User talk:4foster

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Hingworly to Holsworthy [5 July 2014]

I admit Holsworthy is a guess. But I did some work on Devon in general just the other week and, as you say, Hingworly doesn't seem to exist.

Here is a list of all the H's from Vision of Britain's list of Devon's 19th century and earlier places:

Haccombe

Haccombe-with-Combe

Halberton

Halwell

Halwill

Harberton

Hartland

Hatherleigh

Heanton Punchardon

Heavitree

Hemyock

Hennock

High Bickington

High Bray

Highampton

Highley St Mary

Highweek

Hittisleigh

Hockworthy

Holcombe Burnell

Holcombe Rogus

Hollacombe

Holne

Holsworthy

Honeychurch

Honiton

Horwood

Huish

Huntsham

Huntshaw

Huxham

No Hingworly, but there is Hockworthy as well as Holsworthy.

Have you any idea where it might be in the county? Could I have a look at the census? I mean, did you find it in Ancestry or another website where one can see images of the originals? I have a worldwide sub to Ancestry and one for S&N as well, so if you can point me in the right direction....I'd be pleased to have a look.

Regards --Goldenoldie 19:54, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

I think it's probably the most likely. He married in Okehampton which is 20 miles from Holsworthy. The west country accent is very strong and could easily be misinterpreted by the census enumerator if he was new to the area. My Reynolds' becomes Runnalls' down there. I have visited both places (I live in the UK) and it's a beautiful part of the world. I need to dig into the parish records but this is not my direct line so a low priority.--4foster 20:09, 5 July 2014 (UTC) I can email you a jpg of the census return or can I attach it to this somehow?

I found it, thanks. And this: 1891 Name: William Brailey Relation: Head... Spouse: Beatrice Brailey (19)... Address: 11 Crochers Row ... Age: 20... Born In: 1871... Profession: Copper Miner... Birth Place: Waytown Gingerly, Cornwall...

William must have mumbled as much as his dad 10 years earlier. This entry is also from Calstock in Gunnislake, just like the 1881. I used "The Genealogist" to find it.

This is being written to you from Buckinghamshire! At one time I thought my paternal-paternal line was from the Devon-Cornwall border because there are an awful lot of Lyles between Holsworthy and Stratton, so I inspected the area pretty hard too. (Very peculiar to wander through an overgrown churchyard where there were more Lyles than I had ever met in my life!) But a few years later I finally found them near Malton in Yorkshire.

Have you checked FamilySearch recently? They have so much more than they used to, even if one has to depend on other people's transcriptions.

/cheers, Pat --Goldenoldie 20:40, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Your brief note of 13 Jul 2014 [14 July 2014]

The discussion about Alexander Kennedy and Jane McEwan had nothing to do with your family that I could see either. I have written to regivens but as yet not received a reply.

I am now looking at Scottish places and saw some more of your family in the process. I made only a few changes to places there.

One of us (you or me) may have ticked a "watch" box when we didn't intend to. --Goldenoldie 06:03, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Living Individuals? [19 March 2015]

I am going through pages that were uploaded by GEDCOM in the early days of WeRelate before all the edits were in place. One of my goals is to delete living individuals, as they are not allowed on WeRelate. I notice that you have at least one individual whose dates are not given and who was born since 1905 (the cutoff for "lving" if death info is not given).

Before I go ahead and delete this individual (and others like it), I thought I would ask to see if you have any information on whether or not the person is still living. If you know the person is deceased, please indicate this in the death date (I think you can just enter "deceased"). Got to run - the person is Alan West.--DataAnalyst 13:53, 19 March 2015 (UTC)