In article <9a197ae8-dc4e-433e-b698-fa088d928530@googlegroups.com>, robmgerry@gmail.com says... > > Hi, I?m from Argentina and I?m looking for my ancestors. They arrived to Argentina in 1860 aprox. I know theirs names: Thomas Gerry and Margarita Smith. > The problem is: I don't know when and where they lived in UK. If somebody knows, please, help me! Thanks a lot and I?m so sorry for my spelling or/and grammar mistakes! > Roberto M. Gerry A quick look at the 1851 census shows most Gerrys lived in Devon or Cornwall. You say they arrived in Argentina about 1860 but what would Thomas's approximate year of birth have been, it might help to narrow the field. There are a few variants on the name Gerry - e.g. Jerry or Geary but I can't spot a possible marriage to a Margarita Smith in the Civil Registrations - I assume they were married before emigrating but you haven't said so. Another thing that might help is what was his occupation ? Labourers didn't usually become Merchants when they emigrated :-) -- BobC ========== Change "null" to "news" in reply address.

On 30/07/2013 22:00, BobC wrote: > In article <9a197ae8-dc4e-433e-b698-fa088d928530@googlegroups.com>, > robmgerry@gmail.com says... >> >> Hi, I?m from Argentina and I?m looking for my ancestors. They arrived to Argentina in 1860 aprox. I know theirs names: Thomas Gerry and Margarita Smith. >> The problem is: I don't know when and where they lived in UK. If somebody knows, please, help me! Thanks a lot and I?m so sorry for my spelling or/and grammar mistakes! >> Roberto M. Gerry > > > A quick look at the 1851 census shows most Gerrys lived in Devon or > Cornwall. You say they arrived in Argentina about 1860 but what would > Thomas's approximate year of birth have been, it might help to narrow > the field. > > There are a few variants on the name Gerry - e.g. Jerry or Geary but I > can't spot a possible marriage to a Margarita Smith in the Civil > Registrations - I assume they were married before emigrating but you > haven't said so. > > Another thing that might help is what was his occupation ? Labourers > didn't usually become Merchants when they emigrated :-) > Not strictly true in the case of 19th century emigration to Argentina. Some of my wife's ancestors were ag labs in Scotland but ended up as farmers, merchants and so on in Argentina. By 1860 it is possible that Gerry was working for one of the railway companies. There are some Gerrys to be found at <www.argbrit.org> but Roberto probably knows about them. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>