Research Notes
Jude Warner (Genes Reunited) 23
Nov 2006
LDS - IGI parent search:
(British
Isles) : Father: George Hounslow, Mother: Rachel
1. JANE HOUNSLOW - Female Christening: 28 JUN 1803
Kenilworth, Warwick, England
2. EMANUEL HOUNSLOW - Male Christening: 12 AUG 1804
Kenilworth, Warwick, England
3. JAS. (i.e. James)
HOWNSLOW - Male Christening:
13 APR 1806 All Saints, Worcester, Worcester, England
4. HENRY HOUNSLOW - Male Christening: 01 SEP 1811 All
Saints, Worcester, Worcester, England
It is worth noting
that Kenilworth is where Matthew Eaton claims to
have been born about 1810, though from 1806-1811 the evidence suggests
that George & Rachel were in Worcester. Also at that period
Kenilworth’s only major industry was…..comb manufacture! This suggests
to me that the comb makers in the family may have been factory hands
rather than manufacturers. Do you have any reliable info on this aspect?
While Emanuel is
shown as a Police Sergeant on the 1841 (Jun 1841?) his
subsequent marriage lines to Sarah Colley say Police Constable.
Shropshire Quarter Sessions have three records relating to Emanuel all
dated 1841 and referring to Police Officer, Police Sergeant and Police
Superintendent, respectively for the same period.
The three
‘Hounslow’ siblings are as slippery to find later on as
Emanuel but do a search for James Onslow on the 1841c and there is:
James Onslow, age 40 living in (Stourbridge? St) Kidderminster, born in
county and though so faint as to be almost unreadable, with the eyes of
faith it looks like he is a Comb Maker! He is living with Elizabeth
Onslow and Samuel Tyler.
The only question
that still springs to mind is how come George
Onslow/Hounslow & Rachel have four children in the IGI sharing the
same ‘wrong’ surname over a period of 8 years in two different towns,
while George the Transportee has the correct spelling? Surely someone
somewhere would have noticed this at the time?
Hounslow is a name
that is rare but mostly found in Buckinghamshire and
Oxfordshire. As a misspelling of Onslow one would expect it to be
fairly common in Shropshire, Worcestershire etc but it is in fact
almost unknown here. This suggests that Hounslow is a name in its own
right and rarely confused with Onslow even by the near illiterate
clerks of the time.
Still I’m pretty
well convinced now that we do in fact all share the
common progenitor George Onslow (1777) that George Jnr, Emanuel, Jane,
James & Henry are siblings and that Matthew Eaton Onslow was in
fact Emanuel.
Just as a matter
of interest regarding George Hounslow, 1851c, living
in the Family Almshouse, Worcester, age 80. An IGI search for George
Hounslow b.c.1770 brings up George Hounslow christened 7th Oct 1770
Stratton Audley, Oxford: father – John Hounslow, mother- Elizabeth.
This would indeed make him age 80-81 in 1851c, whereas George Onslow
should have been 74!
Do you think that
George Onslow Snr could be the same one as christened
in Barrow, Apr 27th 1777; father Edward Onslow, mother Elizabeth?
Another Note from Jude (27 Dec 2006)
I
note you have Anne <Unknown> as George's (b.1698 Barrow) wife. I
believe her to be Ann HILL and the marriage to have taken place 22nd
Dec 1722 at Ludlow (IGI). The first child, John was born 1723 Barrow as
shown in your descent. .....
Going back to
George Snr (b.1777) There is also evidence to suggest that he remarried
soon after Rachel died, there is a marriage between a George Onslow and
Harriet WATKINS 6th May 1833 at Claines. Harriet & George had three
children whose names are reminiscent of Emanuel's wife and deceased
children and who also all appear to have died infants. Harriet died in
1843 but I cannot find her or any of the children on the 1841c and
George Snr, as you know, is alone in Sun St, B'ham. The 1841c does not
indicate married status or family relationships so we cannot be certain
what George's status is. Certainly by the 1851c he is a widower.
Who is the George
Onslow who married Anne Bateman 26th Aug 1816, though? Could this be
George Jnr? There is a child Emma christened 5th Oct 1817, All Saints,
Worcester who could be theirs.
Still so many
questions with tantalising and unproveable answers... what fun!
Comment Les Rowley
That 1851 census:
Only the age is wrong. All Saints ties in
with birth of later children, but not earlier?
If George was not literate (numerate?) or not
mentally 100%, he could easily give a wrong age?
but it is probably the same guy as the 1841 census
Geography seems to favour
George from Barrow (Shropshire)
Barrow is 30 miles NNW of Worchester City
Keniworth is 40 miles ESE of Barrow, and 30 Miles ENE of
Worchester
Oxford is 55 miles SE of Worchester, and about the same distance
from Kenilworth
Claines is on the N edge of Worchester City
Conclusion
I agree with Jude : George Onslow b 1977 Barrow is probably our
ancestor:
(1) Slightly favoured by Geography
(2) Combmaker, date of birth in the 1841 Census
(3) 1851 Census gives children's birthplace not his.
but is probably him?
(4) It only requires one name change Onslow -
Hounslow. The Oxford birth requires him to change Hounslow - Onslow -
Hounslow
Kenilworth : Found on the web
(1) See John H Drew's
"Kenilworth
- An Historical Miscellany", chapter 10
for information on
the town's early comb-making trade
the link gives information
on the book
(2) 1851 Census - John Noble(43) and
Joseph Pace(49) Comb Manufacturers employing 21 Men 2 Women &
1 Boy Kenilworth War
(3) A google search result
St Nicholas’ Church, Kenilworth in Warwickshire, on. 14 August 1808, the
parish register ... already acquired the skilled trade of ‘comb
cutter,’ .
The Royal Marines on Franklin's last expedition
the link gives no more info without money
(4)Drew, J.H.
1965. "The Horn Comb industry of Kenilworth", _Transactionsand
proceedings of the Brimingham Archaeological Society_ 82, 21-7.
Genes Reunited checked
for George and Rachel
LDS There is a Mrs Rachael
Price b 1772 Worchester. No joy, as by
implication, that is her married name. Otherwise
nothing
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