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Carters in Heston, Middlesex
25 February 2007 - 10:56:28am

Combining information from the 1841 census for the village of Heston, Middlesex, with details from the baptismal register (1813-1821) for Heston’s parish church (St Leonard's), it is possible to develop a picture of the Carter clan in Heston in the first half of the 19th century.

It appears that there were no less than 10 separate households with the surname Carter living in the village at some point in the period 1813-1841 as follows:

1. Sarah Carter + unnamed sergeant at barracks
2. James & Sarah Carter (ancestors of the Wrights in my family tree)
3. Henry Carter & Mary Wheeler (parents of Sarah, base born)
4. Mary Carter & unknown (Workhouse)
5. William & Mary Ann Carter
6. George & Ann Cater
7. Joseph & Amy Carter
8. Elizabeth Carter
9. Francis & Harriett Carter
10. John & Sarah Carter

Just how these households related to one another still remains unknown, but Heston has always been a relatively small place (in 1794 there were only 62 houses in the village itself), so it almost certain that some of these families are related to one another.

Sources: 1841 Census index at www.ancestry.com and Register of Baptisms, St Leonard's, Heston, Middlesex, Jan 1813 - Sep 1827 held at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Nutkins Mystery Deepens
9 September 2006 - 10:47:44am

Although Nutkins is a well-known surname (thanks largely to Beatrix Potter's character Squirrel Nutkins), it is in fact very rare. There are only 109 people named Nutkins listed in the entire 1881 census of the British Isles. Even if you allow for other spellings, this scarcity should in theory make tracing the relationships between them easier, but in practice I have still had enormous difficulty.

One of my great great great grandfathers was named James Nutkins (b. 1811, Woolwich, Kent), and with him I have pretty much hit a brick wall. Although I know his father's name, I've failed to find any record of James' baptism, which in effect means I'm stuck. I can't progress my Nutkins line with confidence until I have more facts about my 3X great grandfather, James.

Recently, however, my Nutkins ancestors have become even more mysterious. James' daughter, Emma Susannah Nutkins (b. 1842 London), married James Taylor, a carriage driver, in Kensington in 1863. Their first child of whom I'm aware (Thomas James Taylor) was born in Marylebone in 1869, but his father was recorded as ELIAS Taylor, a coachman. There's no doubt about his mother. She was listed as Emma Susannah Taylor formerly Nutkins. How did James become known as Elias?

Things get even more confusing when you include data from the 1871 census. It lists Emma living at 25 North Street in Marylebone as the wife of Elias CONNETT, a coachman born in Devonshire. With them are children Annie aged 11, Beatrice 9, John 7, Thomas 2, and Samuel aged 3 months (all with the surname Connett). The first three children were all born in Devonshire. Thomas and Samuel were both born in London. I'm confident that this is the correct census entry because not only are the details for Emma, Thomas and Samuel correct, but they were still listed as living at 25 North Street in the 1881 census (with the surname Taylor, not Connett), by which time Emma had married my 2X great grandfather, Edward Wright.

So the question becomes: how did James Taylor become Elias Taylor and subsequently Elias Connett? What was going on? Was James/Elias trying to hide something? I have ordered a birth certificate for Samuel and a death certificate for James Taylor, so perhaps these documents will help me answer this perplexing question.

Update 9 Sep 2006 - Unfortunately, neither certificate was relevant and I am no further ahead. It all remains a mystery.

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William Fidler

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For Rebecca Wakefield growing up in an earnest religious environment made the choice of being a missionary wife a desirable challenge. To preach the gospel to the "heathen" was an exciting religious adventure for women as well as for men. When she died at twenty-nine, she was experienced as a worker in the field, dispensing medicine daily, planning Christian festivals, and self-consciously providing a model for Christian womanhood. Her brother Robert Brewin turned her graphic letters home into her memorial, Memoirs of Rebecca Wakefield, wife of the Rev. T. Wakefield, United Methodist Free Churches missionary in eastern Africa (1876).

