Interestingly, in 1851 (Piece: 2123, Folio: 259, Page: 4) there is no place-of-birth given for Mary, and the others are down as Blackwell, Derbys. Tony Proctor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Binns" <bnbinns@gmail.com> To: "'WRIGHT PETER'" <peter.wright15@ntlworld.com>; "'Mrs Watson'" <familytree29@hotmail.com> Cc: "'Notts Gen'" <nottsgen-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [NTT] Help with reading a birthplace >I too thought of ilson, being the local pronunciation of Ilkeston But the > enumerator put Notts not Derbys, and the entry could be Hellson, rather > than > Hillson. This coupled with the fact that Selston is quite near Fulwood led > me to that conclusion. The poster needs to find the marriage, then with > her > maiden name can hopefully find the Christening place. > > Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of WRIGHT PETER > Sent: 11 September 2013 09:40 > To: Mrs Watson > Cc: Notts Gen > Subject: Re: [NTT] Help with reading a birthplace > > Hi, > > Fulwood, Notts as been said is a place on the Derbyshire border near > Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. > > With regard to Hellson, I would have thought in the local accent as this > being 'Ilson'. or 'normal' folk know it as Ilkeston, Derbys. > > regards > Pete in Mansfield > > > On 10 September 2013 21:49, Mrs Watson <familytree29@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> HelloI am trying to figure out a place of birth according to the 1861 >> census: >> Mary BALL born about 1808 in Notts - it looks like Hellson to me but I >> can't find that on a map. Would someone with a much better knowledge >> of Notts be able to suggest anything? >> Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 2425; Folio: 32; Page: 6; GSU roll: >> 542969. >> The 1871 census for Mary gives her place of birth as Fullwood, which I >> can't seem to find either, although it sounds familiar!ThanksJanie >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Notts Surname List >> >> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message