James Arthur Walter BETHELL

[annettethorne]

I was wondering whether anyone had access to the parish records of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge and could look up the baptism of James Arthur Walter BETHELL in 1824.  I would very much like to find out the names of his parents.

[CaroleW]

I know he married in Suffolk in 1847 and died in Suffolk in 1863 but I cannot find him on either the 1851 or 1861 census.  Is he mis-transcribed?

[CaroleW]

Just found the 1851 entry in Cambridge

James Bethall 25 b Cambridge shoemaker
Augusta   26 b Woolpit Suffolk
Augusta   8 Months b Bury St Edmunds
James Oneall 25 lodger
HO107 Piece 1760 Folio 664 Page 33

1861 for Northampton shows

James Bethell 32 b Cambridge shoemaker
Maria   41 b Thetford Norfolk
Augusta 12 b St Ives Cambridge
Annie   10 b Cambridge
Arthur   8 b Cambridge
RG9 Piece 937 Folio 133 Page 27


Related post on the Suffolk board re: marriage lookup

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=668549.msg5136220#msg5136220

[CaroleW]

He married again in 1860 Chelsea to Maria Steward - told a few porkies

11.7.1860 Trinity Church Chelsea

James Arthur Walter Bethell - Bachelor - occ artist
Father James occ watchmaker

Maria Steward spinster father Charles occ potter or porter

witnesses John ?? Rattenbury & Esther Steward

[CaroleW]

No wonder he told porkies and married out of the county

He "married" July 1860 and Mary Augusta was still alive

Mary Augusta Bethel December qtr 1860  Cambridge  3b 294

[annettethorne]

I think there were more "porkies" than just his second marriage.  Very very confusing family.  Just can't get a good run on any of them and they also seemed to move around A LOT. One of the daughters from James' first marriage married a man from Norfolk but for some reason chose to get married in Yorkshire

[Newark Hill]

You wanted to know who James Arthur Walter Bethell parents were and you probably know by now, but they were a James Bethell and Ann Barrow. He was bapt 16 April 1824 St Andrew the Less, Cambridge. Hope this helps