Hello fionnghal, Heather and all who responded to my recent posting. Thanks for all replies to my recent posting . Yes you're quite right, I omitted to give the details of Thomas KENNEDY and his family. Here they are at the time of the 1871 census: South Shields, Durham Thomas Kennedy Head 63yrs Joiner b.Tweedmouth Elizabeth Kennedy Wife 60yrs ------------b.North Shields Emma Kennedy Dau 18yrs ------------b.North Shields Alexander Kennedy Son 16yrs Mariner b.North Shields I'd be pleased to hear if anyone has any details of where he might have been baptised. Thanks Peter Kennedy ----- Original Message ----- From: "fionnghal nicphadraig" <fionnghalnicphadraig@yahoo.co.uk> To: <border@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [BORDER] Reposting interests in Kennedy .... >i always reckon the nearer a census is to the child's > birth the more likely it is to be accurate. in this > case, unless the parents didn't understand the > question, it says Not of this County, which suggests > the child was not born in born in NBL but certainly > brought up in the Berwick area of NBL, probably having > moved there with his family while very young and no > memory of having lived elsehere - hence the later > entries saying eh was born there. even parents with > big families can get confused as to where each > individual was born if they've moved a couple of > times. > > the other one i've had, and this may be annother > example, is that each time the parents moved they put > down their previous abode against 'where they were > from', instead of their place of birth ... it happens! > > But really, you'd be better to supply a bit more info. > folk may well not recognise an individual from his > place of birth in censuses, but they may recognise a > whole family, occupations &c, partner's name. and > an approximate d.o.b. would be a help too. > > it's always worth spending a bit of time on your > request if you hope to stimulate recognition > > le durachd > fionnghal :-) > >> The problem is, he keeps changing his mind about >> where he was born (!!): >> >> Census 1881 ( 5012-111-52) has Thomas born in >> Tweedmouth. >> Census 1871 (5037-80-29) his b/p was Tweedmouth >> Census 1861 (3794-6-5) has him born Berwick on > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new Yahoo! > Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BORDER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.1/822 - Release Date: 28/05/2007 > 11:40 > >