Marriage look-up Burchell & Pledge

[Carol Ann A]

Hello to everyone.


I am trying to trace the parents of John Burchell b 1813 Arundel, Sussex.

John married Eliza Pledge on the 21st September 1833, at St Mary's Church, Portsea, Hampshire.

I live in Western Australia and wondered if anyone would be able to look-up the marriage in the church records, I am hoping there may be record of Johns father.

Fingers-crossed someone will be able to help.
Best wishes,
Carol Ann

[Little Nell]

Hi Carol Ann,

Parish register entries at that date do not record the fathers' names: there is no space for them and it was not a requirement. 

Have you found John and Eliza later on in the census at all to see if he was born in Arundel? 

Nell

[Carol Ann A]

Hello Nell and thank-you for your posts.

I do have all the census records for John & Eliza, all show he was born in Arundel, infact I know a great deal about him and his family, but I just cannot find his parents. To add to the confusion, some of John & Eliza's children have the name Summersil alias Burchell on their birth record, and some have the name Fletcher Burchell.

I have found an Ann Burchell b. 1785, in the 1851 census, living in Arundel and housekeeper to a John Fletcher. John Fletcher is a shoe-maker, as is my John Burchell, there has to be a connection here although I cannot verify anything as yet.
I have also found a Henry Burchell, also a shoe-maker, and living in the same street as John, Bond St. Henry was born 1806 in Arundel, and could possibly be Johns brother.

I have found an Ann Summerfield b abt 1779, in the 1851 census, she is described as a "pauper shoe-binder" and also living in Bond St, she was born in Chiddingfold, Surrey.

I am searching through Ancestry.com, but keep hitting a dead-end with all the mentioned names.

Best wishes,
Carol Ann