Thank you Marion and Brad for your help, I wish I could find his birth that would confirm where he was born, but have had no joy so far. I have tried Free BMD and Ancestry and there are no matches. I have found no other census for him but this could be because he was a policeman and possibly transferred from town to town. When he was listed in 1911 Portsmouth he was a Police Sergeant. My cousin has his police record and on this he is recorded as being born in Somerset. Well I have just found a 1901 census for Frederick and his wife Mary Jane in Portsmouth, he is a Police Constable and is now listed as being born in Portsmouth. Don't you just love these mysteries. Bob -----Original Message----- From: Marian Bennett Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 3:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] Village of Sherbourne somerset Hello Bob, As Sherborne (Dorset) is on the border with Somerset, it seems quite probable that someone could physically be born and live in Somerset yet consider themselves to have been born in Sherborne. Alternatively, as a long shot, there is a hamlet called Sherborne, near Litton. It is between Chewton Mendip and West Harptree. I think it would be considered to be part of Litton. Sometimes, I think the exactness of the locations given on censuses depends on how familiar the enumerator was with local place names. I hope this helps. Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 1:42 AM Subject: [ENG-SOM] Village of Sherbourne somerset > Hello I am researching my wife's family from Somerset, the CATCHPOLE > family from Glastonbury. Her Grandfather Walter Catchpole came to Somerset > from Norfolk and married an Elizabeth CLARK from Stowell Somerset. I have > pretty much found all the CATCHPOLE clan from there but have not much on > the CLARK side. I have got back provisionally to Elizabeth's parents John > CLARK and Mary Jane SMITH and grandparents Robert CLARK and Rhoda UNKNOWN. > I have however a query about the village or town of Sherbourne, Somerset. > I have it in the 1911 census as the place of birth of Frederick Harding. I > have tried to Google this place but all I get is a Sherbourne spelt > without the U and it is in Dorset. Can anyone throw some light on any of > the families and this for me > > Regards Bob > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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