Do I get a prize! I found them: at Woodmancote, nr Dursley, Elizabeth Wilkins 50 independent Harriet Wilkins 20 straw hat maker Frederick 16 all born GLS Badly transcribed on Ancestry as Wolkin! and found by searching for Frederick with no surname and keyword Dursley. Lynne On 05/09/2011 10:06, Josephine Jeremiah wrote: > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 02:47:39 +0100, Tracey Ives<traceyives@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Frederick Wilkins was born 1820 and it was thought in Gloucestershire, >> but that now seems up for debate. > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:26:29 +0100, Nancy Frey<nfrey@auracom.com> wrote: > >> I do believe that WILKINS is a Welsh surname. Have you looked in Wales >> for his Baptism? > On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:47:47 +0100, Tracey Ives<traceyives@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I will keep Wales in mind and start researching around that. > Hi Tracey, > > Before searching in Wales, I would explore all the WILKINS possibilities > in Gloucestershire first. For instance, Frederick could have been a > Quaker. I have 18th-century WILKINS ancestors who had property at > Kingswood near Wotton-under Edge, which is not far from Dursley. > > Just from a quick glance at the 1851 census, there appear to be a number > of entries for people called WILKINS who were born in the Dursley area. > > Perhaps someone could find Frederick WILKINS, born c. 1820, in the 1841 > Gloucestershire census. > > Josephine >