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Shropshire / Hannah PAYNE/Robert WRIGHT - Oswestry/Ellesmere
« on: Tuesday 17 May 05 09:36 BST (UK)  »
I'm tearing my hair out here!! I know that Robert WRIGHT (born about 1830 in Ellesmere, Shropshire) married Hannah PAYNE (born about 1835 in Oswestry, Shropshire), and have records of them on all censuses from 1861 to 1901. However, it's as if they don't exist prior to 1861 (when they were living in Hordley, Shropshire) - I can't track down a reference to their marriage (and being able to order a copy of their marriage certificate would be really, really helpful!) and I've yet to find them on the 1851 census. Obviously they were born pre-registration, but I can't find any reference to their births on the LDS site, either. I think they must have married sometime prior to 1859, when their first (I assume) child was born, and if anyone could find a reference to their marriage, or any other information, I would be extremely grateful! (I think Hannah Payne had a brother, Thomas Payne, born 1839 in West Felton, Shropshire - he was living with Hannah and Robert in 1881).

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Shropshire / Worthen - where the heck is it?!
« on: Saturday 07 May 05 10:53 BST (UK)  »
Many of my ancestors came from Worthen, which for many years was officially in Montgomeryshire though recognised by most people as being actually in Shropshire. 

I have copies of the 1851 Shropshire census and also the 1851 Montgomeryshire census, but my ancestors simply aren't there. Similarly with the 1861 census, which I've accessed via Ancestry - no ancestors, no Worthen. So where on earth can I find them?!

 :(

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Shropshire / Census CDs
« on: Tuesday 26 April 05 18:24 BST (UK)  »
I apologise if this is a dumb question...

I'm considering purchasing a 1861 census CD (well, I'm considering asking for one as a birthday present, to be accurate!). Some of my Shropshire ancestors were from the Worthen area, which at one time was technically in Montgomeryshire.

My question is, will Worthen addresses be contained on the Shropshire CD or will I also have to buy the Montgomeryshire CD? I don't mind, I'd just like to know so that I'm buying the right thing(s) :-)

Thanks,
Helen

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Shropshire / Shrewsbury Prison, 19th century
« on: Friday 22 April 05 18:24 BST (UK)  »
I've recently discovered that one of my great-great-aunts served time as a prisoner in Shrewsbury Prison (she was inside at the time of the 1891 census). None of my family knows anything about this, and I've no idea what her crime was - does anyone know if there's a way I can find out more information about someone's prison record?

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Montgomeryshire Lookup Requests / 1851 - BUNTING - Worthen
« on: Tuesday 19 April 05 12:31 BST (UK)  »
I should be very grateful if someone could look up THOMAS BUNTING on the 1851 census for me. He would be about 50 years old, a miner, living in Worthen.

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Shropshire Lookup Requests / 1851 census - BUNTING - Worthen
« on: Monday 18 April 05 08:23 BST (UK)  »
I should be very grateful if someone would look up THOMAS BUNTING on the 1851 census. He would be about 50 years old, a miner, probably living in Worthen.

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Shropshire / Berrington Workhouse
« on: Friday 15 April 05 11:31 BST (UK)  »
This is a question relating to my great-grandfather's sister, Annie, who had a child before marriage.  I have the birth certificate for her son, which tells me that he was born in 1890 in the Union Workhouse, Berrington. Annie is described as a Cook there. What I don't quite understand is that I assume the unmarried mothers in those places came from families who couldn't afford to support them. In Annie's case, however, she appears on the 1891 census (living with her brother), her son living with her parents. Presumably, then, neither Annie nor her family were destitute, nor was it a case of having the pregnancy and birth 'hushed up', as the child was brought up, it seems, within the family and with the family surname. Does anyone know why such a young woman might find herself in a workhouse??

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Shropshire / Bunting (Worthen)
« on: Wednesday 06 April 05 17:50 BST (UK)  »
This morning I received birth certificates confirming the maiden names of both of my Bunting GG Grandparents, but I can find no trace of them either at Ancestry or the LDS site (or on the pay-per-view BMD site I use). If anyone is researching Shropshire (Worthen) Buntings, can you shed any light?

I know that Frederick Bunting married Emily Bunting (they were cousins) in 1885. I now know that Emily's parents were William Bunting and Elizabeth Bunting (so I assume that William and Elizabeth were also related).

Frederick's father, James Bunting (the family name is given as Bunton on the 1871 census), married an Ann Jones, born c.1835, although on one census her birthplace is given as Llanrihadir, and in another it's Worthen. I have found all these people on the 1871-1901 censuses (the only ones to which I currently have access) but I can't understand why I can't seem to find any trace of their birth or marriage records!

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Shropshire Lookup Requests / BMD - Kidson - Shropshire
« on: Monday 04 April 05 12:55 BST (UK)  »
Looking for the full reference for the birth certificate of Emma Kidson.

Details I have are 'Quarter: March Year: 1846, District: Cleobury Mortimer, Volume: 18' but there is a star indicating that the page number is unreadable.

If anyone can find a page number reference for this entry I should be very grateful!

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