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Individuals	3621
Total surnames	812
Families	1124
Sources	278
Media objects	124
Other Records	5
Total events	5289
Total users	26

Earliest Birth Year	1236	William de Sandcroft (I3529) Birth about 1236 Chepenhall, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Latest Birth Year	2008	This information is private and cannot be shown.
Earliest Death Year	1327	Simon de Sancroft (I3525) Birth about 1292 Fressingfield, Suffolk, England Death after 1327
Latest Death Year	2007	Mathew Joseph Breier (I1984) Birth 19 December 1981 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Death 8 May 2007 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Person who lived the longest	103	Esther Fidler (I701) Birth 1875 Death 1978
Average age at death	55
Family with the most children	14	Louis Ferdinand Maingot + Uranie Leotaud (F1021) Marriage Yes
Average number of children per family	2.30

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Goddard, Hugh	Hugh	21 July 1971	37	Death
Hogdon, Susannah Father: Hogdon, Charles Mother: McCarthy, Mary Ann	Susannah	21 July 1846	162	Christening
Mills, Louisa Father: Mills, James Mother: (unknown), Ann	Louisa	21 July 1816	192	Christening
Ranger, William Father: Ranger, Michael Mother: Cogger, Elizabeth	William	21 July 1785	223	Birth
Sharp, Albert Father: Sharp, Peter Mother: Wilson, Hephzibah Private	Albert	21 July 1934	74	Marriage
Barratt, Mary Gertrude Father: Barratt, Walter William Mother: Cuthbert, Hannah Maria	Mary Gertrude	22 July 1864	144	Christening
Fiddler, John Mother: Fiddler, Mary	John	22 July 1771	237	Christening
Carter, William James Father: Carter, James Mother: Mastin, Sarah	William James	23 July 1825	183	Birth
Rodely, Thomas	Thomas	23 July 1704	304	Christening
Jacques, Ezra Father: Jacques, Robert Pearson Mother: Wale, Sarah	Ezra	24 July 1874	134	Death
Barratt, Mary Gertrude Father: Barratt, Walter William Mother: Cuthbert, Hannah Maria	Mary Gertrude	24 July 1864	144	Death
Fidler, Mary Anna Harding Father: Fidler, William Mother: Wale, Anna	Mary Anna Harding	24 July 1844	164	Birth
Carter, John Father: Carter, James Mother: Mastin, Sarah	John	24 July 1828	180	Birth
Ranger, John Father: Ranger, Michael Mother: Cogger, Elizabeth	John	24 July 1784	224	Birth
Wale, Hannah Father: Wale, John Mother: Rodely, Anne	Hannah	24 July 1774	234	Christening
Cook, Robert Drake Father: Cook, Albine Mother: Drake, Sarah	Robert Drake	24 July 1766	242	Christening
Hoath, Stephen Ranger, Eliza Father: Ranger, John Mother: Francis, Jane	Stephen	24 July 1831	177	Marriage
Kelshall, Ralph Allan Joseph Father: Kelshall CBE, Thomas Meade Paton Mother: Fidler, Jessie Louise	Ralph Allan Joseph	25 July 1908	100	Birth
Carter, Caroline Father: Carter, James Mother: Mastin, Sarah	Caroline	25 July 1826	182	Birth
Damant, Elizabeth Father: Damant, William Castell Mother: Taylor, Annabella	Elizabeth	25 July 1809	199	Death
Laurence FRCS, Ernest Gordon Father: Laurence, Stephen Moister Mother: Fidler, Eliza Wale	Ernest Gordon	26 July 1993	15	Death
Shenton MC, Austin Kirk Father: Shenton, Reverend George Darnell Mother: (unknown), H E	Austin Kirk	26 July 1918	90	Death
Barratt, Mary Gertrude Father: Barratt, Walter William Mother: Cuthbert, Hannah Maria	Mary Gertrude	26 July 1864	144	Burial
Baum, James Father: Baum, James Mother: Shenton, Sarah	James	26 July 1795	213	Christening
