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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Berkshire => England => Berkshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: rachelralph on Tuesday 15 February 11 09:35 GMT (UK)
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i am looking for siblings of elisha wakefield born abt 1833 in leckhampstead. his parents were jane and richard wakefield.
i have a 1841 census in which there is only richard and son elisha. jane died in abt 1841. if elisha was the only one living at home still in 1841 then i have to assume if he had any siblings they would be older than him by a few years.
many thanks
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Hi
There is a Elijah Wakefield baptised in Beedon Berks 12 feb 1832 to Richard and Jane, is that him?
If so he had a sister Harriet baptised 16 mar 1834. There is also a Hannah baptised 1829 to Richard and Jane, that is Cheveley. All this on Familysearch
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thanks for replying, my knowledge of berkshire is not good. i have no idea where any of these counties are?! i am off now to google the area! :D
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just had another look at my tree and in 1841 aged 8 elisha and his father were living in beedon, so i think that baptism must be right. so harriett is right too :)
im not sure about hannah though, i might need to look for the marriage of richard wakefield. i think his wife was jane chapman according to other trees. maybe if they got married in cheively then hannah may be their child too :)
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great :D
My knowledge of Berkshire places is also poor so I'm glad it was the right place!
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yay spot on with hannah too i would think, richard and jane married in chievley in may 1829 and hannah was jun 1829 so it may have been a rush marriage lol :)
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;D
I've got quite a few of those weddings too!!
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at least they had the decentcy to marry i have lots who just didnt bother lol! nowadays not so much a bad thing i suppose but back then they must have suffered if they didnt marry