Genealogy Chat

Thank gawd, Jeanette, I was sure I had replied to the Silby/Selby one on the thread. I thought I was going mad, but Ive checked and I had gone through all this Selby/Silby stuff on there too following your kind find.! I am seriously getting worried about my memory at the moment. Im hoping its just a thing for ladies of a certain age but it has surprised me how often Im forgetting things or making mistakes. Perhaps new eyes and a new brain for christmas then.

Oh thanks Geoff and everyone else - Shoemaker, eh. Jeanette, yes, I thought I replied to that one? Im very grateful except it does seem to put things out of joint for me. I had found the Silby family in Rotherhithe (before Stephens birth). I then found what I thought was the same family in Middlesex (including Stephen) even though they are transcribed as Selby in that one. HOWEVER, the fact that Stephen was still turning up as Selby in later censi has rather mucked up my hopes that these were my Silby family, as you can imagine one census getting it wrong, but several? And also his death ref is Selby. And on top of that I find ma and pa Silby still together without any kids in the 1871. Silby. Not Selby. Id have thought a change of name would involve mum and dad more than any of them. Its a conundrum because he has the right job (carpenter) as all the Silbys. It may turn out it is him at some stage but right now I cant put him down as a definite. Pain, as he is the only one born after 1837. I keep wondering whether to send off for a cert just to see but I wasted £14 last week on the rotten Allford family - a wrong cert and two wrong wills if anyone has an Edward Allford from Southwark. SO back to the drawing board on that Im afraid. Im hoping that when the 1841 comes out I will be able to see the older kids born Rotherhithe (including GGMx3) still with a Silby family which will tie in the right ones. Many thanks for your assistance.

i think it would be William the whole of that street other wise has got loads of Wellers according to ancestry. Shoe maker Jeanette

It looks like William to me and his occupation is 'Shoemaker'. His daughter is a box maker. Kath. x

I think it's Shoemaker

Shoemaker

did you see the Stephen Selby I found its on your other thread and he was a carpenter Jeanette

Can someone please use their younger, fitter more intelligent and non biased eyes to check this guy please. Ancestry call him Weller, to me looks defo William. But the job is the hard bit??? Begins with T? Name: Weller Alford Age: 44 Estimated birth year: abt 1807 Relation: Head Household: View other family members Gender: Male Where born: Southwark Civil parish: Southwark St Saviour County/Island: Surrey Country: England Street address: View image Condition as to marriage: View image Occupation: View image Disability: View image Source information: HO107/1558 Registration district: St Saviour Southwark Sub-registration district: St Saviour ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Folio: 457 Page: 41 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 169 GSU Number: 174791

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