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Australia / What happened to Edwin's wife?
« on: Saturday 30 December 23 17:08 GMT (UK) »
Hello. I'm looking at the Pettitt family for a friend and it has raised several questions. The first one is about Edwin William Wynne Pettitt and his wife, Sarah Aston.
Edwin William Wynne Pettitt was born on 16th Feb 1818 and baptised at St. Martin's, Birmingham, UK on 5th October 1820.
He married as Edwin William Wynne Pettitt (full age) Glazier & Plumber at St. Philip's Church, Birmingham on October 1st 1839 to Sarah Aston, a minor. His father was Charles Pettitt, a Glover.
The next sighting of EWWP is in the 1851 census. He is living with Lucy, his "wife" and two children. I haven't found the children's births yet but I suspect that the eldest at least would be Lucy's by a former relationship as he was born about 1840 only a year after EWWP married Sarah.
I cannot find any marriage for EWWP and Lucy, which begs the question - was Sarah still alive?
EWWP subsequently leaves Lucy and marries Ann Hawker in 1856. So has Sarah now died?
There are claims on family trees (none of which have evidence on the tree - at least on the ones I've seen) that Sarah and EWWP had a son, Edwin Augustus Pettitt born 1845 in Australia.
So and I've finally come to the point is this true and if so did EWWP leave Sarah in Australia or did she die? If Edwin Augustus did exist, what happened to him?
Brie
Edwin William Wynne Pettitt was born on 16th Feb 1818 and baptised at St. Martin's, Birmingham, UK on 5th October 1820.
He married as Edwin William Wynne Pettitt (full age) Glazier & Plumber at St. Philip's Church, Birmingham on October 1st 1839 to Sarah Aston, a minor. His father was Charles Pettitt, a Glover.
The next sighting of EWWP is in the 1851 census. He is living with Lucy, his "wife" and two children. I haven't found the children's births yet but I suspect that the eldest at least would be Lucy's by a former relationship as he was born about 1840 only a year after EWWP married Sarah.
I cannot find any marriage for EWWP and Lucy, which begs the question - was Sarah still alive?
EWWP subsequently leaves Lucy and marries Ann Hawker in 1856. So has Sarah now died?
There are claims on family trees (none of which have evidence on the tree - at least on the ones I've seen) that Sarah and EWWP had a son, Edwin Augustus Pettitt born 1845 in Australia.
So and I've finally come to the point is this true and if so did EWWP leave Sarah in Australia or did she die? If Edwin Augustus did exist, what happened to him?
Brie