Paul: The certificate reads: 92 Thirtieth March 1853, Epington Street Epington Patience Girl <blank> Ann Tarbuck Domestic Servant (deleted) 4, 5 X mark of Ann Tarbuck Mother, New Invention Willenhall Eleventh May 1855 William Buck Registrar Marginal Note: four WB; five WB All fairly routine, except that William Buck wrongly entered a father's profession when he shouldn't have (because no father's name was entered) then realised and crossed it out, initialing the changes via a marginal note. It's probable that domestic servant was the mother's profession. I'm afraid I have no idea where Epington is, so I'm copying this to the list in the expectation that someone else will know. Best wishes Paul On 22 January 2012 17:27, Paul Smith <mowbray@dal.ca> wrote: > ** > Thanks Paul: > > Attached is the file. > > Cheers > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Paul Prescott <paulgprescott@googlemail.com> > *To:* mowbray@dal.ca > *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:14 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Black Country] Looking for some help on reading a birth > certificate > > Hi Paul: > > i'll gladly take a look for you. > > Paul > > > > > On 22 January 2012 17:04, Paul Smith <mowbray@dal.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Folks: >> >> I have a pdf copy of my g-grandmother's birth certificate and am having a >> problem reading a part of it. >> >> The first field is when and where born- It looks like March 30, 1853 but I >> can not make out the location. From census data I have Bushbury, >> Penkridge. >> >> The other portion deals with occupation of father which is listed as >> "domestic servant" which I think was mum's. That has been crossed out and >> the numbers 4 and 5 placed there. Does this have any meaning? >> >> Patience was illegitimate though later on my g-grandfather mad "an honest >> women of her" <LOL>. >> >> If you think you can help e-mail me off list and I will send the file. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Paul >> >> ------------------------------------- >> The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. >> Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. >> ****************************** >> ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not >> apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED >> MATERIALS. >> ------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >

Paul Apologies - silly typo. The address is very obviously Epington Sneyd, Epington Paul On 22 January 2012 17:42, Paul Prescott <paulgprescott@googlemail.com>wrote: > Paul: > > The certificate reads: > > 92 > Thirtieth March 1853, Epington Street Epington > Patience > Girl > <blank> > Ann Tarbuck > Domestic Servant (deleted) 4, 5 > X mark of Ann Tarbuck Mother, New Invention Willenhall > Eleventh May 1855 > William Buck Registrar > > Marginal Note: four WB; five WB > > All fairly routine, except that William Buck wrongly entered a father's > profession when he shouldn't have (because no father's name was entered) > then realised and crossed it out, initialing the changes via a marginal > note. > > It's probable that domestic servant was the mother's profession. I'm > afraid I have no idea where Epington is, so I'm copying this to the list in > the expectation that someone else will know. > > Best wishes > > Paul > > > > > On 22 January 2012 17:27, Paul Smith <mowbray@dal.ca> wrote: > >> ** >> Thanks Paul: >> >> Attached is the file. >> >> Cheers >> >> Paul >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Paul Prescott <paulgprescott@googlemail.com> >> *To:* mowbray@dal.ca >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:14 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Black Country] Looking for some help on reading a birth >> certificate >> >> Hi Paul: >> >> i'll gladly take a look for you. >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> On 22 January 2012 17:04, Paul Smith <mowbray@dal.ca> wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks: >>> >>> I have a pdf copy of my g-grandmother's birth certificate and am having a >>> problem reading a part of it. >>> >>> The first field is when and where born- It looks like March 30, 1853 but >>> I >>> can not make out the location. From census data I have Bushbury, >>> Penkridge. >>> >>> The other portion deals with occupation of father which is listed as >>> "domestic servant" which I think was mum's. That has been crossed out and >>> the numbers 4 and 5 placed there. Does this have any meaning? >>> >>> Patience was illegitimate though later on my g-grandfather mad "an honest >>> women of her" <LOL>. >>> >>> If you think you can help e-mail me off list and I will send the file. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> ------------------------------------- >>> The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. >>> Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. >>> ****************************** >>> ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not >>> apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED >>> MATERIALS. >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >

Hi Paul: OK, I haven't covered myself in glory here :-( The mystery address is actually Essington Sneyd, Essington. (In my defence, the old style -ss- written here is indistinguishable from the letter -p-, but Epington doesn't make any sense). BTW, the certificate's typed heading says that it's a birth registered in Penkridge Registration District, Cannock Sub-District, county of Chester. This is quite wrong, and should be Staffordshire not Cheshire. Get back to the GRO and they should re-issue it for free. ATB Paul On 22 January 2012 17:42, Paul Prescott <paulgprescott@googlemail.com>wrote: > Paul: > > The certificate reads: > > 92 > Thirtieth March 1853, Epington Street Epington > Patience > Girl > <blank> > Ann Tarbuck > Domestic Servant (deleted) 4, 5 > X mark of Ann Tarbuck Mother, New Invention Willenhall > Eleventh May 1855 > William Buck Registrar > > Marginal Note: four WB; five WB > > All fairly routine, except that William Buck wrongly entered a father's > profession when he shouldn't have (because no father's name was entered) > then realised and crossed it out, initialing the changes via a marginal > note. > > It's probable that domestic servant was the mother's profession. I'm > afraid I have no idea where Epington is, so I'm copying this to the list in > the expectation that someone else will know. > > Best wishes > > Paul > > > > > On 22 January 2012 17:27, Paul Smith <mowbray@dal.ca> wrote: > >> ** >> Thanks Paul: >> >> Attached is the file. >> >> Cheers >> >> Paul >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Paul Prescott <paulgprescott@googlemail.com> >> *To:* mowbray@dal.ca >> *Sent:* Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:14 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [Black Country] Looking for some help on reading a birth >> certificate >> >> Hi Paul: >> >> i'll gladly take a look for you. >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> >> On 22 January 2012 17:04, Paul Smith <mowbray@dal.ca> wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks: >>> >>> I have a pdf copy of my g-grandmother's birth certificate and am having a >>> problem reading a part of it. >>> >>> The first field is when and where born- It looks like March 30, 1853 but >>> I >>> can not make out the location. From census data I have Bushbury, >>> Penkridge. >>> >>> The other portion deals with occupation of father which is listed as >>> "domestic servant" which I think was mum's. That has been crossed out and >>> the numbers 4 and 5 placed there. Does this have any meaning? >>> >>> Patience was illegitimate though later on my g-grandfather mad "an honest >>> women of her" <LOL>. >>> >>> If you think you can help e-mail me off list and I will send the file. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> ------------------------------------- >>> The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. >>> Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. >>> ****************************** >>> ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not >>> apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED >>> MATERIALS. >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >