Stevenson of Loughborough born 1803

[vivijune]

Many thanks for helping and nice to know your update.

While you're at it would you mind seeing if you can find a father or parents for Elizabeth Rogers just in case we have the correct Elizabeth. When I pull up Elizabeth Rogers she isn't showing any ancestry so I'm hitting a wall.

There's always the possibility her family didn't originate in Loughborough but moved there.

[diddymiller]

confirmed date of marriage:

William Stevenson = Elizabeth Rogers 7/10/1799 L'bor
from index - wil check on fiche.

nothing in indexes at all for Elizabeth Rogers (or any other Rogers) or stevenson. wil check that burial as well.

Diddy

[diddymiller]

no record in 1799 of a burial of William stevenson.

confirmed baptism:
28/12/1772 william s/oJohn & Sarah Stevenson L'bro

Diddy

[diddymiller]

marriage confirmed (may have looked at this before)

William Stevenson = Elizabeth Rogers 7/10/1799 L'boro

were the records you saw on family search extracts (from originals)  or submitted?

didn't find the 1772 william before because not in indices - original not as clear as some.

the 1772 bap fits your death better age = 1771. the 1769 one i found s/o william & Ann just little older.

not sure we can confirm for certain which is yours?

Diddy

[vivijune]

I've been out of touch for a few days so many thanks for doing this sleuth work once again.

Would you mind clarifying..... are you saying it may be hard to sort out which William is ours- John and Sarah Stevenson baptized their child in December of 1772 which matches best with the death record that shows the William who died in Tiverton was born in 1771. Our other option is the William Stevenson/ Ann Jerram birth in May of 1769 which now seems less likely because as you say the christening would have been at age 3 which doesn't seem all that likely. It seems to me, and I'll run this by Prof is we go with John and Sarah as parents. This might also account for the choice of John as a name for the first child of William and Elizabeth Rogers.

I'll check Family Search to see if the records were 'submitted' on that William Stevenson. It seems that his marriage (in 1797) may be in error and also this death (in 1799). Again you weren't able to find either. I didn't come across of death for a William Stevenson in Loughborough in 1811 so maybe that's the correct death record for this other William.
Thanks so much!

[diddymiller]

hi viv, yes thats what i was trying to say    very confusing with so many names alike.

Diddy 

[vivijune]

Prof has ordered the death certificate for the Elizabeth Rogers who married in 1799 in Loughborough and died in Tiverton in 1848. We figure that certificate will give us her age. Since you were unable to find any trace of Rogers in Loughborough, maybe there's a way if we have her age and then her birth year to look at Leicestershire in general and see if we can see a birth in the county rather than the town.

Does that make sense to you?

[vivijune]

Diddy.
Prof obtained the death certificate for Elizabeth Stevenson who died in Tiverton in 1848. Her age is given as 77 years which makes her born in 1771 (same as her husband William.) When I pull up Family Search there are submitted records that vary for the only Elizabeth Rogers that comes up and seem vague on the birthdate as 1776 or 1778. Remember their is a duplicate marriage record also 'submitted' that is clearly wrong.

Did you say you couldn't find any record for a Rogers Family in Loughborough? I'm wondering if now we have the correct birth year of 1771, the records might show father and mother etc.

Thanks again for hanging in with us on this one...

[diddymiller]

looking back at my notes - i checked the index 1791 - 1812 for Rogers/Rodgers (all under one spelling) but not sure what dates i checked for baptism for Eliz,

will be back in prob wed pm. = lots of music lessons tomorrow 

Diddy