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Would love 2 hear from any Letkey's, past and present and how they arrived in UK and where from originally. Thanks x

They've been here a while! Just searching for any Letkey event at FreeBMD gives a death in September 1837 in Greenwich, one of the very first events civilly registered in England!

ELIZABETH LETKEY Pedigree
Female Family

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Marriages:
Spouse: HENRY RIBBINS Family
Marriage: 16 OCT 1835 Saint Luke, Old Charlton, Kent, England

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Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the marriage date.

1881

Elizabeth LETKEY Head W Female 35 Marylebone, Middlesex, England Land Lady
Margaret LETKEY Daur U Female 12 Southwark, Surrey, England Scholar
Alfred J. LETKEY Son Male 2 Southwark, Surrey, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling 41 Webber Street
Census Place Southwark St George Martyr, Surrey, England
Family History Library Film 1341119
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0530 / 99
Page Number 18

JOS. HENRY LETKEY Pedigree
Male
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Event(s):
Birth: 18 SEP 1840

Christening: 18 OCT 1840 Saint Paul, Deptford, London, England

Parents:
Father: JOHN SAMPSON LETKEY Family
Mother: JANE FOXCROFT


Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

Mary Ann Letkey Pedigree
Female
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Event(s):
Birth: 21 NOV 1830

Christening: 20 DEC 1830 St Paul, Deptford, Kent, England

Parents:
Father: George Letkey Family
Mother: Margaret Letkey

If you allow for alternate spellings (Letkey is probably an anglicization), there is one Letka in 1851 and one Letke


Name: Solomon Letke
Age: 19
Estimated birth year: abt 1832
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Ekemplken, Poland

Civil parish: York St Crux

He is a glazier and in front of the Poland location it says 'Germany'.
County/Island: Yorkshire


The Margaret Letka is just a mistranscription of something I'd say.

1881

Maria L. LETKEY Wife (Head) M Female 43 Merton, Surrey, England No Occupation
Louisa M. LETKEY Daur U Female 16 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Scholar
Lilian A. LETKEY Daur Female 13 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Scholar
Edgar Arthur E. LETKEY Son Male 7 Poplar, Essex, England Scholar
Ethel M. LETKEY Daur Female 3 Rotherhithe, Surrey, England


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Source Information:
Dwelling 27 Clifton Cresct
Census Place Camberwell, Surrey, England
Family History Library Film 1341160
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0690 / 24
Page Number 42

Ann you are going random on us again. We are looking for where outside England the English Letkeys came from!

JAS. ALFRED LETKEY Pedigree
Male
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Event(s):
Birth: 03 JAN 1839

Christening: 27 FEB 1839 Saint Paul, Deptford, London, England
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Parents:
Father: GEORGE LETKEY Family
Mother: MARGT.
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

Thanks Ann and Bruce u 2 are like my guardian angels, lost without u and always looking for directions from you both, you'd make g8 advisors lol x

got carried away again - not far enough I hear you cry!!!!

The IGI has these for Germany (Prussia)


Letke, Germany
Exact Spelling: On

1. CARL FRIEDRICH LETKE Christening: 22 SEP 1872 Evangelisch, Muelheim An Der Ruhr, Rheinland, Preussen
2. CATHARINA LETKE Christening: 16 FEB 1766 Katholische Kirche, Graudenz, Westpreussen, Preussen
3. Julianna LetkeChristening: 06 MAR 1832 Prangenau, , Westpreussen, Preussen (submitted)
4. OTTILIE LETKE Christening: 26 JUL 1871 Evangelisch, Hattingen, Westfalen, Preussen

Switzerland!!!!!!!

1881

Annie LETKE Self W Female W 52 SWITZ Keeping House SWITZ SWITZ
Louis LETKE Son S Male W 23 IN Works In Soda Factory SWITZ SWITZ
John LETKE Son S Male W 19 IN Barkeeper SWITZ SWITZ


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Source Information:
Census Place St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254723
NA Film Number T9-0723
St. Louis Enumeration First Enumeration
Page Number 506B

CARL FRIEDRICH LETKE Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth: 26 AUG 1872

Christening: 22 SEP 1872 Evangelisch, Muelheim An Der Ruhr, Rheinland, Preussen

Parents:
Father: CARL FRIEDRICH LETKE Family
Mother: ELISABETH BIESEMANN


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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

I'm seeing lots in the USA

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as it is coming up as a Mennonite surname then it will be German - the Mennonites and Amish of Pennsylvania are of German extraction

Beatrice - you have posted this general question as well as a specific one about a Minnie Vosper somehow related to Letkeys

http://www.genesreunited.com.au/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1196549
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1196549

This will eventually lead to duplication of efforts. General questions are generally not a great idea, since everything comes down to individuals, and ends up repeating research done by other people if there are specific questions about the individuals too. Not everybody reads the same threads at the same time.

I suggest you stick to the Minnie Vosper thread for the Letkey questions, and that you do give us some more detailed information there.