Questions tagged [1850s]
For questions about research in the decade from 1850 to 1859. If the question is not only specific to this decade, use the 19th-century tag.
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Where can I find names of enslaved people in Alabama?
Our goal on Wikitree is to honor the African-Americans in our history by creating profiles as we can of all the named enslaved people and building family trees for them. I am working in Alabama ...
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Deciphering some text on a Spanish Birth Certificate
Yesterday I received the Birth Certificate for my Great x2 Grandmother. She was born on 6th May, 1857in Corella:
I know that her name was Juana Sanz Cueva because we have already discussed her Death ...
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Occupation Column on Passenger List [duplicate]
On the Mar 9, 1853 Passenger List for the Shannon, what does “do” in the Occupation Column for a child mean?
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How can I verify if Kilbirnie is in the Dalry parish in Scotland?
I can find Dalry being listed as a parish but not whether Kilbirnie is one of its associated towns. I have been able to find similar resources for the UK.
We are talking about 1851. According to this ...
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I'm looking for birth or baptismal record Westensee, Germany
My great grandfather, Ludwig August Adolph Ehlers, 1854–1942
BIRTH 19 SEP 1854 • Westensee, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Arrived in USA in 1894 in New York. Sailed out of ...
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Finding 1854 USA immigration record for Prussian ancestor
I’m trying to trace my family. At this point, I have found out my great grandfather was the 1st to enter the country. His name was William Koch. I’m not sure if that is the Americanized version. He ...
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Danish printed forms - alphabet?
Just starting research in Danish records and having a hard time with the letters used both in the printed forms and handwritten entries. In searching for Danish alphabets I am not finding the letters ...
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Finding information about Brick Kiln - Motcombe - Dorset
My 2nd Great Grandmother's birth certificate arrived today.
She was born in 1858 and according to the entry the place of birth was:
Brick Kiln, Motcombe
The registration district was Shaftesbury ...
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Does Cause of death being Convulsions suggest Cholera?
Not sure if you can help with this. I received the death certificate of my 3rd Great Uncle today. He died on 15th July 1851 in Bulford, Wiltshire, England and sadly was only 14 days old.
I know that ...
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Interpreting Georgia property tax digest record from 1850?
What does "g for Jane Burnett of color" mean other than her being a woman of color in the tax digest?
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Could "Our Mother" be a term of endearment on 1855 headstone?
In researching my great great grandmother, Elizabeth Cowan Short, I have located her death record in Franklin County, Ohio, USA (1896), as well as her burial record. They record her birth as 29 ...
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Using Ancestry DNA Circles to distinguish fathers of children to 2nd great grandmother?
Amongst the descendants of one of my 2nd great grandmothers there is a strong family legend that her first child was conceived in the 1850s by a man other than the husband she married soon afterwards, ...
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Tracing police service of South Australian constable from 1855 to 1861?
I am trying to trace the police career of my 3rd great uncle Thomas Hitchcox who seems to have started with the South Australian police, probably moved on to the police force of New South Wales and ...
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Birth registration listed in Ancestry but missing from GRO Index Online?
The England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 lists the birth of my 2nd great grandmother:
Name Elizabeth Slight
Registration Year 1853
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
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Identifying birth family of Abram Frank, possibly from Bessarabia?
Abe Frank (1/15/1859 - 11/18/1925), buried in B'Nai Israel Cemetery, Jackson, Tennessee, was married to Betty (11/13/1859 - 7/1/1927), also known as Bodgie. Their daughter Dora, my grandmother, ...
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Meaning of "Map" as birthplace on NY 1855 Census?
On the 1855 NY Census, one of my relatives (Mary Whitney) has a birthplace noted as "Map". According to the instructions on the census form, that field contains one of the following:
the NY county ...
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Seeking 1841/1851 Census Records for Ryle Holme, perhaps in Manchester, England?
I am interested in Ryle Holme who is the uncle of C.Z. Ede, a candidate for my great-grandfather, who I have asked about in a number of previous questions.
He was greatly concerned with the Meiji ...
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Transfering money between England and New South Wales (Australia) in 1850s?
I have the original Accounts Rendered document prepared in London, England for my GX3 Grandmother Mrs Kate Fitzmaurice and dated April 1851. This document shows the distribution of the estate of her ...
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Locating Carnarton in ecclesiastical district of Tuckingmill in parish of Illogan, Cornwall?
My 2nd great grandmother Grace Martin Wills was born on 8 Feb 1849 at Carnarton and christened on 8 Apr 1849 at Tuckingmill which is between Camborne and Illogan in Cornwall. Her father George was a ...
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What was occupation of Skipper in 1855 New York State Census?
In the 1855 New York State Census the household (Residence: Albany City, Ward 6, Albany, New York, USA, Line Number: 12, Sheet Number: 1) of my 4th great grandfather Hugh Sellars, a Ship Carpenter, ...
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Interpreting relationships to head of household in 1855 New York State Census?
As I delve deeper into the records of my Sillars/Sellars/Sellers ancestors in Albany, New York, USA, I am developing a much better picture of their lives there but numerous questions remain.
Here I ...
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What churches in/near Ward 6, Albany, New York State might have baptized Scottish baby in 1854?
I have asked an earlier question about the brief time my 2nd great grandfather Robert John Steven Sellers and his parents Robert Sellers and Margaret Clacher spent at Albany in New York State as ...
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Tracing Hitchcox migration Liverpool-Adelaide in 1854 on ships Constance and Antelope?
My ancestors Thomas and Jane (nee Anslow) Hitchcox, aged 56 and 57 respectively, immigrated to South Australia in late 1854 with six offspring:
Richmond (from Thomas' first marriage to Jane's ...
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Reading Finnish Parish Records
I believe this is the birth record of Kasia Fredrika Tormanen
B: 15 JUN 1858, D: 17 SEP 1900 in Kemi, Finland.
I am finding it very difficult to read and translate the writing on this page. ...
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Who built the SS Persia in Quebec in 1853?
Like many other Australians with European heritage, I have several ancestors who spent more than 100 days on a ship travelling to Australia in the nineteenth century. There was ample time for births, ...
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