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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Fighaldean Parish Births/baptisms - Elias WHEELER
« on: Sunday 02 November 08 15:11 GMT (UK) »
Hi, If anyone has access to Fighaldean Parish Records I would be extremely grateful for some help. I have a bit of a puzzle I am finding difficult to solve.
I have an Elias WHEELER born in Fighaldean in either 1837 or 1842. He is shown on the 1851 census as living with his grandmother Sarah who is a widow and her daughter Sarah Ann and another grandchild Emily. I am not sure if Sarah Ann is his mother or not but according to the 1861 census she is Emily's mother. All the census records from 1851 onward say Elias was born in 1842 but I cannot find a birth record on BMD. The 1841 census shows grandmother Sarah with her husband Samuel and 4 other Wheelers, one of whom is named Elias born in 1837. As the 1841 census only lists male or female I don't know if all, or any, of these are Samuel and Sarah's children or grandchildren. If it is Elias it would account for why I cannot find a record of his birth.
On Elias marriage certificate he says his father was John! Whether or not S & S had a son called John I am not sure.
Hoping someone can throw some light on this. Many thanks if you can help. Straggs.
I have an Elias WHEELER born in Fighaldean in either 1837 or 1842. He is shown on the 1851 census as living with his grandmother Sarah who is a widow and her daughter Sarah Ann and another grandchild Emily. I am not sure if Sarah Ann is his mother or not but according to the 1861 census she is Emily's mother. All the census records from 1851 onward say Elias was born in 1842 but I cannot find a birth record on BMD. The 1841 census shows grandmother Sarah with her husband Samuel and 4 other Wheelers, one of whom is named Elias born in 1837. As the 1841 census only lists male or female I don't know if all, or any, of these are Samuel and Sarah's children or grandchildren. If it is Elias it would account for why I cannot find a record of his birth.
On Elias marriage certificate he says his father was John! Whether or not S & S had a son called John I am not sure.
Hoping someone can throw some light on this. Many thanks if you can help. Straggs.