Hi Angela, Nice to hear from you, all the family are fine thanks, hope yours are ok too. Janice seems to have a very particular date there, Feb 14 1858, presumably early Canadian Death Certificates give the date of birth, but is there no place (parish) within London ?? According to both my list of GRO births and the one Geoff did off the Fiches there are no John's born in 1858 at all, the next John going forward is John Blaxhall born in Hoxne Reg. District in Dec Qtr 1860. The first John going backwards is a John Blaxell at Yarmouth Dec Qtr 1857, and then its the John Blaxall at St. Saviour in Jun Qtr 1857 (REF No. 1d 2 according to my records). So either he wasn't registered, we've missed him from the index (unlikely now as Geoff has done an independant search too), he is indexed under a Black..... or Blacs... variant spelling or if the Feb 14 1858 date is baptism rather than birth then it could be the John at St. Saviour. (I think St. Saviour is London, can Geoff confirm.) This one could be bit tricky to be sure it is the correct John. The 1861 and 1871 census would be most helpful, but with no place (parish) of birth to look where would you start ?? I suppose if the birth cert. says Feb 14th then it is simply the death certificate 1 year out and he was 81 rather than 80, suppose its worth the £7.50 to find out !! I think Janice really needs to find some other pieces of the 'jigsaw' from the Canada side (e.g. transportation details (shipping lists etc.) or apprentiship indentures that may list his parents). Sorry I can't be much help on this one. Carlton. On 11 Oct 99, at 8:23, Neil Ward wrote: > Hi Carlton > > I have just got this email from Janice in USA who had Blaxalls in her > tree. The Scottish connection turned out to be a bit of a dead end as his > marriage took place out in Canada. > > I said I would help her track down a birth certificate for John Blaxall I > know you said that you had a GRO ref to a John in 1857 St.Saviours ( is > that London ?) Have you got any possible ref. to the John below birth year > given as 1858 - but that could be wrong - his wife died before him. > > Not to worry if not I'll try and track one down. > > Janice's mother is coming over next year - it would be nice if we can link > her up before she gets over here !! > > Hope all the family are well > > All the best > Angela > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greg Noble <derekn@gte.net> > To: <angela <nward@cableinet.co.uk> > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 11:22 PM > Subject: blaxall search > > > > Hi Angela, I have some very good news...........I got my hands on my > > great grandfather's (John Blaxall) death certificate, and it seems that > > he was born in London England on Feb. 14, 1858 , died on april 23, 1938. > > It said he'd been in the US for 64 yrs, and was 80 yrs old so he came to > > Canada when he was 16 in 1874. Could this possibly help your friend > > Carlton give us any additional info? I'd like to get a birth certificate > > that would > name > > his parents. Maybe my mother can do some work when she goes over in > > June. Take care now,....Hope everything is well for you. > > > > talk to you soon, > > Janice > > >