Hi I have the Baltonsborough bmds for St Dunstans. I transcribed them for free reg.
What did you want to know.
Julienne
Julienne that would be wonderful! Thanks so much. The information I'm seeking would be in the Banns; not the marriages. My great-great-grandmother - Betsy Leversuch (aka Jefferies & variants on the spelling) gave birth to my great-grandfather, Edwin Leversuch, in June 1865.
The father's name is blank on the birth certificate and the baptism records. I have been told that prior to Edwin's birth, the Banns were read in St Dunstan's for Betsy's marriage to (rumour has it) a man from Oxfordshire. That marriage didn't take place. Unfortunately, I didn't know that when I was last in Somerset and so couldn't access the Banns myself.
Betsy didn't actually marry until many years later, when she married a local farmer who was a widower. (I have the certificate for that marriage, but not to hand as I write).
Edwin was not a family name, though I have found two other Edwins in the Baltonsborough area - one of whom emigrated with his parents at around the time of my Edwin's birth. It does seem though that Edwin was the 20th most popular boys' name in the 1860s. So I'd need a bit more to pin my roots on than someone of the same name who legged it to America!