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Many thanks for that.

I had already concluded the parents given in the death registration were most likely in error for some reason, and that previous thread confirms this, but also mentions the death notice which makes clear that Nellie's children were [just] Jack and Hector, confirming Lillian most likely as a spouse.

But the matter of when & where they married remains, as does what happened to her ...

Many thanks for this - and sorry for the lag in responding to your initial queries, as I have been travelling.

I wish James did have a middle name! But there is no evidence he did.

We do not know how long either James or Nancy may have lived on Jersey, except that he is there at the 1841 census [age 20], and she is on Guernsey. The first son John E was born on Jersey in about 1844, and they were definitely on Alderney by 1849 and the birth of their second son Thomas.

James & Nancy Davey, by then with a third son James as well as John and Thomas [with a bit of scrambling of names], appear in New Town on Alderney for the 1851 census. They moved (apparently permanently) to Guernsey by 1854 for the birth of fourth son George Frédéric, then Joselph Henry, Alfred Lainé and Lydia Hannah. Their last appearance anywhere in the census is on Guernsey in 1881.

I am wondering if anyone is able to point me in the right direction for a marriage registration between 1841 and 1844, most likely on Jersey, between James DAVEY (born Lifton Devon around 1821) and Nancy Marguerite LAINÉ (born either Vale or St Sampsons on Guernsey around 1823, F=Samuel M=Rachel).

At the 1841 census James was [apparently on his own] in St Martin Jersey, and Nancy [with her parents and various siblings] in St Sampson Guernsey.

Their first child John E was born St Peter Jersey 1844. By 1849 [birth of the 2nd child Thomas L] and the 1851 census the family was on Alderney.

Assuming they did marry on Jersey, it is hard to know which parish is most likely? Any assistance would be much appreciated.

I don't think I can help with the line of inquiry relating to Daveys from Brightlingsea/Colchester, but it occurs to me that some of you who know about these things and who are closer to the thick of things (than the Antipodes in my case) may be able to shed some light on another Davey who may have contributed to the original difficulty!

I am trying to trace the Devonian and/or Cornish origins of James DAVEY, who was in St Martin on Jersey at the 1841 census, age 20, born England.

Optimistically, we might assume that he married Nancy Marguerite LAINÉ somewhere in the Channel Is around 1842, before the first of their children was born. Inquiries on Guernsey suggest it was not there. Nancy, according to all the census returns 1841 - 1881 was born on Guernsey around 1823, though there is some inconsistency as to whether it was Vale or St Sampsons.

Their first child John E was born in St Peter, Jersey, 1844. The next two, Thomas L and James Frederick, were born in St Anne, Alderney in 1849 and 1851 respectively. They then moved to Guernsey: George Frédéric 1854, William Robert 1855, Joseph Henry 1857, Alfred Lainé 1860 and Lydia Hannah 1865. As for Nancy, there is some inconsistency from one census to another as to which parish some were born, but the later ones were fairly definitely St Peter Port. At least five of the siblings ended up in Australia.

Finally, at the 1881 census, the place of birth of James DAVEY is given as Lifton, Devon, rather than just "England". But all inquiries in and around Lifton (just spitting distance from the boundary with Cornwall) have so far got me nowhere. Both James and Nancy disappear after the 1881 census, most likely dying in/around St Peter Port. I am hoping that if I ever come across marriage and/or death registrations for James I may obtain just enough additional info to break the deadlock.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find (a) the marriage between James & Nancy ~1842 (b) death or burial of James & Nancy somewhere in the 1880s? Or any other suggestions about how to proceed would be most welcome.

1. Lily Aileen Parrett moved to Sydney around the outbreak of WW2. She still turned up occasionally at family events in Melbourne during the 50s and 60s. She died in Sydney in 1970, though she is buried in Melbourne at Box Hill cemetery with her parents.

2. Jessie Parrett, together with her sisters Clara & Minnie, as "the daughters in England", put an anniversary notice in The Argus 1923-12-19 p13 for their father's death. I have seen no evidence she ever returned to Australia, or married. Best shot I have seen for a possible death registration is 1965, at 93.