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Elizabeth Dobb, which is her baptism? late 1700's
« on: Friday 14 October 16 15:29 BST (UK) »
Hello all,

I have an Elizabeth Dobb who married a James Fletcher at Sheffield on 30 May 1814.
Elizabeth and James had several children ; Mary Ann, Joseph, Vincent, Catherine, James, Martha and Jane, all born between 1815 and 1829.

I'm trying to find the parents of Elizabeth Dobb. I've found a few possible baptisms;
1) bap 5 Jan 1794 at Rotherham, born 5 Dec 1793, daughter of Thomas and Martha.
2) bap 18 Jan 1789, Rotherham, born 18 Dec 1788, dau of John and Sarah.
3) bap 6 Aug 1786 at Whiston, born 4 Aug 1786, dau of John and Elizabeth.
(all these baptisms can be found in transcript form - no images - on An***try).

The only problem is, I have no idea which could be correct! Help with this would be greatly appreciated as I can't seem to trace any further back.

Many thanks for any help or advice,
Holly
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Re: Elizabeth Dobb, which is her baptism? late 1700's
« Reply #1 on: Friday 14 October 16 15:52 BST (UK) »
I can only find images for the Rotherham baptisms (BTs).  The only additional information for both entries is that the parents are from Rotherham.  Images for Whiston are supposedly available 1600-1855 but there is no entry in 1786 for Elizabeth - in fact no entries in August at all.

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Re: Elizabeth Dobb, which is her baptism? late 1700's
« Reply #2 on: Friday 14 October 16 15:59 BST (UK) »
Ah that's a shame, looks like this is going to be a tricky one!
Thank you anyway BumbleB  :)
A Yorkshire girl tracing her ancestry.
Discovering that I'm not as English as my family once thought.

Ashforth | Watson | Smith | Davies | Beech | Matthews | Moxon | Heaton | Emmerson | Parkin | Cook | Venables | Perrins | Parsons | Whiteley | Blackburn | Badger | Cullen | McWeeny/McWeeney | Steventon | Walters | Copley | Chapman | Wild | Garrity | Blewitt | Larkin |

DNA Results: 40% Great Britain, 24% Scandinavian, 17% Western European, 15% Irish, 4% Iberian Peninsula.