Elizabeth AMEY - 1796 Cambridge

[arana 80]

Robert & Mary Amey of St. Andrew the Great, does anyone have knowledge of their family? or more specifically if Elizabeth born 1796 was their daughter.
 
Arana80

[Frances]

Hi,

This Elizabeth also had two sisters. Do you have any more information to confirm if this could be the correct person?

Elizabeth Amy Christened 24 October 1793 Little Gransden Cambridgeshire
Parents Robert Amy and Mary

Regards,

Frances

[arana 80]

Hi Frances.

Elizabeth Amey married Edward Minister at All Saints, Cambridge on 06 Nov 1824. They show up in the 1841 Census, they were then living in St Andrew the Less, both their ages were shown as 45 years which would tend to confirm 1796 as her birth year.

Thanks for your interest and help much appreciated.

Steve

[bedfordshire boy]

Census ages are notoriously unreliable, particularly 1841. Don't forget that in 1841 ages over 15 were rounded down to the nearest 5 below so 45 covered an age range of 45-49 ie birth 8 June 1791-7 June 1796

The 1824 marriage shows Edward otp and Elizabeth of St Andrew the Less

Regards

David

[arana 80]

Thanks David - With that rounding down of Elizabeth's age, makes it appear she could very well be the daughter of Robert & Mary Amey.

Steve

[bedfordshire boy]

My memory must be failing as I'd completely forgotten that we went over similar ground last August
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,173513.msg825891.html#msg825891

It's very possible that the Lt Gransden Ameys moved to Cambridge, but you need to check Lt Gransden parish register to see if the Ameys come to an abrupt stop around 1797. If they do and there's no burial in Lt Gransden that would explain this then that increases the likelihood that the Cambridge Robert and Mary are the same couple. But you'd need to check the Cambridge registers to make sure that there are no Robert and Mary entries concurrent with the Lt Gransden baptisms, which would indicate there were two couples (I doubt it!)

As I suggested before, looking laterally at the other sisters baptised in Lt Gransden might provide the link you are seeking. Did any of them marry in Cambridge and were alive in 1851 showing a birthplace of Lt Gransden? Check the Cambs FHS site at http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html
where there are various indexes which might give clues - eg the burial index shows Sarah Amey aged 4 buried in 1801, which fits neatly with the baptism of Sarah in Lt Gransden on  25 April 1797, but you'd need to check the St Andrew the Great parish register to see what the additional information is.

The IGI shows a baptism of a Sarah Wallis Amey in 1810 at St Andrew the Great, daughter of Nancy Amey. More circumstantial evidence (a Nancy Amey dau of Robert & Mary was baptised in Lt Gransden in 1793).

Amey was not a common name in Cambs around that time, so it's not too onerous a task to pull out all Amey entries from the various (free!) online sites and try to connect them all up

Microfilms of parish registers can be ordered from and viewed at your nearest Family History Centre of the LDS - a list is on www.familysearch.org

http://www.roots-boots.net/ft/amey.txt might also be of interest

Regards

David

[arana 80]

Hello David - Many thanks once again for your good advice, I'll keep plugging away.
Best wishes
Steve