Hi everyone, I have had slightly conflicting info sent me from a number of people regarding the address of George Allbray and his family in Fareham on the 1851 census. The majority say the address is 119 Russell Place, but I have also had suggested to me Rupet Place. Is there anyone on the list with a good knowledge of Fareham that could tell me if a Rupet Place ever existed please? I have tried googling for info, and there are a lot of hits for Russell Place, but apart from info I have on my website, no other mention of Rupet Place can be found. This doesn't mean that it never existed of course, just that I'm the only person to include it on the net .....yeah right eh? Gutt feelings are that it is Russell, but I was sent info some time ago that said that Rupet Place was between East St and West St. Could someone possibly help clear this matter up for me? Many thanks for any help that can be given, kindest regards to all as always, Jon

Jon Nixey wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have had slightly conflicting info sent me from a number of people regarding the address of George Allbray and his family in Fareham on the 1851 census. The majority say the address is 119 Russell Place, but I have also had suggested to me Rupet Place. Is there anyone on the list with a good knowledge of Fareham that could tell me if a Rupet Place ever existed please? I have tried googling for info, and there are a lot of hits for Russell Place, but apart from info I have on my website, no other mention of Rupet Place can be found. This doesn't mean that it never existed of course, just that I'm the only person to include it on the net .....yeah right eh? Gutt feelings are that it is Russell, but I was sent info some time ago that said that Rupet Place was between East St and West St. Could someone possibly help clear this matter up for me? > > Many thanks for any help that can be given, kindest regards to all as always, > > Jon Hi Jon, a couple of things: I presume from the information in your email above that this is the family that is indexed as Tillbray on Ancestry and someone has corrected this to Allbray. 119 is the schedule number not the house number in the street. Russell Place exists, but is not within the district as described in the census. The district the family are at runs eastwards on the south side of West Street, starting at Portland Place, and bounded by the sea (Fareham Creek I suppose). Russell Place is on the north side of West Street, and to the west of the described district. The confusion over the street name is because the 'p' in the middle has been interpreted as if it could be an old fashioned 'ss', written 'fs', and the final letter is also ambiguous, though not obviously 'll'. Cheers, Ian -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.15/550 - Release Date: 24/11/2006

Hi Jon I know of a Russell Place in gosport will look when I go there next. Can always ask at the local library in Gosport if you do not have any luck elsewhere Regards Veronica >-- Original Message -- >From: "Jon Nixey" <[email protected]> >To: "Rootsweb Portsmouth Gosport" <[email protected]> >Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 07:41:28 -0000 >Subject: [PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT] Fareham: Rupet or Russell Place? >Reply-To: [email protected] > > >Hi everyone, > >I have had slightly conflicting info sent me from a number of people regarding >the address of George Allbray and his family in Fareham on the 1851 census. >The majority say the address is 119 Russell Place, but I have also had suggested >to me Rupet Place. Is there anyone on the list with a good knowledge of Fareham >that could tell me if a Rupet Place ever existed please? I have tried googling >for info, and there are a lot of hits for Russell Place, but apart from info >I have on my website, no other mention of Rupet Place can be found. This >doesn't mean that it never existed of course, just that I'm the only person >to include it on the net .....yeah right eh? Gutt feelings are that it is >Russell, but I was sent info some time ago that said that Rupet Place was >between East St and West St. Could someone possibly help clear this matter >up for me? > >Many thanks for any help that can be given, kindest regards to all as always, > >Jon > >------------------------------- >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 ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Unlimited Broadband with FREE weekend calls only 12.99! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/