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FreeBMD birth-index entry for Walter George Pownceby registered in Bethnal Green in the June quarter of 1867, volume 1c, page 274.
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FreeBMD Birth Index Entry for Walter George Pownceby, 1867
FreeBMD birth-index entry for Walter George Pownceby registered in Bethnal Green in the June quarter of 1867, volume 1c, page 274.
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- indexed name
- Walter George Pownceby
- birth date
- June quarter 1867
- birth date note
- FreeBMD gives a registration quarter, not an exact birth date.
- event type
- birth_registration_index
- birth place
- Bethnal Green, London, England
- registration district
- Bethnal Green, London, England
- registration district as recorded
- Bethnal Green
- volume
- 1c
- page
- 274
- source collection
- FreeBMD England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index
- index identifier
- Births Jun 1867, Bethnal Green, 1c, 274
- summary
- FreeBMD birth-index entry for Walter George Pownceby registered in Bethnal Green in the June quarter of 1867, volume 1c, page 274.
- Indexed name
- Walter George Pownceby
- Birth date
- June quarter 1867
- Birth Date Note
- FreeBMD gives a registration quarter, not an exact birth date.
- Event Type
- birth_registration_index
- Birth place
- Bethnal Green, London, England
- Registration District
- Bethnal Green, London, England
- Registration District As Recorded
- Bethnal Green
- Volume
- 1c
- Page
- 274
- Collection
- FreeBMD England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index
- Index Identifier
- Births Jun 1867, Bethnal Green, 1c, 274
- Summary
- FreeBMD birth-index entry for Walter George Pownceby registered in Bethnal Green in the June quarter of 1867, volume 1c, page 274.
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FreeBMD search transcription Repository: FreeBMD Source page: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Search run: 26 April 2026 Search parameters: - Type: Births - Surname: Pownceby - First name(s): Walter George - Start date: March quarter 1860 - End date: December quarter 1880 - District: all - County: all Result: - Event type: Births - Registration quarter: June 1867 - Surname: POWNCEBY - First name(s): Walter George - District: Bethnal Green - Volume: 1c - Page: 274 Research note: This is an online civil-registration index entry only, not the GRO certificate or birth-register image. The entry is a strong candidate for Walter George Ponceby/Pownceby because the accepted 1901 Boston marriage certificate records Walter Pownceby, age 33, born London, father Edwin Pownceby, mother Constance Koziell. The 1867 Bethnal Green registration is consistent with an age-33 groom in January 1901; it conflicts with Walter's later Canadian military birth date of 9 May 1872.
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- Online civil-registration index only; the quarter is a registration quarter, not an exact birth date.
- This is a strong candidate for the Walter Pownceby who married Margaret Mac Kennon in Boston in 1901 because the accepted marriage record reports Walter as age 33, born London, England, with parents Edwin Pownceby and Constance Koziell.
- This candidate conflicts with later Canadian military records that report Walter George Ponceby's birth as 9 May 1872 in London; the GRO birth certificate is needed before changing canonical birth data.
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FreeBMD search transcription Repository: FreeBMD Source page: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Search run: 26 April 2026 Search parameters: - Type: Births - Surname: Pownceby - First name(s): Walter George - Start date: March quarter 1860 - End date: December quarter 1880 - District: all - County: all Result: - Event type: Births - Registration quarter: June 1867 - Surname: POWNCEBY - First name(s): Walter George - District: Bethnal Green - Volume: 1c - Page: 274 Research note: This is an online civil-registration index entry only, not the GRO certificate or birth-register image. The entry is a strong candidate for Walter George Ponceby/Pownceby because the accepted 1901 Boston marriage certificate records Walter Pownceby, age 33, born London, father Edwin Pownceby, mother Constance Koziell. The 1867 Bethnal Green registration is consistent with an age-33 groom in January 1901; it conflicts with Walter's later Canadian military birth date of 9 May 1872.
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- place
- Bethnal Green, London, England
Details
Record details
- repository
- FreeBMD
- index title
- FreeBMD England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index
- source url
- https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
- search run
- 26 April 2026
- registration quarter
- June quarter 1867
- registration district as recorded
- Bethnal Green
- volume
- 1c
- page
- 274
- pages
- 1
Notes
Research notes
- Added during the 26 April 2026 Pownceby/England research pass.
- User accepted this source on 3 June 2026 after review against the stored FreeBMD transcription.
- No citation page was supplied with the text-only online-index transcription, so no citation block is present.
- Review the GRO birth certificate before treating the 1867 registration as canonical for Walter George Ponceby.
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