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I know that you could leave the workhouse in the evenings and return the next day. That was my thought as well, that she was visiting her father and he'd registered her with him too. He ends up in the workhouse too by 1891. It sounds like they had a pretty sad life.

I have the birth reg. I've been trying to decide if it's worth getting the cert or not. It's probably a good idea I guess because if Ann's father is James then I guess they are the same person.

Hi all,

I'd relly appreciate some thoughts on the following problem. I have been looking for the parents of Sarah Ann Bevis (born c.1841). Sarah Ann tends to call herself Ann.

1901 census: born c.1839 in Fyfield. Living with her daughter, son and son-in-law in Navestock.
1891 census: born c.1841 in Willingale Doe. Living at Ongar Workhouse.
1881 census: born c.1841 in Willingale Doe. Living at Ongar Workhouse.
1871 census: born c.1840 in Willingale Doe. Living at Ongar Workhouse.
All registered under Ann.

I have her daughter Elizabeth's birth cert where she calls herself Sarah Ann.

The only possibility I have for her as a child is as follows:
1851 census: Sarah Bevis, 9 years old, born Fyfield (lodger with a family, along with her brother Isaiah)
1861 census: Sarah A Beeves, 19 yrs old, born Fyfield. (living with her father James and brother Isaiah)
Both in Willingale Doe.

Seems fairly simple except in 1871, there is an entry:
Sarah Beives, 26 yrs old, born Matching Green, livng in Willingale Doe with her father James (whose age and pob are consistent with the James from the 1861 census)

Do you guys think that it's possible that Sarah was registered twice? Once as Sarah and once as Ann, or are these two different women?

Thanks very much in advance.

Caz

Hi Newfy,

Thanks for the heads up
You're right, this part is more legible than the start of the parish.

I'm not sure why my original search didn't find Lewis though 

who knows?!

Thanks again

Caz

Thanks very much guys

I'm glad that it didn't turn out to be too cryptic!!

Caz