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Why do G G Grandparents hide away? I have been able to trace back to them on both sides, but after that the male side cannot be found. I have established quite a lot but they remain a complete mystery.

Could it be that those stories of babies being found at the bottom of the garden are true??

The second one didn't load there I will try and attach it here. Westport 149, St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh.

I now have that copy of the death certificate for Christiana Greves, female age 22years, who died on October 27, 1853, in Newick.

On it she is shown as the wife of William Greves (Groom).  The cause of death is shown as phthisis:

Definition of Phthisis

Phthisis: A good trivia or crossword item. An over-consonanted Greek word meaning "a dwindling or wasting away." Pronounced TIE-sis.

Phthisis is an archaic name for tuberculosis. A person afflicted with tuberculosis in the old days was destined to dwindle and waste away like Mimi, the heroine of Puccini's 1896 opera "La Bohème."

The informant is shown as Sarah Budgen present at the death.

I think that all the little bits and pieces have now been, if not proven, well and truly fitted together, and I have little doubt now that Christiana was indeed my G G Grandmother.

Unfortunately this still leaves the marriage record (if indeed there was one) and birth record of the son William somewhat clouded, but another piece is set solidly in the jig saw.  The search is not over but at least one chapter has closed.   

Thank you all for your kindness and assistance in this matter. It certainly helps to know that such an abundance of help is so readily available.

Cheers from Australia,

Malcolm.     

Hi Valda,

I have tried IGI, Batch Numbers, Sussex Weald, Sussex Family History Society, all to no avail. I have tried to find a member searching for this family on Genes Reunited, again with no success. Can you suggest any other sites that I may be able to search? The Budgen connection is tenuous at the very least and contains a lot of supposition.

Cheers,

Malcolm.

It looks like Sarah Budgen was born 1796 as Sarah Pomphrey in Newick (or Chailey)  the daughter of John and Mary Pomfrey.  In 1823 she married William Harland and they had a daughter Jane b 1824 at Newick. In 1832 Sarah married James Budgen and they had two children – Christiana b 1834 and James b 1836.   Jane Harland assumed the name Jane Budgen for the 1851 Census.

I have sent to the GRO for birth certificate for a male Budgen born 1851 in East Grinstead (maybe this is the one I am after) and the death certificate of Christiana Greves. These will probably take a couple of weeks to get here. It will be interesting to see if they shed any light on the matter.