Hi Peter, Sorry for the lack of details but I was more looking for fellow researchers of this Family as I thought to give all the details would have taken too long. I will take on board your suggestions for my next post. Thank you very much Pat -----Original Message----- From: sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter R Booth Sent: Sunday, 16 February 2014 7:02 PM To: SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SXP] PELLING Pat, You're asking about the family of Francis Pelling and Catherine CHARLETT but you haven't given us the names and birthplaces of children. In particular, you ask about their son William and his wife, but you don't give any details. When was he born? Who did he marry? Where have you found him in 1841, 1851 etc before his wife died? It's important to provide vital details so people don't have to look up what you already know. Peter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 16 Feb at 9:50, "Pat Wade" <pmwade@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Sorry for the lack of details but I was more looking for fellow > researchers of this Family as I thought to give all the details would > have taken too long. This is a discussion group. There are lots of people here who like to help. Some of them are very experienced in looking up records and enjoy a good puzzle. So the more you give them to get off the starting blocks, the more you might, just, get back in return. Certainly I was astonished by the excellent response I got about a gt-gt-grandfather last year. None of the responses were from people researching my forebears. The advantage of having an open discussion in this group is that we can all learn from those who can find a few good answers. If you take your discussion private there is much less that we all learn. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/

HI Tim, Thank you for your input. I appreciate the suggestions. Pat -----Original Message----- From: sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tim Powys-Lybbe Sent: Sunday, 16 February 2014 9:07 PM To: SUSSEX-PLUS@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SXP] PELLING On 16 Feb at 9:50, "Pat Wade" <pmwade@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Sorry for the lack of details but I was more looking for fellow > researchers of this Family as I thought to give all the details would > have taken too long. This is a discussion group. There are lots of people here who like to help. Some of them are very experienced in looking up records and enjoy a good puzzle. So the more you give them to get off the starting blocks, the more you might, just, get back in return. Certainly I was astonished by the excellent response I got about a gt-gt-grandfather last year. None of the responses were from people researching my forebears. The advantage of having an open discussion in this group is that we can all learn from those who can find a few good answers. If you take your discussion private there is much less that we all learn. -- Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@powys.org for a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pat, None of the submitted trees on Ancestry have attached census records. To me that means they've only done half the job. A quick look at 1871 found William Pelling b1808 living with son William and his family. I forgot to note the location. . But you need to look at all census records from 1841 onwards and be able to trace the family as it changes. Obviously the people who had his death in 1854 didn't look for an official record. And the people who had 1872 didn't see that was for Moses. Those researchers are supposedly descendants. So if you found them, would you accept their data. It would be wrong. It's far better to ask the list for a series of unbiased opinions, and then do the required follow up. Peter

HI Peter, Thank you for that but I suspect (and this is where I did not record properly) that, that is another William Pelling. My William Pelling's son William died in gaol "for theft" in Bristol in 1871 and his wife and children were "visitors" at Bristol RC 10/2548. I have not followed down with any of the siblings that had remained in Sussex and I guess I was looking for a starting point to see if he went to live with family - maybe he was in a "workhouse". Although he was one of 15 and the youngest 5 left Sussex, of the older 10, I believe that 4 died young and with only single names it is rather "dangerous" to go looking for their marriages without something else to pin point them. :-) Anyway the remaining siblings were - Maria 1788 Sompting, James 1789 Sompting, Jane 1791 Sompting, Elizabeth 1792 sompting, Mary 1793, Sompting, Caroline 1795 Sompting, Thank you Pat -----Original Message----- From: sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sussex-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter R Booth Sent: Sunday, 16 February 2014 9:20 PM To: SUSSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SXP] PELLING Pat, None of the submitted trees on Ancestry have attached census records. To me that means they've only done half the job. A quick look at 1871 found William Pelling b1808 living with son William and his family. I forgot to note the location. . But you need to look at all census records from 1841 onwards and be able to trace the family as it changes. Obviously the people who had his death in 1854 didn't look for an official record. And the people who had 1872 didn't see that was for Moses. Those researchers are supposedly descendants. So if you found them, would you accept their data. It would be wrong. It's far better to ask the list for a series of unbiased opinions, and then do the required follow up. Peter ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUSSEX-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Pat, 1841 census has two possibilities for William PELLING born 1808 +/- 5 yrs, one in Bristol, the other in Sussex. Both have a son William born about 1833. And from 1851 census, the one in Bristol was born in Sussex. So I can see how they can be easily confused. The trees on Ancestry all give William's parents as Francis Pelling and Catherine Charlett, as do you.. They had William as the youngest of 14 children. Those that have his marriage, have wife Mary. The one that looked most complete, had his son William marrying Caroline Heyward. You might try looking on Ancestry's associate site Mundia for family trees. My problem is that I don't know who's right and who's wrong, and it would require me to recheck every bit of research of both sides, effectively doing the job twice. Realistically, it's not my problem. My advice is to check both through all available census records from 1841 onwards. It should go a long way to resolving the issue. Peter