breakingbury-completed with thanks

[whdsn]

hi
   on the 1881 census there is a Elizabeth breakingbury a widower got 3 children john t 1875 - Fred 1877and James 1879 and a lodger James Richardson who she later married in andover 1881. do anyone know who is Elizabeth's first husband was. Elizabeth's first son was born in Devon.

[CaroleW]

Hi

Have you checked freebmd for a Breakingbury marriage and then checked for spouse name Elizabeth?  or checked freebmd for a Breakingbury death in Hampshire just before 1881?

Alternatively, if there is more than one possibility on freebmd  - you could check freebmd for the birth of one of the children and get a copy of the birth cert

[whdsn]

thank you carole
                             i will have a look wayne

[Woody32]

According to the freebmd...John Thomas was born in Dorset

[CaroleW]

1881 has Elizabeth b Wiltshire, John T b Devon, Fred b Herts and James b Andover so the marriage could have been in Wiltshire or Devon/Dorset

The surname is one that's ripe for mis-transcription so I would be inclined to get a birth cert as there are several "Brakenbury" entries on freebmd

[Woody32]

yes...I found A brackenbury married to an elizabeth in Tiverton....that could be a match

Walter Russell Brackenbury
Elizabeth Cochran  in June 1872

[whdsn]

hi woody
                if Walter died between 1879 and 1881, he might be the one I'm looking for Wayne

[Woody32]

A Walter Brackenbury died in Dorking in Surrey in 1880 if thats any help?

but his middle name was langton

[CaroleW]

If you check freebmd - there is no death for a Walter Russell Brackenbury in Hampshire from 1878-1881

You need the birth cert as there are all kinds of possibilities with that surname and until you find Elizabeth's maiden name it will be impossible to match the marriage