Shenton, Edward Father: Shenton, Samuell Mother: Carr, Elizabeth	Edward	26 July 1794	214	Christening
Cook, Charles Burgess Father: Cook, Robert Drake Mother: Clark, Jane Elizabeth	Charles Burgess	26 July 1793	215	Death
Cook, Edwin Father: Cook, Robert Drake Mother: Clark, Jane Elizabeth	Edwin	26 July 1792	216	Birth
du Cloux, Géraud Father: du Cloux, Gerauld Johannes Mother: de Rouville, Dorothea Clara	Géraud	27 July 1975	33	Death
Lane, William James Father: Lane, George Mother: Kerridge, Sarah Ann	William James	27 July 1960	48	Death
Laurence FRCS, Noel Ellis Father: Laurence, Stephen Moister Mother: Fidler, Eliza Wale	Noel Ellis	27 July 1918	90	Event
Kelshall, Joseph Smith Father: Kelshall, Thomas Mother: Smith, Margaret	Joseph Smith	27 July 1892	116	Event
Kerridge, Frederick Thomas Father: Kerridge, George Wilbert Mother: Searle, Susan	Frederick Thomas	27 July 1862	146	Birth
Osborn, John Father: Osborn, George Mother: Lambly, Hannah	John	27 July 1811	197	Birth
Damant, Thomas Father: Damant, Thomas Mother: Sancroft, Alice Guybon, Mary	Thomas	27 July 1738	270	Marriage
Sancroft, Francis Father: Sandcroft, Thomas Mother: Harrison, Elizabeth Day, Alice	Francis	27 July 1681	327	Marriage
Fidler, William Father: Fiddler, John Mother: Carleton, Ann	William	28 July 1866	142	Will
Purcell, William Richard Father: Purcell, William Mother: (unknown), Margaret Ann	William Richard	28 July 1853	155	Death
Cogger, Francis Father: Cogger, John Mother: Lambert, Ann	Francis	28 July 1783	225	Burial
du Cloux, Jean Father: du Cloux, Philippe Mother: Gommeret, Magdeleine	Jean	28 July 1672	336	Death
du Cloux, Jean Father: du Cloux, Philippe Mother: Gommeret, Magdeleine	Jean	28 July 1672	336	Event
Kerridge, Francis George Father: Kerridge, George Wilbert Mother: Searle, Susan	Francis George	29 July 1945	63	Death
Wilkins, Irene (unknown), Rene	Irene	29 July 1902	106	Birth
Lane, Harriet Ethel Father: Lane, George Mother: Kerridge, Sarah Ann	Harriet Ethel	29 July 1885	123	Birth
Wrenshall, Henry Leicester Father: Wrenshall, Charles Lewis Mother: Jones, Selina Whittenbury	Henry Leicester	29 July 1841	167	Birth
du Cloux, Jean Father: du Cloux, Philippe Mother: Gommeret, Magdeleine	Jean	29 July 1672	336	Event
Trestrail, Thomas Father: Trestrail, Thomas Mother: Polkinghorne, Elizabeth Carne, Ann	Thomas	29 July 1791	217	Marriage
Wale, Edith Mary Father: Wale, Frederick Mother: Turner, Jane	Edith Mary	30 July 1971	37	Death
Gane B.A., Lawrence Father: Gane, Thomas Mother: Fidler, Eliza Shenton	Lawrence	30 July 1882	126	Birth
Fidler, William Father: Fiddler, John Mother: Carleton, Ann	William	30 July 1866	142	Death
Fidler, Anna Wale Father: Fidler, William Mother: Wale, Anna	Anna Wale	30 July 1826	182	Christening
van den Es, Antonie Hendrik Gerrit Paul du Cloux, Louison Augusta Father: du Cloux, Daniel Anthony Mother: Gibbes, Adelaide Bérenice Thérèse	Antonie Hendrik Gerrit Paul	30 July 1857	151	Marriage
Olberg, Lillian Clara	Lillian Clara	31 July 2004	4	Death
Mitchell, Eileen	Eileen	31 July 1928	80	Birth
Gane, Phillip Graham Father: Gane M.A. LL.B. MBE, Percival Carleton Mother: Caldecott, Emma Gladys	Phillip Graham	31 July 1910	98	Birth
Hannan, Geraldine Alice Mary	Geraldine Alice Mary	31 July 1907	101	Birth
Shenton, Samuel Father: Shenton, Nathaniel Mother: Teate, Lidiea	Samuel	31 July 1819	189	Death
Steggall, John Father: Steggalls, John Mother: Rednall Little, Elizabeth	John	31 July 1756	252	Christening
