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Somerset / Re: Hannah Charles
« on: Thursday 06 November 25 12:00 GMT (UK) »
Thank you to all respondents.
Carole: Thanks for drawing my attention to the marriage Cert. I took over this portion of the family tree from a cousin many years ago and had not registered that it was a bit short on sources. I'll follow up on that now.
Osprey : You are correct with the baptism of Margaret and the death of Eliza.
Incidentally, Thomas and Margaret had 12 children in all ; two earlier Margarets dying in infancy. I am fortunate to have a “Family Bible” with all recorded in it !
As a second wife, and without children by Thomas, Hannah had rather escaped our attention but she seems an interesting character and I am trying to fill in some of the gaps. I had rather assumed she had remarried after Thomas's death but had not found the marriage. The one to Thomas Richards certainly looks likely and Carmarthen is not that far from Swansea..So thank you for that and the Admin notice and the Will.
I am still puzzled by the Somerset birthplace name given in the 1851 census. I will follow up the suggestion of Kew Stoke but I am beginning to wonder whether Hannah was "economical with the truth” when dealing with officialdom !
I can see there is more to done on this , so any further suggestions will be most welcome.
Maec
Carole: Thanks for drawing my attention to the marriage Cert. I took over this portion of the family tree from a cousin many years ago and had not registered that it was a bit short on sources. I'll follow up on that now.
Osprey : You are correct with the baptism of Margaret and the death of Eliza.
Incidentally, Thomas and Margaret had 12 children in all ; two earlier Margarets dying in infancy. I am fortunate to have a “Family Bible” with all recorded in it !
As a second wife, and without children by Thomas, Hannah had rather escaped our attention but she seems an interesting character and I am trying to fill in some of the gaps. I had rather assumed she had remarried after Thomas's death but had not found the marriage. The one to Thomas Richards certainly looks likely and Carmarthen is not that far from Swansea..So thank you for that and the Admin notice and the Will.
I am still puzzled by the Somerset birthplace name given in the 1851 census. I will follow up the suggestion of Kew Stoke but I am beginning to wonder whether Hannah was "economical with the truth” when dealing with officialdom !
I can see there is more to done on this , so any further suggestions will be most welcome.
Maec