Marriage LookUp:Beds, Hunts, Northants?

[DavidD]

I apologize if the following looks familiar to some of you.  I posted this message earlier in the "General" category rather than in the Bedfordshire LookUps:

Looking for the marriage record of a Robert Bailey and Elizabeth (unknown) circa 1778.  First child Joseph is baptised in Bletsoe September 1779.  I have found no record in Bedfordshire or immediate vicinity.  Also, searching for baptism of Robert Bailey, presumably born ca. 1759.  Any leads most appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
DavidD

[FamilyDigger]

Not sure I can help with marriage but I have found his birth:
1754   Of, Bletsoe, Bedford, England  it confirm that he married Elizabeth too.


Good Luck

[bedfordshire boy]

Unfortunately that birth is a member sumission and the submitter didn't have a clue as to where Robert was from or when he was baptised. He was merely working backwards, probably from the baptism of one of the children, and guessing.


Member submissions with "about" and a year are usually worthless. All member submissions should be taken with a large helping of salt until checked with a parish register

David

[DavidD]

Yes, I agree with David. That 1754 birth referenced in IGI cannot be substantiated by the Bletsoe parish records.  Thus my qaundry continues.

DavidD

[bedfordshire boy]

There's no marriage on Hunts Marriage Index, which hopefully narrows your search down to Northants. Have you tried a specific lookup request for the Northants Marriage Index on that board?

There's an extracted marriage on the IGI in 1771 at Kingscliffe Northants with Elizabeth Richardson, and despite Kingscliffe baptisms being extracted onto the IGI there are none to Robert & Elizabeth. Whilst Kingscliffe is a bit of a hike from Bletsoe it might be worth looking a bit closer at that marriage

Just in case you don't have it, there's a burial of a Robert Bailey at Bletsoe on 19 Dec 1802, but there are two Elizabeth burials - 19 Jan 1795 and 19 Jan 1810

David

[DavidD]

As always, thank you, David, for your keen insights and suggestions.   I have looked at that Kings Cliffe marriage entry many times.  It almost fits but not quite.  Some family trees posted on the Net say that particular Robert died in 1812, but I must inquire further as to the source of that information.  I am quite sure that Elizabeth Bailey, the wife of Robert,  recorded in the Bletsoe PR is the later burial entry and not the 1795 death.

These people were agricultural labourers.  I am not sure how far afield -- forgive the pun -- they travelled in search of work.  Any idea?

Regards,
David

[johnP-bedford]

hello;  the Jan 19 1795 burial of Eliz Bailey is the daughter of Robert & Eliz Bailey as per the Bletsoe PR

+ there is a burial on 19 Dec 1802 of Robert Bailey, married

... + burial on 19 May 1810 of Eliz Bailey, widow


regards John

[DavidD]

Thanks John for the details  of the three Bailey burials in Bletsoe.  It was what my memory ( a very fragile and dangerous thing ) told me.  For a while I could not find my old notes, but subsequently I located them, thankfully    .  Your assistance is most appreciated.

DavidD

[bedfordshire boy]

There's a site with Kingscliffe Bailey PR entries extracted at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maureenbryson/id60.htm
which would appear to rule out the 1771 marriage being the couple in Bletsoe.

Back to Northants Marriage Index!

David