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Hi Everyone, Any ideas? I have a baptism record for my g grandad but cannot find a birth record he was baptised in shipton gorge on the 31st Dec 1887 his name was John Hawkins any ideas i would be very grateful Thanks Jacqui

He would probably be reg in jan 1888 so will be in the mar qtr of 1888

Where is shipton gorge ?

edit Google says its Dorset.

Who did he name as dad on his marriage cert ?

haha, Shirley, I went looking and found it is in Bridport reg dist in Dorset, glad I am not the only one :-)

No John Hawkins was ever born there :-(

Jacqueline this really should be on the Find Ancestors board? but do you have other information about him, especially do you have him in censuses as a child.

I wonder whether his birth was registered under another surname or given name, or he was baptised some time after he was born, maybe even years ...

oh and of course who are the parents named on the baptism record!

Sorry didn't know about ancestors board but his parents were registered as John and Charlotte looking at other census now. Thanks

Ooops was 1831 not 1887 misread my own writing............Lol

that makes all this searching done to no avail ... lol ...

assuming you know that before 1831 there are no birth records?

edit, I meant 1837 of course :-)

1851 in Shipton Gorge

John Hawkins 46
Charlotte Hawkins 43
Richard Hawkins 23
Jane Hawkins 20
John Hawkins 19
Mary Ann Hawkins 14
James Hawkins 13
Jesse Hawkins 10
Job Hawkins 8
Susan Heston Hawkins 5
Emely Hawkins 3

No I did not know that there were no birth records before 1831. Thanks for the info Joonie. Charlotte and John were named on the baptism record so these are the ones I am looking for.
:-)

There you go, registration did not start until 1837, so baptisms and marriages and burials in parish records are what you have before that.

Often you will be lucky at FamilySearch - here is their marriage, John Hawkins and Charlotte Gill in Shipton Gorge in Dorset in 1827

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N65B-S4N

CHECKED THROUGH ALL JOHNS SIBLINGS CAN ONLY SEEM TO FIND BAPTISMS,

I see Susan Walden Hawkins 1845 Bridport reg dist :-)

and Emily Hawkins 1848 Bridport
Jesse Hawkins 1840 Bridport
Job Hawkins 1842 Bridport

any one of those birth certificates would give you the parents' names for sure!

(the baptisms are all at familysearch, true, Dizzi)

1841 England Census
about John Hawkins Name: John Hawkins
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832
Gender: Male
Where born: Dorset, England

Civil Parish: Shipton Gorge
Hundred: Godderthorne
County/Island: Dorset
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration District: Bridport
Sub-registration District: Burton Bradstock
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 282
Book: 6
Folio: 6
Page Number: 7
Household Members: Name Age
John Hawkins 30
Charlotte Hawkins 30
Richard Hawkins 13
Jane Hawkins 11
John Hawkins 9
Thomas Hawkins 7
Mary Ann Hawkins 5
James Hawkins 3
Jesse Hawkins 11 Mo