Hi, I am researching the Wilkins//Vizard family and I am hoping someone has a few more resources than I do, to help locate these families Frederick Wilkins was born 1820 and it was thought in Gloucestershire, but that now seems up for debate. He married Ann Vizard on the 16th January, 1848 in Dursley, Gloucestershire. They had only one child we know of and that was Aquilla Wilkins born March 1846 in Dursley, Gloucestershire. They moved to Australia in December 1848. On an 1841 census I found Ann Vizard's family - Titus Vizard b1787, Labourer (54) and his wife Bathsheba Vizard (b 1786), Ann (1821 )(20) and Jane Vizard (aged 15) (All born in the same county - it states on the census. However the current/living family thought that they may have immigrated from France to flee the revolution in the late 1700's The Wilkins family I have had no luck with at all. They too were thought to be from France, but the name doesn't suggest that. I would love to hear from anyone who can help me further. Regards Tracey
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 -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com