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Topic: Can someone help identify the mysterious Millicent ? (Read 621 times)
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Nick29
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This one has eluded me for quite a while now.....
William STEAD was born in Dover, Kent in 1784. He was christened on 6 Sep 1784 in Saint Mary The Virgin, Dover, Kent.
He married a Millicent ___________ ? But I've no idea where or when. Millicent was born about 1784 in Kent.
They had four children...
Thomas STEAD born in Maidstone, Kent in 1812 - he was baptised in All Saints, Maidstone, Kent on 28 Feb 1812.
Edward STEAD born in Maidstone, Kent in 1819 - according to census records.
Ann STEAD, born in ? Kent about 1822, according to the 1841 census (Greenwich).
Harriet STEAD born in ? Kent, in 1827, according to the 1841 census (Greenwich).
On the 1841 census, William, Millicent, Thomas, Edward & Harriet are all living in Ryhmer's buildings, Greenwich, Kent.
William is a tailor, and so is youngest son Edward.
Thomas married Caroline Elizabeth Weeks in 1834 in Deptford.
Edward married Anna Maria Sutton in 1840 in Lewisham.
I've not managed to find Ann or Harriet post-1841.
William STEAD died in 1854, and I've not been able to find him on the 1851 census.
Millicent died in 1844.
I don't have the death certificate for Millicent. Would it help to get one ? She really is a mysterious lady !
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Nick29
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Just posting this so I can see where I'm going  1841 - Rhyman's Buildings, Greenwich William STEAD 55 tailor b.Kent Millicet 55 b.Kent Edward 20 tailor b.Kent Ann 20 b.Kent Harriett 14 b.Kent Edward (something like) B..USTON  ? (can't read surname - do you know who it is?) 3 b.Kent HO107/489 book 14 folio 37 page 26 .................
Yes, that's the family. I don't have any idea who the unreadable person is.
Don't you think Ann is more likely to be Edward's wife if they married in 1840 Can you please clarify your souce of William STEAD having been born in Dover if you haven't found him in the 1851 census? Do you have the death certificate for William who died 1854 - does everything fit I don't have the death certificate for Millicent. Would it help to get one ? She really is a mysterious lady The chances are somewhat slim ie. unless her death was registered by a relative other than a child/husband etc.. Casalguidi 
I'll get back to you on the rest - Ancestry has slowed to a standstill at the moment, and I can't access my tree ! 
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Nick29
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OK, Ancestry is working better now..... yes, you're right about Ann - this is a part of my tree that I hadn't visited for a while, and before making the original post in this thread I noticed that Ann was missing as a daughter, and I quickly added her, not realising that I already had her as a daughter in law !
The source record of Williams birth is a parish record from Saint Mary The Virgin, Dover, Kent. I don't have his death certificate, which I suppose I should get, to make sure it is him. The fact that he had children in Maidstone, and ended up in Greenwich, and the A2 from Dover passes through all 3 places led me to accept the evidence, but I shall get the death certificate
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Nick29
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Thanks for that, but I'm not sure how Clarkenwell fits in with the family movements. Maybe Harriet got married ? Another anomoly in this family is the appearance of a Stead from Yorkshire (where the vast majority of Steads seem to come from) visiting very close by in 1851. I think there must be a connection between the Kent Steads and the Yorkshire Steads, but I've yet to find it
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casalguidi
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Think I may have discovered who baby Edward was - a possible relative (grandson perhaps?) to William & Millicent
1851 - 7 Lewisham Road, Greenwich
William BURSTOW head mar 40 pipe maker b.Greenwich
Mary wife 40 b.Greenwich
William son 16 b.Greenwich
Edward son 13 b.Greenwich
Millicent dau 7 b.Greenwich
+ some lodgers
HO107/1586 folio 542 page 3
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William BURSTOW married Mary HEAD 1833 Lee http://wwww.familysearch.org - I could be wrong but I wouldn't be surprised if this should read STEAD - STEAD often looks like HEAD when it is written in the old census returns
Nick, do you have the marriage witnesses from the marriages of Edward 1840 and Thomas 1834
Not much for a days work but something
Casalguidi
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Nick29
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The IGI has the woman's name as Mary Head too.
I don't have the marriage certificates, but I do have the marriage records for St Alfeges Church Greenwich up to 1861, so I'll see if I can find anything in there. If not, I'll get the certificates.
Thanks all !
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Nick29
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P.S. Here's the witnesses for Thomas Stead's marriage....
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casalguidi
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Regarding the witnesses to Thomas' marriage, Mr SYMS was the parish clerk so it's doubtful that he'll be much help
Casalguidi
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Nick29
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Wow ! That's great, thanks ! Maybe Mary Ann was the oldest daugheter of William & Millicent ? She named her daughter Millicent too.
I can't understand why she was born in Greenwich, though
Thanks for the info on Mr Syms ! I think this was a shotgun wedding, which is why they got married in Deptford, and not Greenwich !
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Nick29
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I'm confused now..... the entry for Thomas Steede (parents William & Millicent) is not the same date as the IGI date for Thomas Stead in the same church. If we use this date, he would have been married at 16
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casalguidi
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The IGI date does fit with others of that batch number so it could be that the transcription is an error 
Casalguidi
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