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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Devon => England => Devon Lookup Requests => Topic started by: genenut on Thursday 09 July 09 11:22 BST (UK)
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I'm hoping someone has access to either a marriage cd for Devon or the books -if there is such a thing in the record office, as we're desperate to find out the maiden name of my 4x gt grandmother Elizabeth Chamberlain.
She married a second time to Thomas Bethell in Bishops Frome Herefordshire in 1820 -both were widowed.
Census records show she was born about 1779 and one says she was born in Ottery St Mary.
We know that she had a daughter Elizabeth Chamberlain from her first marriage, and that she was born about 1809 Exeter, but we can only find submitted records on IGI for a suitable marriage and I'm always wary of these.
We guess that Elizabeth (1779) must have married in Devon and around the 1799 -1809 period, but to who??
There are a fair few Chamberlains in Herefordshire as well and I'm wondering if there is any link?
Can anyone compile a list of Chamberlain marriages for this period of time for me that might fit? I'd be extremely grateful for any help :)
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The Devon FHS has indexed all 500 parrishes' marriages 1754-1837, and you can ask for a search by surname. I would suggest asking for CHAMBERL*N to allow for spelling variants. I'm assuming that CHAMBERLAIN was her married name -correct? See http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/indexes.htm for details.
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Thank you for this, it's a site I've not seen before - I just wish I knew where to start looking for Elizabeth -needle in a haystack comes to mind at the moment!