George Courtenay of Waterford c1847
Before I created this blog, I was publishing my research theories on George's profile at Wikitree . In 2016 a fellow Wikitreer asked me ' Have you considered John Courtenay's (1775, Ireland-1851, London) grandsons?' She went on to suggest that one of them was named George who was baptised in 1848. This was an extremely attractive suggestion as these Courtenay's were from Waterford, an area suggested by my grandmother as an ancestral place I have yet to find. However, was this George too young to be my ancestor? Could his birth date in the 1871 census have been overstated by 13 years? His twin daughters were born in 1871, so if he was their father he would have been around 24 which still seems plausible. George Courtenay was born in Middlesex in about 1847 and baptised on 8 Jan 1848, his parents James Courtenay and Louisa Ward. The grandson of John Courtenay 1775 who married Mary Hogg. The line traces back to Ensign Edward Courtenay...