Again, following on from Roy's discovery... the marriage he refers to was at St Mary's Church, Ilkeston on Apr 21 1862, between labourer John Saville, aged 21, son of collier William, and Ann Attenborough, aged 17, no details of her father were entered. (both made their mark) In 1861 at Ilkeston was registered the birth of Sally Attenborough, (born Dec 6 1861) illegitimate daughter of John Saville and Ann Attenborough. In 1866 was registered the birth of Eliza Grebby Saville In 1870 was registered the birth on an unnamed boy, the child of John and Ann Saville. And then, to throw a spanner in the works...Emily Savage was born on Feb 25 1872 at Little Hallam, just outside Ilkeston... she was registered as the illegitimate daughter of Ann Savage (formerly Attenborough) Best wishes Dave Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> To: "Suzie Woodward" <vestlaybanks@btinternet.com>; "Nottingham List" <NOTTSGEN@rootsweb.com>; "deejayono" <deejayono@ntlworld.com> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 12:48 PM Subject: Re: [NTT] Robert SAVAGE > From: "deejayono" <deejayono@ntlworld.com> > >> Following on from what Roy discovered, there was no registration of >> the birth of a 'Robert Savage' in 1864 at Ilkeston or at any time >> around there. However the birth of Robert Saville was registered there >> in 1863 (and George Saville in 1865...he appears on the 1871 census >> along with Robert) Best wishes Dave Johnson > > > Good spot, Dave! I reckon that's probably him, since you are quite right > when you point out that a George Saville appears on the 1871 with > Robert and parents Henry and Ann GREBBY. > > FreeBMD has the possible marriage of a John SAVILLE and Ann > ATTENBOROUGH at Basford RD (in which Ilkeston, Derbyshire, then lay > even though most of Basford was in Nottinghamshire), in Jun qrtr 1862, > vol 7b page 179. Did John die and the widowed Ann then marry Henry > Grebby at Nottingham in 1871, just before the census? I can find no > matching death for a John Saville. Maybe Ann left him and committed > bigamy!!! But how did Saville become Savage? > > Curiouser and curiouser - but, of course, this is the great joy of family > history, isn't it? > > -- > Roy Stockdill > Professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer > Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: > www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html > > "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, > and that is not being talked about." > OSCAR WILDE > > >