Hi Henry, As a Dopson with family rooted in Ramsbury, Shalbourne and Wiltshire in general, I can also confirm the name is interchangeable with the Dobson variant. You might be interested to see the rather large file of Dopson/Dobson records, which is hosted on my website at the following address: http://www.rolanddopson.co.uk/genealogy/dopson.zip I did have a look for Eliza's marriage and also for a birth for her in Shalbourne/Bagshot, but came across nothing. As pointed out by Nancy, your next step really is to order the marriage certificate. This will hopefully give parent's names and an approximate year and place of birth. You might then be able to pinpoint a birth record for Eliza in that file or elsewhere. This may also help you to locate her on the 1841 census. Please send me anything you find and I will endeavor to add all the details to the file. Please feel free have a look around my site in general as well - here is a direct link to the family tree section http://mytree.rolanddopson.co.uk Roland -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 27 August 2008 08:05 To: [email protected] Subject: ENG-WILTSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 228 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot (Julia Hunt) 2. Re: Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot (Val Burge) 3. Bradford on Avon, Francis COOKMAN (Angela Cox) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:44:55 +0100 From: "Julia Hunt" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot To: "eng-wiltshire" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I would think that Eliza was born in the parish of Shalbourne, Wilts, which includes the hamlet of Bagshot. Shalbourne is near Hungerford and is in the Hungerford Registration District. You could try looking for Eliza's baptism in Shalbourne or one of the surrounding parishes. Dobson/Dopson (often interchangeable) is a commonly found local name. It certainly occurs in Ramsbury where James was born. Julia Hunt -------------------------------------------------- From: "Nancy Frey" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:43 AM To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot > Hi Henry, > > You appear to have the marriage particulars from the FreeBMD which are > that > Eliza DOPSON married James FORD 3rd Qtr 1843 Hungerford Vol 6, Pg 287. I > would suggest you start out by ordering the marriage certificate from the > GRO which may give you further information about Eliza that will give you > a > clue as to where to look for her baptism. It would appear to have taken > place before civil registration. > > GENUKI Wiltshire does not list a town or village by the name of Bagshot, > so > I think you may be looking elsewhere. My Parish Locator program says that > the only parish named Bagshot is in Surrey. > > I took a peek on the IGI and there are no DOPSON baptisms there, but there > are DOBSONs. Perhaps the spelling was interchangeable. The IGI has no > DOPSON baptisms anywhere in England 1808 to 1828. > > Were you able to locate her with her family in the 1841 census? > > Regards, > > Nancy Frey > Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA > OPC for Ansford & Castle Cary, Somerset > Moderator of Yahoo! Catsash Group > Moderator of Yahoo! FULFORD_North Devon Group > Moderator of Yahoo! DAVIDGE Connections Group > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:19 PM > Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot > > >> Can any lister help please. Eliza DOPSON is my 2 x ggm who married >> James >> Ford in Hungerford in Sept 1843. I believe Bagshot may be Bagshot >> Wilts >> rather than Surrey. >> >> Does any lister have information on Eliza's parentage. If so I would be >> grateful to hear. >> >> Thanks >> >> Henry Johnston >> Wales >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1632 - Release Date: 25/08/2008 > 07:05 > > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:41:34 +1000 From: "Val Burge" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot To: "Nancy Frey" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Henry, Eliza gave 'Bagshot, Wiltshire' as birthplace in the 1861 census, and 'Bagshot, Berkshire' in 1851 and 1871. Genuki said Bagshot was "Transferred from Berks to Wilts in 1844 and back again in 1895" Would you like details of her and James in censuses? Val ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Frey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot > Hi Henry, > > You appear to have the marriage particulars from the FreeBMD which are that > Eliza DOPSON married James FORD 3rd Qtr 1843 Hungerford Vol 6, Pg 287. I > would suggest you start out by ordering the marriage certificate from the > GRO which may give you further information about Eliza that will give you a > clue as to where to look for her baptism. It would appear to have taken > place before civil registration. > > GENUKI Wiltshire does not list a town or village by the name of Bagshot, so > I think you may be looking elsewhere. My Parish Locator program says that > the only parish named Bagshot is in Surrey. > > I took a peek on the IGI and there are no DOPSON baptisms there, but there > are DOBSONs. Perhaps the spelling was interchangeable. The IGI has no > DOPSON baptisms anywhere in England 1808 to 1828. > > Were you able to locate her with her family in the 1841 census? > > Regards, > > Nancy Frey > Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA > OPC for Ansford & Castle Cary, Somerset > Moderator of Yahoo! Catsash Group > Moderator of Yahoo! FULFORD_North Devon Group > Moderator of Yahoo! DAVIDGE Connections Group > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:19 PM > Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Eliza DOPSON b 1822 Bagshot > > > > Can any lister help please. Eliza DOPSON is my 2 x ggm who married James > > Ford in Hungerford in Sept 1843. I believe Bagshot may be Bagshot Wilts > > rather than Surrey. > > > > Does any lister have information on Eliza's parentage. If so I would be > > grateful to hear. > > > > Thanks > > > > Henry Johnston > > Wales > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:59:24 +0000 (GMT) From: Angela Cox <[email protected]> Subject: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Bradford on Avon, Francis COOKMAN To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi, Does anyone have access to Bradford PRs? I'm trying to find a record of the baptism of Francis COOKMAN. According to the 1851 census he was born in Bradford, Wilts c.1809. I'm aware this may not be true but he died before the next census so I have no other source of information. IGI coverage starts from the 1830s which isn't any help to me. Can anyone help? Angela Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ To contact the ENG-WILTSHIRE list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the ENG-WILTSHIRE mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of ENG-WILTSHIRE Digest, Vol 3, Issue 228 *********************************************