WEEKS family

[kathsgirl.48]

Anybody else descended from this WEEKS family???

My late MIL’s father was the son, Edward WEEKS born 1879 Wells.

1901 Census. The WEEKS family are living at 4 The Gardens, Corston. Nr Bath, Somerset

Edward, 43 R/way Signalman, c.1858 Cheddar. Wife Mary, 44, c.1857, Wells.

Children:

Edward 22, 1879 Wells. R/way Porter.
Tom 19 c.1882 Wells, Motor Car Driver.
Walter c.1886 Bristol.
Robert 1887, Lyme, Dorset.
Willie c.1889 Corston,
Ernest c.1891 Corston.
Frances 1893 Corston.
George c.1894 Corston.
Sarah Jane 1895 Corston,
Edmund Sam 1898 Corston.

1891 Census. Surname transcribed as WEEKES. 1 Market Road, Corston.
Head. Edmund 32 , Wife, Mary 32 c.1859 Wells.
Children:
Edward 11, 1880 Wells. R/way Porter.
Tom, 8, c.1882 Wells,
Rueben, 7, c.1884 Bristol.
Walter, 5, c.1886 Bristol.
Robert, 3, born 1887 Lyme, Dorset.
Willie 10 months, Corston (b. Jun 1890)

Would love to hear from you if you are descend from the same family as tracing the WEEKS is a bit of a nightmare, although there are at least 2 other descended from this family on the trail.

I have traced the Weeks family back to 1841 census.

We also have some Birth, Marriage and Death certificates between us....but there are many gaps as the same Christian names appear all over the place, in Bristol, Keynsham, & Bath, where we know some of them lived.

Railway workers feature a lot in this Weeks family too.
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[kathsgirl.48]

Oh, I forgot to add that EDWARD Weeks, 43, R/way Signalman, c.1858 Cheddar, is married to Mary Jane Hawkins.

Although on some certificates his name is down as EDMUND...just to add to the confusion!
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[guybrush]

Have you looked in the Gedcom? Seems to be a few from Somerset there.

Family Tree Forum Names Database

[kathsgirl.48]

Yes I have checked the Weeks surnames....but can't see any that are likely to be connected to MIL's Weeks family...yet!

[Uncle John]

I've got well over 2000 names on the database and I know of only one connected person, via OH's great-aunt's second husband.