Wilkins/Dibden Marriage 1837

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Background: My husband would like to look up his great great grandparents and by using the verbal information his father gave him before he died, we have established (we think) that Charles Wilkins who married Caroline Dibden 1837 are who we are looking for. We knew that Charles came from Hampshire, and that they were buried in Purlieu or Beaulieu in Dibden. This my husband knows because his father tried to find their graves and visited the cemetry but we dont know which one he visited.

I have found Caroline Dibden marriage using FreeBMD: Vol 8 Page 309 of Oct Nov Dec 1837, and Charles Wilkins is matched to that record. Now I hope to obtain the info of the parents etc if it appears. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[CaroleW]

1851 census for Totton Eling - all b Eling

Charles Wilkins 35 agric labourer
Caroline   33
Charles 14
George 12
Harriet   10
Ann 8
Edward   5
Henry 2 months
HO107 Piece 1668 Folio 411 Page 59 

In 1861 - they were living in Millbrook and had 2 additional children Thomas aged 7 and William aged 3  RG9 Piece 684 Folio 6 Page 6

From the IGI

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

Caroline Dibden   Christening:  28 JUL 1816   Eling, Hampshire 
Father:  William Dibden    Mother:  Elizabeth Dibden 

You will need to buy a copy of the 1837 marriage cert to establish the name of Charles father

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I am again standing and clapping in admiration for the magic that you and the moderators do for us. My husband is very (in a male understated way) ecstatic with this find. The names confirm with his knowledge & of the places mentioned, esp Millbrook. And, to do the search so late at night for you. Thank you.

[CaroleW]

I had hoped that the marriage would have been on the new IGI website as fathers names are shown - no such luck!!

There is a Charles Wilkins baptism on the IGI in the right year but I'm wary as it's not specifically in Eling

I've just been checking the 1841 for Eling and have Charles and Caroline with their first 3 children but nobody else called Wilkins on the same page - rather hoped they may be near his parents if still living

[feliscatus]

Well done. We are still buzzing with the info you first found, so the rest is a bonus. In New Zealand, the family name has continued, i.e. Charles, Edward, William & Thomas continued to be used by the great grand children of Charles. We also found that 'Dibden' has become 'Debden", so the Charles that died in 1996 in NZ was Charles Michael Debden Wilkins. We have enjoyed tracing the origins of the name to the place etc.

Post script: By the way, Barney is very hansome, we have three felines & at one point ten years ago had 5!! The older & only female is "stately" and asleep beside the computer in the sun.

[CaroleW]

Found this on https://beta.familysearch.org/

Charles Wilkins christened 11.1.1818 Eling Hampshire - parents William & Harriet

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Spot on, Charles has clearly named one of his daughters after his mother - eureka! William and Harriet have to be the same family. I really do need to go and have a coffee, Im loosing the feeling in my legs - we are glued to this unravelling of hubbies family tree like a darn good soap opera.  We have to go and get some air. Big hoorah to you & any felines you may now have.  Even the dogs are now asleep from all the excitement, and the elderly female is not excited because she knew another cat lover would find the info anyway.

[CaroleW]

Same IGI website has the following christenings in Eling with parents William & Harriet

William 2.7.1820
Harriet 16.6.1822
Patience 29.7.1827
Thomas 18.10.1829
Henry 18.8.1833

Patience is a servant in 1841 aged 13 and so is Harriet aged 20 - both in Eling

This is a submitted IGI entry

William WILKINS    Spouse:  Harriet OSMAN    Marriage:  09 APR 1812   Eling, Hampshire 

 

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Have not had coffee yet - but hubby has just seen latest info and said that the name 'Stephen' he has never heard as a 'family' name, but William, Thomas & Edward are very prominant names in the family.