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Now, why didn't I notice that?  Thank you!

I think the letters in the left hand column of the bapt reg is the capital letter of the surname...

David Hares' great-grandfather (Samuel Hare[s] 1796-1871, married the delightfully named Flower Tripp) was from Shipham, although David\'s family lived in east Bristol. Auntie Cath returned to Weston after Uncle Dave's death, and died in 1978.

I wonder if she is any relation to David Hares (1890-1964), who married my mother's aunt? His wife was Catherine Amy Pettie, who was a daughter of Henry and Jane Pettie of Weston.

What we have of David\'s ancestry is at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/KZDR-MKF

Hi Dave, Wishing you a Happy New Year as well! Years ago when I first came across this problem I found on the 1841 census that a Jesse HARES was born to them after civil registration - I sent for his birth certificate - mother's maiden name given as STOCK. Since then I've been able to look at the GRO Index and all the children after him show the same mother's maiden name. All the children were baptised as children of William and Sophia HARES - including the unregistered ones.