Thank you for your note. Ruth put Portsea as her place of birth on the census....still I recognize that this may be what she believed. I know subsequent family members adhered to the naming pattern. Valerie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra J Smith" <sandra.s@ntlworld.com> To: <eng-hampshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Ruth GULLEY > Hi Ruth, > Please be very careful about using naming patterns - they are very much a > generalisation and varied from one part of the country to another. > Additionally, reliance on such a pattern may not take into account the > birth and infant death of intervening children. > Sandra > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gil Michaud" <gdmvnmim@comcast.net> > To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 1:59 AM > Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Ruth GULLEY > > >> Help please >> >> Ruth GULLEY, was born Portsea C1801. Ruth married my great great >> grandfather, William PITTARD, in Somerset. >> >> Ruth's first two daughters were Eliza and Charlotte. Relying on the >> naming pattern that seems to have been followed in my family at that >> time, I'm "assuming" that ELIZA was the name of Ruth's mother and >> Charlotte PITTARD was the name of William's mother. >> >> Again relying on the naming pattern William was the name of William >> PITTARD's father and Joseph GULLEY was the name of Ruth's father. >> >> Does anyone on the list know of a possible Joseph and Eliza GULLEY? >> Ruth's parents would probably have been born C1775. >> >> I know I am assuming a lot but I live in hopes! >> Valerie >> >> ............................................. >> Want to contact the local community? >> Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings >> http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk >> ............................................. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> _______________________________________ >> No viruses found in this incoming message >> Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 >> http://www.iolo.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this outgoing message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 > http://www.iolo.com > > >