Great Oakley/Beaumont cum Moze parish registers/MAYHEW/WYATT

[Jebber]

John's father was definitely Joseph in the PR's, I have double checked, he is also Joseph in all the census returns.

Jebber

[trish1120]

Good luck and let us know the outcome of the M/Cert

[AlexanderFields]

Will do, Trish.

In the meantime, is there anyone with access to the parish records of St Leonard's, Beaumont, who would be kind enough to try and find out

     (a) if Emma Wyatt was baptised there c 1838, rather than at Great    Oakley, and
     (b) if she was buried there in 1930, as her husband was in 1914.

I'm still puzzled that Emma's birth cannot apparently be found in the GRO index, although, as I understand it ,she was born after registration became compulsory (in 1837?). Perhaps she was one of those whose arrival in this world simply was not registered. But, as she lived until 1930, you'd think she'd have required documentary evidence of her existence at some stage in her long life!

Regards to all from AF

[Jebber]

Although registration began in 1837, it was up to the Registrar to go out and collect the information, it was not until 1875 that the onus switched to the parents, with omission punishable by a fine. many births went unregistered in those early years.

Neither my great-grandmother or any of her five siblings were registered, they were born between  1846 and 1863, I have had to rely on the Gt. Oakley PR's  and their baptisms details for their birth information.

Jebber

[AlexanderFields]

Thanks, Jebber, for furthering my education on the subject of Family History. AF