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I Have my great granparents Marriage certificate,and can not make out the birth place,Someone who knows the areas around England maybe able to help me please.The name is Little London. Ha or He......ton. or He........shire.SORRY that all I can get. Debra

Hi Debra, I assume that this is not an English/Welsh marriage certificate as they do not state places of birth.

As for Little London, Wikipedia has an entry for Little London, Hampshire here:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_London,_Tadley,_Hampshire

Could this be the place? If you google Little London, there are quiet a few entries.

If you have the marriage cert look up the marriage again on FreeBMd and it should tell you the county.if you click on the town name.

England's H counties are Hertford(shire), Hereford(shire) and Hampshire (where hurricanes hardly ever happen), plus Huntingdonshire.

Thank you for your help,I think I will try Hampshire,The Marriage took place in Queensland Australia,and are now listed as the last Pioneers of Queensland.So they will be in the history books,and I would like to find out more about them,So the right information would be very much welcome.

hi

Am I being my usual blonde self! So the marriage took place in Oz and you are looking for a county in England UK?

Not with you hun?

x

Perhaps Australian marraige certs give birth places.

I've never seen one, but I wish they'd done that in the UK!

Birdi

My great granparents came over from England and Scotland and were Married in Australia!Even though they were not born here,they married here in 1886,So they are now in the History books classed as the last Pioneers in Queensland.The marriage certificate is hand written and very hard to read,as it looks like ink was used..* The birth places are placed but very hard to read with the ink smudged on the paper. Lets thank the person who invented the biro!

Derr...I am with you now!

If you put the details on here we could check them out on a census for you and maybe get the county/town of birth

If they were born after 1837 they should be on the BMD?

x

Edit

Laszlo Biro Jan, just googled

This is the information I have,
George Day Birthplace Little London Hampshire, England. dob abt 1858
Mary Ewen Birthplace Craignuek, Lanarkshire, Scotland, dob abt 1868
Thanks for all your interest. Debra

any parents for George?

There are these 2 towns in hampshire with 'little' included

Little Somborne <<<<<<<<This could easily be mistaken for Little London

Littleton

Could it be one of these?

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Little London is abt 8 km N of Basingstoke. Maybe one of these two fits:

Births Dec 1858 (>99%)
Day George Basingstoke 2c 147

Births Mar 1860 (>99%)
DAY George Basingstoke 2c 183


There is another Little London, Hants abt 5 km NNE of Andover:

LONDON, LITTLE, a hamlet, in the parish, union, and hundred of Andover, Andover and N. divisions of the county of Southampton; with 105 inhabitants.
Lewis (1848): http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445

George Days father is also named George Day
'' mother is named Rachel Rampton. I guess these people came from England? I was always under the impression that George came from around Reading,but seems its not the case. Debra I just found Rachel's birth Monk,Sherbourn,Hampshire, !!!

This confirms that Rachel Rampton married George Day

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
about Rachel Rampton
Name: Rachel Rampton
Year of Registration: 1855
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Kingsclere (1837-1932)
County: Hampshire
Volume: 2c
Page: 456
Spouse: George Day

Lesley

Family in 1871

1871 England Census
about Rachel Day
Name: Rachel Day
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: George
Gender: Female
Where born: Tadley, Hampshire, England
Civil parish: Shinfield
Ecclesiastical parish: Grazeley
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wokingham
Sub-registration district: Wokingham
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Household schedule number: 40
Household Members: Name Age
George Day 37
Rachel Day 36
James Day 15
George Day 13
William Day 8
Henry Thos Day 6
Alfred Day 4
Arthur Day 1

Monk Sherborne is 5 km NW of Basingstoke. Kingsclere is the next rego district; the town itself is 20km WNW of Basingstoke and Reading is 25km N of Basingstoke. Monk Sherborne is 4km SW of Little London.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/70522
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/75927

and
1881
George Day 1834 Silchester occ farm labourer
Rachel wife 1834 Sherborn occ bar woman
Alfred son 1867 Kidmore End Oxfordshire occ farm lab.
Arthur 1870 East Grinstead Sussex
Mary Ann 1873 Lambeth Hill Berkshire
Walter Windham Day 1876 Barking Berkshire
Sarah Elizabeth 1877 Earley Berkshire
Kate Rose 1879 Woodley Berkshire

address Grovelands Rd Tilehurst Berkshire

From the IGI.
Rachel Rampton Ch 14th June 1835 Sherbourne Monk Hampshire. Parents Richard Rampton and Mary
Batch no.
1017238
I will let you find her siblings

[Tilehurst is 5km W of Reading - it's now a suburb - looks like they move around a bit]


Deaths Sep 1885 (>99%)
DAY Kate Rose 7 Bradfield 2c 193

Deaths Jun 1901 (>99%)
Day George 68 Reading 2c 228

Deaths Mar 1908 (>99%)
DAY Rachel 72 Reading 2c 247

Search for George Day with spouse=Rach* finds 1861-1901 easy enough:
[rg9/710/49/? ],[rg12/997/128/? ],[rg13/1149/125/? ]

1911
HOUSEHOLD DAY WALTER WINDON M 1875 36 in Reading,Berkshire
HOUSEHOLD DAY KATIE ELIZABETH F 1897 14 in Reading,Berkshire daughter
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Wonderful ,Thank you to all my helpers,I guess no one has found anything on Mary Ewen? Iam still trying,Iam like a dog with a bone on this matter,Iam sure you all know the feeling.Thankyou all so much, Debra
A Update=I think I found Mary,under Ewan,and not from Craignuek but from Carluke,in Scotland.I dont know why she would of put the wrong name on her marriage certificate??But the hunt is over,so again Thankyou to all for you help. Regards Debra.

Thankyou Lesley,you are very kind.Regards Debra