Hi everybody,
I'm looking for more informaton about John Edwards.
I don't know his parents names, nor whether he had any brother or sisters.
At death he was married to Catharina, (born Amsterdam 1823, but have no marriage record)
He was a sea captain, died 64 years old in Antwerp/Belgium in 1858. The death certificate (in Durch/Flemisch language) states he lived in America but was born in Falmouth/England.
I could not find my John Edwards in the Falmouth baptism record:
- There is a John Edwards baptised in 1786, which makes him too old in 1858 to be the correct Edwards.
- The John Edwards baptized 1810 cannot be the correct one either (much too young in 1858).
Is it possible my John was born around 1795 but baptized in 1810?
Or perhaps he is born in Falmouth, but baptised in another parish, even somewhere in sussex for example?
Or maybe he is not baptised at all? And/or he moved with his parents to America at a very early age?
Being 64 years old at death means he must be born around 1794. But can we trust the 64 years old mentioned on the death certificate? I don't know where the age info written on the death certificate comes from. Did people those days carry identity papers with birth year?