GILES marriages in Warminster: Is there an Index?

[Philcandy]

Dear Listers

I have recently discovered that at least one member of a family I am researching moved from Wanstrow in Somerset to Warminster in Wiltshire. She is Esther (or Hester) HUMPHRIES who married Benjamin GILES in about 1820, probably in Warminster.

If she was in Warminster when she married, it is likely that her brothers and sisters may also have moved. This would explain why I have been unable to find their marriages in Wanstrow or nearby parishes, despite looking for many years.

The relevant thread is at: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,301708.0.html

I have three questions:
1. Is there any record of the marriage between Benjamin GILES and Esther HUMPHRIES in or about 1820?

2. Is there any sign of the marriage of his son, Benjamin Candy GILES, perhaps to Ann MORGAN, around 1843?

3. Is there any sign of other members of the HUMPHRIES family marrying in Warminster probably in the early years of the nineteenth Century?

Names to look out for are:

Betty (bap 1785)
Mary (bap 1787)
Ann (bap 1789)
Hannah (bap 1791)
Sarah (bap 1793)
Esther (bap 1795 - married Benjamin GILES)
Rebecca (bap 1796)
Benjamin junior (bap 1799 - married Christian GOLLEDGE)

Many thanks indeed for any help with this inquiry. With luck, I could be on the verge of solving a mystery (namely what happened to Benjamin HUMPHRIES and his wife Betsy (nee CANDY) which has perplexed me for thirty years.

Kind regards

Philip Candy

[tazzie]

  Phil .....

  the marriage for Benjamin & Ann....

  1843 q3 Warminster Wilts.

  Benjamin Candy Giles.....  brides   Ann Morgan
                                              or     Maria Colliess
                                              or       Eliza Holton
                                              or     Mary Turner.

                      Tazzie
 

[Philcandy]

Many thanks Tazzie.

I think that the marriage was to Ann MORGAN, given the name in subsequent Census records and an etry on IGI, which mistakenly says the marriage occurred in Yorkshire!!

I am hoping that there might be a transcription of the marriage regsiters which would give extra information such as witnesses' names and the fathers of both parties - especially the bride!

Let's hope someone can help, but many thanks for confirming the year and Quarter.

Kind regards

Philip Candy

[tazzie]

   I can see  1851 HO107/1933 F 227 P 7

  Edward Ashford hd m 45 farmer                   North Brewham
  Ann                    wi m 55 farmers wife           WANSTROW
  HANNAH UMPHRIES VIS U 52                        WANSTROW

  living Eversreech Somerset....... so could Ann Ashford be sister Ann b @1789?


                       Tazzie

[tazzie]

  Have got .....1851 HO107/

  Martha Millard hd un 49 farmer            Wanstow
  Catherine       sis u 42                                d/o
  Anna Maria     sis u 30                                d/o
 MARY HUMPHRIES VIS U 60 ANNUITANT  WANSTOW

  at Frog Lane Farm Wanstow.

  Could she be another one unmarried?

                          Tazzie

[Philcandy]

Hi Tazzie

This is certainly worth following up, although the ages are a bit out of kilter.

I will try to find these people in 1841 and see if that sheds any more light on relationships.

Thanks

Philip

[Little Nell]

Hi Philip,

Benjamin Giles married Esther Humphries 10 Jan 1820, St Denys, Warminster.

Benjamin Candy Giles married Ann Morgan 24 Aug 1843, St Denys, Warminster.  Both parties aged 18.  His father Benjamin Giles, her father John Morgan.

No baptisms listed for any children of Benjamin and Esther in Warminster 

Curiously, another marriage for a Benjamin Giles in Warminster:
Benjamin Giles married Grace Charlton 18 Feb 1823.

Nell

[Philcandy]

Many thanks indeed for this Nell.

It fits perfectly with what I had expected/hoped.

The IGI shows that all the children were baptised in the local Congregational Chapel, so that explains why they're not in the Parish Registers.

Can I ask you who were the witnesses at Benjamin (senior)'s marriage to Esther HUMPHRIES?

Are there any other HUMPHRIES marriages that match the names of Esther's sisters, around that same time (ca 1820) or maybe a little earlier?

Thanks so much once again for your helpful response.

Kind regards

Philip

[Philcandy]

<snip>
Curiously, another marriage for a Benjamin Giles in Warminster:
Benjamin Giles married Grace Charlton 18 Feb 1823.

Nell

This is probably Benjamin GILES who was baptised in Warminster on 26 November 1823 to George and Elizabeth GILES.  Other names in the same family include Eliza (1815); Hannah (about 1820); William (1827) and John (1829).

I suspect that this Benjamin and the other one who married Esther HUMPHRIES in 1820 were cousins.

Best wishes

Philip