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I am looking for his baptism although I cannot guarantee that he was born in Oxfordshire. However, he married twice and was “of Oxford” on both occassions, once in 1720 and again in 1732. He raised a family with his second wife within the parish of St. Michael, Oxford and they were both eventually buried there.
I do have six of the OFHS parish register cd’s which I will list to save any duplication and wasting your valuable time. oXF-OX03, OXF-OX02, OXF-CN02, OXF-WIT02, OXF-BIC01 and OXF-CN03. These have been very useful and I don’t mind if I have to buy another one, but it would be better if I knew where to look next.
If anyone has some of the other OFHS transcriptions I would be grateful if you could have a look around 1792 for his baptism. It would also help if you could let me know which parish cd’s you have looked at so that I can eliminate them from the search.
Many thanks 😊
PtE

Mary Ann Hope was born on 6th May 1830 at Frittenden Kent. She was still alive in 1851  working as a domestic servant in the household of Alleyne Barker the Reverend of Wouldham, Kent. She was also mentioned in her mothers' Will which was signed 6/4/1850 and proved 21/5/1851. After that I have had no luck in tracing her. I have found half a dozen possible marriages but the possible couples do not feature in subsequent census records, or children born do not have a mother's maiden name of Hope. The grooms details are as follows:-
Joseph Forrest m. Maidstone J1853
James Barker m. Maidstone S1853
Henry Green m. Tunbridge s1860
Philip Deadman m. Sevenoaks D1865
James Wickham m. Sevenoaks D1865
And Jeremiah Enright m. Thanet (Wouldham) 6/1/1850

I have also found a death registration in Thanet 15/9/1861 where the age of the deceased matched my Mary Ann Hope, however, when checking the census records this lady seems to have been born in Cumberland. I don't subscribe to Anc....try, or FindMyPast, so am unable to look at the original records.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as always.

Regards,
PtE

Hi everyone,
I am hoping that someone with a sub. for An....y might look up a Select marriage for me. I am using the Kent board as a starting point because this couple christened children in Frittenden, Robert was buried in Staplehurst, and his widow subsequently remarried in Staplehurst and is buried there with her second husband.
What I haven't been able to find is a marriage for Robert and Martha, nor where they were born.
These events could have taken place anywhere, but, having found a reference in the aforementioned website for a Robert Croucher and Martha Post marriage, it may be worth a look as no details are given to non-members.
On the other hand I may be clutching at straws!

Best regards,
PtE

Hi Everyone,

These are just a few words about my experience today attending a funeral of a special cousin. She wasn't a covid 19 victim, but had died on the 29th February from longstanding health problems. That was typical of her to be awkward as we can only remember her death once every four years!
Anyway, as you are aware, there are restrictions involving funerals, but I have to say things couldn't have turned out better. We had a beautiful day to start with, and although many of "cousins" end of life plans had to be curtailed, one thing that she did request was a white carriage drawn by four white horses, and they arrived complete with bright red plumes on their heads as red was her favourite colour. The handful of mourners walked behind the carriage to the cemetery which is in a lovely area of south east Kent, and the service was held beside the grave to the accompiament of Cliff Richard singing "Constantly " and "Amazing Grace". There was even a pheasant which kept joining in plus a few rabbits scampering about in the background. I know we are all in difficult times, but this experience today shows that we can make the best of trying circumstances and even look back and think to ourselves that our loved ones had a lovely send off.
Stay safe everyone

PtE