No idea of their names, but on his daughters Birth Certificate under"Mothers Maiden Name" he entered HIS mothers name ANNIE TYE. I have never found a record of this name either. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "B & PJ Murdoch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] WILLIAM RANT > Do you have his parents names > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Williams" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:08 AM > Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] WILLIAM RANT > > >> Jenny, Thanks for trying for me. I was hoping his family would show up >> on >> the 1871 census, the year before he was born.and that way I could find >> their >> names. I have written to the Australian Queensland list in hope that he >> might show up there. Otherwise he is a complete blank from 1872 until >> 1906. >> Somehow remembering him I doubt if he changed his name. Anyway Jenny, >> Thanks for looking. >> >> Ken >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jenny M Benson" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 2:54 AM >> Subject: Re: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] WILLIAM RANT >> >> >>> Ken Williams wrote >>>>I am requesting help to try and dismantle a Brick Wall. >>>>On a 1940 Wartime registration my Grandfather, WILLIAM RANT, indicated >>>>his birth was on March 22, 1872 in Portsmouth England, and his parents >>>>born there also. >>> >>> This is a difficult one. >>> >>> FreeBMD has no record of anyone by the name of RANT being born or >>> married in Hampshire. The GRO Index images for Mar and Jun quarters of >>> 1872 have only one Rant, a girl born in Norwich in the Jun Q. >>> >>> Do you know when William's parents married? Is it possible that he >>> changed his name at some time, for whatever reason? >>> -- >>> Jenny M Benson >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word >>> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >>> message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message >