Christopher POVER

[boats2good]

Desperately trying to find parents of CHRISTOPHER POVER born abt 1803 d 1889 Workhouse weymouth,as paupa sailor.
He married Isabella Elizabeth HARDY 8 Aug 1830 Wyke Regis, Dorset,England.
I believe he had a (possible) half brother THOMAS POVER but cant link them with a fathers name

I have an ELIZABETH POVER as a sister born 1810 died 12 Dec 1839 possible illegitimate.

Bap 12 September 1810 Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England

Death as consuption

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[crisane]

Here he is on the Merchant Navy Seamen register 1835-1941
Name Christopher Pover
Date  of birth 5 June 1803
Place of birth Weymouth Dorsetshire

There is a Thomas Pover on there also but no details other than name and place of birth Weymouth

On the 1861 and 1871 censis and children's baptisms his wife's name is Arabella not Isabella.

[boats2good]

Thank you for the help i guess searching for his Merchant Navy records might show some details of father hoping here lol

[Schoch]

On Familyserch.org there is a Thomas Pover b: 1805 in Melcombe-Regis, mother listed as Ann Pover. It also shows Christopher with his wife Arabella and a few of their children.
Can only find one record of the marriage of Christopher, but that is to an Issabella Hardy 8 Aug 1830 in Wyke Regis (not far from Melcombe Regis).

[boats2good]

Thankyou for the help. Im almost certain Christopher and Thomas are brothers but cant prove it or make the link

[janan]

I think Isabella and Arabella are the same person, probably mistakenly written as Isabella at the marriage. 

Baptised in Wyke Regis 2 April 1815 is  Arabella Elizabeth Hardy daughter of James and Hannah, of Weymouth mariner

Jan

[boats2good]

HI
They are of the same person was a variation threw me 10 left though at first lol

[Milliepede]

Looks like Christopher and Arabella had a son called Thomas Christopher in 1845 so there is a tenuous connection to the name Thomas if nothing else!

The Thomas born in 1805 marries Elizabeth and is a coast guard in Kent in 1861.  Dies in Kent 1883.

[Milliepede]

Elizabeth Pover 1810 mother is down as Sarah Pover so who was the mother of Christopher - Sarah or Ann