George Anthony - Confused !!

[howesd]

Jan,

This baby is recorded as being 8 months old in 1851 on the census -

[jim1212]

If he was 8 months old, there is not a birth record for him.

[groom]

Think I'm going to have to give up on this - run out of ideas! There don't seem to be any more George Anthony's born about that time in Worcestershire apart from one in 1854 also registered Upton upon Severn. He, according to the 1861 census, is the son of an Eliza and James Anthony and his p.o.b is given as Leigh.

Good luck. It would be nice to hear if you ever solve it. I hope he isn't a direct ancestor.

Jan

[howesd]

GORDON BENNETT    !!!!!  hahahah

Thank you for helping - I will let you know -- is it meant to be so stressful I ask myself - I used to love finding my ancestors - hahah!!  ummm !!

[lizdb]

I am wondering if the1848 certificate actually says (or should say) 1843, but badly enterred in the returns to the GRO by the vicar or registrar or whoever, so it got indexed as 1848......

[genenut]

Okay everyone, think I can finally shed some light on this
After  4 hours sat looking at every possible microfilm record -again, for the family. I can confirm that George Anthony's baptism was actually registered twice! Once at Leigh parish Worcestershire, and again at Bransford parish (the parish is known as Leigh with Bransford)
At Leigh it states :
George Anthony, son of Ezekiel and Sarah of Twig Bed, Bransford was baptised by G. Munn on 30 July 1843 (Ezekiel's occupation, Labourer)
At Bransford it states:
George Anthony, son of Ezekiel and Sarah of Twig Bed, Powick (this is just the name of their cottage) was baptised by G.S. Munn on 30 July 1843 (Ezekiel's occupation, Labourer)

I've also double checked George's siblings again, and although most are correct, I've found a bit of a discrepancy with IGI records for one or two.

I also checked the baptism record of George Aspey, as well as every possible death record for Powick, Leigh with Bransford, St Clements Worcester and St John Bedwardine, and nowhere could I find a death of any George Anthony or Aspey/Asprey.

George Aspey Anthony to give him his correct name from the baptism record, was baptised at St Peter Powick, son of Eliza Anthony, single woman, on 24 July 1850.
A personal theory as to why I couldn't find records of his death in 1855 is that he may have possibly been buried in the original Anthony family church at Cotheridge, alas I didn't have time to check those!

As for the birth certificate, I personally feel, now I've seen the double entry baptism for George Anthony 1843, is that because his death certificate, and census records point to him being born in or around 1843, is that the birth certificate is actually wrong. My guess is a printing error or blotched ink, after all it's very easy to  accidently convert a 3 into an 8!

So hopefully problem now solved phew!!

[jim1212]

Where are the living in 1851, and where doe's it say they where born.

[genenut]

Ezekiel, his wife Sarah, and most importantly their son, and grandson, both called George, are living at 'Twig Bed' Powick, Worcestershire. So it all fits in. Their daughter Eliza, the mother of George Aspey Anthony is also there along with a few other of her siblings. Their places of birth also fit in with the baptism records.
I still stand by my theory that the actual Birth certificate is wrongly dated, especially as it is so easy for wet ink, whether printed or out of a pot, to turn a simple number 3 into an 8.
The next step of course is to look at Cotheridge burial records again, and also look at the original birth registrations just to be doubly sure, but as a fair few of George's (1843) siblings don't appear on BMD either, I can only guess that they are one of the many records yet to be transcribed.

[jim1212]

I notice this one,

RICHARD ANTHONY.
Christening, 28 DEC 1845, Leigh With Bransford, Worcester.
Parents:
EZEKIEL ANTHONY.
SARAH.

And this is the closest birth reg I can see,

Births Mar 1845.
ANTHONY    Richard, Knighton, 26, 248.

The same place as,

Births Mar 1844.
ANTHONY    George. Knighton. 26. 227.

The years are right.