Elin, Siméon Elain, Siméon	Siméon	after 31 July 1689	319	Death
Kenny, Sarah Deans	Sarah Deans	August 1985	23	Death
Taylor, Derek	Derek	about August 1971	37	Death
Picker, Dorothy Lena	Dorothy Lena	August 1963	45	Death
Lane, William James Father: Lane, George Mother: Kerridge, Sarah Ann	William James	August 1960	48	Cremation
Friedman, Myer Father: Private	Myer	August 1903	105	Birth
Wale, Frederick Turner Father: Wale, Frederick Mother: Turner, Jane	Frederick Turner	August 1878	130	Death
Fidler, William Father: Fiddler, John Mother: Carleton, Ann	William	August 1866	142	Burial
Wright, Lucy	Lucy	August 1866	142	Death
Ranger, Edward Father: Ranger, Michael Mother: Cogger, Elizabeth	Edward	about August 1857	151	Death
Commissiong, Cornelius Father: Commissiong, Domingo Mother: (unknown), Elizabeth	Cornelius	about August 1830	178	Birth
Shenton, Samuel Father: Shenton, Nathaniel Mother: Teate, Lidiea	Samuel	August 1819	189	Burial
Ranger, Ann Father: Ranger, Michael Mother: Cogger, Elizabeth	Ann	August 1775	233	Christening
Callofis, Anne Callifice, Anne	Anne	August 1715	293	Death
Barratt, Cecil Cuthbert Father: Barratt, Walter Henry Mother: Larke, Emelie	Cecil Cuthbert	1 August 1900	108	Birth
Steggall, Charles Father: Steggall, John Mother: Manning, Sarah	Charles	1 August 1795	213	Christening
Trestrail, John Father: Trestrail, Thomas Mother: Carne, Ann	John	1 August 1792	216	Baptism
Sharp, Michael Ralph Father: Sharp, Herbert Mother: Private	Michael Ralph	2 August 1939	69	Birth
Trestrail, John Gordon Father: Trestrail, Gordon Lionel Titzck Mother: Private	John Gordon	2 August 1917	91	Birth
Shenton, Mary Wale Father: Shenton, John Snelson Mother: Wale, Mary	Mary Wale	2 August 1835	173	Birth
Venn, William John Father: Venn, Joseph Mother: (unknown), Susanna	William John	2 August 1829	179	Christening
Fidler, John Mortier Father: Fidler, William Mother: Wale, Anna	John Mortier	3 August 1889	119	Death
Barratt, Henry Father: Barratt, William James Mother: Cook, Eliza	Henry	3 August 1877	131	Death
Cook, William Drake Father: Cook, Robert Drake Mother: Clark, Jane Elizabeth	William Drake	3 August 1788	220	Birth
Private Martin, Doris Father: Private Mother: Sharp, Violet	img src="themes/cloudy/images/small/male.gif" class="gender_image" />	3 August 1944	64	Marriage
Martin, Jillian Patricia	Jillian Patricia	4 August 2001	7	Death
du Cloux, George Hendrik Anthony Father: du Cloux, George Illidge Mother: Fidler, Mary Anna Harding	George Hendrik Anthony	4 August 1864	144	Birth
Cole, Edith	Edith	4 August 1861	147	Christening
Sandcroft, Francis Father: Sandcroft, Francis Mother: Gooche, Catherine	Francis	4 August 1560	448	Christening
Private Mitchell, Eileen	img src="themes/cloudy/images/small/male.gif" class="gender_image" />	4 August 1961	47	Marriage
Sharp, Peter Father: Sharp, Peter Charles Mother: Brown, Julia	Peter	5 August 1922	86	Death
Sharp, Peter Father: Sharp, Peter Charles Mother: Brown, Julia	Peter	from 1908 to 5 August 1922	86	Occupation
Thorold, Richard Sherad	Richard Sherad	5 August 1917	91	Birth
Wright, Edward George Father: Wright, Edmund Mother: Nutkins, Emma Susannah	Edward George	5 August 1901	107	Occupation
Jacques, Amos Father: Jacques, Robert Pearson Mother: Wale, Sarah	Amos	5 August 1829	179	Birth
Kerridge, Harriet Father: Kerridge, Richard Mother: Kerridge, Sarah	Harriet	5 August 1798	210	Christening
