Thread: Help with John Gratton

Hi Everyone,



I think i've got to the stage that everyone gets to, doing their family tree, that banging your head feeling ha ha.

Ive found my ggg grandfather in Richmond surrey,

i know he was born in staffordshire and he was a victualer.

but now ive found a father and son also named John Gratton but these are not my ggg grandfather and now im confused, as one of the other Johns was also a victualer in the same area of richmond im now wondering if they are related in some way. I thought my ggg grandfather and the father of the other john could be brothers but could they be brothers named the same or cousins i don't know.

SORRY TO CONFUSE YOU AS WELL shell x

Hi Shell



It can be very confusing , i had two like that as well , turns out they were cousins , family research is like being a detective isnt it if i was you i would keep on digging around , they may even be to different branches altogeather.

Thanks Chris i thought i was going mad. i was doing so well now i don't no wot to do i can't find my ggg grandfathers birth or death either so thats not helping .all i no by the census records is that he was born in staffordshire 1797 do you think i will have to go to staffordshire to find him and start from there .i have marriage details about him ,but i really want to find out about hes parents and if he had siblings and then find out if he is linked to the other john gratton is this the right way .





thank you shell x

You are going the right way , see first if any paris records on line for area , plus try family search. Also put on our request forum for help with him . We have great members who do all they can to help.



Any time you need help just post.

thank you again chris .

Try this link



http://www.ancestryaid.co.uk/boards/...searchid=86233

Hi Shell,



It is at points like these that you need to either purchase certificates or check the parish records to find their parents names.

thank you for your help im going to keep looking on the link you gave me chris .hopefully i will get a bit further with things .the problem is on the census it states that john was from ecclesall staffordshire but i can't find him there im begining to think that he wasn't from ecclesall ive found some grattons living in norton on the moors so im going to check that out . thank you both for your help and advice .

i better go now as i have my children pestering

to go to the pictures sorry cinema

thank you shell xx