St Sepuchre Marriage 1803 Power/Chandler- Look up please

[MaryA]

Hi welcome to the forum, I'm glad you two have made contact.  I believe you will need to make about three posts before you can send pm's so you are nearly there, just respond to this post.

You are right I have no connection, just the pleasure of being able to do a look up for somebody.  I can only think, after all this time that I discovered the original on Ancestry in their London Metropolitan Archives database - yes I have just checked and the entry is there.

[djo_power]

Mary thank you for your reply

Yes 'Wortle' and I have been in contact and exchanged family info - we are distantly related by marriage(s).  Both of us have hit a brick wall with David Power snr. - we can't prove any connection further back than his marriage to Sophia which you found the record of.

There is one possible clue to his DoB which I can't access because it is in an Ancestry public family tree and I am only a guest member - is asking someone who is a full Ancestry member to look up the details a permissible request?

Kind regards David Power

[MaryA]

One entry has his birth      Birth abt 1780 in Cork Ireland and  Death 22 May 1832 in Berbice, Mpumalanga, South Africa, occupation Protector of Slaves in various British colonies.

Sophia's baptism on 10 March 1782 at St Sepulchre, Holborn, London gives date of birth as February 11 or 14.  Parents Thomas Chandler and Sarah.

Another tree has      Birth 23 Sep 1754, baptism 20 October in St Sepulchre Holborn, London, England and     Death 1832 in Berbice, Guyana.  Parents listed this time are John Power and Mary Hayward

Another tree has David's son as
Edward Rawdon Bingham Power     Birth abt 1812 in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England     Death 4 Aug 1886 in Heywood Lodge, Tenby, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales and marriage to Ellen Louisa Stone June 1863 in Middlesex.

Another tree has their son as     

Thomas Charles Chandler Power     Birth 1819 in Cheshunt, Hewrtford, UK.     Death 1876 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. and married Eugenie Elizabeth Curgenven in 1845 Colpetty, Columbo, Ceylon.

None of these should be taken for granted without doing your own research.

[djo_power]

Thank you Mary, that's very helpful.

It's interesting how different people manage to find different bits of the puzzle!  And yes, it's essential to do one's own research as sometimes they get the different bits wrong!

I assume you did Ancestry search[es]? and are quoting from 'public member trees'? 

DP Snr had 4 sons, including ERBP and TCCP; the person quoting ERBP is pretty much correct, and the one quoting TCCP is nearly right - coming down the tree I have plenty of evidence and detail - it is the brick wall going back from DP that nobody can get past! 

But I would really like to know where the 1st person you mentioned got 1780 from, that's a key part of the brick wall - the date has to be approximately right but so far I have no actual proof from a direct source (1754 is a red herring).

Thanks again

Kind regards     David Power (very Junior!)

[MaryA]

Yes this information was from Public Member Trees with no sources quoted which is why I would never accept others research without verifying it for myself, sort of proves it with two conflicting birthplaces doesn't it?