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Missing Woolwich Baptism
« on: Thursday 22 October 15 23:17 BST (UK) »
I am searching for my 3x great grandmother Rose Ann Mcgraa's  baptism in St. Mary Magdalene church in Woolwich, Kent (born 1815). She was later married in 1836 up in Liverpool. I have no idea whether she moved to Liverpool as a young girl or left Woolwich with her husband Stephen Kemp who was a mariner from Kent. i have found no other Mcgraa's for Woolwich on any census forms for the early 1800s. I have found her on all the Liverpool census forms except 1841.
Banks - Wick, Caithness
Dunbar - Co Antrim-Birkenhead-Liverpool
Kemp - Woodnesborough,Kent-Liverpool
Long - Ireland-Liverpool
Clarke - Ireland-Liverpool
Weldon - Dublin-Birkenhead
Thomas - LLandysilio,Anglesey-Liverpool
Roberts -Denbighshire-Liverpool
Spain-Woodnesborough, Kent
Seed - Ballyculter, Co. Down
Graham-Ayrshire-Ballyculter-Liverpool

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Re: Missing Woolwich Baptism
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 22 October 15 23:29 BST (UK) »
How do you know that she was baptised in that church in Woolwich?
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Re: Missing Woolwich Baptism
« Reply #2 on: Friday 23 October 15 00:08 BST (UK) »
I believe St. Peter's was a Catholic Church.

With a surname like McGraa (Irish?) I would expect her baptism to have taken place in a Catholic Church.

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Re: Missing Woolwich Baptism
« Reply #3 on: Friday 23 October 15 13:51 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your replies

St. Peter's in Church Street was a C of E church, the catholic one was in Seele Street.

I have no confirmation of what church she may have been baptised in, I am just trying to rule St. Mary Magdalene's out.

All of her census forms except one state she was born in Woolwich.

So far I have no information on her  parents or siblings (if any).  It's a huge brick wall.

I am also considering whether her father may have been attached to the army barracks in Woolwich  no evidence for this just yet, bit its another avenue to explore,
Banks - Wick, Caithness
Dunbar - Co Antrim-Birkenhead-Liverpool
Kemp - Woodnesborough,Kent-Liverpool
Long - Ireland-Liverpool
Clarke - Ireland-Liverpool
Weldon - Dublin-Birkenhead
Thomas - LLandysilio,Anglesey-Liverpool
Roberts -Denbighshire-Liverpool
Spain-Woodnesborough, Kent
Seed - Ballyculter, Co. Down
Graham-Ayrshire-Ballyculter-Liverpool


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Re: Missing Woolwich Baptism
« Reply #4 on: Friday 23 October 15 16:08 BST (UK) »
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Re: Missing Woolwich Baptism
« Reply #5 on: Friday 23 October 15 19:17 BST (UK) »
I ordered her son Stephen's birth certificate and Rose Ann''s maiden name was the same as her married name, Kemp. This has only made it more confusing. Unless the registrar made a mistake .
Banks - Wick, Caithness
Dunbar - Co Antrim-Birkenhead-Liverpool
Kemp - Woodnesborough,Kent-Liverpool
Long - Ireland-Liverpool
Clarke - Ireland-Liverpool
Weldon - Dublin-Birkenhead
Thomas - LLandysilio,Anglesey-Liverpool
Roberts -Denbighshire-Liverpool
Spain-Woodnesborough, Kent
Seed - Ballyculter, Co. Down
Graham-Ayrshire-Ballyculter-Liverpool