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Barbara
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Letitia Forbes, or Barrett?
My GG-grandmother, Ann Mary Burgess, was born in June 1858 in Bethnal Green, Middlesex. Her parents, as listed on the certificate, are Richard Burgess and Letitia Barrett. Letitia was the informant.
Richard was born on December 24, 1815 in Rainham, Kent to Richard (?) Burgess and Fanny Irons, and died on 26 Sep 1880 in Bethnal Green. Letitia was born some time around 1816, in Woolwich, Kent, and died in Edmonton in 1892.
This thread shows the family in various censuses:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,241968.msg1317076.html Note that Letitia's name changes - she is sometimes 'Lydia', and sometimes 'Elizabeth'.
What I can't find is a dead-certain marriage between Richard and Letitia/Lydia/Elizabeth. There is one possible, as well as a range of semi-confusing information. This thread covers all of the relevant details:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,508460.0.htmlFor the sake of completeness here, the key details are:
* There is a possible marriage between Richard Burgess and Letitia Forbes in early 1843. On that certificate, Richard is a paper-stainer, and his father's name is Richard. Letitia is a spinster, whose father is listed as Thomas Forbes.
*The most likely 1841 for Richard shows him with Letitia, a brother George, and a John Barrett. His occupation is given as paper-stainer. On his christening, George's father's name is listed as Thomas.
* On the 1851 census, there is a Richard Burgess, 56, widower, paper stainer, b Maidstone, Kent visiting a house in Lambeth. Whoever he is, he's not Ann Mary's father, as I'm confident that I have that family correct on the 1851. He seems on the young side to be Richard senior, and I can't find him on the 1841.
The things I'm hoping for a little help with are:
* Do you think Letitia Barrett and Letitia Forbes are one and the same?
* If so, can we find anything that helps tie the two names together?
* Alternatively, is there a marriage between Richard and Letitia Barrett that I've flat-out missed?
* If at all possible, tracking down some more information about where Letitia is from. One detail that doesn't change between censuses is that her place of birth is Woolwich, Kent. However, I haven't found anything from Woolwich for either a Letitia Forbes or a Letitia Barrett
* Opinions on the various Burgesses, especially the Lambeth one on the 1851, would also be welcomed.
Thanks so much
