London City, East London, W London Registrations

[Sylviaann]

Hello Harriet

If it says that on a death certificate it might not be true that she was born that year or that she was born in London.  I see you have already been looking for this family.

Have you put out a request for an 1851 lookup. I looked at Bethnal Green but could not find her.  1851 is coming on line soon on Ancestry and I believe it is already available on The Genealogist site.  You could also search 1837online.  This is a record of all BMDs but it is a pay site and would not show the fathers name.  You can, when you order a cert, say you only want the cert if the fathers name is correct.  I'm afraid we all have certificates which are not right.

Best to try to find her in 1851.

Sylviaann

[louisa maud]

JMG
Don't rely on the fact you "think they got married", quite often they didn't for no apparent reason, one in my family never married her other half, she had been married but never found out what happened to him, she had at least 10 children with him then up and left him and finally whilst the poor man was in the work house  married someone else.
Also I have one who was a bigamist, she said her husband had died but he was still alive, so although we like to think everyone did the right thing, quite often they didn't, but don't give up

regards

LM

[Kate NZ]

Hi thanks for the reply.Since I first posted this request I have been given ggrannies very large family bible in it it states she was born April 10th 1852 but doesnt state where.
Her death cert states her parents name but that is only as good as the information she has given I realise this
However will keep on looking sometimes these things happenes when we least expect it Once again thank you for your information


Regards KateNX

[louisa maud]

This may or may not be your request

Mary Ann Bowers born Dec qtr 1851 St Geo in East ref 2   124
This needs to be double checked if you are ordering this. I checked on Rootsweb Free BMD'S between 1851 and 1853 and only 1 showed for London

This may be her but father shown as George, the fact he was a wood carver I thought it was worth considering

1861 ref RG9/244 FOLIO 90  PAGE 33 54 Ely St Shoreditch
George 29 head born St Geo in East Wood carver
Mary Ann wife 29 St Luke's
Mary Ann daur 8 St Luke's
George son 6 Spitalfields
Susannah 4 Spitalfields
Edward son 2 Shoreditch

regards

LM

same family shown on 1871, ref RG10/463  FOLIO 25  PAGE 42
Mill Row Shoreditch

minus Susannah and Edward but plus
Jane aged 3
Thomas aged 1
Arthur aged 1

[Kate NZ]

Thank you for that will look into it
Cheers KateNZ