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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Somerset => Topic started by: Mike Thw on Tuesday 07 August 18 14:37 BST (UK)
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Abraham appears to have been married twice.
To an Elizabeth (died 1840) probably about 1836/7.
To an Ann before 1830.
Any details of either marriage much appreciated.
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Have you tried here?
https://www.freereg.org.uk/
https://www.familysearch.org/
http://wsom-opc.org.uk/
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Tried all three.
First two do not seem to have the info I'm looking for. :(
I'm getting a 500 Error on the Somerset OPC site. :-\
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Is Abraham the 57 year old widower,ag lab,born Chard,living in Pitminster,in 1851 census?
If so,he and Ann baptised children in Pitminster from 1833.
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In 1841 Abraham, aged 44 ???, is with his father George Shute.
Found most of the baptismal records, but, as usual, they only give the two wives first names.
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Have spent some time scratching around because a man with uncommon names should be easy to find.Have used Archersoftware,Parloc,familysearch again,Somerset OPC don't have a clerk for Chard,then to Ancestry to see if there is anything on George Shute.
A public tree on Ancestry has the following ,with sources,George was born in Pitminster in 1765 and baptised as son of John and Betty,he married Sarah Blackmore on 4 Aug 1800 in Chard.Back to familysearch,Abraham Blackmore,base born son of Sarah was baptised on 15 Nov 1795 in Pitminster.
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Further to my last,Abraham Blackmore married Ann Jefferies on 12 Feb 1821 in Wellington,then Elizabeth Collins on 17 Jun 1830 in Pitminster.
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Those last two replies solve several issues.
Many thanks for your time and effort, warncoort!
Mike