Genealogy Chat

Please help I need to know that I am investigating the right family. I was looking for a Rebecca Lunn in 1871 and found a Rebecca Luma although she was about the same age and she was born in the same place Wadworth. I think this could possibile be her. She was working for a family called Hirst and infact she married George Hirst, could she have been working with her future in laws. George Hirst (her husband) isn't listed in that census. But I think this could be George's family. Let me know what you think because I always have this doubt in the back of my mind. Fern.

Anything is possible. Have you looked at the image to check the spelling of her surname?

Yeah everything matches apart from the last 2 letters of her surname. Fern.

Hi Fern,have you got the marriage cert of George junior and Rebecca???That would confirm it for you,if Georges father is a George and a Farmer.. Have you managed to find George junior elsewhere on the 1871??? Regards Ross.

I had a look at that image (Ancestry) and notice that she is the ONLY Rebecca LUMA in English records, according to them! Also, assuming George was a similar age to her, that would allow him to be a (near) eldest son named for his father - the Head's name is George and old enough to have a son of that sort of age. The enumerator seemed to have trouble with her name - the first name isn't as neat as others on the page. The last letter of the surname has been re-written; it could be an attempt to correct to a double-N. I suspect it's a mistranscription at both original and Ancestry stages. In your shoes, I'd probably treat her as 'mine' with a note that there's a small doubt. Christine

Thanks I will have to order the certificates, but I'm a bit broke. I think I'll ask mummy!!

Yes, I agree with Christine. It looks as though the enumerator had first written ''Lum'', and then corrected it to ''Lunn''. The tail of the over-written ''m'' crosses under the second ''n'', making it look like an ''a''. Also, if it was Luma, there would be more of a gap between the ''m'' and the ''a'', with a connecting stroke between them. There's no Rebecca Luma on any other census or on FreeBMD. I think that you could quite safely assume that she is your Rebecca Lunn. Richard

So do you think that could be her future in laws she was working for. Her husband was called George Hirst born 1854, Carcroft, Yorkshire, but I noticed the house was called Carcroft and it is near to Carcroft the town. So do you think it is George's family she is woking for. Fern.

As mentioned above, you'll need to buy her marriage certificate before you can be sure. This will have her husband George's father's name & occupation, which may tie in with this family in the census. Without the cert, it is merely guesswork, though it does seem quite possible. By the way, I think that the address is Carcroft the town, not the name of the house - as all the entries on that page and the previous page have address as Carcroft. Incidentally, I think that this is her future husband George in 1871 - he was a servant on another farm in the neighbouring village of Norton (which supports your theory that Rebecca could have with her future in-laws at the time): Name: George Hirst Age in 1871: 19 Relation: Servant Gender: Male Where born: Carcroft, Yorkshire, England Source information: RG10/4722 Registration district: Doncaster Sub-registration district: Campsall ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Folio: 46 Page: 14 (click to see others on page) Household schedule number: 77 Richard