I've had a hunt around for your John. I'm interested because the father of John Henry Galley was from Cambridgeshire and I'm descended from Galleys in that county. It's unlikely that John Henry Galley b.1868 is a match as he was still single and living with his parents in the 1891 census. There is another John Galley whose birth is registered in Mile End in 1863 (Sep 1863, John Galley, Mile End 1c 517). He may be the same John Gally who appears in the St George in the East District Industrial School in the 1871 census. Obviously he's a bit too old, but may have been confused about his age and parentage given his circumstances. The John born in 1863 may be the uncle of the John Henry Galley found by Michael. John Henry's grandparents, Jonathan and Jane Maling France were living in the area and were not too old to have a last child in 1863. Jane died in late 1863 or early 1864 (Mar 1864, Jane Maling Galley, Mile End 1c 482) aged about 44. They already had a son named Jonathan - but I've found many families who treat Jonathan and John as distinct names. Alternatively Jonathan and Jane had a daughter, Charlotte Victoria, who married Thomas Payne in 1868. She may have had an illegitimate child before then. There are not too many Galleys in the Mile End Registration District in the 1860s. This family appears to account for most of them - some of whom lived on Commercial Road - so warrants further investigation. By the way, I finally found John and Ellen in the 1911 census - they've been indexed as FALLEY. Hope this helps. On 7 April 2011 23:05, Michael Gilbey <[email protected]> wrote: > > The birth index shows the following birth > > John Henry Galley, Mile End Old Town, 1868 1st quarter, volume 1c, page 548 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Galley > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 10:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Ess] Birth Record - 1868 > > I am trying to find a birth record for John GALLEY, who was born about > 1868. > The 1891 Census for Wanstead, Leyton, Romford indicates that he was born @ > Commercial Road, London. The 1901 Census for Leyton, Walthamstow gives his > place of birth as London, Whitechapel. > > A Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage between John GALLEY and Ellen > BENNETT dated August 5, 1888 indicates that they both resided @ Leytonstone > at the time of the marriage. John GALLEY's father's name is given as John > GALLEY, and his occupation as "Drover" > > > > Any assistance in tracing John GALLEY's place of birth, and both parents > names would be most appreciated. > > > > Dennis Galley, > > Port Elgin, Ontario > > Canada > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [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 message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [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 message >