completed with thanks Hit a brick wall - Elizabeth BREAKINGBURY

[whdsn]

hi
   I'm doing a family tree on my wife's side and hit a brick wall. on the 1881 census i found this record. ELIZABETH BREAKINGBURY ( windower) 1855 downton wiltshire. she had 3 sons called
  JOHN T 1875 Devon. FRED 1877 hertfordshire and JAMES 1879 andover. i can't find a marriage or death record for BREAKINGBURY. thank you

[groom]

There is a marriage for an Elizabeth Breakingbury 4th quarter 1881 Andover Hampshire Wiltshire 
2C 447.
Possible husbands John Hopgood or James Richardson. Could she have remarried after the death of her first husband?

Jan

[whdsn]

hi jan
          yes she married james richardson. wayne

[groom]

Does that mean you are looking for the death of her first husband? Only 3 on Ancestry and none of them fit!
Jan

[whdsn]

hi jan
         yes marriage or death of her first husband. wayne

[groom]

I've looked on FindMyPast from 1878 to 1881, and cant see any Breakingburys. The only one near it is Henry Breakenbury aged 71 Aylsham second quarter 1881 4B 56, which doesn't look likely.

Perhaps she told a little white lie and wasn't married! Have you sent for her marriage certificate to James as this will probably give her maiden name as well as Breakingbury and her father's name and you may be able to find her first marriage that way.

Good luck

Jan

[whdsn]

thanks jan
                   looks like i have to send away for the marriage certificate wayne

[groom]

I cant see any Breakingbury marriages beween 1870 and 1876 on FindMyPast either. It's a very uncommon name!

I'll be interested to hear if you come up with anything.

Jan

[Little Nell]

May I suggest that you also consider Brackenbury/Brackenberry/Brakenbury etc.

Have you looked under those names at all?

Nell