Thanks to Modem's thread about the BVRI being on Ancestry, I managed to find a christening for my elusive 3xgrt grandfather John Ingram Hallows.
The christening took place in Tranmere, Cheshire in 1848. The transcription gives John's age as 9 and his date of birth as 24th July 1839. His parents are Joseph Hallows and Mary.
This fits in with a possible family that I found on the 1851 census living in Tranmere. Joseph and Mary with son John aged 11. John's place of birth is given as Newtown, Mongomeryshire, which fits in with the information given on his Australian marriage certificate in 1863. However, it doesn't fit in with any other subsequent places of birth on his children's certificates or the census when he came back to England. These were, Liverpool and Stockton Quay, Cheshire but they're all not very far away from each other.
Before finding this christening entry I had ordered 3 certificates for John Hallows born in the rightish area in the early 1840s but none of them were correct.
I know, from the Australian certificates that Mary's maiden name was Ingram and yesterday I checked for any Ingram births in Sept quarter 1839 and bingo! I found one in the Newtown&Co district of Montgomeryshire. I think this is probably him, what do you think?
I haven't been able to find a marriage for Joseph and Mary, although it could have taken place before 1837. I was wondering if John's late christening may have been a way for Joseph to say that he thought of John as his son even if this wasn't the case? Or am I getting carried away :D
The christening took place in Tranmere, Cheshire in 1848. The transcription gives John's age as 9 and his date of birth as 24th July 1839. His parents are Joseph Hallows and Mary.
This fits in with a possible family that I found on the 1851 census living in Tranmere. Joseph and Mary with son John aged 11. John's place of birth is given as Newtown, Mongomeryshire, which fits in with the information given on his Australian marriage certificate in 1863. However, it doesn't fit in with any other subsequent places of birth on his children's certificates or the census when he came back to England. These were, Liverpool and Stockton Quay, Cheshire but they're all not very far away from each other.
Before finding this christening entry I had ordered 3 certificates for John Hallows born in the rightish area in the early 1840s but none of them were correct.
I know, from the Australian certificates that Mary's maiden name was Ingram and yesterday I checked for any Ingram births in Sept quarter 1839 and bingo! I found one in the Newtown&Co district of Montgomeryshire. I think this is probably him, what do you think?
I haven't been able to find a marriage for Joseph and Mary, although it could have taken place before 1837. I was wondering if John's late christening may have been a way for Joseph to say that he thought of John as his son even if this wasn't the case? Or am I getting carried away :D
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