Genealogy Chat

Helen that is a hope...Yes they are all related!!some further back and thanks to Dawn have access to Rootsweb site for Ackermans. But always like cross ref as it's too easy to follow wrong line. Consuming my soul in (im)patience as I wait for three Certs. Jane

Sorry I didn't acknowledge the later replies. Thought there was nothing else to find!! Thankyou all for your help. Some extra useful leads. Had some of the info. but all grist to the mill Thanks again Jane

Or if you follow the B3157 east from Bridport there's another place, called Rodden. nell

or How about Riddings, Derbyshire ?? between Somercotes and Selston.

1881 census on LDS has these Stephen Ackermans (none your guy, but I think it shows that there's a strong family link around Bridport) 1881 British Census - 9 Select records to download - (50 maximum) 1. Stephen ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Surrey Head Gender: Male Birth: <1855> Bridport, Dorset, England 2. Stephen H. AKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Gloucester Boarder Gender: Male Birth: <1867> Patney, Wiltshire, England 3. Stephen Wm. ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Middlesex Son Gender: Male Birth: <1874> London Kentish Town, London, Middlesex, England 4. Stephen ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Surrey Son Gender: Male Birth: <1870> Mitcham, Surrey, England 5. Stephen ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Dorset Son Gender: Male Birth: <1869> Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England 6. Stephen ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Dorset Head Gender: Male Birth: <1848> Bridport, Dorset, England 7. Stephen A. ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Dorset Son Gender: Male Birth: <1874> Bothenhampton, Dorset, England 8. Stephen ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Dorset Head Gender: Male Birth: <1831> Bothenhampton, Dorset, England 9. Stephen ACKERMAN - 1881 British Census / Dorset Father Gender: Male Birth: <1812> Bothenhampton, Dorset, England nell

Just to muddy the waters, there's also this from the IGI: STEPHEN ACKERMAN Birth: Christening: 27 AUG 1799 Bridport, Dorset, England Parents: Father: STEPHEN ACKERMAN Family Mother: SARAH nell

Checked on www streetmap uk co and Walditch is just outside Bridport. No Redding nearby, though there is a Long Bredy and a Little Bredy a few miles further east. Could Bredy become Redding? nell

I presume you've seen this: IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 British Isles Stephen Ackerman Event(s): Birth: 1801 Redding, , Hampshire, England Marriages: Spouse: Maria Family Marriage: 1828 Walditch, Dorset, England Perhaps Walditch is next door! nell

Thankyou both for your replies and suggestions. I thought of Reading But who Knows!! Regarsd Jane

I had a look in my husband's Ordnance Survey Gaetteer, and the best I could come up with is Riddings Farm which is just to the east of Headley - not particularly near Dorset. But county boundaries have moved in that area...unfortunately, nothing for Dorset, either. Could it really be 'Little' (no) or 'Great' (no) or 'Upper' (no) or 'Lower' (no) or 'Nether' (no) - it isn't 'North' either. I guess there are other possibilities like that, but I could spend all evening guessing! Perhaps you could try them in Multimap? It does seem to be sensitive to things like that. Christine

I don't think there is such a place.... might it had been 'Reading, Berkshire' the way you pronounce those two, they do sound very similar.

A Dorset 1851 Census says that Stephen Ackerman was born in Ridding Hampshire c. 1802. Possiby on the borders of Dorset but I can't find anything on Village sites or Google Help ,..Jane