----- Original Message ----- From: "John Tysoe" <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk> To: "Suzanne Boughton" <psgtype@ix.netcom.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:44 AM Subject: Re: [WOR] Surname Boughton > Hello Suzanne, > > I'm sorry, but you have no chance whatever of obtaining a birth certificate > earlier than 1 July 1837. All there was up to that date were Church > records - and it'd appear you've seen his baptismal entry. I'm surprised, > though, that it gave the date of his birth. > > Gus > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Suzanne Boughton <psgtype@ix.netcom.com> > To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:35 PM > Subject: [WOR] Surname Boughton > > > > I am new to this list and wonder if anyone knows anything about the name > Boughton > > > > My great great grandfather, John Boughton, was born 23 December 1814 in > Droitwich. He was the illegitimate son of Sarah Boughton. I have no idea who > his father was and that is all the information I have on his mother. I found > out about him being illegitmate from his christening record found from my > local family history center. > > > > John went to work in the carpet weaving field when he was only eleven year > old in Kidderminster where he met and married his first wife, Louisa Hunt, > in Kidderminster. > > > > I have found him in the 1851 census. From that point on the family moved > to Halifax in Yorkshire. > > > > I have much information from that point on but I have little info from the > early years. > > > > Is there any way to find a birth certificate or to find out anything about > his mother, grandparents etc.? > > > > And is there anyone out there who might be looking for the name Boughton? > > > > Thanks, > > Suzanne Boughton > > > > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > > UK Census on-line > > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > > > > >