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Sarah Speller was my 2 x great grandmother and I have problems in finding her parents.

Sarah Speller married John Speller in Leaden Roding on 27 July 1844.  They were both of full age.  John’s father was Thomas Speller a labourer and Sarah’s was Edward Speller also a labourer.  John was a bachelor and Sarah a spinster.  The witnesses were Joseph Speller (marked) and Eliza Thurley (signed).

I have Sarah in all of the censuses up to her death in 1893 except 1851 when the whole of the Dunmow Registration District is missing.  Her place of birth is consistently stated as White Roding and her age indicates she was born about 1821.  Her age at death in 1893 was 72.

I have not been able to positively identify Sarah in the 1841 census but she may be a female servant in Good Easter.

Despite many searches I have been unable to find a baptism for Sarah with a father named Edward.  I have also failed to find an illegitimate birth that would fit.

There is a family in Leaden Roding in the 1841 census as follows:

Edward Speller 46 Ag Lab
Elizabeth 45
Joseph 15
Mary 13
Charles 9
Susan 3
All born in county.

I have found baptisms for all the children and identified their mother as Elizabeth Stones. Edward married Elizabeth on 23 March 1818 at Leaden Roding.

Given the date of the marriage it is possible that Sarah could belong to this family. 

 I have tried to find a link between Sarah and the family of Edward and Elizabeth Speller

The death certificates of Edward and his wife Elizabeth do not help.  Edward’s son Joseph registered his father’s death in 1857.  Elizabeth died in Dunmow Union Workhouse in 1879 and her death was registered by the Workhouse Master.

Joseph Speller who was a witness at John and Sarah’s marriage could be the Joseph who is the son of Edward and Elizabeth.  Unfortunately, John had a brother also named Joseph.  I have checked the marriage of John’s brother Joseph and the 2 marriages of Edward Speller’s son Joseph.  On each of the documents Joseph Speller made his mark so I cannot compare signatures.

Edward’s daughters Mary and Susan both married.  Sarah did not witness Mary’s marriage in 1855 at Havering or that of Susan who married William Dixon in Moulsham in 1864.

Edward’s son Charles died in 1850 at the age of 18 unmarried.

So, I seem to have come to a full stop.  Can anyone suggest further avenues of research or find a possible baptism for Sarah please?  Edward Speller did not leave a will.

Barbara

Those people are not known to me.

I see the marriage of James Joy was in Yorkshire in 1911.  If I have the right person then his father could not have been born in 1893!  Can you clarify please?  Some aproximate dates and places would also be helpful.

Barbara

You might also like to contact the Newlyn Archive.

https://www.newlynarchive.org.uk/

Barbara

I think these 2 files should help.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8024885

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8017337

Barbara

Wow, what a lot of replies overnight (for me).

I will go through all of them in detail a bit later but yes I have seen the Cenotaph entry. 

I also know a lot about Lancelot and his family as he was my husband's grandfather.  His parents were Kindersley Camillo Montagu Lewin (Monty) and Emma nee Pratt and he died in April 1963 in Ross on Wye.  He and his family had moved to Norfolk in the early 1930s and he moved to Herefordshire after the death of his wife.

Will go over the suggestions this afternoon.

Thank you so much for the help.

Barbara