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Hello there.
This has been a brickwall of mine for some time.
Benjamin and Sarah lived in Willenhall and Benjamin was a locksmith.
They married at St Peters Wolverhampton in 1788
Children Mary 1789 ,William 1791 ,Stephen 1794 ,Theodosia 1795 ,Charles 1797 ,Sarah 1802 ,John 1805 ,Benjamin 1808,Elizabeth 1810
I can't  find a baptism for Benjamin.

There is a 1758 marriage at Wolverhampton for Benjamin Aynesworth a soldier of this parish and Mary Isaacson .
Surely thy must be his parents.
There is a daughter Catherine buried at Bilston 1767 but no sign of any other children.

Any ideas?

Ciderdrinker

Hello and Good Morning
I'm looking for a Martha Hackwell who married Matthew  Paul in Beaminster in 1805.
She is on the 1841 census with the family.Her birthplace is Dorset but by the 1851 she has died.
I've got her burial which gives a birth c 1775.
There seem to be Hackwells in North Perrott just over the border but no Martha.
Any ideas?

Thank you for any help you could give

Ciderdrinker

Hi
I'm writing a genealogical story and for the sake of the plot I need to ask a question about DNA.
I have two sisters and their offspring ,a granddaughter and a daughter .
So a first cousin once removed.
Would they immediately appear as a close match on a DNA  testing site or could I get away with the match being lower down the list and initially missed?

After all if the two sisters only pass on 50% of their DNA to their children it doesn't have to be the same bit does it?


Ciderdrinker

Hi
Looking at the Smiths of Worcester.
I found William Smith born 1801 at Friars Alley Worcester in 1841.
Living with him is a Bridget Smith born 1813 from Ireland.
I think I've got his baptism 1796 St Martins to John and Lucy Smith.
But no sister Bridget.

William a widower remarries in 1842 to Susannah Mallet at All Saints.
witness is Bridget Craven who goes on to marry John Percival in 1850 at St Clements.
She and her husband are living two doors down from the widowed Susannah Smith on the 1851 census in St Clements St. Bridget is born 1824 Dublin.

So is Bridget Craven/Percival originally Bridget Smith ?  There are 3 possible children but mother's maiden name is Craven.

Who is Bridget Smith born 1813?
Is she William's sister ,daughter ?

Any ideas?

Ciderdrinker

Hi
Anyone fancy a challenge?
I have a James Smith born 1837 in st Ives.
He turns up in Wolverhampton c 1874 as a clock maker ,repairer and meets up with Sarah Moore ,a local girl from Aston Birmingham born c 1844.
There seems to be no marriage but they go on to have 12 children.
In 1911 on the census he is a OAP but also mentions ten years service in the Army as an officers servant.

I can't find anything on that.
There is a possible James smith on the 1841 census son of William and Elizabeth in St Ives.On the 1851 dad William has died and he is with his widowed mother and siblings.The youngest George was born in 1850.If these are his parents then his mother was a Miss Richardson.

Can anyone find anything on James?
It doesn't seem like the records from the parish of St Ives are on line.
Any ideas welcome.

Ciderdrinker.