Pam & others, Thanks for the response (quite late at night for you I imagine?) Of the 2 alternate birthplaces I believe Ashby Puerorum is most likely as it is the village immediately south of Salmonby & John's parents probably farmed between the 2 places. I have verified on FreeBMD & FreeREG his death in 2nd qtr 1861 The marriage has also been located, but for the life of me I can't find the birth nor death of Alice. For her birth I've perhaps got to get access to the PR for Hundleby? Her death is a strange affair. Whilst she is shown on the 1861 census with husband John I can't find a subsequent death in the mid/late 1860's. However, in Spilsby RD there is a FreeREG burial of an Alice DAVISON = #1 Record Type Burial Date Surname Forename County Place Name Burials 16 Sep 1860 DAVISON Alice Lincs Welton le Marsh. Person's name and place of residence are OK but have BOTH Ancestry and FreeREG transcribed it wrongly? (Alternatively, John entered wife on the 1861 census wrongly! (Perhaps he still missed her?) Peter Holmes Western Australia. Skype ; p.g.holmes [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Donington then Leicestershire)]. [DAVISON (Spalding, Donington, Ingoldmells, Skegness)]. [CRAGG (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire)] [FREER (Leicestershire)]. [RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Anwick, N & S Kyme, N & S Rauceby, Surfleet, Gosberton Clough etc., Spalding)] [RYLOTT (Ontario Canada & some in New York & Florida USA)] Villages are in Lincolnshire unless stated. PLUS 4 DUTCH surname lines - from Rotterdam area (in Dutch). -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pam Downes Sent: Sunday, 8 January 2012 8:19 AM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] John DAVISON b 1778 & his wife Alice UNKNOWN Peter, you should know by conversations on the list about aitches being added and dropped at random, that Lincolnshire folk are lazy and that if they can save a couple of syllables they will do. <g> I refer you to the list of Lincolnshire Towns and parishes, compiled by our revered list owner, and found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/parishes.html Of the Ashbys listed, Ashby Puerorum and Ashby by Partney are both highly probable. FreeREG has a marriage of a John Davison and an Alice Dickison at West Keal on 24 Nov 1800. This may or may not be your John and Alice. Pam Proud to be a member of Lincolnshire Family History Society http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ On 07/01/2012 23:23, Peter HOLMES wrote: > G'day& happy new year form Western Australia, > > > > I have found the above in the 1841, 51& 61 census pages at Welton Le Marsh > & in "51 John shows his birthplace as "Salmonby" yet in '61 it looks like > "Ashby"& is recorded on Ancestry as such. > > > > Research so far shows the distance between these places as being about 30 > miles which is a bit too far for someone in later stages of life to be wrong > about birth places I would think. Was/is there somewhere closer to Salmonby > called Ashby? > > > > Regarding Alice, whose date of birth appears to be 1779/80 - shown in '41 as > "Alis" - she was born in Hundleby according to the 2 latter census pages but > is there any way of tracing their marriage which could give me her maiden > name (& possibly John's birthplace)? > > > > They seem to have had 4 children - Samuel, b 1804, John b 1807 Mary b 1808 > then Francis b 1823 who appears in '51 as a 28 y/o son born in Winceby& > working as a cordwainer. > > > > Peter Holmes > > Western Australia. Skype ; p.g.holmes > > [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Donington then > Leicestershire)]. [DAVISON (Spalding, Donington, Ingoldmells, Skegness)]. > [CRAGG (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire& Nottinghamshire)] [FREER > (Leicestershire)]. [RYLOTT& WITHERINGTON (Anwick, N& S Kyme, N& S > Rauceby, Surfleet, Gosberton Clough etc., Spalding)] [RYLOTT (Ontario Canada > & some in New York& Florida USA)] Villages are in Lincolnshire unless > stated. PLUS 4 DUTCH surname lines - from Rotterdam area (in Dutch). > > > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Peter. I have checked the transcript for the Welton Le Marsh burials and the entries for DAVISON are correct. However there is one other entry that sounds like yours - 20th January 1867 Alice DAVIDSON age 89 of Welton. I have rechecked this against the register, and the spelling of the surname has been recorded correctly. >From the transcription of Hundlesby parish records, there is a baptism of Alice DICKINSON on 14th March 1779, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah. Mick. FreeReg co-ordinator for Lincolnshire

Mick, Thanks for checking. The 1867 version sounds much better - even though a D has snuck into the surname. I'll have to view & print it ASAP (& also revise the update I put on Ancestry!!) I see that the same has happened with her baptism in that an N has got into the middle! This situation has reminded me in my occasional jaunts into in depth research I can also use the FreeREG/FreeBDM facilities, so thanks again. Peter Holmes Western Australia. Skype ; p.g.holmes [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Donington then Leicestershire)]. [DAVISON (Spalding, Donington, Ingoldmells, Skegness)]. [CRAGG (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire)] [FREER (Leicestershire)]. [RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Anwick, N & S Kyme, N & S Rauceby, Surfleet, Gosberton Clough etc., Spalding)] [RYLOTT (Ontario Canada & some in New York & Florida USA)] Villages are in Lincolnshire unless stated. PLUS 4 DUTCH surname lines - from Rotterdam area (in Dutch). -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mick Claxton Sent: Sunday, 8 January 2012 4:10 PM To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LIN] John DAVISON b 1778 & his wife Alice UNKNOWN Hello Peter. I have checked the transcript for the Welton Le Marsh burials and the entries for DAVISON are correct. However there is one other entry that sounds like yours - 20th January 1867 Alice DAVIDSON age 89 of Welton. I have rechecked this against the register, and the spelling of the surname has been recorded correctly. >From the transcription of Hundlesby parish records, there is a baptism of Alice DICKINSON on 14th March 1779, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah.

Hello Peter. There are a number of DICKISON/DICKINSON entries in the Hundlesby registers. To date there are over 2 million entries for Lincolnshire on the FreeReg website. The FreeBMD project is close to completion now and most volunteers will hopefully carry on transcribing for FreeReg. Once that happens i expect a substantial increase in the number of Lincolnshire records we have online. Mick