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Title: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: tony1945xx on Friday 10 May 13 15:42 BST (UK)

 hello I am looking for Thurza SELF who was born 1814 in Boxford .She married Joseph BOWMAN in Ipswich and lived in Ipswich,really need help finding her parents ,thanks

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: groom on Friday 10 May 13 16:11 BST (UK)

Hi, welcome to Rootschat. Could this be her from Suffolk Baptism Index? If so it looks as if she may have been illegitimate.

Day:19th January 1816
Forenames:Thirsa
Surname:Self
Relationship:Daughter
Father:
Occupation:
Mother:Sarah
St Mary at Elms, Ipswich,Suffolk

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: patrish on Friday 10 May 13 16:15 BST (UK)

Did she marry after 1837 ???  if so there may be a certificate

This might be of some help to you

https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Boxford,_Suffolk

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: groom on Friday 10 May 13 16:20 BST (UK)

Looks as if the marriage was in 1834, Patrish

Thirza Self
Joseph Bowman

14 Apr 1834
St Clements,Ipswich,Suffolk,England

From Family Search

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: tony1945xx on Friday 10 May 13 16:38 BST (UK)

wow you guys are fast!yes unfortunately she married in 1834,most of the census records give her birth as boxford so I have discounted the one in Ipswich,maybe I should look at her again thanks

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: groom on Friday 10 May 13 16:46 BST (UK)

We're only talking about a difference of 14 miles. It could well be that she lived in Bloxford when she was young and so thought that she had been born there. It is such an unusual name that I'd be surprised if there were two children of the same name born about the same time.

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: tony1945xx on Friday 10 May 13 16:54 BST (UK)

thanks for you help,i will take another look at that thirza and see where it goes

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: Suffolk Mawther on Saturday 11 May 13 18:47 BST (UK)

It is possible that Thirza's mum left her with her parents whilst she took a job - often as a domestic servant.  Thirza may have grown up in Boxford not realising that she was from Ipswich originally.

Pat ...

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: tony1945xx on Sunday 12 May 13 10:57 BST (UK)

Yes I think you could be right Pat ,any ideas how I find Sarah who might be the mother,tony

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: groom on Sunday 12 May 13 11:21 BST (UK)

That could be quite tricky. Just looking at Familysearch there are a lot of women called Sarah Self born in Suffolk between 1780 and 1800 ie the right age to be Thirza's mother. It is really a case of working through and trying to eliminate them.

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: Suffolk Mawther on Sunday 12 May 13 12:42 BST (UK)

I used to live in the Boxford Benefice, I have looked at Boxford, Edwardstone, Groton, Little and Great Waldingfield, Hadleigh Heath and Polstead and I can't find any Self families for your time period.

Is it definitely Boxford not Boxted?

Has anyone been able to check Ipswich St Mary at the Elms to see if mum was actually from that parish?

Pat ...

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: tony1945xx on Sunday 12 May 13 13:06 BST (UK)

Ok thanks I better get stuck in then ha ha.

Title: Re: Boxford parish records SELF
Post by: tony1945xx on Sunday 12 May 13 13:12 BST (UK)

hi Pat,according to three census records it is Boxford,so I think iwill have to check all Sarah selfs in Suffolk thanks