Hi, I discovered this list thanks to Geoff Blaxall. I'm picking up some Blaxall research that I began in 1992 from the part of my family tree originating from my maternal grandmother. Having moved since then I have been unable to locate the certificates that I got back in 1992 but I have most of the information that they contained in notes I made at the time. My grandmother's father was the last in a line of 3 Walter Blaxalls and died just before she was born in 1908. She was his first and only child. [3] Walter Thomas Blaxall 1887-1908 [2] Walter James Willson Blaxall 1863-1929 [1] Walter Blaxall -1922 All 3 lived in the London area. I have not been able to trace the birth of [1], which may have been before PRO registration began, but did discover that he was married in 1857 in Newton Abbot, Devon. Which leads me to believe that his family may have been from Devon. His first child, Walter James Willson was born in London in 1863 so he must have moved to London after he was married. I did try an 1851 census search on microfiche or film back in 1992 but never found anything. Does anyone have any further information, ideas, suggestions on how to find out more etc? Thanks in advance Karen West

Hi Karen, Great to hear from another related Blaxall across the 'net. Thanks to Angela I believe you already have the info. from the 1881 and 1851 census. I did actually look up your GGG-Grandfathers birth in the Thetford registers a couple of years ago. It reads:- Thetford St. Cuthberts Baptisms 1836. "1836 March 16th Walter son of Mary Ann Blackall single woman resident in St. Cuthberts." Now as to who Mary Ann was I believe I came to the conclusion that there were several possibilities, and that without some additional info. (e.g. later marriage, or age at death etc.) it would be difficult to place her with any certainty. Now that I know there is an interested re-searcher, I'll think on this one again. Hope that helps. Regards. Carlton. On 4 Dec 00, at 2:03, Karen wrote: > Hi, > > I discovered this list thanks to Geoff Blaxall. I'm picking up > some Blaxall research that I began in 1992 from the part of my > family tree originating from my maternal grandmother. Having > moved since then I have been unable to locate the certificates > that I got back in 1992 but I have most of the information that > they contained in notes I made at the time. My grandmother's > father was the last in a line of 3 Walter Blaxalls and died just > before she was born in 1908. She was his first and only child. > > [3] Walter Thomas Blaxall 1887-1908 > [2] Walter James Willson Blaxall 1863-1929 > [1] Walter Blaxall -1922 > > All 3 lived in the London area. I have not been able to trace the > birth of [1], which may have been before PRO registration began, but > did discover that he was married in 1857 in Newton Abbot, Devon. Which > leads me to believe that his family may have been from Devon. His > first child, Walter James Willson was born in London in 1863 so he > must have moved to London after he was married. I did try an 1851 > census search on microfiche or film back in 1992 but never found > anything. > > Does anyone have any further information, ideas, suggestions on > how to find out more etc? > > Thanks in advance > > Karen West > >