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Trying to find my great grandfather birth record

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KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 8 Dec 2010 20:31

This is the only birth I can see around that time in East Yorkshire:-

Name: Henry Wiles
Year of Registration: 1862
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Sculcoates
County: Yorkshire - East Riding
Volume: 9d
Page: 149

However if you have found him in the 1861 census then this can't be him.

It is possible that his birth was not registered at all because there were no penalties for not registering a birth until 1875. Before that date a lot of people didn't bother to register births.

Kath. x

jax

jax Report 8 Dec 2010 20:30

Have you got either of his marriage certs ? as that should tell you who his father was

jax

Researching:
Nothing much

Richard

Richard Report 8 Dec 2010 20:26

I have located my great grandfather as being:

Henry Wiles, born abt 1860 in North Cave, Yorkshire, who later lived in Barnsley, and then Keighley.

He was married to Sarah Ellen Robinson, then on her death to Mary Ellen MacDonald.

I am now trying to prove his birth by locating his parents, but I have been unable to find a birth record, and therefore order a certificate.

The 1861 census appears to contain a spelling error by the census official, and Henry and family's name is spelled Wilds instead of Wiles. His father is listed as William, his mother Sarah (nee Statham), and his brother William.

Can anybody help with locating Henry's birth record to prove that his parents are William and Sarah?

Thanks

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