Staffordshire Parish Records

[viva1angel]

Well i am Stumped well and Truly!

I have Done Quite well over the last few weeks.... and now Stuck.

I have a William C Jennings Born in 1835 in tipton in Stafforshire. It Says his parents were Solomon Jennings and Mary. (1841 census found saying they Born around 1816 but i know 1841 census ages were Rounded up or Down.) i have Searched High and Low for this Man But i cannot Find anything.

i have His Solomons marriage to Mary Cramage in in Wolverhampton in 1834.

I cannot Find a trace of Solomons Birth anywhere. i have Checked Wolverhampton parish Records and got nothing.

I am hoping Some Brilliant Lovely person here may be able to see him somewhere i cant

thankyou for any help
emma

[Willow 4873]

Hiya Emma

Welcome to Rootschat!

On the 1851 it has Solomon being born 1812 Tipton

Tipton comes under Dudley not Wolverhampton so you need some kind soul to have a look at Dudley Archives for you

Willow x

[linell]

Could be a Baptist Emma they weren't baptised until they were adults, or some other Non Conformist, they were rife in the BC area, most of my Ancestors were Non Conformist of one denomination or another.  Happy hunting from linell

[Gene Genie]

Just in case you haven't this bapt

WILLIAM CRANAGE JENNINGS  Christening:  19 APR 1835   Saint Thomas, Dudley, Worcester,   
Father:  SOLOMON JENNINGS   
Mother Mary
 Extracted record

There are a few other kids for a Solomon and Mary St Thomas Dudley coming up on the IGI too.

 

[lubylou]

There are no records for Tipton at Dudley Archives, they are held at Stafford Record Office.

[Willow 4873]

Hiya Emma

You could also try here http://blackcountrygob.com/index.php I know people have been helpful doing look ups at the registers if they are going over there

Willow x

[DudleyWinchurch]

Hi Emma,

Tipton comes under the Sandwell Archives area.  The archive is located in Smethwick library.  If I'd known before I went away I could have done a look-up for you.

It's amazing how many Archives we have for such a small area.  I've just got back from a short trip to the Black Country and managed to take in the (catholic) Archdiocesan Archive, Sandwell Archive, Wolverhampton Archive and Walsall Archive - missed out Dudley and Birmingham on this trip as it would have been just too much.

[Willow 4873]

You should have said you were in Wolvo Sheila would have met u for a coffee!

Willow x

[DudleyWinchurch]

Sorry Willow,

I did mean to mention it for lookups too, but the few weeks befor the trip I was poorly with a tooth infection and on lots of antibiotics so ended up not being sure whether I'd even cope with my own lookups.

The high-lights of the trip have to be finding my grand-parents grave at Bilston Cemetery in the rain on Wednesday and then going to a meeting of The Black Country Memories Club at the Holy Trinity Church Club, where I met two second cousins and a more distant relative, for the first time.  It was a great meeting too and I even managed a peek inside the church, which is being refurbished at present.

I came away afterwards feeling like I'd had my very own WDYTYA!
Sheila