Hi Ian The May 1866 date came from the parish church register Bazzer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Thirlwell" <mcinnes.fh@ntlworld.com> To: "Bazzer" <baz@clarkeology.com>; <eng-ham-portsmouth-gosport@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Brick walls James CLARKE(b177 & James Cole Clarke(b1866) > Bazzer, > if the May 1866 date came from the IGI entry then remember this is the > baptism/christening date. It may be worth checking the original entry on > 'fiche in the Portsmouth Record Office for any further information that > would help. > Ian > > Bazzer wrote: >> Hi Listers, >> The above are my brick walls. James CLARKE was born in Widley c1777/8/9 >> (according to 1841-51 census).He was a brewer and running The King & >> Queen >> Inn, High Street Cosham until his death in 1860 aged 81. He married >> Elizabeth COLE in Dec1813 at St Peter the Great Chichester. I can't find >> his >> birth record or who his parents/siblings were. >> James Cole CLARKE is my g/father. he was born in May 1866 in Cosham >> Widley. >> His parents were James Cole Clarke (b 1824 - d Nov 1865.The son of the >> James >> b c1777 & Elizabeth b c1794) and Sarah TRIBE (b c1824) As you can see he >> was >> born shortly after his father died. James was married twice, firstly to >> Alice Mary TILL in 1887 and then to my g/mother Fanny Alice SAMWAYS in >> 1902.I can't find his birth record anywhere.He should registered in >> FAREHAM. >> As his mother was born in the Chichester area I even tried there. I also >> tried Portsmouth without any luck . >> I know from past experience that there are a lot of clever (creep, creep) >> people on this list who seem to be able to produce vast amounts of >> information as if by magic. Can anyone help please. >> Regards >> Bazzer >> Portchester >> Fareham >> Hampshire >> >> >> > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3393 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len