Hi Paula! Wow, this could be my family! Does the page you saw say anything else, such as dad's age or occupation, or any siblings? This family has been my brickwall for ages and ages, it would be nice to make some headway. Janet in Canada >From: "Paula Patterson" <prawm@hotmail.com> >Reply-To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [HRT] 1871 Hertfordshire birthplace for Thomas Pegram >Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:42:26 +0100 > >Hormead? > >There was certainly a Thomas PEGRAM age 12 b Great Hormead, Herts with his >parents James & Hannah PEGRAM all living in Anstey in Herts in 1851. >When you look at the writing for Hormead in the 1851 it is easier to >convince yourself that the 1871 entry says Hormead as well!!! > >Paula > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Williams" ><jean1.williams@ntlworld.com> >To: <ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 5:50 PM >Subject: RE: [HRT] 1871 Hertfordshire birthplace for Thomas Pegram > > >>Hi Janet >> >>I couldn't read it either. I also checked the 1861 census and the only >>one >>that fitted was born in Essex. >> >>On FreeBDM there is a Thomas PEGRAM born Jun 1843 in Ongar wich is in >>Essex. >> >>I wondered if the 1871 is incorrect? >> >>Jean >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Janet Hopkins [mailto:janetchopkins@hotmail.com] >>Sent: 03 May 2005 17:08 >>To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [HRT] 1871 Hertfordshire birthplace for Thomas Pegram >> >> >>Hello! >>I am a new lister and this is my first post. >>I have a Thomas Pegram who was born c1839 in Hertfordshire. I know that >>his >>father's name was James Pegram, a labourer. Thomas appears on the 1871 >>census. He is married to a lady named Mary Ann, and had a son, Thomas, >>age >>7, and a baby daugher Jeanette Mary. On that census page, the birthplace >>for Thomas Pegram born c1839 is unreadable. Surrounding census details >>are >>clear as day. Can anyone who has access to ancestry.com go to that page >>and see if you have any ideas, Thomas Pegram is down as 32 years old. It >>might say Thos. instead of Thomas. >>Ancestry has guessed the Hertfordshire birthplace as "Werneatts", but this >>doesn't correspond to any actual towns or parishes in Hertfordshire that I >>can find. >>Janet Hopkins >> >> >> >>==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== >>For any updates our info about the status of this list go to >>http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com >> >> >> >> >>==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== >>Hertfordshire FHS: >>http://www.btinternet.com/~hfphs/index.htm >> >> > > >==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== >To POST a message to this list use the address: > >eng-hertfordshire-l@rootsweb.com > >2) To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > >ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. >receiving the messages individually or want them individually) or > >ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. >receiving a digest of multiple messages or want this mode) > >In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe >or unsubscribe. >