Hi and thanks for the welcome! This looks like an incredible forum. I'm still fairly new to the world of genealogy.
Yes, John's occupation is given on the 3 baptismal records, but on one it is basically illegible and on the other 2 it is some variation of "Ware House Man".
I definitely have found George Michael FLetcher in later census records. He spent his whole career working for the Inland Revenue Service and moved all around the UK. He married Eliza Goodwin (b. 1816), from Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Here are their kids:
- Maria Louisa (b. 7 Feb 1836, Newark upon Trent)
- George Frederick Fletcher (b. Jan 1838, Glasgow, Scotland)
- Thomas Wilde (b. Nov 1839, Paracombe Devonshire) - * my gg-grandfather
- Alfred (b. 1843, Parracombe, Devonshire)
- Frank (b. 1845, East Retford, Nottinghamshire)
- Donald (b. 1847, Oxford)
- Charles W (b. 13 Jan 1850, Oxford)
As you can see, the family moved around a lot. Also in the 1851 census, George MIchael Fletcher appears twice: once with his family, and once in a home in Lambeth where he is visiting Hannah Mariah Fletcher, a 19-year old female servant (ie, his sister).
That's pretty much all I know at this point. I have also found a small but probably significant genetic match with someone descended from a John William Fletcher (b. 1818 in Barnsley, d. 1891) but that doesn't really prove anything at this point.
I have not looked at burials yet, or, at least I haven't found any.
Thanks for any help!
Patrick