Could this be their child?COMPLETE

[brushbroomstick]

My gr gr aunt Mary Vickers married Bell Benson in Mar qtr 1853 in Cockermouth.
There is the birth of a child Bell Benson reg Sep 1853 and death for this child Reg Mar 1854 in Cockermouth.
Bell Benson snr died Dec qtr 1859 in Cockermouth.
1861 census shows Mary as a widow with 3 children -----
Sarah 7, Joseph 5 and William 2
The only problem is that Sarah's birth registration is in Dec 1853 .
The reg details for the child Bell and the child Sarah are differen being in 2 different qtrs. but the name Bell Benson is not common. Is it possible that both children are theirs?

Irene

[danuslave]

Hi Irene

The only way to be sure is to get the younger Bell Benson's birth certificate   

Given the date & place and unusual name, he is probably related even if he is not their son!

Linda

[Isobelruss]

Theres a baptism

Bell Benson 9 Mar 1854 Bassenthwaite,Cumberland
mother Eleanor Benson no fathers name recorded


theres also
22 Nov 1857 Westward Cumberland
death 27 Jan 1858
parents John and Eunice

[brushbroomstick]

So it isnt such an unusual name after all. I think the baptism of 1854 could be the one I have found born in 1853
Bell Benson had a sister Eleanor who would have been 39 when the child Bell Benson was baptised in 1854. Some of his siblings were born in Bassenthwaite per Family search.

Thank you
Irene