Dead end City of London 1831

[Oatway]

My GG grandmother Elizabeth Tarrant was born in about 1831 in Lime Street, City of London. She married James Oatway after 1851 and I got her maiden name from their son's birth certificate. I can find no record of her birth line. I think St Mary Axe was the nearest church, so records may have been lost. Any suggestions?

[CaroleW]

Hi

There were no birth registrations prior to 1.7.1837 - only possible entries in parish registers for christenings etc

www.familysearch.org has 2 christening entries for an Elizabeth Tarrant around that time

Her marriage cert should give her fathers name

[Oatway]

Thanks Carole. Sadly the Familysearch references are not my relative and I cannot find their marriage record.

[ShaunJ]

St Mary's church in St Mary Axe was demolished in 1561 and its parish united with St Andrew Undershaft.

[Oatway]

Thanks Shaun. I haven't been able to find any record of her in the St Andrew Undershaft registers at the Guildhall either. Very frustrating.

[rosie99]

Hi

When/where was her first child born, what was their name

Rosie

[Oatway]

Hi Rosie,

Their first child was James Oatway born 18 Dec 1858 Rose & Crown Court, Bishopsgate, registered at St. Botolphs.

[MonicaL]

Hi Oatway

There is a family tree on Ancestry for this line. They show a first born daughter Alice with this info:

Birth 1853 -  1853/2 Witechaple 1c 341
Death 1855 - 1855/4 Whitechaple 1c 215

Haven't double checked these GRO refs but they have included them on the tree so something to work from.

They are also showing a first marriage for James Oatway to an Eliza Muttingley who is showing as having died in 1851. So potential window for marriage is c. 1851-53 perhaps although people did marry after the birth of children so always worthwhile checking after this date.

This tree does not show a marriage date so looks like they have also been unable to find the entry.

Monica

[slyvia]

There is record of
Elizabeth Tarrant
Baptism
21 December 1831
Fathers Name Charles Tarrant
Mothers Name Elizabeth Tarrant
Parish     Marylebone
Borough Westminster
County  Middlesex.

Sylvia