England and Wales Birth Index Entry for William Pownceby, 1840

GRO birth index entry for William Pownceby registered in Whitechapel, London, volume II, page 537 (1840 index). Appears on the same index page as Edwin Pownceby (St George in the East, Vol. II, page 94). Likely a sibling of Edwin Pownceby, who is documented as the father of Walter George Ponceby (attested 1916) and grandfather of Donald Edwin Ponceby (born 1902). Relationship to the main archive line is unconfirmed without a full birth certificate.

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indexed name: William Pownceby
birth date: 1840
child name: William Pownceby
event type: birth_registration_index
registration district: Whitechapel, London, England
registration district as recorded: Whitechapel
volume: II
page: 537
record year: 1840

Indexed name: William Pownceby
Birth date: 1840
Child: William Pownceby
Event Type: birth_registration_index
Registration District: Whitechapel, London, England
Registration District As Recorded: Whitechapel
Volume: II
Page: 537
Record Year: 1840

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Entry extracted from the same image as source-birth-index-edwin-pownceby-1840.
Whitechapel and St George in the East are adjacent East London registration districts, consistent with a family operating in the same area.
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.
A full birth certificate (GRO Vol. II, Page 537, Whitechapel, 1840) would confirm whether William Pownceby and Edwin Pownceby share the same parents.

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Source type: birth index entry (manual transcription from existing archive image)
Image file: 05_raw/pdfs/birth-index-edwin-pownceby-1840.jpg  [SAME IMAGE as Edwin entry]
Index type: England and Wales civil birth index (GRO)
Record year: 1840 (same quarterly index as Edwin Pownceby entry)

--- WILLIAM POWNCEBY ENTRY ---

SURNAME of Parent: Pownceby
NAME of CHILD: William
SUP. REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT: Whitechapel
Volume: II
Page: 537

--- EDWIN POWNCEBY ENTRY (for reference, already in source-birth-index-edwin-pownceby-1840.md) ---

SURNAME of Parent: Pownceby
NAME of CHILD: Edwin
SUP. REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT: St Geo. East [St George in the East]
Volume: II
Page: 94

Transcription notes:
- Both entries appear on the same index page (page 1141 of the GRO index volume).
- William Pownceby's birth was registered in Whitechapel, Vol. II, Page 537.
- Edwin Pownceby's birth was registered in St George in the East, Vol. II, Page 94.
- The two districts are adjacent East London parishes, consistent with siblings born to
  the same family in the same year or different years within the same quarterly index.
- Both registrations are in Vol. II, suggesting the same registration quarter/year.
- If Edwin and William are siblings born to the same Pownceby parent, the different
  districts (Whitechapel vs. St George in the East) may reflect where the birth was
  reported or a family move between registrations.
- Walter George Ponceby's 1901 Boston marriage record names his father as "Edwin Pownceby"
  — Edwin is therefore the Pownceby who continued the line to Walter and then Donald Edwin Ponceby.
  William's relationship to the main archive line is unconfirmed.

Context for archive research:
- "Whitechapel" registration district covered Whitechapel, Mile End, and surrounding East London areas.
- "St George in the East" covered Wapping and Stepney areas of East London.
- Both were heavily populated working-class parishes in 1840.
- GRO certificate reference for William: Vol. II, Page 537, Whitechapel, 1840.
  The full birth certificate (with parents' names) can be ordered from the GRO to confirm parentage.

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place: Whitechapel, London, England

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index type: England and Wales civil birth index (GRO)
registration district as recorded: Whitechapel
volume: II
page: 537
pages: 1
image shared with: source-birth-index-edwin-pownceby-1840
note: William and Edwin Pownceby entries appear on the same GRO index page (image page 1141).

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No canonical person record created; insufficient detail without the full certificate.
To order the full birth certificate
GRO reference Vol. II, Page 537, Whitechapel, 1840.
If William is confirmed as Edwin Pownceby's sibling, he would be a great-great-uncle of Gordon Francis Ponceby in the main line.
The GRO index image was first ingested as source-birth-index-edwin-pownceby-1840; that source record has been updated to note the William entry on the same page.

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