Church Family in Wymington, Bedford

[trish1120]

You can see Joseph in the 1881 Census on Familysearch.
With him is his Daughter Elizabeth born c 1825 now Married name WOODING.

Got to sign out soon so if no one else gives you Census details I will tomorrow night.

Trish

[Nad81]

Just working thru your reponses... you are all fantastic!!

However, Sarah Perkins is listed as being aged 24 on the 1851 census, but aged 11 on the 1841 census... ? Can that be an administration error, or is it more likely to be different people?

[Nad81]

Check out the Marriage for Joseph Perkins 1843 on the IGI

Another Gilbert!! All these crossed lines confuse me! (explains why some current family members are so weird tho )

[Nad81]

ok.. I've filled in a multitude more family members now, but... i have come to a standstill at the following person;

John Church (my 7 x great grandfather) was father to Elizabeth Church - born circa 1701 (baptised 14th January 1701) and Samuel/Samuell Church - born circa 1707 (baptised 27th April 1707).

He was married to Elizabeth, but i can find no further details for either of them, nor for any other offspring. I *think* John may have been married more than once... but again, i can't find anything that proves it, or lets me guess confidently.

I also made a note of this entry from familysearch.org;

Possible other son? 
 
Name: John Church
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 10 Dec 1699
Baptism/Christening Place: WYMINGTON,BEDFORD,ENGLAND
Death Date: 13 Feb 1703
Father's Name: John Church
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C06214-2
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 952422
Reference Number:

Many thanks

[johnP-bedford]

As far as I can see a John & Elizabeth Church baptised 6 children at Wymington between 1699 & 1713: John 1699 who died 1703/1704), Elizabeth 1701, Sarah 1704, Samuel 1707, Mary 1710 & Thomas 1713. I cannot find a marriage of this John & Elizabeth in Bedfordshire (as per the IGI) for around 1700 +/- 10 years.

A John Church married Ann Bayes on 29/09/1698 & they were baptising their children there in same timespan as John & Elizabeth.

Going back a generation there is a baptism of John Church on 5/8/1677 in Wymington son of another John & Elizabeth, but is he the one married to Elizabeth or the one married to Ann ?   & again there is no marriage in Beds for this John & Elizaberth.

Access to the Wymington parish records may reveal some more info; there may be banns for the marriages  or the John & Ann marriage may tell you where they were from, if outside the parish. It is one of the parishes I don't have to hand at the moment. As Wymington is on the Beds border the marriages may have been in darkest Northants.

Regards John 

[Nad81]

Thank you

Too many John's and Elizabeth's! lol!!

How would i get access to Parish records? or Banns? Is this something i need to do in person?

I live in Northampton, so if the records are held here, i may be able to go and physically look thru, if that is ever possible to do? I've only ever done my research within the family or online so far, i am pretty naive about the resources available to me to be honest! 

[Nad81]

Google is my friend it appears!

Found a cd of the parish records that i can buy, so i'll do that.

Many thanks again!

[trish1120]

I was not sure that that 1841 Census is correct but just a possibility.
I am going to look at other Census data too see if I can find anything to confirm or negate it.
(my Net is back again so I can do this now)
In the 1841 Census ages were rounded to the nearest 5yrs mostly for adults.

Trish

[trish1120]

1861 Census
High Street,
Wymington, Beds
RG9/952/23/7
Charles CHURCH, 34, Head, Mar, Ag Lab
Sarah, 31, Wife, Mar, Lacemaker
Joseph, 12, Son, Ag Lab
George, 9, Son, Ag Lab
Gilbert, 7,Son, Scholar
Selina, 4, Daug
Lydia, 1, Daug
Sarah Church, 73, Lodger, Widow, Lacemaker
All born Wymington, Beds

Living next door is;
George Day CHURCH, 41, Head, Ag Lab
Cardine, 37, Wife
Sarah, 19, Daug, Unm , Lacemaker


Will try and find Sarah Church (Charles Mother) in 1851.

Notice Sarah Church nee PERKINS (edited) is born c 1830 here.