Kerenhappuch Smart

[Indigogirl]

This sounds like a dream name but she's been hard to track down - with a variant every Census (Kerenhap, Keren, Kawen, Karren, Kareem and even Elizth!)

She was b 1814 in Rowley Regis and married James Smart.

I haven't been able to find a birth or marriage record by using Ancestry, BMD, IGI etc.

I'm also unclear about where Rowley Regis was in 1813 - Staffs? Worcester?

I also have a sneaky feeling they may have been non-conformist/Primitive Methodists - based primarily on the names that run thro the family which include Cephus, Job, Jemima, Tryphena, Perlina, Lavinia

Any pointers or suggestions?

There was a researcher a few years ago who posted on lots of forums regarding Kerenhappuch Smart but sadly it appears she has died and her research with her.

[PaulineJ]

start with the earliest census that you hold.
Birth won't be on BMDs; marriage might be at  her dates.

When, where, how old and who with. (name &  age &birthplace)

Pauline

[CaroleW]

Hi

To search for a birth/marriage in parish records you would need to know her maiden name which may be a lot more common than her christian name. 

Do you have a copy of one of the childrens birth certs which will have that info

[Indigogirl]

Karonhappuch Smart b 1813.
 Census1841
- age 27 married to James Smart b 1814/6, Nail maker.
Living New Street, R Regis.
Children Mark Smart age 8, Ann 3, Levina (Lavinia)1
Born Staffs, Rowley Regis

Marriage prob before 1837. Poss 1832+/-2  (son Mark is 8 in 1841)?

Yvonne, the researcher I mentioned, had suggested a bapt  6/4/1824 at St Thomas, Dudley

[Indigogirl]

Thanks Carol,

I don't have a certificate of any of her children yet (I'm trying only to spend where I've exhausted other possibilties - hard times and all that)

I hoped I might be able to find her without a surname (with a lot of trawling) as her given name is unusual.

 

[linell]

If you google Kerenhappuch there are quite a few listings, it is from the Bible, means a beautiful child.  Best Wishes from linell.