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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: ScobieDrom on Wednesday 23 December 15 18:47 GMT (UK)
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The Parish Register of St Lawrence, Alvechurch, Worcester has an entry for the marriage between Thomas Andrus [sic] and Sary [sic] Asson [sic] on 17 May 1762. Both marked. Witnesses were Adam Morris and Ann Asson [sic], who also marked.
Thomas Handrus was later recorded as Thomas Andrews and Sary was later recorded as Sarah.
It seems the cleric who wrote the record did so as he heard it. I have tried looking for Sarah under a number of variations of Asson, with no success.
Does anyone have any idea for the surname of Sarah?
Thanks in anticipation.
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Anderson possibly
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Sary Asson
Sar -y Asson
Sarah I'Anson?
That surname does exist - my niece married into the line.
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I wondered about 'arrison, but I cannot see a birth in Alvechurch at the right time.
Still think there might be a letter at the beginning missing.
Alvechurch batch no is C025492
Mike
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Hasson , Masson ? just guessing.
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Clerics were very well educated ,having to know Latin etc. Would it perhaps be the Parish clerk who would not have had the level of education an ordained Cleric, even a Curate ,would have had.
In my family tree there is a Ferdinand written as "Hardome" ::)Viktoria.
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Asson is a name on its own and is most prevalent in Staffordshire followed by Lancashire and Warwickshire.
Apart from Surrey and Kent it is most common down the left/Irish side of England
http://www.ancestry.com.au/name-origin?surname=asson
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But if it is a mistake I know of a Gasson here in Oz so maybe its that. Looking once again at the name distribution it looks as if where Asson was mildly popular in Kent and Surrey , Gasson is most popular in Kent and Sussex. But it seems to follow a similar pattern as Asson down that Eastern Belt. (with extra counties)
http://www.ancestry.com.au/name-origin?surname=gasson
Maybe the G has been dropped off over time. Not that I know nuffin ;)
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If a letter has been dropped, the most common letter is "H".
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Doing a search with the batch number above (thanks Mazi), I looked for any Sarah's born between 1762 and 1774 (making her between 18 and 30 at marriage). The only likely candidate that I found was a Sarah Jackson, baptised 27 Dec 1769 in Alvechurch, daughter of John and Elizabeth. If you say "Sarah Jackson" quickly a few times, it starts to sound like Sary Asson. And there was an Ann baptised in 1773 to the same couple.
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Do the names of the children of Sarah & Andrew fit with their parentage....a good clue?
Annie
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Hi,
Family search transcription has the grooms name as HANDRUS = Sary Asson, 17th May 1762
Batch No. M02549-2.
Spendlove
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I would just like to say thankyou to everyone who has replied to my original post.
As several of you have suggested a letter may have been omitted at the start of Asson. I made a typo myself. My notes have Thomas Handrus not Andrus.
I should have said that Sarah died and was buried 4 April 1813 at St Lawrence, Alvechurch aged 75. That would have put her birth year at about 1738. I have searched for Sarahs born in Alvechurch about that time without success, hence my original post in this thread.
Again many thanks for all the replies and I would like to wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
Paul.
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I think I have found Sarah Asson baptized to parents Robert Asson and Jane on 27th January 1739 at St Nicholas, Kings Heath, Worcestershire, England.
Many thanks again for the replies.
Paul.
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Sorry, Paul.
In the excitement of my find, I misread the date in your original post as 1792. Oops!
Hope this new discovery turns out to be the right one.
I not you have Ansell in your names, none from Broadway, Worcs by any chance?