I am trying to find more information about the parents of Rosetta CASSIDY who was born and christened in St Helier, Jersey in Nov 1831. Rosetta married my g-g-grandfather Arthur LANGWORTHY in St Helier in 1857. According to the IGI, Rosetta's parents were Thomas CASSIDY and Catherine LENNON or SIMMONS (I assume the transcriber was unsure of the name).
I have been unable to find Thomas, Catherine or Rosetta on the 1841 census (the online version) and there is no further mention of them, except for Rosetta's marriage, on the IGI. I did find Thomas on the 1815 Muster roll (which is online at
http://user.itl.net/~picus/names/donlist.htm), and wrote off to the Jersey Heritage Trust for more information - here is the response:
I have conducted a preliminary search and was unable to find any further information in the following sources:
1841 Census - St Helier
St Helier Baptisms 1773 - 1789
St Helier Marriages 1795 - 1824
St Helier Burials 1786 - 1822
I checked General Don's Muster and as well as the information you gave me it also listed that Thomas Cassidy had 1 woman, 1 boy and 1 girl in his household. I thought that perhaps if the Thomas CASSIDY named in the muster wasn't "my" Thomas, it might be my Thomas's father, and my Thomas could be the boy in his household. It is still 16 years until Rosetta's birth, and even if Thomas was too young for the muster, he could still have been 13 or 14 in 1815 and therefore could easily be Rosetta's father.
Can anyone suggest a way to progress with this search? Do I need to pay for the Jersey Historical Trust to search further through the parish records for me? Does anyone have information that might help? I was frustrated to find no trace of any Cassidys on the 1841 census - I even searched for just "Rosetta" but no luck!!
Grateful for any advice!!
Thanks in advance
Prue
