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Hi all
I would like to know more about the Hannah who died in 1814 age 33. Has anyone got proof that she was mother of Moses and siblings?
Has anyone else considered that Hannah could be an alternative spelling for Anna and a shortened version of Dianna? On some of the christenings between 1796 and 1814 which have occurred at Fovant there is a mother Diana with several spellings and on some there is a mother Hannah but the only marriage is that at Woodford of Francis and Hannah. Some records are submitted and some are extraction of parish registers. I also thought that if mother was already deceased this would have been mentioned on the christening record. Some of those submitted records may have incorrect information eg there is a record saying Francis husband of a Hannah was born c 1784. I think it is the same Francis father of Elizabeth born 1790. I also have a note saying there were 4 Francis Goodfellows in Wiltshire National Burial Index between 1633 and 1837. I have in my notes one born c 1640 who married a Susan or Susanna and died 1714 at Fovant and another born 1686 son of Henry and Mary plus a third who married a Jenny and had a daughter Mary chr and died in 1762. Unless there are a lot of Wiltshire records not on the NBI I think it's unlikely there would be too many more around to be having children at the same time in Fovant. There are quite a few census records for siblings of Moses on this site if anyone is interested and I have gone through the Fovant records quite a lot to piece together the family groups. I am descended from Sarah, first Australian born child of Moses and Jane. Most of the family stayed in NSW but Sarah moved to Qld after marrying at Armidale so our branch is in Qld.
Carmel
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