Hello everyone
I'm new to the forum ,but I've been a family history addict for some years now and wondered if I might share a recent breakthrough.
I've been searching for years for the family of 2xgt gf John Emery.He joined the Royal Navy as a boy in 1855, and gave his date of birth as 23/10 /1840 in Hastings Sussex. On his marriage cert in 1860 his father is listed as John a Solicitor.
I had found a double baptism in Hastings in 1843 For a John and a Mary Ann Emery to father John a policeman and mother Sarah, but there is no registation of their births and they don't appear in the 1841 census for Hastings, but would a PC in 1843 be likely to be a solicitor by 1860?
Well, after years of searching I've finally cracked it, but now I,m even more confused.I have now got his birth certifcate so I know it is the right family, but the John snr's occupation is still a mystery.
In a nutshell--------
John jnr was born 23/10 /1840 in Southwark London --------, father's occupation Labourer.
1841 Census Southwark ---------- father--Tailor
1843 John and Mary Ann's baptism Hastings--------father --PC
1846 Son Edward's baptism Chelsea -------father--Brewers Servant
1850 Son Henry's baptism chelsea--------father --Cabman
1851 Census Chelsea----------father --Brewer
Unfortunately I lose John snr after this but I would be amazed if he had become a Solicitor by 1860.Was John jnr trying to impress his new bride????
I'm new to the forum ,but I've been a family history addict for some years now and wondered if I might share a recent breakthrough.
I've been searching for years for the family of 2xgt gf John Emery.He joined the Royal Navy as a boy in 1855, and gave his date of birth as 23/10 /1840 in Hastings Sussex. On his marriage cert in 1860 his father is listed as John a Solicitor.
I had found a double baptism in Hastings in 1843 For a John and a Mary Ann Emery to father John a policeman and mother Sarah, but there is no registation of their births and they don't appear in the 1841 census for Hastings, but would a PC in 1843 be likely to be a solicitor by 1860?
Well, after years of searching I've finally cracked it, but now I,m even more confused.I have now got his birth certifcate so I know it is the right family, but the John snr's occupation is still a mystery.
In a nutshell--------
John jnr was born 23/10 /1840 in Southwark London --------, father's occupation Labourer.
1841 Census Southwark ---------- father--Tailor
1843 John and Mary Ann's baptism Hastings--------father --PC
1846 Son Edward's baptism Chelsea -------father--Brewers Servant
1850 Son Henry's baptism chelsea--------father --Cabman
1851 Census Chelsea----------father --Brewer
Unfortunately I lose John snr after this but I would be amazed if he had become a Solicitor by 1860.Was John jnr trying to impress his new bride????
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