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Hi,

I'm trying to find a birth record/baptism for a William Heap between 1837-1840 supposedly in Ovenden, Halifax (his birth place on the censuses.)

On his marriage certificate he states that his father is 'Samuel Heap' a labourer. He is stated as being a minor, and this marriage was in 1857 to Ann Veasey in Liverpool.

The most likely William on the census is one who appears to have been probably illegitimate and living with his grandparents James and Mary Heap in Ovenden in 1841/51. Potentially his mother was their daughter Harriet (he named his own first daughter Harriet.)

I've gone through all the William Heaps on the GRO index for this period but have already matched them to a family, and cannot find a baptism at all for a William Heap. Before I contact the Archives in Yorkshire for help, I wondered if anyone on here could help me?

Thanks

Hi there,

I am looking for the details of marriages and baptisms in Brede, Sussex


marriage 1824 James Hicks and Harriet Hutchinson - I'm hoping it will state Harriet is from Hooe?

and baptisms of their children from this date (there should be quite a few)


baptisms of children of William Leaver and Mary from 1829
there should be Mary around 1832
and William Spencer around 1835 ?

Many Thanks,

Annie

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Hi,

I'm looking for the baptism of George Oram born circa 1813/1814 in Cuckfield or Lindfield (place of birth from census.)

I've looked on freereg.org and there's no George Oram baptised in Cuckfield, and the Genealogist supposedly has Lindfield parish registers but there's nothing coming up when I search for him.

Lots of trees on ancestry suggest his parents were Stephen Oram and Barbara Comber. On George's marriage certificate to Eliza Hill(s), he states that his father is Stephen.

I found Stephen dying in 1830 in Cuckfield, aged 41 and marrying Barbara in 1813. If anyone could help me locate George's actual baptism though, that would be great!

William McRoskell was supposedly the father of the following children born to him and Elizabeth Cooper. I cannot find a marriage between the two.

Lois Selina 1863 West Ashford
Rose Ellen 1866 West Ashford
Violetta Anne 1869 Isle of Wight
St Clair Caffyn abt 1870 in Edinburgh (cannot find anything on scotlandspeople.)


Elizabeth went on to marry(?) John Tutt- I cannot find a marriage record.
their daughter Mabel Beatrice Tutt was born 1879 in Winchester.

I cannot find a death for William McRoskell and this is a very uncommon surname. According to his children's marriage records he was a silversmith.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! I'm wondering if he was from another country and anglicised his surname? Or this was just a completely fake name?


Elizabeth appears to be Elizabeth Harriett Cooper born 1841 in East Grinstead, mother's maiden name Caffyn (hence her son St Clair Caffyn McRoskell)

Hi, I'm trying to sort out the confusing number of Bonfield Bryants

Bonfield Bryant and Sarah Shelton had the following children:

Sophia 1829- 1829
William Shelton 1830-1917
Georgiana 1833-1867
Alice Frances 1835-?
John 1839-?
Charles 1842-?


I can't find Bonfield, Sarah and most of the children on censuses.
Bonfield and Sarah Shelton married in 1829.

There's a marriage for a Bonfield to a Sarah Webb in 1827 and a court proceeding regarding how it was a bigamous marriage and I don't know if Bonfield who married Sarah Shelton and Sarah Webb are the same person?


There's lots of records for different Bonfields

Robert Bonefield Bryant b 1737 Ridgemont to William and Anne

Bonfield Bryant m Grace Hawkins 1764

Bonfield b. 1774 to Bonfield and Grace  Southoe

Bonfield Bryant apprentice in records 1794  Eynesbury

Bonfield b. 1799 to Thomas and Alice  Bedford

Bonfield Bryant 'senior' d. 1805 Southoe 

Bonfield Bryant m. Anne Clare 1805 Little Paxton

Bonfield Bryant b. 1807 to Bonfield and Anne  Southoe 

Bonfield Bryant 'junior'. d 1807 Southoe

Bonfield Bryant will 1811

Bonfield Bryant d. 1838 (stated born 1775 on burial record) London

Bonfield Bryant d. 1848 (stated as 48 years) London


I'd love to be able to figure out which Bonfield belongs to which, and also who the parents were of each Bonfield Bryant, and also where Sarah Shelton comes from, and what happened to all of Bonfield and Sarah's children?