> On 14 March 1875, "Jennie" Cherry married Mark Stock who had > arrived as a child in the USA 25 October 1858 having been born in > Basseldom, Essex County, England 09 February 09 1847. He died > in Gowanda, NY, USA 24 January 1916 and she died 16 January 1926  > in Buffalo, NY, USA. > Hi Sandy, I don't know if you've already discovered this but there's no such place as Basseldom in Essex. It's Basildon. Almost certainly someone must have heard the name and guessed at the spelling. (Sorry folks for being off topic for this list but I just thought I'd mention it.) Regards, Jan

Thank you. I should have caught that. I have seen Basildon in records. This was from a transcription and when I look at the record, I think it was misspelled on the census form. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan R" <tartania99@hotmail.co.uk> To: "Rootsweb Bristol & Somerset" <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] Elizabeth Sarah STRATFORD, baptism, Pip & Jay, Bristol 1810 (newbie here) > On 14 March 1875, "Jennie" Cherry married Mark Stock who had > arrived as a child in the USA 25 October 1858 having been born in > Basseldom, Essex County, England 09 February 09 1847. He died > in Gowanda, NY, USA 24 January 1916 and she died 16 January 1926 > in Buffalo, NY, USA. > Hi Sandy, I don't know if you've already discovered this but there's no such place as Basseldom in Essex. It's Basildon. Almost certainly someone must have heard the name and guessed at the spelling. (Sorry folks for being off topic for this list but I just thought I'd mention it.) Regards, Jan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message