The Hampshire Family Historian | Volume 50 No.3 | Dec 2023

HGS News

Itchen Abbas MI Correction

One of our purchasers of the PDF for the memorials in Itchen Abbas has noticed an inscription error for the details on the stone remembering Thomas DROVER which recorded him as dying on 23 March 1815 aged 58. The day when he actually died was 25 March 1845 which is confirmed by the details on his birth certificate. Seeing a photo of the stone in Find a Grave the weathering is such that it is understandable how the date could easily have been mis-interpreted. To check further, his age of 58 in 1845 put his birth as being in 1787 which is where a Thomas Drover was born on 2 July 1787 to parents Thomas and Ruth, and who was baptized on 29 July, all in Itchen Abbas. However, when looking for his marriage and any children there was nothing until the 1841 census when he was recorded with Mrs. Drover back in Itchen Abbas but

without any children. In the churchyard the next stone to Thomas was one to his wife Martha who died in1863 aged 70. Therefore, when looking for a Thomas with a wife named Martha further afield, I found his marriage in Farnham SRY where he married Martha HICKS on 29 April 1813 and where they had three children between 1816 and 1820. Roy Montgomery HGS Researcher Member #3759

Sources: Ancestry

Findmypast Find a Grave

Note if any other member finds any corrections needed to our publications, please let us know and we can let other members know just in case they are working on the same family and update the publication if applicable.

Safeguarding – New Policy

Since our AGM on 17th June inst., HGS trustees have begun a programme to assess our Governance system. Part of this is to review/update our various policies, or create new ones. The first to have been completed and approved is our Safeguarding Policy which you

will find on our website, in the ‘Legal’ section at the bottom of the Home page, at https://www.hgs-familyhistory.com/ If you wish to receive a printed copy, please write to us at our office address which you will find at the top of the page on the inside of the front cover.

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