My brick wall concerns the maiden name of my gg grandmother, who was born c1786 in Thirsk (if the 1851 census is to be believed, and I have no other evidence to point to an alternative theory). There are baptismal records for two daughters 1822 and 1826 in which her name is given as Esther, but no marriage record has been found to date. To add to the confusion, I have not found a birth record for her husband John Maltby, who had died by 1840 when elder daughter had married. I believe he came from the E Riding of Yorks however, with the surname probably originating from the village of that name.
The reason for posting this note is to see if the 1851 census, which actually has her name as Caster Maltby, might be correct. I had a quick trawl on IGI for people of that name and apart from coming up with a number of male children called Castor (including the splendid Castor Boozer), there is no sign of a female Caster.
There is a very strong likelihood that the census is wrong and the IGI records for the baptisms are correct and that she was in fact Esther, but if there is even the slightest chance that researching the name Caster would be productive, I would do so. Can anyone shed any light?
