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Hi I have my Great grans Birth Certificate, and her dad reads John Thomas Gearing. This wasn't her  dad, but her mum put him down as her dad. I know this is my Great Gran's birth, because all her mum's former names match on the birth certificate.

My Great Gran was born in 1874, and John died in 1870, so he wasn't her dad.

When Jessie Gearing married James Measures in 1896, John wasn't the name on the wedding certificate, Henry Gearing a Cabinet maker was?.

John Thomas Gearing had a bother Henry, and I can't find some info on him, can anyone on here find anything for 1871?.

Jessie's mum Ann Witton was a widow so she was Ann Ashley when she married John Thomas Gearing in 1856.
Ann was Ann Witton, her dad William Witton a tailor where I've asked on here before if anyone can find her or her dad, but no one can  .

John and Henry's dad was

William Whinrey (Printer- Compositor) Gearing
BIRTH   1809 London
DEATH  1885 London

married to

Frances Clarke
BIRTH 1810  England
DEATH 1838  Clerkenwell, London

John Thomas Gearing Baptism is.

John Thomas Gearing
Baptism Date   26 Dec 1830
Baptism Place   Clerkenwell St James Islington, England
Father   William Whinrey Gearing
Mother   Frances Gearing

and brother Henry Gearing's is

Name   Henry Charles Gearing
Birth Date   6 Jun 1836
Baptism Date   24 Jul 1836
Baptism Place   St Giles in the Fields, Holborn Camden, England
Father   William Whinery Gearing
Mother   Frances Gearing


This shows they're brothers.

What I've found on Henry Charles Gearing.
 
Aged 5  Henry Gearing is staying with Ann and James Morten. Their child Elizabeth Morten, she is married to William Whinrey Gearing. There dad married twice.

1841 census reads
Henry Gearing
Age   5
Where born   Middlesex, England
Civil parish   Harrow On The Hill
James Morton   48
Ann Morton   45
Henry Gearing   5

in 1851

Henry Cllers Gearing
Age   14
Relation   Son
Father's Name   William W Gearing
Mother's Name   Elizabeth Gearing

1861 others have him married to Ann Frances Clarke aka Fanny.

Name   Henry Gearing
Age   24
Estimated Birth Year   1837
Relation   Head
Spouse's Name   Fanny Gearing

WHERE WAS HE IN 1871 around the time his brother died, and Jessie was born?

1881

Name   Harry Gearing
Age   44
Estimated Birth Year   abt 1837
Relationship to Head   Head
Spouse   Fanny Gearing


1891

Name   Henry C Gearing
Gender   Male
Age   54
Relationship   Head
Birth Year   1837
Spouse   Anne Frances Gearing

for info
Jessies mum Ann now Gearing in 1871 was a widow

Ann in 1871

Name   Age
Ellen Lynch   58  This wasn't her mum, its a census error.
Anne Gearing   34
Denis Lynch   21    Census error.
Emily Jane Gearing   8
Ann T Gearing   5
Mary A Gearing   2
Maria C Gearing   9 Months
Margaret Dixon   65   ??

Ann Gearing's other children were living with John and Henry dad, so the children were split up.

 1871 census where the children were split up.
Name   Age
William Whinrey Gearing   61
Elizabeth Gearing   55
Maria Gearing   28
Francis E Gearing   22
Mary S Gearing   15
Elizabeth A Gearing   10
Catherine M Gearing   6

Ann Witton, Ashley, Gearing went on to marry James Thackerrey, and in 1871 he was still married to his wife.

Can anyone find where Henry was in 1871?

Thank you, Jenny

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Hi Can anyone help find where Ann Witton was born, and where her mum and Dad came from?

Ann Witton was born abt 1832 a census reads Westminster.

Ann Witton Married Charles Ashley in 1853 he died 1854
Ann Ashley then Married John Thomas Gearing in 1856 he died in 1870
Ann Gearing then married James Thackerrey in 1877.

I think Ann sisters were

Mary Witton married to John Thompson in 1849 ( I've just changed this to John where I wrote the name Charles in Error.

Sarah Witton married to Robert Purdy in 1846

then there brother was

Charles William Witton, he married 3 times, i think I've found two.
he married
Susan Norman in 1860
Mary Ann Fleming in 1870

On the wedding certificates they lived at Church Street, where was this?
There dad William Witton is a tailor. One certificate reads Charles William, not William.

The name Purdy signs certificates as if William Witton had died?.

On Google there is a story of  David William Witton b 1788? D 1856 a Merchant. of a firm D W Witton and co.
On the post it reads Church Street. Is this part of my Wittons family?

Any help in finding Ann Witton, and her Dad would be Great, and where did they come from?

Thank you xx