Tearing my hair out

[northernsearcher]

Tearing my hair out
I would really appreciate any help with this problem as I really think I am about to tear my hair out!  So here goes, Sarah Davison, sometimes described as Sarah Alice, married Robert Alfred Mullaney in 1885 at the church of St Albans, Heworth, Durham (I have the marriage cert and family photos and evidence to prove this). On the marriage cert. she declares her age as 18 and her father as Andrew Davison a quarryman.  I can find Sarah (who always on subsequent census records declares her birth place as Windy Nook) age 2 on the 1871 census as the daughter of Andrew and Frances E Davison. This seems to fit, but would make her 16 at the time of her marriage not 18.  On the 1881 census she is age 12 and living with her mother and step father, in Windy Nook.  The step father is John Pigget but on subsequent census records he and Francis are Bygate so I think the census enumerator made a mistake there.  I am trying to find Frances E’s maiden name and I thought that if I found Sarah’s birth certificate I could identify Francis’s surname. So here is the problem I have searched Ancestry, Find My Past (including Northumberland and Durham Family History Society records), FreeBMD and Durham Records on Line and I get nowhere! The only record I can find is a marriage between a (MY?) Andrew Davison and a Francis Davison on the 10th of July 1865 which was in the Parish Register for Heworth (from IGI parish register transcriptions 1843 - 1879). But no record of Sarah Alice before she was 2.
So how can I find Sarah Alice’s birth certificate? Did Andrew marry someone of the same name? I really need to be able to get a record of Sarah Alice’s birth to move forward with this – please can anyone help?
Jen

[davidft]

Well this seems to be the marriage reference of John and Frances so if all else fails you could get the certificate and see what it says about her previous marriage state and previous names

Marriages Mar 1878   
BYGATE  John    Gateshead  10a 793   
DAVISON  Frances     Gateshead  10a 793   

[davidft]

I think the explanation of the Pigget name on the 1881 census may be on that sheet there are several families with the Pigget name so either the enumerator copied the name down wrong or else there was something going on amongst the neighbours - it wouldn't be the first time.

Sarah's place of birth on both the 1871 and 1881 census is given as Heworth and on the 1881 census she is down as Sarah Alice
Davison

[Ermintrude46]

deleted, can't count! 

[davidft]

This is possibly the birth registration of Sarah's elder brother that should reveal the mother's maiden name

Births Sep 1864   
DAVISON  Andrew    Gateshead  10a 607

[davidft]

I wonder who this person is

Births Dec 1869   
Davison  Sarah Tucker     Gateshead  10a 680


failing that I see there are a number of Sarah Davidson's born in the Gateshead RD around the 1867-1869 period - it could be one of these is actually Sarah Davison, but which one ?


Ok found out who that was

Deaths Jun 1876 
Davison  Sarah Tucker  6  Gateshead  10a 415

[davidft]

Possible death reference for Andrew freeing Frances to remarry

Name: Andrew Davison
Estimated birth year: abt 1840
Year of Registration: 1875
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 35
District: Gateshead
County: Durham, Tyne and Wear
Volume: 10a
Page: 427

[davidft]

The only record I can find is a marriage between a (MY?) Andrew Davison and a Francis Davison on the 10th of July 1865 which was in the Parish Register for Heworth (from IGI parish register transcriptions 1843 - 1879).

 Interestingly I see the IGI has recorded that marriage as Davidson which could give credence to my theory that Sarah is actually one of the Sarah Davidson's recorded 1867-1869
   
ANDREW DAVIDSON    Marriage  Spouse:  FRANCES DAVIDSON
 Marriage:  10 JUL 1865   Heworth, Durham, England
 Extracted marriage record

Ubfortunately the Heworth, Gateshead records do not appear to be on the familysearch pilot site so its a trip to the Durham record's office or a LDS Family History Centre, or a request to see if someone can do a lookup for you

[momo22]

Hi
On family search is marriage of John Bygate to Frances Davison 7 jan 1878 St Edmunds Gateshead. Clearly indicates that she was a widow with father named as William Davison. does seem she married a Davison