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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Oxfordshire => Topic started by: Andro93 on Wednesday 08 May 19 15:47 BST (UK)
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Clara Agnes Budd married John William Godfrey in London in 1877. Various censuses give her place of birth as Faringdon (then in Berkshire). Her father was William, a carpenter. I have had no luck tracing the family in Faringdon!
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I wonder if her Birth was registered?
From Family Search:
Birth
about 1855
Faringdon, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Current
Reason This Information Is Correct
from 1891 census RG27/58
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You probably know this but Clara Agnes Budd married John William Godfrey in Bayswater, London on
16 December 1877. As it has been mentioned before one wonders if her birth was registered.
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No luck with anything either birth or previous census :-\
William Budd could be made up or a step fathers name. She could have been born under another name but Clara Agnes is quite specific combination to look for.
Was she already in London at the time of her marriage (residence at the time)
Any witness names that could lead back to her family?
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Looking for other births to see if they could be siblings
In Faringdon we have
Dec 1859 Rosa Annie Budd
Jun 1861 Lucie Jane Budd
both have two names and mothers maiden name is Payne
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Rosa and Lucie are in Norfolk with father Joseph, a vicar, in 1871, no sign of Clara
Mike
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They are in faringdon in 1861 with parents Joseph, a Curate, and Annie L. Joseph Budd married Annie Louisa Payne in Dec Quarter 1858.
Emeltom
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In 1871 Joseph is married to a Harriett Elizabeth, the plot thickens :)
Mike
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Many thanks to everyone. It does not appear that the birth was registered. The Vicar in Norfolk in 1871 is not the same William. I shall look under Agnes etc! The 1877 marriage register does mention William Budd as father, a carpenter. I will look into him being perhaps the second husband of the mother.
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The marriage to Harriett Elizabeth was in Wallingford in 1866, did he marry his late wife’s sister or cousin.
No nearer to finding Clara, but she surely must have a connection to this family, Maybe one of the wives brought her into the marriage and she took the surname Budd
Mike
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I have found a Clara Agnes Brooker, born Wantage RD in Q2 1860. This would make her just 17 at the time of marriage. I will look for more evidence!
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Clara Agnes Budd married John William Godfrey in London in 1877. Various censuses give her place of birth as Faringdon (then in Berkshire). Her father was William, a carpenter. I have had no luck tracing the family in Faringdon!
Someone was asking the same question on Facebook recently. I looked on the Oxfordshire Family History Society's CD containing Faringdon PRs, but there's no BUDD listed. The churchyard of All Saints has no MI for that name either.
Carol
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Clara Agnes Brooker was in 1871 at Worth in Sussex with her grandparents John and Ann Brooker, both born in Sussex. Clara was said to be born in Childrey, in the Vale of the White Horse. I have not found the 1861 Census. There is no Brooker / Budd marriage on free bmds but I think this is the right Clara. Time will tell. I have good memories of visiting Woolstone.
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Hi the mothers maiden name of the Clara Agnes Brooker was Singer, a Thomas Brooker married an Eliza Singer 1856 Bath and Clara A is on 1861 RG09/736/132/17
Keyboard86
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Many thanks keyboard86 !
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Clara Agness Brooker married Edwin Brinkhurst June.qtr.1877 East Grinstead.
1881 census shows her bc.1860 Berkshire.
Annette
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So. I think we can rule out Clara Brooker!!
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Have you looked at Little Faringdon?
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Hi all
I am having the same problems with Clara Agnes Budd. She was my 2x Maternal Great Grandmother. I have the marriage record showing she marries John William Godfrey in December 1877 and her age is listed as 22. However when you look at subsequent census records 1881, 1891 & 1901 it shows her born around 1858/1859 in Faringdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). But when I looked on gro.gov.uk I can find no records of her, further to this I did find an 1871 Census with a Clara Budd and her father is listed as William Balhatchet Budd but his occupation is listed as priest and on the marriage record of 1877 his occupation is Carpenter and the Balhatchet middle name isn't there. All help greatly appreciated, as I would love to crack this brick wall.
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What mothers maiden name is listed on their children's birth registrations?
Lots of people, ladies and gents both, didn't give their real age at marriage.
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I did find an 1871 Census with a Clara Budd and her father is listed as William Balhatchet Budd but his occupation is listed as priest
She marries in 1882 so not her.
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John was two years older than Clara on the marriage, but he is a year younger on a couple of the census returns.
Death
March qtr 1910 Kensington 1a 111
Godfrey, Clara Agnes
age 54
From others with the same GRO reference, death was probably in the month of March.
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1871 census seems to have a Clara Budd, 23, born Cardiff, a servant in Paddington.
No idea who she might be.
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Very long shot but the residence she gives at time of marriage is
16 Poplar Place
could check that in 1871 to see who was living there.
Marriage St Matthew Bayswater Westminster if that helps locate (not familiar with this area)
Witness names William Peach Elizabeth Wootton
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Think I've found William Peach - he's Bayswater born and bred and marries in the same church in 1870. Can't see any immediate connection between him or his wife and Oxfordshire, so doesn't look like a relative
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Witness names William Peach Elizabeth Wootton
Or Elizabeth Watton? :-\
Think I've found William Peach
No need to worry about him, or the other witness. They were regulars.
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1871 census seems to have a Clara Budd, 23, born Cardiff, a servant in Paddington.
No idea who she might be.
Can't find that Clara on earlier or later censuses or any likely birth in Cardiff area. I have found census information given about servants notoriously unreliable. I don't know if it was the servant who was untruthful about age and place of birth or the employer just guessing at age and not bothering to ask about pob at time of census - just having a vague recollection that the servant said they came from X.
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Well there weren't many Clara Budds around!
The last Godfrey-Budd birth seems to be in 1890. It's possible that Clara was older than she admitted, even to her husband. She seems to have been older than him, anyway.
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The birth of a Clara Agnes Huggins Dunsdon was registered in Wallingford in Q4 1851. Mother's maiden name is blank in the GRO index. She seems to be called Clara Agnes Huggins in the 1861 and 1871 censuses and her place of birth is given as Crowmarsh. Unfortunately there's a very plausible looking death for her in Turville, Buckinghamshire, in August 1877.