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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cornwall => Topic started by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 10:40 BST (UK)

Title: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 10:40 BST (UK)
I am looking for help to solve a mystery.

I have an Eliza Andrew/s who married John Pelmear James (master mariner)

In all the censuses i have found, she has put her place of birth as Marazion, Cornwall.

It would appear her and John married in Liverpool in 1842.  In the censuses her first 2 children were born Liverpool while rest were born in Cornwall.

I have recieved today her marriage certificate to John James (mariner) with her father as Robert Andrew/s.

I have now found her father!  I have found a babtism record for him being born in Marazion, Cornwall in 1795 to William and Catherine Andrews.

Now the thing is i cannot find any birth records for Eliza or a marriage record for Robert, in the hopes of finding the mother.

Could anyone please help!

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Neale1961 on Friday 22 April 22 11:08 BST (UK)
A possible baptism in 1821 - the only one I could find with Robert as father.
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5b1e7fc7f493fd36f7401e4d/elizabeth-andrew-baptism-cornwall-stithians-1821-01-14?locale=en
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: osprey on Friday 22 April 22 19:14 BST (UK)
What occupation is given for Robert Andrew(s) on Eliza's marriage certificate?
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 20:30 BST (UK)
What occupation is given for Robert Andrew(s) on Eliza's marriage certificate?

He was stated as being a painter
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 20:31 BST (UK)
A possible baptism in 1821 - the only one I could find with Robert as father.
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5b1e7fc7f493fd36f7401e4d/elizabeth-andrew-baptism-cornwall-stithians-1821-01-14?locale=en

Thank you i will look into this!
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: osprey on Friday 22 April 22 20:54 BST (UK)
the Robert of that baptism was a miner, not a painter?

 :-\
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Ashtone on Friday 22 April 22 20:58 BST (UK)
I have now found her father!  I have found a baptism record for him being born in Marazion, Cornwall in 1795 to William and Catherine Andrews.

His 1795 baptism record states he was "baptised at Marazion". Robert had 7 siblings, all with that same baptism note. Parish/Chapel name for all the Andrew/s baptisms was Hilary, St.

Here's his parents' 1788 marriage record:

Day Month   13-Mar
Year   1788
Parish Circuit Or Chapel   Hilary, St.
Groom Fn   William
Groom Sn   ANDREWS
Groom Rank Profession   mariner
Bride Fn   Catherine
Bride Sn   HARVEY

Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 21:16 BST (UK)
the Robert of that baptism was a miner, not a painter?

 :-\

Yes i just saw that.  Im not entirely convinced thats my Eliza and her father. 

Oh well back to the drawing board.  Not knowing the wife/mother or when he died i dont think i 100% link Eliza to Robert and only going by her marriage certificate
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 21:19 BST (UK)
I have now found her father!  I have found a baptism record for him being born in Marazion, Cornwall in 1795 to William and Catherine Andrews.

His 1795 baptism record states he was "baptised at Marazion". Robert had 7 siblings, all with that same baptism note. Parish/Chapel name for all the Andrew/s baptisms was Hilary, St.

Here's his parents' 1788 marriage record:

Day Month   13-Mar
Year   1788
Parish Circuit Or Chapel   Hilary, St.
Groom Fn   William
Groom Sn   ANDREWS
Groom Rank Profession   mariner
Bride Fn   Catherine
Bride Sn   HARVEY

Where is this wonderful information???  Maybe, hopefully siblings may hold a clue via the 1841 censuses before Eliza got married
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Ashtone on Friday 22 April 22 21:20 BST (UK)
If it helps, the chap baptised at Marazion is Robert James Andrew. See Reply #6.
He turns up as a marriage witness in 1818, also in Hilary, St.
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Ashtone on Friday 22 April 22 21:25 BST (UK)
Baptism details on https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org

Baptisms for Andrew/s with parents William and Catherine:

1788   Hilary, St.   Ann      
1790   Hilary, St.   William      
1792   Hilary, St.   John      
1795   Hilary, St.   Robert James   
1797   Hilary, St.   Sarah Jeffery   
1800   Hilary, St.   Luke         
1803   Hilary, St.   Nicholas   
1806   Hilary, St.   Mary Anne
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 21:27 BST (UK)
If it helps, the chap baptised at Marazion is Robert James Andrew. See Reply #6.
He turns up as a marriage witness in 1818, also in Hilary, St.

