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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Wiltshire => Topic started by: kanskar on Friday 01 July 22 21:25 BST (UK)
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Grateful for some Rootschatting assistance please.
James Edwards b 1810 or 1811 Wardour/Ansty, probably baptised at the Roman Catholic Chapel.
Trying to clarify his parentage.
There are several Ancestry Trees which believe that his father was John Edwards from Fovant, however new Rootschatter Atalanta, thinks a more likely candidate might be Stephen Edwards, schoolmaster at Wardour School (RC).
Is his father John or Stephen or someone else?
Atalanta and my wife are descendants of James.
Thanks Kanskar
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When did your James marry?
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14/02/1831 to Sarah Holloway at Ansty.
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Searching the National Archives : Google A2a
Deed of covenant for the production of title deeds from James Edwards of Ansty, Wiltshire to
William Smith of Salisbury, Wiltshire, for a piece of land in Poole.
Date: 3 Feb 1854
Held by Dorset History Centre.
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On Census returns where does William Smith state his place of birth? Any names of witnesses at the marriage.
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???
As there is mention of land in Poole, Dorset
By Googling: Edwards family of Ansty
Wiltshire OPC
Ansty 1800-1849
Items from Newspaper …. Salisbury & Winchester Journal
1823
Married …. On Wednesday last, was married at Ansty, by the Rev P. Bingham, Mr William Edwards of Fontmill Farm, in the County of Dorset, to Miss Jane Turner, of the former place.
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Will of William Edwards, Yeoman of Ansty dated 17 August 1850. Held by The National Archives at Kew.