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I have searched FindMyPast, Anc & FreeCEN for the DOWNER family in 1841 but without success.

Joseph DOWNER m Lucy MARSH in Downton on 10 May 1818, and they went on to have at least 8 children.

The family is recorded in the '51, '61, '71 and '81. Can anyone help me to find them in '41 please?

Bridget BOULDGER m William GRIFFITHS on 21st March 1819 in St Helier, Jersey.

Bridget is described as being ‘of this Parish’ so obviously a resident of some years and known to the officiating clergyman. There is no indication of her age nor if she is single, but there is no widowed ‘Bridget’ in the offing so she probably is single.

The record in the Parish Register is extremely well written, and is not open to any mis-interpretation. In subsequent census returns her birthplace and age are given as:-

1841   Somerset                        40 years – b 1801
1851   Bramford, Kent                49 years – b 1802
1861   St Helier, Jersey, C.I.        67 years – b 1794
1871   St Lawrence, Jersey C.I.   78 years – b 1793

Notes:   (a) There is no sign of her birth in Somerset
             (b) There is no such place as Bramford in Kent, nor is there any trace of her birth
                      anywhere in Kent
             (c) There is no trace of her birth in Jersey, and hers is the only instance of the surname
                      BOULDGER. There are  no baptisms, marriages or burials of anyone with that
                      surname in Jersey between 1790 and 1820.

The only baptism I can find of a Bridget BOULGER anywhere in the British Isles at the relevant time is in Dublin in August 1797 (on Anc) but I'm having great difficulty reading the Register entry. Can anyone help, please? Also, does anyone lay claim to this lady?

In the '51 Census, a birth place is transcribed as Bramford, Kent. I am unable to locate it, and, looking at the original, I can't make it out as anything else. Can anyone help, please?

William & Mary COOKE had at least 4 children:-

John        bap 02.03.1777 in Westleigh
Thomas   bap 07.05.1779 in Westleigh
Margaret bap 18.03.1781 in Bideford
Mary       bap 30.11.1783 in Bideford

Where did William & Mary marry?

The nearest I have been able to find, in time and distance, is

William COOKE m Mary SHEERS in Tiverton on 16.11.1775

All other name-matches I have found from around that time (1777 and earlier) are even further from Westleigh. Can anyone help, please?

Peter GARLAND m Mary MEAN(E) in St Agnes on 27.08.1727

I can find no record of his baptism. Can anyone help, please?