I have hit the proverbial wall with my Great, Great, Great Grandfather. Perhaps someone can confirm whether the information I have been given could be correct.
Daniel Dolphin married Mary Gray, by special licence, at St George's Church, Bloomsbury, London on 6th September 1829. Going by later census information, his birth would have been c1801, he died in Emsworth, Hampshire(West Sussex) in May 1873. All that is fact. But finding his birth, or parents is a different matter.
A relative of mine in New Zealand also looked to find earlier relations, but could only suggest that he was probably born in the Parish of St. Luke's, Old Street, Middlesex. I have tried contacting each of the churches, only to be told that all the records of the time were transferred to the London Archives. The London Archives said that because of the location, these would have been transferred to the Metropolitan Archives. An enquiry sent to them said they were probably destroyed by enemy action during WW2.
As it stands this seems to be the end of the road.
Arthur
Daniel Dolphin married Mary Gray, by special licence, at St George's Church, Bloomsbury, London on 6th September 1829. Going by later census information, his birth would have been c1801, he died in Emsworth, Hampshire(West Sussex) in May 1873. All that is fact. But finding his birth, or parents is a different matter.
A relative of mine in New Zealand also looked to find earlier relations, but could only suggest that he was probably born in the Parish of St. Luke's, Old Street, Middlesex. I have tried contacting each of the churches, only to be told that all the records of the time were transferred to the London Archives. The London Archives said that because of the location, these would have been transferred to the Metropolitan Archives. An enquiry sent to them said they were probably destroyed by enemy action during WW2.
As it stands this seems to be the end of the road.
Arthur
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