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I hope that I am doing this right, I am looking for help on the following person:
William Henry Felton Sr
BIRTH 29 APR 1846 • St Mary, Newington, Surrey, England
DEATH 2 JUL 1924 • Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
His father I believe is Thomas Jams Felton.
The above census is the family that I am trying to take farther back and find the father.
Thank you,
Neilia
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It is better to post this as a new question rather than as an unrelated comment to an old one.
It would also have been helpful if you had posted more information about what you already know, e.g. which census record you were posting (1861) and his PID (GX2J-1Z9). His record has been newly created on FS although a user merged an old record (KFY3-CYY) into it at the same time the new record was created.
It is worth contacting the person that did this, DeboeverKatharina, to compare notes. Click on her name to send her a message.
Looking at Ancestry, there are several trees with him appearing. The most detailed one is probably that owned by neilia99. Is this you?
Do you know where the maiden name of his mother, Cooper, came from?
I have tried looking for his birth record in the GRO without success. I also looked for his brother's, Henry's, birth without success.
It seems to me that there is a lot of uncertainty in the information on his parents posted on FS and Ancestry - which probably explains why you are asking for help!
Regards
Graham Buckell
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I have also taken a look at this family and find little evidence to support many of the inputs made against some of these IDs.
(1) Why Elizabeth COOPER? There were a number of "Elizabeths" born at Falmouth circa 1807 and I found an Elizabeth Cooper marriage at Falmouth in 1828, to a John Baker Roskilly, which would match the 1807 baptism of Elizabeth Cooper at Falmouth.
(2) Whilst there is evidence (in different census records) of the FELTON children's births at Newington, Surrey, there is nothing on FreeBMD or the GRO website to back this. I have also searched for FELTON children with a mother's maiden name of COOPER and found nothing, for any area. Before the 1870s, there was no legal action taken if a child's birth was not registered, so there will be many missing records.
The only "positive" record I found was for an Elizabeth Felton, formerly laundress, aged 70 and born Cornwall, at Newington in the 1871 census - age a little adrift from 1861, but I'm sure this must be her. Unfortunately, there are no family members on the page.
As Graham suggests, you really need to try to contact DeboeverKatharina to see if she (?) can provide any clues. At present, there is little to go on to establish the father of the Felton children.
(Had one last try, but unable to identify any of these Felton individuals in the 1851 census.)
Incidentally, again as Graham suggests, please tell us as much as you already know, if you have any queries, in future - perhaps on other individuals. I have often been so pleased that I have found information on a family, only to be told, "Thank you, but I already knew that"! It really does help if you provide detail on what you have already found.
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