My GG Grandmother Mary Ann Challicombe was born in Marylebone Workhouse in 1848. I have a copy of her birth certificate which gives her mother as Kezia Challicombe but no father, which is what I expected really when I realised where Mary Ann was born. About 3 years later Kezia marries a George Kennedy and somehow over the next 20 years they end up living in Cardiff where Mary Ann marries and has children, one of whom is my G Grandmother (another Kezia) whose wedding ring I have and wear all the time. And maybe because of this it's always been a branch of the family that I have affection for, although I have to say I'd given up all hope of knowing who Mary Ann's father was, until last night!
I was going some randon searches on Google and one of the names I typed in was Kezia Challicombe. This gave me one entry, a link to a website showing the family history of the Steer family and a link to an IGI record that shows a baptism in the chapel of Marylebone Workhouse of a Mary Ann Steer with parents Kezia Challicombe and William Steer, the birth date matching exactly to my Mary Ann's birth certifiicate. So I emailed the Steer site owner (which he encourages) to try and see if he has more information about William Steer but my emails keep failing.
So, where can I go from here? I've no idea where William is from or how old he is (he could have been 70 in 1848 for all I know) the only other information I have from later census entries is that Kezia was from Pill in Somerset (no mention of her in 1841) but again she may not have met William there as she was 24 when Mary Ann was born so old enough to have be working away. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated :-)
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