WALDER Family COWFOLD

[kerryb]

I'm not having any luck finding the marriage of William and Sarah but ordering one of the birth certificates for one of the children will give you Sarah's maiden name which should help track down the marriage.

Kerry

[kerryb]

This could be a complete guess but on the Sussex Marriage Index there is a marriage:

William Walder, bach, botp, by Banns to Sarah Shaw spinster on 17 September 1834 at Brighton.

I found the 1841 census in Cowfold for William and Sarah H0107 1098 11/33 4

William, 25 sheep shearer
Sarah, 25
Sarah, 4
Sabina 1

and a couple of doors away there is a Shaw family!

Kerry

[issywissy]

Many thanks for all those Kerry! Very helpful as i didn't have those dates.
William Walder did marry a Sarah Shaw and that matches what I have too.
I was hoping though maybe to find something on Alice, Sebina's daughter - is there no baptism for her there? Maybe she was baptised in Chichester?

[kerryb]

Hi

The family don't seem to be in Cowfold in the 1860s so unlikely she was baptised there.  I double checked and there is no baptism.  Have you tried the a2a website to see if there is a bastardy bond?

Kerry

[kerryb]

There is a submitted record on familysearch.org for Alice Walder about 1864 to Edward Slater and Selina Walder at West Chiltington.  I'm trying desperately to work out if that is in the Thakeham where they married, area

Kerry

[kerryb]

West Chiltington and Thakeham are neighbouring parishes according to Genuki.com.  However they are not that near to Chichester at all.  I hope you don't mind me asking, what is the evidence that you have that Alice was born in Chichester?

Kerry

[issywissy]

Hi Kerry,
Thats funny I have not come across that record on LDS before. I had searched for Alice Walder & Slater! However even though Edward Slater is mentioned as the father this still doesnt follow as she is named as a Walder and in the census records she is first a his daughter, a Slater (1871) then his step daughter, a Walder (1881)! The only consistent thing is that her birthplace is stated on all census records as being Chichester.
Thanks for your help.
Regards
Issy

[kerryb]

Hi issywissy

I imagine that Edward married Sabrina/Sabine/Selina soon after Alice was born and kindly took her on as his own child, even those days it wasn't that uncomon, I have a couple in my tree.  I wonder then if when Alice was older Sabina told her who her real father was, and he may well have been Henry Hurst.  Maybe she had fallen out with Edward and decided to use Henry's name on her marriage certificate.

I've just realised this is all in West Sussex, I will try the West Sussex online database and see if anything appears.

Kerry

[kerryb]

Actually thinking about it, that could explain why there isn't a bastardy bond, because Edward married her. Hmmmmm

Kerry