Gosport, Hampshire Genealogy

Guide to Gosport, Hampshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Gosport.-- a fortified seaport and market town with railway station, Alverstoke parish, S. Hannts, occupying peninsula on W. side of Portsmouth harbour, opposite Portsmouth. .

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Gosport parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the Hampshire Archives and Local Studies.

Genealogy
Cover Picture and Story of the Bond Family of Gosport Collegiate College. The picture of John Bond and Family taken in front of the college in about 1890. It lists the children from left to right, and details of each member, dating from 1882-1971. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, Vol. XV, no.3, cover picture and page 150. Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Russell, Carol. What's in a Name. Photo of wedding 1903 of William Olden and Lily. All persons are named, and a little history of the family, starting 1877-1903. Some of the family came from Southsea, and some from Gosport. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian vol. XV. no.1, May 1990, pages 24-25, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

Hammond, Eric. Happy Families, The Victorian Way. Photo of Martha Ellen Hammond, nee Ford, taken about 1881, with history of the family, and Family Tree of James Hammond (born 1781 Gosport) and Hanaa Kid-Beves. Article dated from 1781-1881, and is found in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. 23, part 3, Nov. 1996, page 200. FHL Ref 942.27 B2h

Marlow, Edna. The Hellyer Saga and the Lost Great-grandfather. William James Hellyer family and descendants with name of Dales, Fancy Payne Knight, Elliott, Hillier, Leggatt. history of family given, with facsimile of baptism, reports from West Sussex Gazette in May 1894 of an accident, also copy of Coroners Inquest. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. 35, no. 4, Mar. 2009, pages 242-246, FHL Ref 942.27 B2h

Occupations
Atwood, Barry. Prominent Doctor - Isaac Wilson. Isaac Wilson was a Doctor. There is a photo of him, and history of the family, names of Stoneham, Leal, Butler. Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. 34, no.2, page 90. FHL Ref. 942.27 B2h

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Hampshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain