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Hello,
Samuel Smith (1796-1856) married Mary (c1790-1866). They had a daughter Frances (b.1831 in Chelsea). Samuel's will indicates Frances as his only child.

In the 1851 and 1861 census Mary is recorded as born in Reading or Mortimer. Her birth year through 3 census's and her death cert ranges from 1790 (death) to 1795 (1841 census).

I have looked at marriages in London/Middlesex, Berkshire and Norfolk (where Samuel was born) between 1811 and 1831, and traced the Mary's, but none seem to fit the Mortimer link.

Can anybody advise or suggest some next steps?

Thank you

Andrew
Strathbogie, Australia

Hi,
I am looking at the below Parish register for Peter Wharton buried 20/05/1715.
There is an unusual word that I cannot decipher in the left column. It is against a number of entries throughout the 30 pages I looked at. I cannot seem to find a theme for what it might mean. I think Peter may have been 10 years old, and I think his parents may have been dead and it could mean that - but other entries don't seem to support the theory.



The records are in the below collection from Ancestry.com

London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Tower Hamlets
St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney
1701-1715

Any advice in deciphering the word is appreciated.

Regards

Andrew

Hi,
Catherine Wilkins (nee Price) was born in Ireland (c.1845) and married Job Wilkins in 1875. She appears with him in the 1891 census, and in 1901 he is marked as widower. They lived in Pancras, London.
I have searched death, funeral, burial records, newspapers etc on Find my Past, Ancestry and London Lives. I can find no record or even the suggestion of a record that may explain what happened to her.
I have searched between 1891 and 1901, plus after that time in case "widower" was a euphemism for "she left me"

Can anybody offer suggestions as to where I might look next?

Her story prior to marriage is also somewhat elusive!

Andrew

Hello All,

Isaac Thomas Couchman is becoming somewhat of an obsession for me - and some help, (or shared pain) would be most welcome.

He was born in Lee, Kent in 1796 and died in 1860. He lived latterly in Kensington, London, although he maintained an interest in Lee (1847 electoral registers).
I have much information on his time as a builder in Kensington, and have traced descendants as far as myself.

I think he is most likely the son of William Couchman (1776-1824) and Frances Laurinda Hearnden (1773-1851), because:
1. Frances's father is called Isaac (not a common name) and Williams is called Thomas. That sort of child naming is not uncommon.
2. Frances Couchman (mother, or sister)is witness at marriages of a few of the siblings, including Isaac
3. There are a number of bits and pieces that seem to link Couchmans from Lee, Couchman builders from Lee, Couchmans from Lee who live in the same part of Kensington, and Couchman builders from Lee who built houses in Kensington that they live in.



But without birth/baptism evidence I am reluctant to put that link into my tree.

Most of his likely siblings can be identified as family through local parish registers, as can various marriages etc

Note - he cannot be the son of Thomas Couchman and Fanny Barber, as is common on Ancestry due to clear evidence that two of their other children were born in the same year as Isaac.

Any assistance or suggestions would be most appreciated.

regards

Andrew
Strathbogie, Australia

I am looking for information on the Snelson name.  In particular I have a  William Snelson born c.1793 in (maybe) Lower Peover. Different people on the genealogy sites have linked him and others born at a similar time, their possible wives and their offspring in various ways. If anybody has some clear information about him and his ancestors I would be grateful.
Andrew