Baptism - Susanna DAVEY

[fred2derf]

Widcombe St Thomas a Becket or Bath St James  ??

I'd like a look up please for a baptism abt 1833 for a Susanna DAVEY/DAVY (William Thomas & Elizabeth) (plasterer/slater/tiler)

Thanks,

Fred

[DRH123]

Try  http://www.freereg.org.uk/

(Looks like she was actually baptised in 1829.)

[fred2derf]

Hi DRH123,

Something is not right.  Mother is Hester in that record.

Parents William Thomas DAVEY and Elizabeth GARRATT (GARRETT in some records - father Rev. Samuel)
Marriage 16 Aug 1824  Bath St James

Susan aged 9 in 1841 census with parents William & Elizabeth

Susan aged 10 in 1842 shipping record with same parents.

Susanna in her 1848 - yes- marriage in Sydney.

Susan died in 1888 in Australia aged 56.

Fred

[DRH123]

You're quite right, she's a different Susanna. She's with her parents in Bath in the 1851 census when your Susanna was already in Australia.

There does seem to be a lot of William Daveys baptising children in Bath in the 1820s and 30s. With wives Mary, Hester, Fanny and Maria as well as Elizabeth (maybe Mary = Maria). But I can't see any other Susan or Susanna.

I can't see the family in 1841, where did you find them.

I notice various trees on Ancestry show William and Elizabeth having a son John in 1839, and BathBMD confirms a John registered then in Lyncombe or Widcombe with mother's maiden name Garrett but the only matching baptism is in Sept 1840 at Widcombe with parents JAMES and Elizabeth Davey, plasterer. Did William sometimes call himself James?

David

[fred2derf]

Hi David.

I've found nothing to say that William sometimes called himself James.

They were not easy to find in 1841.

1841 *
HO107 Piece/Book 931/13 Folio 21 Page 35
Civil Parish: Lyncombe and Widcombe
Hundred: Bath Forum
County: Somerset
Registration District: Bath
Sub-RD: Lyncombe and Widcombe
ED: 2
Address: Griffiths Court 1
[Transcribed as DAISEY]
Wm Davey  35  J. Plasterer N
Elizabeth  35 Clear Starcher Y
Emma  14 Y
Amelia  11 Y
Susan  9 Y
Eliza  4 Y
 Folio 22 Page 36
John  2 Y
/

FreeREG
Widcombe - St Thomas a Becket
Emma  Bapt 7 Oct 1827
Abode   Richmond Terr Dolemead
Father Occupation   Plaisterer and Tiler

Bath St James
Amelia  Bapt 30 Jul 1831
Abode   Howell's Ct
FatherOccupation    plasterer & tiler
Notes  privately

Fred

[fred2derf]

Departed Gravesend, England: 13 October 1841
Arrived Wellington, New Zealand: 1 March 1842
Captain: John Cleland
Surgeon Superintendent: James Motherwell
Cabin Passengers: 1 Male Adult
Steerage Passengers:  Adult  68 Male  65 Female
Steerage Passengers: Children under 15  53 Male  48 Female
Total Passengers: 235
Births: 5
Deaths: 12
Length of Voyage: 139 days
William Davey  37  Slater & Plasterer
Elizabeth  35  Wife
Eliza  12  [Amelia]
Susan  10
Amelia  5  [Eliza]
John  11m  ? [1 yr 11 m]

Arrived in Australia from NZ between 1842 and 1845.

Fred