Hi Janet Thanks for the research on looking for William James Blick on the census records. Will follow up on the marriage certificate. Many thanks again. Regards Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Booth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 2:52 AM Subject: Re: [GLS] BLICK Family > Hello Diane, > > Not a lot of luck with the census records except that he gives his date of > birth as c1833 on the both the 1861/71 census records and place of birth > not > known on the 1861 but Westbury on the 1871. In the 1861 census of > Westbury > (RG9/1757, folio 50, page 4) both he and wife to be Martha are described > as > Visitors in the household of Samuel SLATTER, aged 59, Sawyer, born > Westbury > and his wife Ruth, aged 63, born Minchinhampton. If you purchase > William's > marriage certificate (marriage registered June qtr 1861 at Westbury on > Severn, vol 6a, page 389 according to FreeBMD) it should give you the name > & > occupation of his father. I can't find him with any certainty in either > 1841/51 census records. > > HTH > > Janet > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "barrie greentree" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:19 PM > Subject: [GLS] BLICK Family > > >> Hi all >> Looking for information re William James BLICK b. approx 1838 Gloucester. >> Martha HARRIS b. approx 1839-1840 wife, m. in 1861 in Westbury S. Two >> sons Arthur William Charles b. approx 1868 Wiltshire & Edward Henry >> George >> b. approx 1872 Wolverhampton. The family came out to New Zealand in 1874 >> on the ship the "Soukar". >> Elizabeth Sparks was William James BLICK'S mother, does anyone know which >> BLICK she married. >> Regards >> Diane Greentree >> _____________________________________________ >> >> Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on >> www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will >> then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your >> postem. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.13/1826 - Release Date: > 03/12/2008 > 09:34 > > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > ------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1812 - Release Date: 25/11/2008 7:53 PM