Genealogy Chat

Now here is a useless fact for you

Jeremy Brett - who played Sherlock Holmes

was in fact Jeremy Scoggins

You never know you could have a famous actor in your family..... :-D

Was Scroggins her maiden or married name:

This is the best I can find:

1871 England Census
about Maria H Scroggins
Name: Maria H Scroggins
Age: 7
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: George Windmill
Mother's Name: Maria Scroggins
Gender: Female
Where born: Beighton, Sussex, England
Civil parish: St Marylebone
Ecclesiastical parish: St Matthew
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Marylebone
Sub-registration district: Christchurch
ED, institution, or vessel: 19
Household schedule number: 444
Piece: 178
Folio: 73
Page Number: 69
Household Members: Name Age
George Windmill 3
Maria Scroggins 28
Maria H Scroggins 7
Alice G Scroggins 5
Robert Scroggins 3


Name: Maria Hephzibah Scrogg[ie]ns
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1864
Registration district: Brighton
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 233 (click to see others on page

Name: Maria Hephzibah Scroggins
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1887
Registration district: South Shields
Inferred County: Durham
Volume Number: 10a
Page Number: 919 (click to see others on page

married either:
William Nelson Apr-May-Jun 1887 South Shields Durham
or John Stewart Apr-May-Jun 1887 South Shields Durham

think her name would be spelt Hepzibah

Mumsy

Ita always best to start your own enqury rather than to add it to an old thread as it may not get picked up.

Will take a look though What was his name??

I am looking for the family of Hepseba Scroggins who was my grandfathers mother he lived in Dovercourt in Essex and then they moved to South London he had a few brothers and sisters but i am not sure if they all survived he was born in 1880 thanks. :-D

Marilyn you are a star - thank you!! That's defo them!! thank you so much xx

Diana There is this family, name slightly different View Record Thomas Earbin abt 1827 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Lodger Bermondsey London View Record Louisa S. Manning abt 1868 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Step Daughter Bermondsey London View Record Joseph Scroggins abt 1839 Southwark, Surrey, England Head Bermondsey London View Record Joseph Scroggins abt 1874 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Son Bermondsey London View Record Martha Scroggins abt 1841 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Wife Bermondsey London View Record Martha Scroggins abt 1879 Bermondsey, Surrey, England Daughter Bermondsey London View Record Sarah Ann Scroggins Bermondsey, Surrey, England Daughter Bermondsey London Sarah Ann is shown as 10 months old. Any good? Marilyn

i am looking for Sarah Scoggins aged 1 with Joseph Scoggins as the father please!! She was born in St Olave in 1880 and died in Lambeth in 1950, so i presume they stayed in London.