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A Stubborn Brick Wall
Hello - I'm new here, but I'm told you love a challenge, so I wonder if anyone can help me? This Brick Wall has defeated researchers for over ten years :-
My g/g/g/grandfather was Thomas Headland b 1786 Uxbridge Middx. He m Christiana Atkinson & they moved to Islington around 1820.I have much info from then on, but have never been able to trace Thomas's parentage. He may have been Non Conformist - his children were baptised in that faith - but other than that, I know nothing at all. I believe there may be a connection to the Headlands of Beds./Northants, but have never been able to establish this. Various other family researchers from around the world have tried to solve this, & all have failed. Within the last few weeks, one has come up with a couple of new Headlands previously thought unconnected. One - Robert b 1789 - had Thomas's eldest son as witness to his wedding, so there would seem be a link there. Can anyone rise to the challenge of this knotty problem? Thanks in anticipation. Vita. |
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Welcome, Vita! We do like a challenge, it's true. I hope someone can knock down your brick wall.
To start proceedings: So this is Thomas and Christina in 1841: 1841 Census HEADLAND, Thomas ST PANCRAS, Middlesex HO107 piece 685 folio 16/8 page 11 Chapel Street, St Pancras, Marylebone They also have Emma, 15, and Alfred, 10, with them Thomas is a painter. |
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Where and when did Thomas and Christiana get married, please, Vita?
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Thomas has died by 1851, according to the census.
Christiana is with Alfred, her son. 1851 Census HEADLAND, Christiana ISLINGTON, Middlesex HO107 piece 1499 folio 482 page 1 1, Trinity Street, Islington, Finsbury Alfred is a printer/compositer and Christiana a tailoress. Vita, a question: How do you know where Thomas Headland was born? The 1841 census doesn't give a place of birth - it just indicates he was "born in county" - i.e. Middlesex. If he had been alive in 1851 we would have had more details. |
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Also can I ask how you know that Thomas was born in Uxbridge, please? I can't find him on the later censuses; is he one of the deaths between in 1846 or 1847 in St Pancras district? Or am I just missing him?
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So this is his burial?
Name: Thomas Headland Record Type: Burial Estimated Death Date: abt 1847 Burial Date: 15 Jun 1847 Age: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1785 Parish or Poor Law Union: St Pancras Parish Chapel Borough: Camden Register Type: Parish Register |
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http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/15...l=ReturnRecord
The image shows he was living in Chapel Street when he died, which was where Christiana and Alfred were in 1851. |
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His burial is also on Family Search.
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There is a burial 15 Jun 1847 St Pancras Parish Chapel Thomas Headland age 62, abode Chapel St.
(Edit - snap, Elizabeth! I'm just way behind you!) |
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I see from the non-conformist registers on Ancestry that Thomas and Christiana's children's births were recorded at Uxbridge.
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