Hi there, having recived another birth certificate in the post on Tuesday for another one of my GT grandfathers children , this one is Ellinor Durrant born 3rd of Feb in 1870.The maiden name of the mother on this one is listed as Elizabeth Wegg !, but on the one I recieved before xmas it was listed as Wagg !
I have been trying for some time now to find a marriage for my gt Grandfather Henry Durrant, so needed to have the birth certificates of their children for Elizabeths maiden name .
They were all still together on the Norwich cenus for 1871 in St Augustines, and I belive that Elizabeth Durrant died in 1872, asI have seen a death for that name and aged 27 , which would explain why Henry moved on to another Elizabeth -----Raby my Gt Grandmother and he had lots of childern with Elizabeth ! but they never married .
On the 1851 census for Norwich there is a family of Wegg , father Christopher and mother Rhoda , they have 5 children , and one of them is Elizabeth aged 6 in 1851 , could she be the Elizabeth Weg that married my Henry Durrant
?
I have also come across a birth for a Elizabeth Wagg in 1845 July Aug Sept in Norwich , could they be the same person
My other puzzle is this , on the 1871 census for Norwich ST Augustines the Durrant family have 4 children , the last being Ellinor aged 1 , listed as Henrys daughter .
We will now jump to 1881 and Henry is with Elizabeth Raby with 4 chlidren and Ellinor is listed as Weeg and aged 11 ! and there are sons born with the surname of Raby .
There was Ellinor Weeg born in 1869 on the 5th of Oct , to a Rhoda Wegg , no name for father , as I Have that certificate as well , could this be this sister of Elizabeth
??, the Elizabeth on the 1851 census had a sister Rhoda !
I have also come across a death for a Ellinor Wegg in 1887 aged 18 which ties in with 1869 .
Why could it not have been Snith as maiden name ! , Iam I right to go a long with the feeling thats its Wegg not Wagg that I should be persuing
, any ideas will be most welcome , with thanks Janet
