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Great thanks,

So now we know Grandparents Roger and Grace. Grandkids Thomas and John. Now will have a hunt for record of parents and other siblings.

He's the grandpa :-)

just for info this is his death

Deaths Mar 1844
HALL Roger Melksham 8 308

lucky that with a common surname like Hall he had a more uncommon first name ! but still no other record of them.

... no here is something after all from pilotfamilysearch

Name: Roger Hall
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 18 Jan 1844
Burial Place: Hilperton, Wiltshire, Eng.
Death Date:
Death Place:
Age: 71 <<<
Birth Date: 1773 <<<
Birthplace:
Occupation:
Race:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B39706-9
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1279404
Reference Number:
Collection: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

Thanks for all that.

Roger? Sorry, have missed his connection

Sorry, looking again saw it above in your reply :-)

I looked here

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html

and this site isn' t working for me tonight, grr, time to go to sleep

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/igi/search_igi.asp

but can' t find any records about Roger and Grace except for that one child ....

yes ... if you click on her name ... it says that ...

Name: Grace Hall
Age: 78
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1783
Relation: Grandmother, Grandma (Grandmother)
Gender: Female
Where born: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England


it is possible he was the child of an unmarried daughter of Grace and Roger ... or of course of a ( married ) son ... who might have been deceased


For Emily's name have you found their marriage at freebmd ?

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

or got a birth certificate for one of their children ?

http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/

this is the Wiltshire Wills project which could help with something

the Wiltshire and Swindon history centre can be very helpful too , I believe they will do searches for reasonable fees

http://www.wshc.eu/

Just looking at census info I have

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Registration district: Melksham
Sub-registration district: Trowbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 170
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Hall 34
Emily Hall 34
John Hall 15
Thomas Hall 12
William Hall 8
Harriet Hall 6
Frederick Hall 3
Grace Hall 78

I think Grace may have been Grangmother to Thomas giving her age.
So then I don't know who his parents were or Grandfather's name

where have you looked for a marriage for the parents ?

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html

all I see there is the baptism Feb 1812 and burial Mar 1812 of a child of the couple , Harriet in Trowbridge .....

was his mother 80-ish in 1861 ? I could look that up ....

this is the only one I see with those names in 1841


Name: Thomas Hall
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Gender: Male
Where born: Wiltshire, England

Civil parish: Whaddon
Hundred: Melksham
County/Island: Wiltshire
Country: England

Registration district: Melksham
Sub-registration district: Melksham

Lydia Humphrys 55 >> not in same household
Rossa Hall 70 >>> it says 'Roger'
Grace Hall 60
John Hall 22
Thomas Hall 16

I would like to find out the name of the father for Thomas Hall (b1824)
Trowbridge Wiltshire. I think he should be listed in the 1841 census.
I think his mother was Grace as she is listed in 1861 living with him and his family. A marriage for Grace and Thomas' father would be helpful too
Also know Thomas married Emily ( nee Shell I think).
Any advice where to look to find siblings for Thomas, as I think prior to 1837 records hard to find. I live in NZ so going down to any record office etc impossible.
Many thanks in advance for any help.

Allison :-)