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But I'm not happy. The one above was born 1832 in Martham, Norfolk. IGI says there was a Happy Hall baptised 28/1/1846 so why can't I find anything about her please ? C

spouse is called Christmas

Hi Is this them in 1881? Name: Happy E. Hall Age: 44 Estimated birth year: abt 1837 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: Christmas Gender: Female Where born: Martham, Norfolk, England Civil parish: Hemsby County/Island: Norfolk Country: England Street address: Newport Condition as to marriage: Married Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Flegg Sub-registration district: West Flegg ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Charles Hall 7 Christmas Hall 44 Happy E. Hall 44 Jacob Hall 10 Jane E. Hall 9 Thirza Hall 11 Cheryl x

Hi 1861: Name: Happy Hall Age: 28 Estimated birth year: abt 1833 Relation: Wife Spouse's name: Christmas Gender: Female Where born: Martham, Norfolk, England Civil parish: Hemsby County/Island: Norfolk Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: View image Registration district: Flegg Sub-registration district: West Flegg ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 4 Household Members: Name Age Christmas Hall 27 Christmas Hall 4 Mo Happy Hall 28 Harriet Hall 2 John Hall 3 Mary Hall 4 Robert Hall 7 Thev'e even called their child Christmas lol!!! Cheryl

Clive I think you're trying to confuse us :-) I take it you're looking for Happy Hall, daughter of Daniel & Harriet, christened Swefling? Happy & Christmas are red herrings? (well they do live on the road leading to the sea in 1861!) Angela

Sorry Clive, this looks like her: Births Mar 1846 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Halls Happy Plomesgate 12 400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deaths Mar 1846 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HALLS Happy Plomesgate 12 259 Angela

Angela Of course I am not trying to confuse! How could you think such a thing! I just fell about laughing when I found the combination when I was looking for the real Happy Hall of Sweffling. I was surprised to find there a child called Happy in Sweffling a few years younger and called Barrows. I was further surprised to find lots of children called Happy. BUT where is Happy Hall baptised 28/1/1846? Clive

Clive Thanks for this query. I, too, have been amazed & amused at the children called Happy. Happy Button, Happy Blowers & Happy Price (that one sounds like a cheapo supermarket!) I'm sure someone was having a laugh re Christmas & Happy being a married couple. Angela

Thanks Angela Wonder why I did not see that. Did you use Ancestry? Clive

Clive I used FreeBMD. Just put in the christian name of 'Happy' - no surname, all types 1846-1851. (I'd found the rest of the clan in 1851, happyless). Angela

I am fairly sure that 'Happy' as a name is a corruption of Kerenhappuch. Pretty sure I would abbreviate the name to Happy, if I too was called Kerenhappuch! OC

OC That was Job's second daughter wasn't it? Sweffling has some right weird biblical names cropping up in quite unexpected places. I have no idea how to pronounce some of them. I wonder how they managed to spell/say them to the enumerator? C