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Richard Fox born 1875

Filling in blanks time again.

From the 1881 census Richard Fox born 17 Jul 1875 parents George Wells Fox and Ellen nee Woodcock.

I can't find a match on the GRO so perhaps birth was not registered the baptism is on this site though.. I think.

On to the 1891 census Found George Wells Fox and Ellen with children but no Richard but there is a James T W born 1875 ( no James on 1871 census)

GRO Dec quarter 1875 James Thomas Wells Fox with mmn Woodcock.

In am sure this James is correct and if so the Richard Fox born 1875 is obviously not mine. But my question is being as Richard and no James in 1881 and James and no Richard in 1891 do you think these could be the same person?

From a previously posted question on here I know Jammes went to Australia.

Your thoughts please.

cheers

John

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

I agree with you John.

Terry

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Hi John

Strange isn't it.

Looking at the marriage of George and Ellen (at the same church as the baptism for Richard) it says George's father was called Richard, and Ellen's dad was called James. I'm wondering if they disagreed about the name for their first son, or perhaps regretted their choice? Could Richard have been a nickname?

Heths

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

The birth was registered as James Thomas Wells Fox, like you though normally the first son is named after the father. So my next thinking is where did Thomas come from and is that the mistake so it should have been James Richard William Fox.

It would be interesting to know who gave him the name Richard at the baptism and I wonder who registered the birth.

Just a thought now Richard Fox (George's father) died in 1874.

You are probably correct at it being a nickname but nevertheless quoting a birth date as Jul 1875 and the birth being registered in Dec 1875 is still a mystery.

Has anyone access to the original to see if the date of birth for Richard has been transcribed incorrectly and it should in fact say be Oct 1875.

John

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

I just looked on FMP John and i read it is 17 Novr 1875.

Terry

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Cheers Terry now that makes sense but the baptism was under Richard on FMP. So Think we can say they are the same person poor lad must have been so confused unless was always called James and it was just a mistake on whoever told the enumerator the info for the 1881 census.

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Good old Eagle Eye...... LOL

Have changed the birthdate and it was my transcription.

Doesn't help with the name change I am afraid.

Elaine.

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Just checked the baptism record, not been changed so is something up with the database

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Morning,

Checked and it reads the following.

Fox, Richard (of The Park, born 1875-11-17).
Baptised March 1, 1876, by Thos Wilkins Vicar at St Michael & All Angels, Neepsend.
Parents name(s) are Ellen & George (Grinder).

John I think its your computer......

Top of the page left hand side there is is an arrow in a circle. Click on it and it should give your computer a nudge to update itself.

Elaine.

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

This is a browser issue.I use Opera and the date has not been changed.Rechecking in Firefox and the date has been changed. Perhaps it also affects other areas of research

Regards

Terry

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Hi Terry

Might be a case of clearing the cache in Opera if thats the browser you usually use to access the site.

Denise

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

I use google chrome and not worked on that either. PS how do you clear caches please

Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Hi John

I'm using Chrome and its fine.

So to clear the cache in Chrome:

Top right hand corner of the Chrome window there are 3 dots in a vertical line. Click on the dots.
That opens up a pop up window. Select 'Settings' near the bottom of the pop up.

Opens up 'Settings' window. Select 'Privacy & Security' from the menu on the left hand side to access the 'Privacy & Security' section.

Select 'Clear browsing data' which opens up a pop up window, with a list of selections with tick boxes.

Click the tick box for the 'Cached images and files' option. Make sure this is the ONLY box that's ticked.

Then select the 'Clear Data' button at the bottom of the pop up window.

Depending on how much data there is (should tell you at the side of the 'cached images and files' option), it may take a while to clear.

Once its finished, try accessing Baptisms again.

Denise







Re: Richard Fox born 1875

Thanks Denise, all sorted