HELP NEEDED
John Ravenhill Pople (0446)
johnpople@btinternet.com
I am trying to trace my RAVENHILL family line. My great, great grandfather was Henry Ravenhill (Jnr). According to his DC, he was born c1816. The 1841 states that he was ‘born in same County’ {ie City of Westminster}, while the 1851 states that he was born in “Somersit (sic) Bathâ€. Henry (Jnr) was a tailor and married Jane BUTTERFIELD from Ossett on 11th March 1845 at St George, Bloomsbury. They had three children, Sarah Elizabeth (b Sept¼ 1846), Amelia (b Sept¼ 1849) and my great grandmother Janet Eleanor, born 10 Oct 1854, all registered in Bloomsbury. On the BC of Janet Eleanor, Henry (Jnr) is stated as being ‘deceased’, as he died on 30 July 1854, of certified Phthsis (TB) at 15 Little Russell Street, Bloomsbury. On his MC, his father is also called Henry Ravenhill (Snr), a servant. I’ve not been able to find any record of his death after 11th March 1845, or even find him in the 1841 census, so wonder whether he was deceased before his son’s wedding. Ravenhill isn’t a very common name (there are only 236 recorded in the 1841 census), but I am hoping that someone may have more details than I’ve been able to find so far. I’ve tried a variety of different surname spellings, as the entry for Henry (Jnr) in the 1851 census is Ravenhall.
I’ve had searches made of the local Bath newspapers and some local Bath parish records, but without success.
So did Henry (Jnr) come from Bath, when did Henry (Snr) die, who were their ancestors? Any information to help me solve these problems would be much appreciated, as all attempts so far by a vatiety of people have drawn a blank. Thank you..
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