > >

Hi Eunice is hot and sunny Melbourne. Thanks for writing. I'm going to try to get more information from this side of the ocean before I blindly jump into English records. Connie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eunice Goude" <ozypomeg@tpg.com.au> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:04 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Research Strategy Advice Needed >I have a relative - Harry STAPLETON b Ampthill, Beds in 1867c and he >married > Elizabeth PARR in 1894. Just thought I'd throw in my Harry Stapleton. > Cheers > Eunice in hot and sunny 38c Melbourne. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> > To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:53 PM > Subject: Re: [BDF] Research Strategy Advice Needed > > >> Connie, >> >> Sounds like a lot of fable and not a lot of fact. It's hard when >> it's not your own family. >> >> At best, he would be 80 by the time of WWI. And if his wife was >> of >> similar age, she would have to be dead by 1945 - not registering >> children. >> >> And if we really stretch the imagination and have a 75 yr old >> male >> marry a 20 yr old female and have a child around 1900, why would there be > a >> wait of 45 years to register the birth. >> >> Do you have any specific data? Do you know a specific area of >> Bedfordshire ? Who was his wife.? Where did they marry? When & where did >> they die? When & where were any children born? >> >> Looking logically, he should appear in every UK census from 1841, >> 1851, 1861 & 1871. Other listers may be able to elaborate on census data > for >> those overseas on military service. I believe all those censuses are now >> available at Ancestry.co.uk for subscription or pay per view basis. >> >> If he migrated in 1872, you should find him in 1880 USA Census >> available at www.familysearch.org. Otherwise try 1881 UK census. >> >> An analysis of the distribution of Stapleton in Bedfordshire from >> 1861 census shows they come from just 4 locations - most from Ampthill > and >> Bedford city, with a few in Luton and Woburn, and just one family in >> Biggleswade. There are no Henry or Harry and just 4 John's around the >> indicated age. However, it's more likely >> that around aged 30 he was on active service. >> >> Over in USA, in 1880 Census there is a Henry Stapleton b 1836 >> England, living in Tennessee with wife Harriet. There are no Harry's but >> unfortunately too many John's for meaningful analysis. >> >> I'm sure we would all like to help. We just need one or two >> secondary clues that could come from a death or marriage certificate. >> >> Peter in Sydney >> >> >> ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >> Bedfordshire at Rootsweb >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ >> >> > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To do a search of the Bedford Archives go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter Bedford in the box > >

Kia ora from New Zealand Just thought I would throw in that I have Elizabeth Stapleton baptised Riseley Beds 10 November 1861 who married George William LETT in 1881 -had 4 children Charles T, May Elizabeth, William Albert and Ivy Eliza in England . At some stage they left for Australia where Elizabeth Stapleton died in Bendigo in 1945. Love to hear from any connections. Marlene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie Bradbury" <bradbury@acsalaska.net> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Research Strategy Advice Needed > Hi Eunice is hot and sunny Melbourne. > > Thanks for writing. I'm going to try to get more information from this > side of the ocean before I blindly jump into English records. > > Connie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eunice Goude" <ozypomeg@tpg.com.au> > To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:04 AM > Subject: Re: [BDF] Research Strategy Advice Needed > > >>I have a relative - Harry STAPLETON b Ampthill, Beds in 1867c and he >>married >> Elizabeth PARR in 1894. Just thought I'd throw in my Harry Stapleton. >> Cheers >> Eunice in hot and sunny 38c Melbourne. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Peter Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> >> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:53 PM >> Subject: Re: [BDF] Research Strategy Advice Needed >> >> >>> Connie, >>> >>> Sounds like a lot of fable and not a lot of fact. It's hard when >>> it's not your own family. >>> >>> At best, he would be 80 by the time of WWI. And if his wife was >>> of >>> similar age, she would have to be dead by 1945 - not registering >>> children. >>> >>> And if we really stretch the imagination and have a 75 yr old >>> male >>> marry a 20 yr old female and have a child around 1900, why would there >>> be >> a >>> wait of 45 years to register the birth. >>> >>> Do you have any specific data? Do you know a specific area of >>> Bedfordshire ? Who was his wife.? Where did they marry? When & where did >>> they die? When & where were any children born? >>> >>> Looking logically, he should appear in every UK census from >>> 1841, >>> 1851, 1861 & 1871. Other listers may be able to elaborate on census data >> for >>> those overseas on military service. I believe all those censuses are now >>> available at Ancestry.co.uk for subscription or pay per view basis. >>> >>> If he migrated in 1872, you should find him in 1880 USA Census >>> available at www.familysearch.org. Otherwise try 1881 UK census. >>> >>> An analysis of the distribution of Stapleton in Bedfordshire >>> from >>> 1861 census shows they come from just 4 locations - most from Ampthill >> and >>> Bedford city, with a few in Luton and Woburn, and just one family in >>> Biggleswade. There are no Henry or Harry and just 4 John's around the >>> indicated age. However, it's more likely >>> that around aged 30 he was on active service. >>> >>> Over in USA, in 1880 Census there is a Henry Stapleton b 1836 >>> England, living in Tennessee with wife Harriet. There are no Harry's but >>> unfortunately too many John's for meaningful analysis. >>> >>> I'm sure we would all like to help. We just need one or two >>> secondary clues that could come from a death or marriage certificate. >>> >>> Peter in Sydney >>> >>> >>> ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >>> Bedfordshire at Rootsweb >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~engbdf/ >>> >>> >> >> >> ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >> To do a search of the Bedford Archives go to >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> Enter Bedford in the box >> >> > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > The Bedfordshire Surnames List can be viewed at: > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >