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I wonder if anyone, please, has my great grandfather, ABEL BENNETT, on their records.  I can trace him on all the censuses from 1851 to 1901, the last before his death, in Studley, Mappleborough Green, and the local area - but I can't find him in 1841.  He married Harriet Tandy at Studley in 1846, and after her death in 1850 he married her sister Lydia Tandy, at Alcester, in 1852.  Abel was born at Mickleton in Gloucestershire, but I can't trace him in 1841 in either Gloucestershire or Warwickshire.  Abel and Lydia had 11 children, the youngest of whom was my granny, Mabel Bennett.

Grateful for any guidance, thank you.

Bill

I wonder if I could seek further help from Rootschatters, please.

I’ve been trying to find the marriage of Sarah Phillips and William Caldecott, as identified in earlier posts.  It looks as if it was before 1830 if Mary Ann Caldicott, baptised 3.5.1830 at Ebrington, was their first child. That seems quite likely.

On Familysearch I found a marriage between William Collicut and Sarah Phillips at Worcester on 12.11.1829.  Some distance away from home, but not that far - and people did move away to do live-in work such as “in service”. If she’s the right Sarah, she would be 25 if she’s the one bapt in 1804, parents John/Susannah; or 35 if she’s the one bapt in 1794, parents John/Mary.

I think the later date is the more likely, simply because Sarah was very consistent in stating her age in the various censuses.  Apart from 1841 (when ages were rounded down and are sometimes unreliable) the ages she gave all indicate her birth as about 1804.

I wondered what you might think of my reasoning above, and also whether anyone has access to the record of this 1829 marriage in the register.  I can’t find it in GenesReunited - ordinarily I would have a look at Ancestry at our local library but that isn’t possible at present. It might be useful to see who were the witnesses, and occupations etc.

To update those who kindly helped me before, I did get a pdf of the death certificate of William Phillips in Birmingham, aged 32 in 1859 - which we thought might be my man, Sarah’s son.  But there’s nothing else on the certificate (below) that supports the theory, so I don’t yet feel confident about this one.

Many thanks,

Bill

I've been through all the FreeBMD death entries for William Phillips in Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, to find ages at death in the GRO index. 

This confirms that the most likely is the one Ladyhawk drew my attention to, March quarter in Birmingham, 1859, aged 32.  The only other with the age in the 30s is December quarter in West Bromwich, 1859, aged 34, but that  may be stretching his age a bit.

I'm intrigued to know if one of those is right, why was he so far from wife and home?  Working away again? Or a split-up? And why in the workhouse at such a young age - maybe he'd fallen ill, or had an accident at work?

I'm going to order a PDF death certificate for the first one, as my next move.  Maybe the cause of death may give me a clue.

Thanks everyone for your help!

Cheers,

Bill

You are not duplicating - that looks very much like the one!  And probably also that's the first one to explore re his death.  I have to go out now, but I will be checking later and will let you know the result.

Once again, many thanks.

Cheers,

Bill