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Dear all,

I have run into a bit of a wall trying to locate the marriage of Joseph Wooster (Worster) and Rebecca ?

I have found the family living in Greater Stanmore, Middlesex in the 1841 census and the christenings of their children as follows;

Joseph Worster age 25 - Ag Lab
Henry Worster age 5 - bapt Jan 29 1837
Charles Worster age 2  bapt 7 Jul 1839
Rebecca Worster age 25
Eliza Worster age 3 - bapt 18 Feb 1838

They are still in Greater Stanmore in 1851, however the name has now changed to Wooster which it remains in subsequent census.
In 1851 and 1861 Joseph lists his occupation as Beer shop keeper and hay dealer and birthplace as Wendover, Bucks
Rebecca is listed as born in Colmworth, Bedfordshire

I think that Rebecca's madden name might have been Hite, there is a Rebecca Hite baptised in Colmworth in 1819, one of 3 illegitimate children of Ann Hite - who's husband had been transported for sheep stealing in 1805- and the IGI has an entry for one of Joseph and Rebecca's later children, Elizabeth who was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire in 1860 where Mother's surname is Hite.

Unfortunately I cannot find a marriage for Joseph Wooster/Worster and Rebecca Hite. The closest I have got is in Paddington, St James as follows

Joseph Wooster of this parish, bachelor, and Rebecca Kile of this parish, Spinster, married by Banns 23 October 1834. Neither were literate.

To add (or maybe not) to my confusion. It is possible that Joseph's parent's were Timothy and Selenor (rhymes with ellenor) and he was baptised in Ellseborgh Bucks (parish next door to Wendover). I have the will of Timothy Wooster which mentions Joseph amongst his children along with a daughter called Ann Allen (a widow). The will was proven on 28 September 1833. The added confusion is that one of the witnesses to the wedding  I have found is Burgess (? unsure of this name) Allen. Since Ann is a widow before 1833 I am guessing that Burgess(?) is her son. Checking the land tax for Paddington showed me that Wooster and Allen lived close to each other, however the only Christian name entry for the Wooster family is Elizabeth Wooster in 1835, not sadly Rebecca or Joseph. Prior to this they are just listed as Wooster.

As you can see I have got into a bit of a mess with this and hope that someone can help me untangle it.

J.

Hi,

Many thanks for clearing up the 1861 census. I confess that I am not very good at deciphering handwriting. I spent ages looking for a Thomas Wills only to find out he was a Wiles and then later that he wasn't part of my tree at all !

Many thanks for your reply,

Hmm, you know it might be limon. Manning married a Sarah Snell and on the certificate this actually looks like Sarah Suell. I hadn't noticed that before!

Sadly I haven't been able to get to Chelmsford records yet, Manning's birth is the only connection any of my current tree has with Essex. Althea was born in Suffolk, Manning married there, and it looks like the Snells and Borleys are a long standing standing Suffolk residents. I guess I could stop off on my next visit to Ipswich, or perhaps pop a research request on roots. I've only just joined so am finding my feet.

J 

Dear all,

My first post here so hope that someone can help me with a conundrum. I am trying to research the parents of Joseph Wooster (Worster, Worcester, Wodster), born around 1813 in Buckinghamshire. On the 1851 and 1861 census he is a Beershop keeper and hay and straw dealer who gives his birthplace as Wendover.  Married to a Rebecca Hite (or Hile or Kile) of Colmworth, Bedfordshire and living in Greater Stanmore, Middx.

Now there are a *lot* of Woosters in Wendover and Bucks but no Joseph close to that date. A correspondent of mine suggested a possible baptism in Ellesbourgh (next door parish) and that his parents were Timothy and Silena. I checked their lead and found;

Joseph Worcester son of Timothy and Elena Bn 18 Oct  1812.

Ok so the mothers name is different, my lead giver mentioned that she had to throw a lot of items out when she moved so the info was from memory. The problem is that I also found

Joseph Worster son of Thomas and Elizabeth Bn Turville, 3 Oct 1813 and
Joseph Wooster son of Timothy and Hester Bn Wendover 6 Dec 1807

The last is a bit too early but the other is a good match, just not in the right place. It's entirely possible that he was born in Turville and then moved to Wendover at an early age or that he was christened in Ellessbourgh and the family lived in Wendover.

Unfortunately I could not find any record of any other children born to either Timothy and Elenor or Thomas and Elizabeth in Wendover. I found one other child to Timothy and Elenor , George, bapt in Ellsesbourgh on 20 July 1817 but none in Wendover. This sort of discounts the idea that he lived in or moved to Wendover unless there really were no more children. (or I missed them  )

There are however many children born to Timothy and Selina Wooster born in Wendover and Timothy and Hester.

Does anyone have any clues as to how I can untangle this?

Many thanks

J.