Help required please SEWELL/ABLITT

[DoubleD]

Hi,
Sorry if I am being really thick here, I am trying to find the parents of William George Sewell born 1st July, 1900 and his wife Grace Florence Ablitt born 18th Sept, 1901.
How do I then carry on? I think I may have found a marriage certificate for William and Grace 1922, Oct/Nov/Dec Ips. 4a 2322, but I am not sure if they are the same people, would someone please help me by explaining were I could possibly go from here.
Thank you for your time.
DoubleD

[Ecneps]

If you're sure of his birthdate, I'd get Wms birth cert to find his father's name and occupation and mother's maiden name.  Then find the family in the 1901 census.  Then order the marriage cert but ask the registrar to check parents' details before you buy it.

I can only see the birth details for William George Sewell in Sept Qu 1901 Ipswich 4a 1045, could that be the one?

Barbara

[Tati]

Hi DoubleD,

Grace has a quite uncommon name so the chances are high that the marriage you found is correct.

The only likely birth registration I can see for Grace is:

Florence Grace Ablitt
December quarter 1901
Ipswich Suffolk 4a 1014

If you order the certificate, it will give you her parents' names, including mother's maiden name and we'll be able to trace them on census ...

Are you positive re William's birth year or could it be 1901 instead of 1900   The one birth I see is:
William George Sewell
September quarter 1901
Ispwich 4a 1045

Sorry Barbara !

 

[DoubleD]

Hi,
Thank you for your help.
Two different people have given me the same details of Williams birth, so I don't know what to do.
DoubleD

[Tati]

Hi,
Thank you for your help.
Two different people have given me the same details of Williams birth, so I don't know what to do.
DoubleD

Do these people know anything else (parents names, siblings etc) by any chance? 

[DoubleD]

Hi,
Siblings for William, Mabel, Dolly, Percy and Bert, I have been unable to find these people on the 1901 census, so thought that maybe they were born after the census.
Siblings for Grace, Rose, Kathleen, Len, William and Bert.
I don't know anymore than that, sorry.
DoubleD

[Suffolk Mawther]

The name Ablitt is still common in the south Suffolk area, roughly from Hadleigh to Stratford St Mary and across to East Bergholt.   

Villages that would have come under the Samford and Cosford Hundreds.

SM ...

[Ecneps]

We all know I think that word of mouth can't be relied on, especially with ages.   

There is no birth registered for William George Sewell in 1900, so the 1901 reference looks correct.  If he had been born 1900 he would most likely be on the 1901 census.  The marriage also sounds right to me, can't be many William George Sewells marrying Grace Florence Ablitts

- I would invest in that marriage cert first, then from that, when you know the fathers' names, you can go for the birth certs - but ask the local registrar to check the fathers names before you buy those certificates.

Ipswich register office is at this website
http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/BirthsMarriagesAndDeaths/SuffolkRegisterOffices/IpswichRegisterOffice.htm


Barbara

[DoubleD]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your help.

I have ordered the marriage certificate and now wait in anticipation.

DoubleD