England and Wales Birth Index Entry for Edwin Pownceby

Scanned birth index entry for Edwin Pownceby in the St George in the East registration district, volume II, page 94. This is an index reference to a birth registration rather than a full certificate.

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Scanned birth index entry for Edwin Pownceby in the St George in the East registration district, volume II, page 94. This is an index reference to a birth registration rather than a full certificate.

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It connects Edwin Pownceby to the public evidence trail.

Type: Birth Index
Date: 1840
Review: Checked
Confidence: High

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indexed name: Edwin Pownceby
birth date: 1840
child name: Edwin Pownceby
event type: birth_registration_index
registration district: St George in the East, London, England
registration district as recorded: St Geo. East
volume: II
page: 94
record year: 1840

Indexed name: Edwin Pownceby
Birth date: 1840
Child: Edwin Pownceby
Event Type: birth_registration_index
Registration District: St George in the East, London, England
Registration District As Recorded: St Geo. East
Volume: II
Page: 94
Record Year: 1840

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Manual transcription created from the supplied JPG image.
The district is abbreviated in the image as "St Geo. East" and is interpreted here as St George in the East, London, England.
The index image provides only a year-level birth registration entry; `birth_date` is recorded as "1840" for schema compatibility, not as an exact birth date.
The image provides an index reference only and does not include the child's exact birth date, parents' given names, or a full certificate text.

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England and Wales birth index page
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Surname of parent: Pownceby
Name of child: Edwin
Superintendent Registrar's District: St Geo. East
Volume: II
Page: 94

Notes:
- The supplied image is an index page rather than a full birth certificate or parish register entry.
- The district is abbreviated in the image as "St Geo. East", interpreted as St George in the East, London, England.
- The year 1840 comes from the supplied file context rather than from a full date printed within the visible line item.

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place: St George in the East, London, England

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index type: England and Wales civil birth index
registration district as recorded: St Geo. East
volume: II
page: 94
pages: 1

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Originally added as a standalone proposed source tied to the Pownceby line identified by the user as part of Gordon Ponceby's family.
User accepted this source on 26 April 2026 and authorized canonical person creation for Edwin Pownceby.
No printed repository citation page was supplied with the JPG/text artifact, so no citation block was added.
This accepted source supports Edwin Pownceby's canonical identity and year-level birth-registration place/reference only; it does not state exact birth date, parents, or spouse.
A follow-up certificate, parish register, or corroborating census record would help place Edwin Pownceby within the existing Ponceby family line.
Linked to lead-edwin-pownceby-1840 on 26 April 2026 after a FreeBMD marriage-index page placed Edwin Pownceby on the same 1860 Hackney page as Eugenia Constance Koziell.
A second entry on the same index page documents William Pownceby (Whitechapel, Vol. II, Page 537, 1840) — see source-birth-index-william-pownceby-1840.md. William is likely a sibling of Edwin but is unconfirmed without a full certificate.

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