Amberley Baptism Lookup 15/02/1829

[downside]

Hi Folks

I'm looking for some details about a baptism that took place in Amberley 15-Feb-1829.

Ann, baseborn daughter of Harriett Wakeham, Servant of Amberley.

Can tell me what Ann's surname is in the baptism register please?

Is the father mentioned?

Cheers

downside

[Jane Masri]

Hi Downside,
 Firstly, question, where is your information from?
Secondly, the way the registers were written, Ann's surname would have been that of her mother, WAKEHAM & I doubt whether the father would have been mentioned    You could try looking for a bastardy order that Ann might have brought against the father for the upkeep of the child.  They would be at the West Sussex Records Office in Chichester or you could try a search on the A2A site.  There could also be a settlement or removal order in her name.

http://www.a2a.org.uk/

jane

[downside]

Hi Jane

The information has been supplied from 2 sources.

1) An ancestral file on the LDS site has Ann listed with 2 fathers.
2) Private source.

Thanks for your assistance.

downside

PS she seems to be known as Ann West on some documents.
PPS Ann's mother married Thomas Gent a few months after she was born.

[janan]

Hi Downside
I can check the original entry for you next time I'm in the Chi RO as it is on fiche. Not sure when that'll be - sometime in next week or two hopefully.
Jan

[downside]

Hi janan

I've just done a search on a site called FamilyHistoryOnline and she is listed as Ann Wakeham which sort of answers answers my question.  However, I have not clicked to see the entry so I am not sure if she had a middle name i.e. West.

This query is a bit of a muddle as I am getting conflicting information from various sources.  The IGI ancestral search lists her as Ann West.  So it is a real muddle.
Thanks for your offer.

downside

[janan]

Hopefully the original entry will clear up the muddle. Fingers crossed. I'll try to pop in there on Monday/Tuesday as I'd like to know too
Jan

[downside]

Hi janan

I can't remember if Chichester holds Brighton marriages on microfiche or not?

Ann Wakeham (West)  married EDWARD WILLIAM BRABY 10 Jun 1849 St Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex.   I wonder what she put in the father column?

downside

[Jane Masri]

Me again Downside,

I think Janan is going to look-up the baptismal entry for Ann (West) Wakeham in Amberley 1829    The entry in the pr's for her marriage to Edward Braby in Brighton in 1849 will not have the detail you are looking for, you will only get that from purchasing the certificate.

jane

[janan]

Hi Downside
Chi won't have Brighton Records - you will need someone going to Lewes for that. While I'm in the records office I will ask about any bastardy orders involving Hannah Wakeham as well.
Jan