William Henry Felton b. 1846 England
I am reposting new information on my 2nd great grandfather because apparently I didn't do it right the first time....bummer
Based on census records my William Henry Felton b. 1846 and his 2 brothers Thomas James b. 1845 and Henry William b. 1847 where all three born in Surrey.
In 1861 mother is Elizabeth b. 1807 from Falmouth, Cornwall, England. Previous research suggests that Elizabeth's last name is Cooper.
This family can't be found in the 1851 census except for under the last name of Holesborn? This last name is not found in another other census.
Father is suggested to be Thomas James Felton from marriage certificate of one of the son's. I have no other information on him.
I have contacted the DeboeverKatharina person on Family Search and waiting for a response but do not know who she is and why she is changing my line.
Every thing I know is on Ancestry which I am happy to share, I am updating family search with all the information I have too.
I would appreciate further help and insight on this family and how to get the line back further.
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Further to the suggestions provided at https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/108064/how-do-i-ask-a-question#latest there is little more to offer. The Elizabeth Felton who is found at Newington in the 1871 census appears to have died in 1879. The death is registered at St Saviour, Southwark, which - by that time - had become the registration district covering deaths at Newington.
I searched for births of John, Thomas, William & Henry, using both variants of FELTON and HOLE(S)BOURN surnames (difficult to confirm the spelling of the latter from your 1851 census record), but found nothing to match.
At this stage, this looks very much like a dead-end situation, though naturally I wouldn't encourage you to give up altogether. If the FELTON and HOLE(S)BOURN families are the same (the children's ages seem to match), who knows what other aliases they might appear under in other (earlier) records.
There may some clues I am missing, but I'm afraid I can go no further - given the current, available detail.
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I have little to add to my previous comments in the post linked by Paul.
One idea, if you have not already tried it, is to test your DNA via Ancestry. Link it to your tree and see if any matches come up that relate to this line. DNA links tend to be erratic when you get back to the 1700s but should work for links from the 1800s. I have successfully broken through several brick walls using Ancestry DNA including some back in the late 1700s.
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