Hello Stephen, you will find that Mary Ann was a very common name. That is not much comfort! Have you considered looking for wills? Having only the father's name in the register is probably due to a chauvenistic incumbent. My George Gray, baptized in Portsmouth in 1747, is the son of - George Gray. There are two other boys but no girl to give me a possible start. With no mother's name and, presumably, his parents marrying before 1754, I am stuck! I might be lucky with an entry in a parish register. What a lot of time this takes. A good hobby for the winter. Regards, Anne in Wales ======================================== Message Received: Oct 03 2009, 11:48 PM From: "Stephen Shafer" To: "Vanessa Marshall" , anne@celliddu.freeserve.co.uk, Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com Cc: chriscjbartlett@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [IoW] DAW, Rosina married 1802 at Alverstoke Hello from Rosina's g-g-g-grandson. Lookups by you in ancestry made me take another dip therein. There were quite a few Daws being baptized in the southern half of England around 1780 !! Of interest is one Richard Daw who had three children baptized 1779-1782 at St Helen's (IOW), Hampshire. They were Richard, William and Mary Ann. No Rosina listed. That "my" Rosina Daw named one of her daughters Mary Ann (my g-g-grandmother) , however, merits a further look Any suggestions on how to do that? Might there be a parish registry that would have Rosina if she were a sib of the others even though she is not in the national BMD index? Also, under what circumstances was a child baptized with only the father named? Could this mean the mother was not of that church and refused to come? Could it mean she was herself not baptized and was therefore considered unqualified to be listed? I can see widowerhood to explain one baptism without mother named, but not three over four years. Thanks, Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vanessa Marshall" To: ; ; Cc: Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [IoW] DAW, Rosina married 1802 at Alverstoke > Dear Anne, > > In Dorset they are definitely seperate surnames found in different areas > of the county, but I can see how one could be a corruption of the other > when said, especially with a local accent. > > Ancestry has the following baptisms listed: > > Name: Rosanna DAW > Gender: Female > Birth Date: abt 1781 > Christening Date: 1 Jul 1781 > Christening Place: Frampton, Dorset, England > Father's Name: William Daw > Mother's Name: Mary > > > Source BIVRI 2nd Ed > > Name: Rose DAW > Gender: Female > Birth Date: abt 1782 > Christening Date: 24 Oct 1782 > Christening Place: Charminster, Dorset, England > Father's Name: Thomas Daw > Mother's Name: Ann > > > Source - BIVRI 2nd Ed > > Stephen / Chris - I don't know if these help, but I can't find any other > Rose / Rosina / Rosena /Rosannas etc. in any other counties which may be > her. It might be worth keeeping these for later reference if needed. > > Vanessa > Dorset > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: "Stephen Shafer" ; > > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:12 PM > Subject: Re: [IoW] DAW, Rosina married 1802 at Alverstoke > > >> Greetings All, >> are DAW and DORE the same name? >> Anne in Wales >> >> >> >> >> >> ======================================== >> Message Received: Oct 01 2009, 05:16 PM >> From: "Stephen Shafer" >> To: Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com >> Cc: chriscjbartlett@hotmail.com >> Subject: [IoW] DAW, Rosina married 1802 at Alverstoke >> >> >> Hello, I am trying to find the parents and perhaps grandparents of my >> ancestor Rosina DAW who married Richard Shackle in 1802 at Alverstoke. >> The couple's children, at least some of them, were baptized at St Thomas, >> Portsmouth circa 1809-1813. Their grandson, John Alexander CREAL, b. 1850 >> kept the Eagle Tavern in the Isle of Wight. For that reason, and because >> of the many DAWs found in the IOW, I think Rosina may have been born on >> IOW or had ancestors from there before moving to the mainland. >> >> Any advice will be appreciated. This is ccd to my cousin in the UK who is >> working on the same family, CREAL. >> >> Stephen Shafer >> New York > >