When searching for the parents of someone with a common name, one must work through multiple search returns. One example is the 2x-great-grandfather of my husband, Thomas Davey. I started with his marriage to Mary Nicholas on 21 May 1832 at St. Agnes in Cornwall, England. This was from an entry in the 1859 published bible owned by Thomas and Mary Davey. His birth was also recorded in the bible as 3 September 1807. [1] There is no mention of his parents. Two Thomas Daveys The FamilySearch collection entitled “Birth, Marriage, & Death, England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010” returned two results for Thomas Davey, baptized in 1807. Both baptisms occurred after Thomas’ birth in September 1807 so either record could be for him, or neither of them. Let’s analyze them. Thomas Davey, son of James and Elizabeth (Thomas-1) The Thomas-1 was baptized on 9 November 1897 in Camborne Parish, but no birth date is listed. The parents in this record are listed as James Davey and Elizabe...
Researching: Davey, Gleeson, Gorrell, Hork, Hutson, Johnston, Jones, Lundquist, Nilsen, Selman, Sievert, Sullivan, Tierney, & Wollenweber.