David John Ford may have been born in Swallowfield, but he was not christened there according to the transcript of the Swallowfield Parish Registeresd published on CD by Berks FHS. See http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/berksfhsbooks/ParishRegistersBerksFHS%20CCE.htm if you want a copy of the CD. Jocie > David John Ford was farming at Old Farm, Kingsclere in the 1881 > Census, hence my interest in him. > > He was born in Swallowfield about Mar 1851 to George Ford and > Mary GILES. > > David married Ann SIDERY in Reading Mar Qtr 1877 and had > many children in Kingsclere, most of these I haven't found baptisms > for so probably they were Methodists:- > Emily 1877-1961 > Eveline ca 1879 > Walter John ca 1880 > Reginald Charles ca 1884 > Tom ca 1885 > George Ernest ca 1887 > May ca 1889 > Nellie 1890 > Hubert ca 1891 > Hilda Mary ca 1893 > Edith ca 1894 > Louie ca 1896 > David ca 1898 > Victor ca 1898 > > George Ford married Mary GILES Reading RD Mar Qtr 1848 and had > Joseph George ca1849, > David John ca1851, > Mary Elizabeth ca1853, > Sarah Ann ca1855, > George Daniel ca1857 > Walter ca1860. > > Mary died in Hurst Sep Qtr 1863 and George then married Sarah GILES > Reading RD Mar Qtr 1865 and had > Kate ca1866, > Emily ca1867, > Ernest ca1869 > George ca 1871 > > Both Mary & Sarah Giles were born in Wokingham in 1825 and 1828 so > may have been sisters. > > George Giles senior was born in Sherborn(e) Hants in 1825 according > to Census data but there is no baptism for him in Hants Bapt Index. > However I did find a record on-line for George FORD, Birth: 25 > Jun 1825, Christening: 24 Aug 1825. London Street Independent, > Basingstoke. Parents: David & Elizabeth Ford. > > Hants Marr Index has a David Ford married to Elizabeth Duckett in > Basingstoke on 29 Apr 1819 but there are no baptisms for these 2 in > the Hants Bap Index, however the IGI has David born 21 Feb 1822 and > Elizabeth Mary born 17 Feb 1820 both baptised at London Street > Independant. > > 1841 Census has David age 45 farmer, Elizabeth 50, Elizabeth 20, > David 18 and George 15 at Checkenden Oxf. > > 1851 Census has him at Church End Farm, Tilehurst age 53 with > Elizabeth age 64 and a nephew George Duckett age 28 born Rotherwick, > > David seems to have stayed at Church End Farm until the 1870s but is > recorded as a widower in 1871 in St. Mary Reading. He is recorded > as born in Worting in 1861 and Elizabeth born in Sherfield in 1851 and > 1861 Census. > > Finally I have David as a son of John & Ann Ford who had these > children at Worting:- > Mary ca 1789 > Daniel ca 1790 > John ca 1793 > David ca 1796-1871/ > George ca 1798 > Thomas ca 1805 > Anne ca 1810 > > So where were John & Ann married and where did they come from. I am > unable to access the IGI site this morning for some reason. > > I'll update my on-line database later today. > > -- > John Lewis > Debian (Sid) with the GeneWeb genealogy package > ---------------------------------------- >>From Kingsclere.If you get unsubscribed and did not ask to be >>unsubscribed, please contact List Admin. > ---------------------------------------- > Changing your Email address, > unsubscribe with your old address and Subscribe to the List with your new > email address. > ------------------------------- > 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: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.1/805 - Release Date: 15/05/2007 > 10:47 > >

On Wed, 16 May 2007 11:35:37 +0100 "Jocie" <[email protected]> wrote: > > David John Ford may have been born in Swallowfield, but he was not > christened there according to the transcript of the Swallowfield > Parish Registeresd published on CD by Berks FHS. I wasn't expecting to find a Swallowfield baptism as I think the family were non-conformists. I found no baptisms at St. Paul, Woodlands for any of the 14 children born at Old Farm, Kingsclere The first Census entry for David was in 1851 when his father George was farming 153 acres at Spencers Wood, Swallowfield, Wilts. David was the recorded as age 3 mths born Swallowfield In all subsequent census, with exception of the 1871 (Shinfield) and 1901 (Reading), his birth place is Swallowfield. George moved to Hurst sometime between 1851 and 1853 as the younger children commencing with Mary Elizabeth ca1853 are recorded as born there. There are no on-line records for Hurst for this period so cannot check for baptisms there but another indicator of a non-conformist background is that George was baptised at London Street Independent, Basingstoke in 1825 although his birthplace was recorded as Sherborne in various Census. -- John Lewis Debian (Sid) with the GeneWeb genealogy package