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« on: Monday 12 October 20 11:09 BST (UK) »
Opinions please - sorry for the long post. Trying to establish if my "thinking" is likely or wishful thinking re the parents of my 3x Great Grandmothers.
My 3x Great Grandparents were Harriet Brailsford (sometimes Brelsford) and Charles Hunter married 5th March 1833 in Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England. On the parish marriage record Harriets parish listed as St Peter at Arches (nearby Lincoln town centre) but all the later census records give her birthplace as Washingborough c1815 so probably working in Lincoln as Washingborough only a couple of miles away. I've traced the line forward to me and verified everything and the Hunter line going back seems ok so far - work in progress. My next task was to establish Harriets parents but I couldn't find a baptism in any of the normal sources. I have been right through the Washingborough parish baptism records on Find My Past from 1793 - 1836 with no sign of Harriet. However only 1 Brailsford / Brelsford family mentioned in those records with 4 Brailsford baptisms the parents all given as Edward and Elizabeth - children were Edward junior 1819, George 1820, Elizabeth 1825 and Charles 1828 (Edward senior died 1827 but possible Elizabeth was pregnant when he died. . . The only marriage I can see between an Edward Brailsford and an Elizabeth is one in Dec 1812 in North Clifton and Elizabeths maiden name is Tindal (poss Tindale) and on census records in Washingborough after Edwards death in 1827 she is listed as being born in South Clifton - there was no church in South Clifton so the North Clifton marriage seems correct. There's a burial for an Elizabeth Brailsford in Washingborough in Aug 1868 age 77 and a burial in Lincoln in 1827 of husband Edward, died in hospital according to the burial register. 2 of Edward senior and Elizabeths children - Edward junior and George, both named a daughter Harriet and my Harriet named a daughter Elizabeth. . Although there's no absolute proof, in your opinion how does my theory stand up to scrutiny that as there only seems to be one Brailsford / Brelsford family in Washingborough Harriet was the eldest child of Edward and Elizabeth and that she just wasn't baptised? Otherwise I'm not sure which direction to go in to establish Harriets parents. Should I follow my gut feeling? Thanks all
My 3x Great Grandparents were Harriet Brailsford (sometimes Brelsford) and Charles Hunter married 5th March 1833 in Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England. On the parish marriage record Harriets parish listed as St Peter at Arches (nearby Lincoln town centre) but all the later census records give her birthplace as Washingborough c1815 so probably working in Lincoln as Washingborough only a couple of miles away. I've traced the line forward to me and verified everything and the Hunter line going back seems ok so far - work in progress. My next task was to establish Harriets parents but I couldn't find a baptism in any of the normal sources. I have been right through the Washingborough parish baptism records on Find My Past from 1793 - 1836 with no sign of Harriet. However only 1 Brailsford / Brelsford family mentioned in those records with 4 Brailsford baptisms the parents all given as Edward and Elizabeth - children were Edward junior 1819, George 1820, Elizabeth 1825 and Charles 1828 (Edward senior died 1827 but possible Elizabeth was pregnant when he died. . . The only marriage I can see between an Edward Brailsford and an Elizabeth is one in Dec 1812 in North Clifton and Elizabeths maiden name is Tindal (poss Tindale) and on census records in Washingborough after Edwards death in 1827 she is listed as being born in South Clifton - there was no church in South Clifton so the North Clifton marriage seems correct. There's a burial for an Elizabeth Brailsford in Washingborough in Aug 1868 age 77 and a burial in Lincoln in 1827 of husband Edward, died in hospital according to the burial register. 2 of Edward senior and Elizabeths children - Edward junior and George, both named a daughter Harriet and my Harriet named a daughter Elizabeth. . Although there's no absolute proof, in your opinion how does my theory stand up to scrutiny that as there only seems to be one Brailsford / Brelsford family in Washingborough Harriet was the eldest child of Edward and Elizabeth and that she just wasn't baptised? Otherwise I'm not sure which direction to go in to establish Harriets parents. Should I follow my gut feeling? Thanks all