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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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A Genealogical Odyssey
This GEDCOM was created using PhpGedView Online Genealogy 3.3.7 final on 20 June 2006
Individuals
Total surnames
Families
Sources
Media objects
Other Records
5
Total events
5332
Total users
27

Earliest Birth YearWilliam de Sandcroft (I3529)
Birth about 1236 Chepenhall, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Latest Birth Year
2008
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Earliest Death YearSimon de Sancroft (I3525)
Birth about 1292 Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Death after 1327
Latest Death Year John Stanley Bryant Simons (I610)
Death 25 October 2008 France
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
 

Most Common Surnames
Barratt, Fiddler, Gane, Kelshall, Laurence, Ranger, Sharp, Shenton, Wale, Wood, Wrenshall
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