Hi Jace Her GRO ref is easily found on FreeBMD, perhaps you could order her birth certificate. Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Holmes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 6:50 AM Subject: [ENG-HANTS] Spratt Family Help > Hello all. I am wondering if anyone can help figure out a puzzle. My > great > great grandmother was Mary Ann Spratt. She was born in 1871/2 in > Hampshire > (possibly Eling or Bramshaw). She married Stephen James Holmes who was > born > 1873 in Titchfield, Hampshire. Stephens parents were John Holmes and > Kitty > Spratt. Kitty's parents were James Spratt and Harriet Henbest. > > > > Anyways, my puzzle is this: Mary Ann Spratt cannot be found on the 1871 > census. I assume this is because her mother may be pregnant, hence she is > missing. In 1881, Mary Ann is with her grandparents, James and Harriet > Spratt (Kitty's parents). They are living in a farm house at the time, > and > next door is a Spratt family in a cottage. In 1891, she is living with > her > aunt and uncle, Harry and Harriet Jane (Spratt) Smith, along with her > future > husband, Stephen James Holmes, and a Henry Spratt, who we believe is an > illegitimate child of Mary and Stephens. I am trying very hard to locate > her parents, and seem to be having great difficulty. I am wondering if > the > Spratts next door in the cottage may be her parents, and at the time of > the > census, she was next door with her grandparents? > > > > Can anyone possibly help shed some light on this please? I am in the > process of working around it, by recording each census with the families, > and building a tree this way at the moment. I live in New Zealand, so > find > it difficult to find answers sometimes. I know later on, her and Stephen > move to Bartley and live in Hope Cottage. I have found a picture on the > net > with the Cottage and a blurb about standing outfront is Mary Holmes and > children (early 1900s). > > > > Thank you, > > Jace > > > ............................................. > 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.7/713 - Release Date: 07/03/2007 > 09:24 > >