From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> > 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? > The 1871 census shows Ann Grebby as being born circa 1846 at Ilkeston. FreeBMD has an Ann Attenborough born in Basford registration district, which included Ilkeston, in the Dec quarter of 1844, vol 15 page 442. In 1861 this Ann(e) is aged 16, approx birth 1845, and a servant doing house work at Little Hallam, Ilkeston, but she is not found in that name in 1871 and neither is John Saville. My tentative prognosis: Ann Attenborough born 1844 married John Saville in 1862, John then died or cleared off and she married Henry Grebby in 1871 -- 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