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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Dorset => Topic started by: Rosemary C on Thursday 04 August 05 04:45 BST (UK)
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I am looking for some history on William Henry Wells. He was born in Bath, Somerset around 1851-3 because in the 1891 census he was 38.
The W.H. Wells I am looking for was married to Eva Hannah Fry in Wimborne Minster in 1885. She was born 1866-7. We understood he was an orphan and would like info on his parentage but the marriage certificate showed his father, as being alive. The bridegrom was listed as a Pensioner, presumably from the Army. He was in the Royal Artillery. I cannot find any record of his birth in Bath around this time.
There are several more generations of William Henry Wells after this- we don't know how many there were before him.
We would also like info on Eva Hannah Fry/Wells. She was from a family in Sturminster Newton. Her mother was Hannah Fry ( nee ?) and her father John Thomas Fry from Shroton (Iwerne Courtney).
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Do you still want to know about these families?
The 1861 census shows John and Hannah's eldest child as aged 13, so their marriage will be this one:
Dec 1845 Wimborne
John Fry
Hannah Seller
It may have been a double wedding as the other couple marrying were:
Joseph Seller
Mary Ann Gallop
1841 census HO107/289/7
Sturminster Marshall
Richard Seller, 40+, ag lab, Y
Elizabeth Seller, 45+, Y
Emily Seller, 15, Y
Anna Seller, 13, Y
William Seller, 11, Y
Ellen Seller, 9, Y
Francis Seller, 6, Y
None of the children was at home in 1851, but Eliza P Fry was visiting.
Richard
1851