Genealogy Chat

Before I subscribe, can someone tell me if you can do a general search please? I'm trying to find a Charles Skinner - mariner - who married in Littleham Devon in 1845 but inconveniently died sometime before the '51 census! I only have his name, no age (full doesn't count does it?) and the name of his father - also Charles, a carpenter. I've tried Devon and Cornwall on their online census but had no luck. Can I just put in a name? In desperation Lizzie

Lizzie, you can just do a general search but if you give me a rough birth year I can have a look for you. :-)

Lizzie Yes you can do a general search, but it doesn't guarantee success. Do you know where Charles was born? The census will only tell you if he was born in or out of county and not which town. If you post what info you have, I can look on 1841 for you. Sue

You beat me to it Tom! LOL Sue

Hi Tom, That's very kind of you but I haven't a clue! He came, married and then died. Can't find his death so possibly at sea (if at all with the family record!) I only have his name from the marriage cert and childrens' birth certs. I was hoping that in 1841 he may have been living somewhere with father Charles. Lizzie

Christine, He had died by 1851. Census shows his widow Jane and two young children living back with her parents. Unless he was a bigamist...

when were the two children born?

This may be a possible of his birth. (?) CHARLES SKINNER Male -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 05 APR 1821 Kenwyn Street Calvinistic Baptist, Truro, Cornwall, England Christening: Death: Burial: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parents: Father: CHARLES SKINNER Family Mother: ELIZABETH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Messages: Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

Tom, Henry Charles in November 1845 and Sarah Jane in June 1847. Father's occupation mariner in both cases. Nothing to indicate he was dead by the birth of their second child although I do know that they sometimes forget to mention it!

Tom Getting v excited here!!! Could be. Does older Charles have an occupation?

It doesn;t - it was on the IGI - you could get a copy of the original entry and that should have a proffession.

Thanks very much Tom. I'll follow it up. There may be a way through my brick wall after all! Lizzie