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Loakesy wrote:My Great x3 Grandfather Giles Loakes was born between 1830 and 1831 in Witcham Cambs to Giles and Elizabeth Long.
Giles married Hep(h)zibah Wallis in Witcham in 1849
His children were: William b1850, Elizabeth Ann b1852 and John Giles b1856.
In the census 1861 he is found in Spittalfields East London. Hepzibah is mis-transcribed in the index as Elizabeth and Witcham Cambs is mistranscribed as Witham Essex.
Hep(h)zibah died in 1864 in Bethnal Green.
In 1866 he returned to Witcham and married Mary Ann Bowyer b1840 in Witcham. He then had further children: George Edward b1867 and Florence Maud b1872.
The 1871 census shows him with this new (but not the old) family in Witcham.
In 1881 he is living in Rotherhithe and in 1891 in Bermondsey, but he has changed his name to John - he and his second family are mis-transcribed in the index as the 'Gates' family - I found them while searching for all George's born in Witcham in 1867. .
His occupations also change:
1851 - Agricultural Labourer
1856 - Publican
1861 - Railway porter
1864 - Porter
1866 - Labourer in Agriculture
1871 - Farm Labourer
1891 - Hostler Groom
1903 - Carman & Horsekeeper
Giles died in 1903 in Southwark, but as yet I have been unable to find him in the 1901 census.
Any suggestions?
gardener wrote:Hi
There is a marriage for Florence Maud Loakes to either Charles Reeves or Martin Rule Dec qtr 1898
Then in 1901
Southwark
Charles Reeves,head, m 36,carman, Lutton,Surrey
Maud ditto,wife,m,30,Bermondsey,London
John ditto,grandfather,W,70,Ely, Cambs, feeble
Charles ditto,son,1,Southwark
William ditto,son,8m,Southwark
Could that be him? Down with the wrong surname? Who informed for the death certificate?
Loakesy wrote:Outstanding!!! You may have solved a mystery that has been bothering me for years!
He has been the bane of my life - mistranscribed, mis-placed, and generally difficult to locate.
Everything about this information appears to confirm that it is my ancestor, even down to the son-in-law's occupation.
If you were in the room with me right now, I could kiss you!!!
Obviously I will check the census returns to confirm this new information, but I'm feeling confident.
Very many thanks!
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