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Topic: WOOD family, CHIPPING NORTON - missing sister ? (Read 247 times)
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Nick29
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I'm in the process of tracking down my g.g.g. grandfather William MARTIN (b. abt 1811) and his brother Thomas (b. abt 1805).
From a birth certificate, I know that William was married to a Mary WOOD.
In the 1861 census for Eltham Kent, we have William & Mary living with Amy MARTIN, who is a widow, and running a grocer's shop. Both Mary and Amy are shown as being born in "Chipping, Herefordshire". Mary is shown as "Sister to Head", and William as "brother in law", so it seems that Amy and Mary were sisters.
Now, this is where it gets tricky. On IGI, the only Mary WOOD I can find with the right birth date is from Chipping Norton near Oxford. I can find lots of other Woods baptised around the same time, who are probably Mary's siblings, but NO Amy.
Am I chasing the wrong Mary WOOD ?
To add to my problems, both Amy and Thomas disappear on the 1851 census, although they appear on the 1841 census. This is very frustrating !
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Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nick29
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Oh wow ! Thanks very much - I will look into it ! 
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Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nick29
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Silly question, but how did you find out what parish it was in ?
I had Chipping in Hertfordshire down as a "possible" but hadn't made the Buckland connection.
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Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Nick29
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Thanks very much - I'm still very much a learner in the pre-1840 searching, so all information is gratefully received. I've made some progress based on what you found, but the IGI search engine at http://www.familysearch.org seems to have died now.
Thanks again 
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Field - Luton & Islington Hole - Somerset, Suffolk & Surrey Farnish, Parker, Cattermole, Last, Wasp, Church - Suffolk Martin - Eltham & Greenwich, Kent (London) Lewin/Lowin/Lowen - Hertfordhire Stead - Greenwich, London (Kent) & Maidstone Wood - Hertfordshire Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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