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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Essex => Topic started by: dtcoulson on Friday 12 July 19 14:02 BST (UK)
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hello all,
I'm trying to help a friend get past a roadblock.
His ancestor is William Day, born 1795 in Shelley Essex (appears on a census record as Shelby).
He married a woman (Mary Baker) 20 years younger than himself in 1833, in Great Burstead.
The challenge is to identify his parents.
I see that there are a great many military records for his name in the period 1810-1820 or so.
It's a common name but it is possible he is in here. There is a chance that one of these records might positively identify him and give the name of his parents.
He was a bachelor when he married (according to a record found on FreeReg), at age 38.
This might be explained by him being in the military during his young adult years.
Anyway, am hoping you might find something.
Cheers
-David C
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Couldn’t see him on Shelley or chipping ongar (next Parish) Parish registers.
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On different censuses, he gives his birthplace as Shelley, little burstead, chipping ongar?
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Clearly he wasn't sure exactly where he was born with 3 different places listed on census! Even if you were lucky to find an army record for him it won't list his parents.
Best I can find is a William Day bp.22/11/1793 Theydon Mount (which is in the vicinity of the other 3 places listed), son of William and Elizabeth.
Annette
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Thanks for the advice Annette.
I independently arrived at the same person, William of Theydon Mount.
There is a family of people surnamed Day in this area, derived from parents John Day and Mary Savill.
The first kids start in Chipping Ongar and later are born in Theydon Mount.
Nestled among them is this unique record, ie, William Day (1793) son of William Day, yet there are no other children in the region attached to the same father. I am not inclined to disbelieve facts that don't fit but in this case I wonder if it is possible that the record is wrong; ie, that William's dad is actually John Day and that he is a member of that same family?
-DC
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Going by his children's names maybe this is him with parents William and Martha
William Day. baptised 04 Jun 1797, St Mary, Chelmsford.
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Hard to say without more data.
Just wondering how much data is actually invisible to us today.
is it possible that there are whole families of people named Day living in this part of the country circa 1795? Or is the parish baptism data to be considered a complete list of all people born in this area?
If there are great massive absences in the data then there is not much we can achieve.
-DC