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Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Karen	Report	14 Dec 2014 21:39
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	hi can someone help me - I am trying to find the parents and grand parents of Barbara James 1795 Twickenham. she married Thomas Alexander in 1821 burghfield she died in 1871 Brentford thanks in advance karen
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	14 Dec 2014 21:55
	A tree on ancestry has her living in Twickenham, but actually born in Poole. Living Twickenham in 1861:- 1861 England Census about Barbara L Alexander Name: Barbara L Alexander Age: 66 Estimated Birth Year: 1795 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Thomas Alexander Gender: Female Where born: Poole, Dorset, England Civil Parish: Twickenham Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Street address: Registration district: Brentford Sub-registration district: Twickenham ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 345 Piece: 776 Folio: 32 Page Number: 58 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Alexander 67 born: Twickenham, Middlesex Barbara L Alexander 66 Francie R Alexander 23 Ann Taylor 50 1851 England Census about Barbary Alexander Name: Barbary Alexander Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1795 Relation: Wife Spouse's Name: Thomas Alexander Gender: Female Where born: N Civil Parish: Twickenham Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps: View related Ecclesiastical Parish County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Street address: Registration district: Brentford Sub-registration district: Isleworth ED, institution, or vessel: 2h Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 36 Piece: 1698 Folio: 601 Page Number: 12 Household Members: Name Age Thomas Alexander 60 Barbary Alexander 56 Elizabeth Alexander 18 Richard Alexander 13
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 10,943 Send Message	Catherine	Report	14 Dec 2014 22:04
	This looks to be her in 1841:- 1841 England Census about Barbara Alexander Name: Barbara Alexander Age: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801 Gender: Female Civil Parish: Twickenham Hundred: Isleworth County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Street address: Registration district: Brentford Sub-registration district: Twickenham Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 658 Book: 12 Folio: 22 Page Number: 1 Household Members: Name Age Thos Alexander 40 Barbara Alexander 40 Thomas Alexander 12 Richard Alexander 4 Mary Alexander 11 Elizabeth Alexander 8 ......also states (not born in county) Doesn't answer your question but you can now look in the correct area.
Member Since: August 2014 Posts: 6,166 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	15 Dec 2014 10:00
	For info. Burghfield is in Berkshire
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Member Since: August 2014 Posts: 6,166 Send Message	Jacqueline	Report	15 Dec 2014 10:03
	Try this.................... http://www.opcdorset.org/
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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 19,326 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	16 Dec 2014 11:50
	I'll remind Karen how to find her replies.... :-)
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Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Karen	Report	16 Dec 2014 16:20
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Hi all I am so sorry I didn't reply as I thought id get notifications - thank you cythnia for the advise. I will look into Barbara coming from the Dorset area as I have not had much luck in the surrey or Hampshire area Thanks again much appreciated Karen

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