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To John Humphries' mother; She is down on the birth certificate as Elizabeth Sarah Humphries. However we have not been able to trace her, any likely candidates were not in Brighton at the time. This is why we have the Elizabeth SOPHIA Humphries from Southampton who is known to have been in Brighton ...

Hallo Jo, As far as John 'Humphris' (Potter) at Ringmer in 1871 census is concerned, he is definitely OUR John Humphries. He seems to have been quite close to one of Mrs Potter's daughters who emigrated to America and there is a letter over there from him to this girl who he regarded almost as a sis...

Good morning Jo if you're there, Just got back on line. Sorry for the delay in responding after problem with computer seizing up. And, no, it didn't get saved to drafts! Unfortunately. I will respond more fully to yours of Saturday later. I have to go out this morning.In the meantime many thanks for...

I'm sorry not to have got back to you sooner;
There seems to be a problem with this machine.
I typed out a full reply and it just disappeared!
I haven't time to re-do it now but will try again later.
Regards for now, Tim.

George Gray is down as a Bachelor aged 46, occupation Labourer, and his father John Gray is also a Labourer. I am not convinced he was a bachelor. Elizabeth S H is aged 35 years, a spinster and has no occupation. Father's occupation Publican. Somewhere I have the name of his pub. Witnesses; We have ...

Jo, Thank You so much for getting back to me so quickly. Unfortunately John Laing Humphries was 'farmed out' and lived with a Mrs Potter and her family in Ringmer Sussex which is just to the North of Lewes. He isn't in the 1861 census for some reason unless I am missing something but appears in the ...

I refer to my earlier enquiries on the site dated August 10th 2014 and on, reference Elizabeth SARAH Humphries of Brighton. (Now archived to Locked Topic) In the intervening time we have found an Elizabeth SOPHIA Humphries with connections to an address in Montpelier Road Brighton who could be the p...

Yes that's the one Peter; Should have looked at the file before writing it was another brother NOT sister! Abernathee sounded like an Indian name to me. None at all in UK Censuses. The Rosiers came back to England and lived in Aston Birmingham where William Samuel Rosier was born. (1911 Census) My m...

PS: I don't know what George Elliott's occupation was I'm afraid. Presumably something to do with the Army, unless Jane had gone to India with first husband Mr ? Thompson who may also have been an Army man?

Hallo again Mallosa, I checked the Andrew & Jane Elliot you mentioned; Her Elliot spelt with only one T. I tried to keep to the spelling as given. No connection with that part of the country, ... as far as I know! Peter, I have most of the info you came up with except a few of the details and ha...

Peter; I got a lot of info from FIBIS but haven't tried the other site. Will do so tomorrow, Thanks. I did get a London researcher to go to the India Office about ten years ago to get some info for me. Mallosa; I hadn't looked up that one but found another two from 'up north' but couldn't find any c...

Jane Elliott born, (? somewhere, could have been England or Madras area India ?) in 1844. Father's name was George Elliott. She married a Mr ? Thompson and became Jane Thompson while still in her teens. However by 1864 she was a widow aged 20 and married again to William Godden (also usually spelt G...

STILL LOOKING! Elizabeth Sarah Humphreys / Humphries b Brighton 1833, last heard of Brighton 1857. Possibly her brother George John Humphreys b Brighton 1829. No death found for George John either as any shown are wrong age to have been born 1829.

Hallo Peter, Thank you very much for all that info; However it is John Laing Humphries' (Humphress ?) mother who we are trying to trace. Although not shown on his birth or marriage certificate as such we do know all about his father, John Laing of 61 Montpelier Road, Brighton, who died Brighton in 1...

Trying to trace Elizabeth Sarah Humphreys (OR Humphries) who had a child in Brighton Sussex in 1857, John Laing Humphries. Her name is shown on his birth certificate as HumphrIES. However when he was baptised in 1858 it is shown as HumphrEYS. There was a family of this name in Brighton around 1830 w...