Marriage in Oakley, Bucks

[dmart7]

There seems to be a gap 1790-1813 in the online marriage records for Oakley, Buckinghamshire.  I am looking for the marriage of William HIGGS to Elizabeth (surname unkown) sometime between 1795-1805.  Grateful for any advice.  Already know about marriage in Drayton Parslow (25 miles away), which is not the one.

Thanks

David M

[PaulineJ]

Try contacting the records office to enquire if its absent or simply unindexed.
Or better still, search via their online  catalogue.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BKM/Oakley#ChurchHistory

Pauline

[dmart7]

Thanks - I had seen that, and is partly how I know that the marriages in my period of interest have not been indexed or put online.

[PaulineJ]

the question is, do they (still) exist?

I am 100% certain that either you haven't bothered to go to the records office catalogue to find out, or you didn't read what they had to say about them.

Pauline

[bucksboy]

Yes, there are gaps in Oakley PR's, for the most part, between 1660 - 1716 & 1760 - 1812.

Marriage. (Ancestry - Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812).
Groom - William Higgs
Date:13 Oct 1799
Marriage Place:   Oxford, St Peter le Bailey, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse:   Elizabeth Hawes
Witnesses - Robert Green & Ann Green.

The following taken from BucksFHS. Oakley Transcripts CD.

Burial -  4 Mar 1849.   Elizabeth HIGGS aged 73 of Oakley.
Burial   28 May 1850   William HIGGS aged 75 of Oakley.

Baptism   1 Dec 1799   John son of William & Elizabeth HIGS.
Baptism  11 Aug 1805   Thomas son of William & Elizabeth HIGS
Baptism  17 Feb 1807   James son of William & Elizabeth HIGGS
Baptism  23 Jul 1810   Ruth daughter of William & Elisabeth HIGGS
Baptism  26 Jul 1812   Elisabeth daughter of William & Elisabeth HIGGS

Burial    2 Jun 1813   Elisabeth HIGGS aged 10m daughter of William & Elisabeth of Oakley.

Marriage 22 Jun 1833   by Licence
                       William MCKERROW, Bachelor of St Clement's, Oxford
                       Ruth HIGGS, Spinster of Oakley
                       Witnesses Robert Robertson Charlotte Cooper Henry Fenemore
                       With consent of parents.

Marriage  3 Sep 1836   by Licence
                       Thomas HIGGS, Bachelor of Oakley
                       Elisabeth KIRBY, Spinster of Oakley
                       Witnesses Henry Fenemore Lucy Fenemore 
                       With consent of parents.


Steve.

[dmart7]

Thanks Steve for confirming that the PRs themselves have gaps, as I feared.  I already had all the other Oakley records but don't expect to get to the record office any time soon.  I also had the Elizabeth Hawes marriage as the nearest candidate.  But a marriage in Oakley would be more certain.  The only thing to do for now is to try to prove or disprove the negative - did that William Higgs and Elizabeth Hawes have another life? 

[bucksboy]

1841 census has William Higgs not born in county.  There is a baptism for the right year of birth(according to his burial)...............

Name - Wilm Higs
Mother - Susanna Higs
Father - Joseph Higs
Baptism - 29 Oct 1775 Charlton on Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England. (6 miles from Oakley, 9 miles from Oxford).

Elizabeth Higgs(Hawes)c1775, b.i.c. in the 1841 census.  A single person 100year search for the whole of Buckingamshire is available from BucksFHS for £1.

Steve.

[dmart7]

Thanks again Steve.  Yes I had those too.  And I'd add Elizabeth Hawes born in Worminghall (just two miles from Oakley) in 1775.  But it would have been easier proceed to the next step by establishing whether there was or wasn't a suitable marriage in Oakley.  Unfortunately, it seems that there is no way past that gap.  Without that I could assess the Hawes-Higgs marriage to be possible, even quite likely,  but no more