My surname interst, DOWSE/DOUST/DOUSE & STILEMAN

[Carino]

Hello,

If anyone is searching the same surnames as above in the area of Keevil  I would love to hear from you and also not forgetting the surname Jefferies.

I look forward to hearing from you.

[Adrian Smith]

Hi Carino,

I am researching the SMITH family from Bratton.  I have a possible marriage between John Smith [abt 1791] and Mary Doust [abt 1786]

Do you have any information that could confirm this?

Kind regards,

Adrian.

[Carino]

Hi Adrian,

Just before I answer your question, where is Bratton ?  the only places I have for my Doust's are Keevil,  I've just had a look and no, sorry,  I haven't got a Mary Doust or a John Smith.

Try this link below
http://www.doustgenealogy.co.uk

you may find something on there and it will give you some information as to where the Doust originated from.

Good Luck,  sorry I couldn't be of any help.

All the best 

[Adrian Smith]

Carino,

Bratton is a short distance south of Keevil....

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=bratton+wiltshire&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&ll=51.278025,-2.124138&spn=0.10373,0.230713&z=12&om=1

Thanks for the Doust geneology link.  I just found ...
Mary      Doust   Marriage   14   10   1811   John Smith   Bratton   Wiltshire

And also ...
Mary      Dowst   Marriage   14   10   1812   John Smith   Bratton   Wiltshire

 

Adrian.

[dee-jay]

Strange    Neither of those marriages features in Batch Number: M152351 for Bratton Marriages 1542-1837 on the Hugh Wallis site.

There is an LDS member submission in the IGI giving the 1811 date but, obviously, that is suspect.  It might be useful to check if a Bratton Banns Register is extant, because it might record an alternative parish for either of the parties. 

[Adrian Smith]

Phillimore's for Bratton has the marriage in 1811

[dee-jay]

Have you seen the actual entry in PHILLIMORE's for yourself or is it a reference shown elsewhere?

[Adrian Smith]

I have Phillimore's for Bratton on CD

[dee-jay]

That's great, because the next question I was about to ask was whether there was any possibility it was a Quaker marriage.  I assume now that it was an error of omission on the LDS transcriber's part because a search for the actual dates in the LDS batch produced a nil result.  If I were you, I'd post a lookup request for the marriage in the Bratton PR, in order to get details of the witnesses etc.