George Green

[axecalibre]

Help please

Am looking for more information on the above.

George Green b1785, occupation Journeyman painter 1810, his wife and children recorded in Bridgewater area, cannot find death record for George
Married to Fanny b 1780, would like to find details of their marriage (in Shefford?)
They had many children, my interest based on Daughter Maria Green, all born Compton cum Shefford, Bedfordshire

Many thanks

[bedfordshire boy]

Sorry, this one seems to have slipped through the net.

I see from an earlier Green thread that you have the baptims of their children in Campton. It seems probable that the adult baptism of George Green on the same day that children of George and Fanny were baptised, is the George that you're looking for, which unfortunately is no help at all in finding his parents.

John Green and Martha were baptising children in Campton at the right time. Might they have missed George? Or were there other Green families in Campton which I can't find as the IGI is a complete mess at the moment. Batch searches don't work. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

I can't find a marriage for George and Fanny - and virtually all Beds marriages pre 1813 are extracted onto the IGI.

Fanny 60 was living with her daughter Maria Thomas in 1841, but no sign of George

David

[axecalibre]

David

Thank you so much for your reply, as you say it is a brick wall, igi always seems a bit hit and miss and takes so long to load, you wish you had never started.

Maybe George and Fanny did not marry!  it is frustrating to know that the information is there somewhere but not accessible.

Again thanks for your help

[axecalibre]

Wonder if I can kick this brick wall and see if an kind RC can help me with finding this family

Many thanks for your interest

axecalibre

[janan]

Hi

Have you got Fanny in 1861? RG9/1618/5 Pg3

She is 81 a widow living with daughter Rebecca Stephens. Fanny's birthplace is given as Hertfordshire, Potten so perhaps she married in Herts? You can check the Allen Index of Herts marriages  here

https://www.hertsdirect.org/ufs/ufsmain?ebz=1_1344373305799

Jan

[Annette7]

In 1851 Fanny is also with Rebecca and family - ref. HO107 - 1923 - 6 - 4 - and this time it gives her birthplace as Hitching, Hertfordshire which I assume should be Hitchin.

Annette

[bedfordshire boy]

I wonder if Potten Herts might be Pirton, just outside Hitchin, only 4 miles across the fields from Campton.

They appear to have married before 1803 when one of their children was born, yet there's nothing on the Allen Marriage Index in Herts nor on the IGI in Beds

David

[janan]

Pirton does sound more likely than Potten End (near Hemel Hempstead), which I was assuming it was, since she said Hitchin in 1851.

Dee how do you know George was born c1785?

Jan

[axecalibre]

Thank you all for searching.

George Green age calculated on death June 1840 Taunton age  55.  BMD. I do not have his death certificate.

I also have George adult christening 10 July 1809 Campton cum Shefford, and again when, I think, another of his children was christened, in 1810 he is noted as Journeyman painter. 

Yes I have Fanny with her children in 1851 and 1861.  Fanny died Bedminster, Wells 1863 aged 83 which makes her DOB 1780.  Have also tried looking for her under name Fanny.

Yes maybe it should be Pirton, but do not have local knowledge so not sure where to look.
Sorry but I got totally muddled with Campton cum Shefford, Hitchin and Potten, knowing which records to access.