I am trying to find the birth and parents of Horace William Tydeman. He was born about 1874, possibly in Mickfield. His name, or obvious variations, does not appear in the GRO birth index, nor in census 1881-1901, the first record of him being his marriage. If any one has ready access to the Mickfield registers I would appreciate a search for any record of him from 1870 to 1880, or any one with the first names Horace William as he may have been adopted. Colin Gooch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Stephenson" <rstephenson3@cogeco.ca> To: <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 9:45 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] Pearl > Researching the line of Alfred M PEARL b: 1911. Married Grace Ellen > STEPHENSON b: 1913 Boxford. I think i may have found 4 children for them > but they may be alive so i will not enter any information on them. If > anyone is researching this line please contact me. Grace also had six > sibblings. > > Bob > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Colin Gooch <ch.gooch@ntlworld.com> wrote: > I am trying to find the birth and parents of Horace William Tydeman. > He was born about 1874, possibly in Mickfield. > His name, or obvious variations, does not appear in the GRO birth index, > nor in census 1881-1901, the first record of him being his marriage. > If any one has ready access to the Mickfield registers I would > appreciate a search for any record of him from 1870 to 1880, or any one > with the first names Horace William as he may have been adopted. > Colin Gooch Colin Your query has intrigued me! Like you I can find no trace of him in the GRO indexes or the census records from 1881 to 1911 neither is there any Horace William first name combinations in the Bosmere District which is where Mickfield is situated. He also does not appear in the National Burials Index as far as I can see. You say that the first record of him is his marriage - when did this take place and have you seen the marriage entry in parish records or have you obtained a marriage certificate? How did you arrive at the possible birth date of 1874? Are you certain that Horace William was the name given at birth - there is a William Tydeman b1869 in Coddenham, living at Little Stonham - the next village to Mickfield - in the 1881 census which is a possibility. Legal adoptions did not take place until after the Adoption Act 1926 and before then children were often looked after by a relative if the mother could not cope or had died - most tended to keep there birth name although some did not, so your theory of a change of name is possible. Brian