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Offline Tony Harrison

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Mary Ann Edwards
« on: Friday 20 November 15 23:30 GMT (UK) »
According to the 1939 Register Mary Ann was born 29 Sept 1873.
On her marriage certificate to Frederick Charles Harrison it states her father was James Henry Edwards.
On census she shows as having been born Addlestone.
Family Search Extracted records show a baptism for Mary Ann Edwards father James Henry Edwards
but baptism is shown as 28 Nov 1872
So either Mary Ann gave her age wrongly in 1939 or baptism has been wrongly transcribed.
Does anyone have access to St Paul Addlestone parish records and could check the date of baptism
Hackney London   Harrison, Blunt, Norton, Clayton, Callow
Bristol  and Gloucestershire Awre, Jones, Birt, Hawkins
Surrey   Apps, Stone, Jupp, Harrison, Roberson
Lincolnshire   Nidd
Northampton   Blunt,  Marriott, Tero, Wadsworth,
Warwickshire Adams, Griffiths, Davis
Worcestershire   Callow
Cornwall  Tucker, Broad, French
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Re: Mary Ann Edwards
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 21 November 15 00:31 GMT (UK) »
Mary Ann Edwards baptism 28th Sept 1872  daughter of James Henry and Mary Ann. James was a blacksmith.

On 5th November 1874 they also baptised Ellen Eliza.
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Re: Mary Ann Edwards
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 21 November 15 16:38 GMT (UK) »
Many thanks for the information although it now looks as though Mary Ann did not know her own birth date if she was baptized 28 Sept 1872. I thought either the transcription should have been 28th Nov 1873 or if 1872 that Mary Ann, because her husband was younger than her, had knocked a year off her birth date.
Hackney London   Harrison, Blunt, Norton, Clayton, Callow
Bristol  and Gloucestershire Awre, Jones, Birt, Hawkins
Surrey   Apps, Stone, Jupp, Harrison, Roberson
Lincolnshire   Nidd
Northampton   Blunt,  Marriott, Tero, Wadsworth,
Warwickshire Adams, Griffiths, Davis
Worcestershire   Callow
Cornwall  Tucker, Broad, French
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Mary Ann Edwards
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 21 November 15 18:29 GMT (UK) »
I can understand the year difference, as my grandmother was the same, she was a year older than she claimed. It wasn't discovered until she died and my uncle found her birth certificate before registering her death. When I started looking at the family tree, I discovered that her parents were married a couple of months before she was born, so I presume the year was changed to cover this up. Odd that the actual date was wrong though, perhaps Mary Ann was told the wrong day by her parents.
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Re: Mary Ann Edwards
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 21 November 15 20:47 GMT (UK) »
I was concerned about the date of birth being wrong. Found an image of her baptism on Ancestry and her baptism was 28 Nov 1872 so her birthday could well have been 29 Sept but in 1872 not 1873
Hackney London   Harrison, Blunt, Norton, Clayton, Callow
Bristol  and Gloucestershire Awre, Jones, Birt, Hawkins
Surrey   Apps, Stone, Jupp, Harrison, Roberson
Lincolnshire   Nidd
Northampton   Blunt,  Marriott, Tero, Wadsworth,
Warwickshire Adams, Griffiths, Davis
Worcestershire   Callow
Cornwall  Tucker, Broad, French
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Mary Ann Edwards
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 21 November 15 21:00 GMT (UK) »
Have you got her death certificate, does that give a birth date?
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Re: Mary Ann Edwards
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 21 November 15 21:03 GMT (UK) »
Not important enough to purchase a certificate, Have added all the information and sources and will leave it at that. Thanks for your help
Hackney London   Harrison, Blunt, Norton, Clayton, Callow
Bristol  and Gloucestershire Awre, Jones, Birt, Hawkins
Surrey   Apps, Stone, Jupp, Harrison, Roberson
Lincolnshire   Nidd
Northampton   Blunt,  Marriott, Tero, Wadsworth,
Warwickshire Adams, Griffiths, Davis
Worcestershire   Callow
Cornwall  Tucker, Broad, French
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk