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Hello everyone,

I am hoping someone can help me navigate the brick wall I have come up upon in my family research. My ancestor, Richard Henry Edwards, was born abt 1834-1836 in Redruth, Cornwall according to his marriage certificate - he states his parents as RICHARD + ELIZABETH EDWARDS.
I have been searching the records (in particular the Cornwall OPC) but unfortunately the gaps in the parish records are for the thirty years I really need - ie 1800-1830ish. I have found on the IGI an EDWARDS family who resided in Redruth who seem to match:

Elizabeth Edwards
19 March 1820
REDRUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
father:
Richard Edwards
mother:
Elizabeth
      
Richard Edwards
25 December 1821
REDRUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
father:
Richard Edwards
mother:
Elizabeth
      
Patience Edwards
23 November 1830
REDRUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
father:
Richard Edwards
mother:
Elizabeth
      
Jane Edwards
25 February 1824
REDRUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
father:
Richard Edwards
mother:
Elizabeth
      
Richard Edwards christening:
23 March 1827
REDRUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
father:
Richard Edwards
mother:
Elizabeth

Richard Henry Edwards
11 June 1829
REDRUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
death:
12 November 1829
father:
Richard Edwards
mother:
Elizabeth
      
Richard Henry Edwards
16 February 1836
REDRUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND
father:
Richard Edwards
mother:
Elizabeth

There seems to be four sons born in the family all named Richard, but the first three have corresponding death records for soon after birth. My ancestor is hopefully the last Richard Henry Edwards, born in 1836, which would match with his marriage record here in australia.

Unfortunately, that is where my search has stopped, as there are quite a few RICHARD + ELIZABETH EDWARDS options to continue my line further.
I have found a marriage for a RICHARD EDWARDS + ELIZABETH JOHNS in 1819 in Redruth, which sounds very promising, but on looking it seems that this Richard edwards when he married Jane was apparently on his third marriage (according to other researchers on ancestry) but the marriage transcript on the OPC does list him as a bachelor. Have I made the right connections with the children and this marriage?

The second question is then when was RICHARD EDWARDS and ELIZABETH (POSS JOHNS) born and to whom. They both state OTP on the marriage transcript, but there are only births that I can find quite a lot earlier on, making them older parents - not immpossible, but uncommon in that time. I have found a birth record for RICHARD in 1788 to HENRY + PATIENCE EDWARDS (which fits nicely with the children's names) and one for ELIZABETH JOHNS (if the mother is elizabeth johns) for 1790, parents RICHARD + JANE (again, fits nicely). Their ages then at marriage and births for the children make them a lot older, which would be okay for RICHARD if he was indeed on his third marriage, but the statement of bachelor and spinster leaves some doubts.

I know RICHARD HENRY EDWARDS immigrated in 1847 to SA, AUSTRALIA along with a JANE EDWARDS + ELIZABETH EDWARDS (his sister, not mother) aboard the BRITISH SOVEREIGN.

Can someone have a look and see if there is anything I have missed or any other theories as to whether the RICHARD + ELIZABETH EDWARDS stated on RICHARD HENRY EDWARDS's marriage cert is the one I have found? And are those births the right ones, even though it does make them a lot older?

Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all,

I am struggling to find the death of my ancestor Henry Davy who came with his wife MARY ANN SMITH + family in 1848 aboard the 'Sibella' from Cornwall. Mary Ann remarried in 1853, and Henry + Mary Ann had five daughters the last one Martha Davey in 1851 in Adelaide. This leaves his death to around that time. Can anyone help me at all? I am very very keen to find the names of his parents in particular as there is a lot of confusion around his place of birth and parentage - three possible sets of parents so I would dearly love to narrow it down! I know from his immigration record that he would have been born circa 1810. Thanks in advance Anna