Osborn, Dorothy Father: Osborn, James Mother: Hodges, Sarah	Dorothy	5 August 1767	241	Birth
Sommer, Jacob Karl Ernst Father: Sommer, Bishop Johann Wilhelm Ernst Mother: Dibben, Gertrude Beatrice Schuchardt, Klara Auguste Beatrice	Jacob Karl Ernst	5 August 1938	70	Marriage
Marcer, Arthur Edwin Father: Marcer, Thomas Mother: Wale, Eliza Vickery, Mable Susan	Arthur Edwin	5 August 1902	106	Marriage
Wright, Edward George Father: Wright, Edmund Mother: Nutkins, Emma Susannah Lane, Nellie Gertrude Father: Lane, George Mother: Kerridge, Sarah Ann	Edward George	5 August 1901	107	Marriage
Wale, John Father: Wale, Richard Mother: Shenton, Lydia Greet, Sarah Father: Greet, George	John	5 August 1817	191	Marriage
Schmidt, Dane Erik Gaston Father: Private Mother: Private	Dane Erik Gaston	6 August 1991	17	Death
Lyder, Edwin Hope Father: Lyder, Edwin Hugh Mother: Fidler, Lilla May	Edwin Hope	6 August 1917	91	Birth
Guthrie, Hilda Margaret Marion Father: Guthrie, James Ferguson Jamieson McCombie Mother: Purcell, Amelia Catherine Amanda	Hilda Margaret Marion	6 August 1884	124	Birth
Maingot, Louis Philip Father: Maingot, Philippe Louis Mother: La Borde, Kathleen	Louis Philip	6 August 1864	144	Birth
Cook, Robert Clark Father: Cook, Robert Drake Mother: Clark, Jane Elizabeth	Robert Clark	6 August 1786	222	Birth
Wale, Frederick Father: Wale, Frederick Mother: Dalby, Mary Ann Turner, Jane Father: Turner, William Mother: (unknown), Mary	Frederick	6 August 1877	131	Marriage
Lane, Thomas d'Anvers, Elizabeth	Thomas	6 August 1770	238	Marriage
Tibbett, Martha (unknown), Pat	Martha	7 August 1909	99	Birth
van den Es, Antonie Hendrik Gerrit Paul	Antonie Hendrik Gerrit Paul	7 August 1909	99	Death
Trestrail, John Wallace Father: Trestrail, John Cornish Mother: Johnson, Anne	John Wallace	7 August 1865	143	Birth
Trestrail, Constance Anne Father: Trestrail, John Cornish Mother: Johnson, Anne	Constance Anne	7 August 1865	143	Birth
Ranger, William Father: Ranger, Michael Mother: Cogger, Elizabeth	William	7 August 1785	223	Christening
Lyder, Lynne Penelope Father: Private Mother: Private	Lynne Penelope	8 August 1959	49	Birth
Wrenshall, William Christopher Father: Wrenshall, Charles Lewis Mother: Jones, Selina Whittenbury	William Christopher	8 August 1928	80	Death
Fidler, Carleton Alvin Father: Fidler, Carleton Sydney Mother: Vignale, Viola	Carleton Alvin	8 August 1904	104	Birth
Fidler, John Mortier Father: Fidler, William Mother: Wale, Anna	John Mortier	8 August 1889	119	Burial
Bovell, Charles Walrond Father: Bovell, John Mother: Connell, Julia Redman Young	Charles Walrond	8 August 1867	141	Baptism
Wrenshall, William Christopher Father: Wrenshall, Charles Lewis Mother: Jones, Selina Whittenbury	William Christopher	8 August 1836	172	Christening
Ranger, John Father: Ranger, Michael Mother: Cogger, Elizabeth	John	8 August 1784	224	Christening
Damant, Elizabeth Father: Damant, Thomas Mother: Guybon, Mary	Elizabeth	8 August 1745	263	Death
Ranger, George Father: Ranger, John Mother: Francis, Jane Knight, Emma	George	8 August 1857	151	Marriage
Barratt, Elizabeth Royale Osborn (unknown), Elise Father: Barratt, John Cook Mother: Osborn, Elizabeth	Elizabeth Royale Osborn	9 August 1922	86	Death
du Cloux, Gerauld Johannes Father: du Cloux, George Illidge Mother: Fidler, Mary Anna Harding	Gerauld Johannes	9 August 1893	115	Naturalization
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