Ain't it always the way???? Good luck Marlene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandford Jeremy-jsandfo1" <Jerry.Sandford@motorola.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:28 AM Subject: RE: [BDF] Lilly Robinson...Where did She Come From !! >I JUST KNEW..... > > ..The moment I submitted the query, I'd find an answer....more > transcription errors. > > I'm pretty sure I've found the GRO entry for the marriage now (Q2-1887, > Luton Vol 3b, Pg 725). Details, JUST IN CASE it is of interest to > anyone else. > > "freeBMD" (and any list using this as its source) do not list "George > Fowler". But, "1837online.com" do, at the reference given above. > > Cross referring this page on "freeBMD" shows a "Louisa Robinson", as the > only entry from this page. Checking the image shows it actually is > "Lily". Louisa has bee mis-transcribed from the line below. Correction > submitted to BMD. > > The moral of course......check ALL sources, before engaging > despair...hopefully the birth certificate will now solve my query. > > Warm Regards to All > > Jerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sandford Jeremy-jsandfo1 > Sent: 02 February 2006 09:34 > To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BDF] Lilly Robinson...Where did She Come From !! > > Hi All, > > Am seeking someone, with a vested interest perhaps, who may be able to > help me with another problem. > > I am trying to confirm the paternal line for my Gt Grandmother, one Lily > (Lillie)Robinson, who later married George Fowler, Both of Houghton > Regis, I believe. > > My "Assumed" (Lillie) first appears on the scene, in the 1871 Census for > Houghton Regis, as the G-Daughter of Thomas Robinson. Born c1870, in > Houghton. She then disappears again, until she appears on my > Grandmother's (Edith Fowler) Birth certificate 5 Apr 1892 (now Lily), (I > have the original copy given to them by the registrar, so I at least > know that is accurate!!) > > I have searched all on-line records I can find, but try as I may, I can > not located her before or after 1871. No Birth Record, residence, > possible Father, etc. Neither can I locate any record of her marriage to > George Fowler > > Thomas's only listed son in the 1851, is George (Robinson), and although > he seems to survive and marry, he does not appear to be Lily's father. > But was there another son ?? (41 census perhaps) ?. The census records > for this family are a bit convoluted, and I know for a fact there are > transcription errors, on "Ancestry" at least. > > I very vaguely remember my "Great Grandma Fowler", from my childhood and > I have a photo, so I know she existed........BUT where did she come from > ??? > > I know how some of you guys love to unravel these problems, so any > information, ideas, or even wild guesses appreciated. > > Very Best Regards > > > Jerry Sandford > > Senior Technical Training Instructor > Technical Training > Network Services and Applications Management > Telephone: ++44(0)1793 568361 > Email: Jerry.Sandford@Motorola.com <mailto:Jerry.Sandford@Motorola.com> > > Http://www.motorola.com/networksupport > > > > > ==== 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 ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving > the messages > individually or want them individually) > > or > > Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving a > digest of multiple > messages or want this mode) > > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe > or unsubscribe. >