On 15/06/2011 12:50, Nigel Chalk wrote: > I am looking for Abel born about 1830 somewhere in Oxford, possible father > John. > > Nigel Chalk Hello Nigel, I can find no Abel CHALK/CHAULK in any of the records of the Oxfordshire FHS. If he was born c1830 and the family had not moved out of Oxfordshire, one would expect him to appear in the 1841 or 1851 Censuses, but neither he nor his putative father John do not. These are the most possibly relevant entries: 1841 Census - 881/ 10/ 2 Ewelme Little Haseley HAULK William 50 y CHAULK Mary 38 y CHAULK Ann 19 y CHAULK John 12 y CHAULK William 10 y 1851 Census - 1726/82 - Gt Haseley (Thame Union) - CHAULK William HD m 61 Ag.Lab OXF Little Haseley CHAULK Mary WI m 48 OXF Great Haseley CHAULK John SO u 22 Ag.Lab OXF Little Haseley CHAULK William SO u 19 Ag.Lab OXF Little Haseley Why do you think he might have been born in Oxford(shire)? Howard

Just because of the Spelling, the only CHAULK's I have found this early on seem to be in Oxfordshire, everywhere else it is spelt CHALK or CHALKE