Hi Ron, The 1841 census for Burrington has: George Ford, 40, Labourer, born in county Grace " , 35, born in county Mary " , 14, born in county Lucy " , 12, born in county Solomon " , 10, born in county Elizabeth " , 6, born in county Susanna " , 2, born in county Best wishes, Mike Gould Leicestershire -----Original Message----- From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ronald E. Schultz Sent: 26 January 2014 03:16 To: Joy Langdon; devon@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DEV] Henry Thomas According to the 1900 US Census Solomon Ford came to the US in 1846, can the 1841 England census be checked to see if Solomon and family are still in Devon? Ron Schultz On 2014-01-25 14:05, Joy Langdon wrote: > There is a baptism of a Solomon Ford at Burrington 1832, parents > George and Grace. George and Grace also baptised a daughter > Elizabeth at Burrington in 1835. > Burrington is about 4 miles from Roborough. > > Two of the sons have a middle name beginning with 'H'. Do you know > what those names are? Sometimes the mother's maiden name (or another > ancestral surname) is used as a middle name. > > Joy > > > ________________________________ > From: Ronald E. Schultz <leutsch@sonic.net> > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014, 21:24 > Subject: Re: [DEV] Henry Thomas > > > Deborah: Thank you for taking the time to search for Henry at other > dates. Names for his children are: > > Emma M (his only daughter) > George H > James Philip > Henry H > Daniel William (my family line) > > Henry's American wife was Catherine Collins, born in New York State, > Livingston County. > > From the 1850 US census for Genesee County, there seems to be several > people who immigrated from England with the last name of Thomas. > > In the 1850 US census there was a 15 year old girl name Elizabeth Ford > living with the family. She was born in England, year 1835. The next > year Solomon Ford 1834, also born in England marries Emma Thomas. All > other marriages were with US born women. > > Ron Schultz > > On 2014-01-25 04:01, Deborah O'Brien wrote: >> I'm the OPC for Roborough and I have already tried to trace this Henry >> Thomas further - I don't have burials pre 1813 unfortunately, and I >> can >> see >> no evidence of Henry THOMAS marrying or in later censuses. However, >> this is >> certainly not proof that this is the Henry that moved to the USA. >> William & >> Agnes did have 3 more children baptised after 1812 - >> 12 Feb 1815 Mary >> 13 Sep 1818 James >> 18 Feb 1821 Ann >> >> William & Agnes were still alive in 1841: >> >> THOMAS, William M 60 1781 Devon >> THOMAS, Agness F 65 1776 Devon >> JOSLIN, John M 60 1781 Devon >> Piece: 221 Book/Folio: 9 Page: 13 Address: Wood Cottages, Great, >> Roborough >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Deborah O’Brien >> Devon OPC Co-ordinator >> DFHS Member 11261 >> http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html >> Online Parish Clerk for Meavy, Newton Ferrers, Roborough by >> Torrington, >> Sheepstor, Walkhampton >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dob7/index.html >> Researching SQUANCE, LILLICRAP, SURTEES, DANKESTER & YATES >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On >> Behalf Of Joy Langdon >> Sent: 25 January 2014 10:43 >> To: devon@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [DEV] Henry Thomas >> >> Unfortunately, if your ancestor left Devon before 1841 there will be >> no >> census to check so trying to identify him is going to be very >> difficult. Not every Devon parish has transcriptions online so there >> may be >> several candidates that remain hidden to view. >> >> You can try finding supporting evidence that the one in Roborough by >> Torrington is the right one. There is an OPC (Online Parish Clerk) >> for >> Roborough - ask them to check for a burial to ensure that this Henry's >> absence from later English censuses is not due to death rather >> than emigration. >> http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Roborough/#Genealogy >> >> What happened to the other children of William and Agnes? If they >> don't >> appear in the burial records and aren't in later English censuses, are >> there >> any people of the same names and ages, born England, living in Genesee >> county? Are there any visitors with your family in the censuses or >> names of >> marriage witnesses who might be family? Did Henry name any of his >> children >> William or Agnes - families often named the eldest son and daughter >> after >> their paternal grandparents >> >> Regards, >> >> Joy >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Ronald E. Schultz <leutsch@sonic.net> >> To: devon@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Saturday, 25 January 2014, 0:36 >> Subject: Re: [DEV] Henry Thomas >> >> >> Mike: Thank you for the hint, however my Henry I think was already in >> the New York. He had to marry and his first child was born in New >> York >> in Jan 1837. Henry and his wife Catherine(born in NY) lived the rest >> of >> there life in Genesee county, New York. I can easily find the family >> in >> the US census and the NEw York census. From the 1850 census, Genesee >> county seemed to have a number of people born in England. Ron >> >> >> >> >> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -- > Ronald E. 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