Can anyone help with this info received from a friend in Canada? Regards Tessa "John Spencer ---The IGI has him born Jan 11 1808 and the record that I have of him from his oldest son says Jan 11 1806.However I have 2 counties of birth for him ---1 from the son again that says he was born in Lancashire and the other county is in a record of another son's death and it says Hampshire. No village name on either. They also have 2 counties for John's wife, Harriet Adams---first is Yorkshire and the other Lincs. Thus my dilemma. Not great, is it. The first record also says John was in the British army for 25 yrs, 4 months and 3 days. Before that he had been apprenticed to a farmer. They were in Canada by 1848 by the time their oldest son, John was born and that is from the=e the IGI also but I knew that the son was born in Toronto at about that time"

Hi Tessa, the IGI, like any other transcription is prone to errors, I would always place more weight on evidence from a family member. Don't neglect the fact that you may have information on more than one person, the pool of names was much smaller at that time than it is now. John Tessa Kirk wrote: >Can anyone help with this info received from a friend in Canada? >Regards >Tessa > > >