Is it Holden or Halden? (Completed)

[Suzy W]

Here is one that is bugging me.  Just been into the B.M.D looking for Anne Halden's marriage to George Merricks 1861, this has come up as I thought it should.  But on family search looking for her parents of James Halden and Jane Stanfield, it came up as James Holden.
Would anyone have at hand the baptism of Ann Halden abt 1839?  Hopefully the parents should be James Halden and Jane Stanfield.  Just need a second set of eyes to set me striaght.

Regards
Suzy W

[mshrmh]

Suzy - on StaffsBMD there is a marriage in 1838 of Jane Stanfield & James Holden at Stafford, St Mary. On FreeBMD this appears at Dec 1838 Stafford 17 174 with James Halidew.
I think the original handwriting must have been difficult to read!
http://www.bmsgh.org/staffsbmd/index.html

StaffsBMD also has a birth for Ann Halden in the Stafford sub-district in 1839. This is on FreeBMD as Sept 1839 Stafford 17 121.

[Suzy W]

Hopefully I still have the right spelling for this family.  Seems as if I was right with her parents, a bit of a bug when this kind of thing happens.
But would be grateful to anyone who may have a baptism for Anne Halden, I came across a Annetta Halden for the same year on familysearch and this has made things even more differcult, was her real name Annetta and shortened? 

Regards
Suzy W

[Suzy W]

Hopefully I still have the right spelling for this family.  Seems as if I was right with her parents, a bit of a bug when this kind of thing happens.
But would be grateful to anyone who may have a baptism for Anne Halden, I came across a Annetta Halden for the same year on familysearch and this has made things even more differcult, was her real name Annetta and shortened? 


I have found that it is Halden and been able to go back another 3 generations
Annetta Halden was a cousin to my Ann Halden

Regards
Suzy W

[mshrmh]

Glad to hear of your success

[dazyhg]

Hello - I don't know if I'm intruding on a conversation, but my surname is Halden, I'm from Northamptonshire but apparently am related to Staffordshire (Lord) Holden. This confuses me greatly and I'd love to know more.

Dazy

[Suzy W]

There are many Haldens in Stafford.  Do you know some names of past family members to make the link?
My Haldens I have got back to 1747 to Willaim Halden and wife Greezel Spilsbury, Greezel died young and they only had two children.
No Lords in my lot, just shoe makers, a honest job for normal people.

Regards
Suzy W

[dazyhg]

I haven't traced back my family as far as 1700's, though I know my Grandad is very keen to go to New Zealand to see his relatives out there.. My Grandad (and his father and so on) are/were farmers, and we are related to Halden/Holden's in Staffordshire.

As for a William, My Great Grandad's brother was called William but he would have only been born in late 1800's/early 1900's.

Dazy

[vicgerm]

Suzy, I am descended from William and Greezel Spilsbury through their daughter Kitty/Catherine who married her 1st Cousin John  Halden they had one child Dorothy in Milwich then moved to Brent Pelham in Herts
Would love to know if you are the same,