Chertsey 1838 I'm still trying to solve several mysteries in my PAGE ancestry. My great great grandfather was HENRY WILLIAM PAGE; his occupation during his short life (he died of consumption aged 29 in 1842) was variously recorded as (among others) butcher, clerk, coach proprietor. In 1838 (9 May) his first son (Henry James) was born in CHERTSEY. The birth certificate is very precise: 'at ten minutes after 7 o'clock in the evening, Chertsey'. On this certificate Henry William Page's occupation was stated as INNKEEPER. This strikes me as unlikely to be accurate, but I wonder if anyone with knowledge of Chertsey at that date, or with easy access to records, would be kind enough to look for any reference to a Henry William Page (wife's name Ann, formerly Bevan). If I can find out what he was doing in Chertsey it may yield more clues about this Page family. Henry William was a native of St James (his father lived in Bury Street) and had worked for some time as an 'attendant' at St James's Club House (Crockford's); next he was found in Cheltenham, where he met and married his wife in 1837 in the new-fangled Register Office. Any help or suggestions gratefully received! Ian

Ian The fact that the birth certificate of Henry James Page in May 1838 showed the time of birth suggests that this may have been a multiple birth. English birth certificates do not ususally show the time of birth unless there was more than one baby. FreeBMD shows the birth of a Martha Page June quarter 1838 in Chertsey. Her birth record appears on page 51. Henry J's appears on page 41. It is a possibility they were twins. Worth looking into? Regards Rosemary Brumfield