William WALKER marriage to Ann ? in 1820s

[ValJJJ]

Slightly off topic but now I'm looking at the son Charles Walker, who married 3 times.  First two wives died very soon after marriage. 1847 to Rebecca Hodge or Hedge in Hardingstone, died in 1850, then Elizabeth Franklin in 1852, then Sarah Taylor in 1854.  I've yet to track all the death dates and  children.

Please would you be able to look up his first marriage as I can't find it on Ancestry?

[ValJJJ]

Charles and Rebecca had one girl in S quarter of 1848, but she died in J quarter 1950 followed by her mother in S quarter.  Wonder if they both had the same illness, or mother died in childbirth.

[rosie99]

Sorry I can only see baptisms at Hardingstone,  Freereg does not have a lot either.

[ValJJJ]

Will see if there's an online parish clerk site.

Add: nope

[rosie99]

Northamptonshire is a bit sparse online I think. 

[ValJJJ]

I found the marriage (Charles Walker/Rebecca Hedge 1847, Hardingstone) originally via FreeBMD, and can see the GRO index from there.

It would be interesting to see the parish register of the marriage too, just for completeness, but seems that will need a trip to the Northants record office at some point. 

[ValJJJ]

Found the parish register record on Ancestry - transcribed as Rebecca Hodge.  Useful because I wondered if she was a widow, but no.

ADD: Also found her baptised with her siblings on the same day in Kislingbury, and on the 1841 census with Thomas, presumably her brother, in Kislingbury.

[ValJJJ]

The parish register baptism record is, all on the same day, on the same line:
Edward & Rebecca & Jane & Tom & daughters of
Thomas & Susan Hedge
Kislingbury. 

Presumably they had not yet given names for the 'daughters' - perhaps they were newborn twins, expected to die so requiring an urgent baptism?  And they had everyone baptised in a job lot?  Perhaps it was cheaper, or the parents found religion?  As this was in 1824, it's hard to find out actual years of birth for each of them, although if they survived until later census years, it may be possible.  I've already found Thomas and Rebecca in the 1841 census in Kislingbury in the same household, but no other Hedges there.

[trish1120]

I see it differently and FreeREG has transcribed as;
Son and Daughters of on the Bapt, so Edward the Son and Rebecca/Jane the Daughters.

1841 Census that you have I presume?
Thomas Hedge   20
Rebecca Hedge   20
Catharine Cory   20

THOMAS CORY* Hedge Bapt 22 Aug 1819 St Luke, Kislingbury to WILLIAM/HANNAH
Father a Labourer