This is my first post to this list, so hello everyone. I'm looking for help in identifying the right line of my gggf John Horsley who was born in the Driffield area in 1848. He was born in 1848, married Sarah Bogg, was a railway signalman according to both the 1881 and 1901 censuses, and their children were (at least) Thomas, Annie and Charles (my ggf born 1881). According to both the above census returns, he was born in Beeford near Driffield, but I can't find a definite match for his birth or his parents. The search is complicated by the fact that there's another John also born 1848 in Scarborough, and by the fact that the nearest I can find to a John born in Beeford is one born c. 1848 in Kirkburn Grange (in the 1871 census he's living with his parents John & Elizabeth at the same place), but that's on the other side of Driffield and while they're not poles apart they're several miles and I'm not confident it's the right John. Of course, he might have believed he was born in Beeford and was actually born in Kirkburn, or his parents might have put KB instead of Beeford for some other reason, but at the moment I'm stumped! I'm hoping someone on here might share the same family and can point me in the right direction! Thanks in advance for any help! Cheers, Steve ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam

Just a couple friendly suggestions. Give more information. I have no idea where "Beeford/Driffield/E Yorks/Scarborough" are. Put any surnames in all "CAPS". It makes them stand out for easy scanning Also, this is a very slow list with few members so don't be discouraged if you don't get many replies. It seems there aren't a lot of HORSLEY researchers. [email protected] wrote: > This is my first post to this list, so hello everyone. I'm looking for help in identifying the right line of my gggf John Horsley who was born in the Driffield area in 1848. He was born in 1848, married Sarah Bogg, was a railway signalman according to both the 1881 and 1901 censuses, and their children were (at least) Thomas, Annie and Charles (my ggf born 1881). According to both the above census returns, he was born in Beeford near Driffield, but I can't find a definite match for his birth or his parents. > > The search is complicated by the fact that there's another John also born 1848 in Scarborough, and by the fact that the nearest I can find to a John born in Beeford is one born c. 1848 in Kirkburn Grange (in the 1871 census he's living with his parents John & Elizabeth at the same place), but that's on the other side of Driffield and while they're not poles apart they're several miles and I'm not confident it's the right John. Of course, he might have believed he was born in Beeford and was actually born in Kirkburn, or his parents might have put KB instead of Beeford for some other reason, but at the moment I'm stumped! > > I'm hoping someone on here might share the same family and can point me in the right direction! > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > Cheers, > > Steve > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > -- Life is what happens while your busy making other plans.