Thank you!!  Any thing helps!  Where did you find the information? as i have struggled..  iv looked on ancestry, find my past, family search, my heritage etc with no such luck
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: osprey on Friday 22 April 22 21:29 BST (UK)
on the link we both have given you, the opc database

https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/person-search/index.php
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 21:30 BST (UK)
Baptism details on https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org

Baptisms for Andrew/s with parents William and Catherine:

1788   Hilary, St.   Ann      
1790   Hilary, St.   William      
1792   Hilary, St.   John      
1795   Hilary, St.   Robert James   
1797   Hilary, St.   Sarah Jeffery   
1800   Hilary, St.   Luke         
1803   Hilary, St.   Nicholas   
1806   Hilary, St.   Mary Anne

Thank you!!

I gave wondered where Luke comes in as alot of trees have Luke as Eliza's father and not Robert.  Plus they all have the same marriage date in Liverpool for Eliza and John James
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 21:32 BST (UK)
on the link we both have given you, the opc database

https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/person-search/index.php

We must of replied at the same time. Lol

Thank you so much for the link,  its very much appreciated!
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Ashtone on Friday 22 April 22 21:35 BST (UK)
Hopefully you can find a suitable baptism for Eliza with father named Robert (painter). Bearing in mind his occupation may have been different when she was born.
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 21:42 BST (UK)
Hopefully you can find a suitable baptism for Eliza with father named Robert (painter). Bearing in mind his occupation may have been different when she was born.

Thank you! So do i!  If i lived closer to Cornwall i would quite happily look through the parish records myself to find that missing link between Eliza and Robert
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Ashtone on Friday 22 April 22 21:48 BST (UK)
There are so many helpful records on the OPC database that you can probably do what you need from home. You can even do a Person Search, which will bring up all the records the person appears in. Everything from tax records to criminal records, in addition to the usual parish life events.
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: osprey on Friday 22 April 22 21:51 BST (UK)
perhaps none of them have bought the marriage certificate to check her father's details.

Burial at Marazion 13 Jan 1821 Catherine Andrews 56

William remarried to Ann Randle, widow, 14 Dec 1825. He died in 1859

https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=burials&id=4826528

Burial recorded as Andrewartha
https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/more-info/?t=burials&id=3224975

He left a will. From the probate, he was a Master Mariner and died 28 July 1859 at Penzance. The will was proved by the oath of Nicholas Andrew of 13 James Street, Liverpool, shipbroker, the son and sole executor.
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 22:04 BST (UK)
Thank you all so much for your wonderful help!  You have given me much to work with and i do believe Robert is Eliza's father but will still look for that birth record.

Thank you!!!
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Ashtone on Friday 22 April 22 23:05 BST (UK)
On the 1842 marriage cert you now have: do the witnesses appear to be related to Eliza?
Also, where was Eliza living when she married? Sometimes those details can offer further clues when researching an ancestor.
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 23:18 BST (UK)
On the 1842 marriage cert you now have: do the witnesses appear to be related to Eliza?
Also, where was Eliza living when she married? Sometimes those details can offer further clues when researching an ancestor.

The handwriting is hard to make out the names.  I think its Isaac ...... and Elizabeth Pith?

It does state they were living at 19 Kent Street?

John James was a Mariner, his father John James was a joiner.

They were married at St Micheals Church in Liverpool,.

Their 2 older children were born in Liverpool, with the first not long after they were married.  The othere were born in Penzance, Cornwall.

It makes sense they married in Liverpool.  They were full age at time of marriage
Title: Re: Eliza Andrew/s
Post by: Pommyrose on Friday 22 April 22 23:23 BST (UK)


William remarried to Ann Randle, widow, 14 Dec 1825.


This would make sense as i have found a census in 1851 with a William Andrew Master Mariner,  wife Ann

I did wonder if he had remarried