I don't know if this will help but in the 1851 census of Birkenhead, the only names present were VENABLES, VERNON, VETCH and VEY. Juliet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred & Joan Waring" <jfwaring@compuserve.com> To: <BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: [BKHD] baptism certificate puzzles > > I have an 1875 baptism record from St Mary's in Birkenhead which includes > an indecipherable name. > The name starts with "Ve......" but that is all I can be sure about. The > address of Mr John Ve & Mrs. Martha Ve is 143 Price Street. Mr. V was a > furniture dealer.. Possible readings of the name include Vemabled, > Venabled, Vemables, Verables, etc. > > Can anyone, possibly somebody with easy access to the 1881 or 1871 census > clarify for me what the name actually is. > > There is a second puzzle about this baptism, certificate which perhaps > somebody can clear up. The baptism is for John Waring, the younger brother > of my grandfather Andrew. The parents column of the certificate lists Mr. > & Mrs. Ve.. but I feel fairly confident that the mother was actually Ann > Waring. So what does this discrepancy mean? Were Mr. & Mrs. Ve the > godparents? Was Mr. Ve the actual father? Why isn't the actual mother > (shown as an unwed mother of John in 1881) listed? > > fred waring > jfwaring@compuserve.com > > Any suggestions/speculations about the second puzzle would be appreciated. > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >