Thank you this information is helpful. Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Booth" <janbooth@dsl.pipex.com> To: <eng-hertfordshire@rootsweb.com>; <eng-hertfordshire-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:35 AM Subject: Re: [HRT] George Hunt b 1815 Hertfordshire UK > Hello Mary, > > The George HUNT who was born c1815 in Harpenden appears to have lived in > Luton, Beds according to the census records, see below: > > 1851 census of Luton > HO107/1757, folio 667, pages 26/27 > Hitchin Road > > George HUNT Head Mar 35 Bricklayer not Ma Herts Harpenden > Sarah do Wife Mar 35 Straw Bonnet Sewer Beds Luton > Mary Ann do Daur 13 do > do do > George do Son 2 1/2 yrs > do do > > 1861 census of Luton > RG9/1014, folio 133, page 35 > 45 Brunswick St > > George HUNT Lodger Widwr 45 Bricklayer Herts Harpenden > > He is living in the household of Thomas COX, 40, Carter. Can't find him > in > the 1871 census but there is a death registration in the June qtr 1864 at > Luton reg district for a George HUNT which could be relevant - so on > balance > of probability I do not think this George is yours. > > The George HUNT who was born c1815 Hitchin is in the census records below: > > 1881 census of Back Street Hitchin (you can look this up for yourself) > > 1871 census of Hitchin > RG10/1368, folio 61, page 19 > Back Street > > George HUNT Head Mar 57 Gardener Herts Hitchin > Mary do Wife Mar 59 Straw Plater do do > George do Son Un 19 Bricklayer's Lab do do > Harry do Son Un 20 do do do > Arthur do Son 14 Scholar do do > + 4 Lodgers > > 1861 census of Hitchin > RG9/818, folio 91, pages 15/16 > Chapmans Yard > > George HUNT Head Mar 47 Ag Lab Herts Hitchin > Mary do Wife Mar 49 do Wife do do > Alfred do Son Un 18 Ag Lab do do > Selina do Daur Un 12 Scholar do > do > Harry do Son 10 do do > do > Arthur do Son 5 do do > do > > 1851 census of Hitchin > HO107/1710, folio 59, page 4 > Portmill Lane > > George HUNT Head Mar 35 Coal Dealer Herts Hitchin > Mary do Wife Mar 39 do > do > Emma do Daur Un 17 Straw Plaiter do do > George do Son Un 16 Ag Lab do do > William do Son Un 14 do do > do > Alfred do Son 9 Scholar do > do > Selina do Daur 2 > do do > Henry do Son 1 month do > do > > 1841 census of Hitchin > HO107/445/1, folio 30, page 15 > Mill Yard > > George HUNT 25 Labr > Mary do 30 > Emma do 7 > George do 6 > William do 4 > > All born in the county. > > I think you may have got your George HUNTs mixed up here. If the George > HUNT who died in Hitchin in 1886 is your George (presumably you have > corroborated this with birth/marriage/death certificates), then he can't > be > the George who is living in Luton and born c1815 in Harpenden with parents > William & Mary. There are 2 extracted baptisms in Hitchin on the IGI > which > could be your George, 9 September 1818 parents Edward & Hannah and 7 May > 1821 (probably a bit too late) parents Thomas & Martha. > > According to HALS Herts Direct Online Index, there is a marriage on 6 > October 1833 at Hitchin St Mary of a George HUNT and a Mary GOODSHIP which > looks a likely candidate. > > Unfortunately, Hertfordshire is not particularly well served with parish > register transcriptions available to purchase online, so your best bet to > trace back George's parentage would be to hire the parish register film > for > Hitchin St Mary from your nearest LDS Family History Centre to view in > situ > and try to trace your George backwards from the baptisms of his children. > Witnesses on his marriage record may help you to trace who are his > parents. > > HTH > > Janet > > > > >> Seeking info for the following: >> >> George Hunt b 1815 Harpenden Hertfordshire (or maybe Hitchin) died Dec >> 1886 in Hitchin, Herts. Father William Hunt Mother Mary. >> >> Who did George marry? >> >> Mary in Fl > > > > Hertfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com 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 - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2677 - Release Date: 02/09/10 02:35:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2677 - Release Date: 02/09/10 02:35:00