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Lancashire / 2 DRAKE puzzles (& Suffolk Stray)
« on: Tuesday 10 July 07 23:36 BST (UK) »
First post here.
My gtgtgmother Alitha ANDREWS (b c1813 Barnby, Suffolk) first marriage was to one Robert Henry DRAKE. We do not know when or where. Alitha is alone on the 1841 census in Liverpool and remarried to my gtgtgfather Robert DICKINSON 1 Aug 1842 at St Nicholas, Liverpool. So far so good!
Problem 1: On the marriage cert she gives her name as Alitha ANDREWS DRAKE, (ok, her maiden name + first marriage) but her father as Samuel BEAN (or possibly BEALL) Neither name is found in that area of Suffolk, plus her assumed parents Samuel & Hannah ANDREWS had no previous marriages and are fully documented from marriage to death. Could the marriage cert simply be wrong? Are Banns or Marriage registers likely to give any details which could be cross-checked?
Problem 2: Robert DRAKE & Alitha had a child, Sophia Harriett DRAKE, who died 22 May 1843 aged 2yr 5months. IGI has 3 records:
IGI has 3 x Sophia Harriett DRAKE:
1 chr 29 Mar 1838 d of Robert Henry Drake & Alethea
2 chr 1 Apr 1838 d of James Drake & Harriett
3 chr 20 Dec 1840 d of James Drake & Elizabeth
There is only 1 Sophia Harriett in the 1838 BMD Index, and none in 1840-1841
The 3rd one must actually be Robert & Alitha's?? Again could the IGI record be wrong & is the birth Register (all three are down as St Peter's Liverpool) likely to give any better info (the IGI records are not of the "member submitted" sort
Phew - hope this is all intelligible. Any ideas greatly appreciated. I've got a huge tree bough dependent on the correct attribution of Alitha's parentage, and this marriage cert raises a big doubt
Thanks all
My gtgtgmother Alitha ANDREWS (b c1813 Barnby, Suffolk) first marriage was to one Robert Henry DRAKE. We do not know when or where. Alitha is alone on the 1841 census in Liverpool and remarried to my gtgtgfather Robert DICKINSON 1 Aug 1842 at St Nicholas, Liverpool. So far so good!
Problem 1: On the marriage cert she gives her name as Alitha ANDREWS DRAKE, (ok, her maiden name + first marriage) but her father as Samuel BEAN (or possibly BEALL) Neither name is found in that area of Suffolk, plus her assumed parents Samuel & Hannah ANDREWS had no previous marriages and are fully documented from marriage to death. Could the marriage cert simply be wrong? Are Banns or Marriage registers likely to give any details which could be cross-checked?
Problem 2: Robert DRAKE & Alitha had a child, Sophia Harriett DRAKE, who died 22 May 1843 aged 2yr 5months. IGI has 3 records:
IGI has 3 x Sophia Harriett DRAKE:
1 chr 29 Mar 1838 d of Robert Henry Drake & Alethea
2 chr 1 Apr 1838 d of James Drake & Harriett
3 chr 20 Dec 1840 d of James Drake & Elizabeth
There is only 1 Sophia Harriett in the 1838 BMD Index, and none in 1840-1841
The 3rd one must actually be Robert & Alitha's?? Again could the IGI record be wrong & is the birth Register (all three are down as St Peter's Liverpool) likely to give any better info (the IGI records are not of the "member submitted" sort
Phew - hope this is all intelligible. Any ideas greatly appreciated. I've got a huge tree bough dependent on the correct attribution of Alitha's parentage, and this marriage cert raises a big doubt
Thanks all