Baptism lookup please - Susan AKERS

[Poppy Rose]

Hi Everyone

Hoping someone can help.

My ancestor Susan Akers married Martin Fairbrother on the 5th November 1831 in Walton le Soken.

Susan has been found in four census on FamilySearch:

1851 census - born 1814 Kirby le Soken
1861 census - born 1821 Kirby le Soken
1871 census - born 1821 Walton le Soken
1881 census - born 1808 Walton le Soken

Her age at burial in February 1887 was 74 years.

Some of Susan's birth years are way out and she was not too sure of her birthplace either!

I have tried Kirby le Soken registers on Freereg for Susan but no luck. In fact there appears to be no Akers at all in Kirby registers.

Susan had an illegitimate son Joseph baptised just before her marriage to Martin in 1831. I am wondering if she too may have been illegitimate.

Thank you 

[DORAN54]

hi there is a tree on another site

susan akers born 1811 kirby le soken  died 1887 walton on maze
father  william  akers born 1785 mother elizabeth  ? 1785

husband martin fairbrother they married 5 nov 1831 he was born 1808 died 1913
 children  joseph  akers1831-1913
william fairbrother1833-1834
amelia           "     1835-1902
elizabeth      "       1837-
henry            "      1841-1842
john              "     1843 -1901
william                  1845-
simon                   1848-
charles martin       1850-
emily                    1953-
ann                       1855-

[Poppy Rose]

Thank you for finding the information Doran54. 
It looks interesting.

The only thing is if there is only a birth for Susan and no baptism where would the parents names have been obtained?

The marriage of Susan is too early for a father's name to be on it. Perhaps her parents were living with the Fairbrother family in one of the census.

Hoping someone can help with this.

[vabbott]

Hi Everyone

Hoping someone can help.

My ancestor Susan Akers married Martin Fairbrother on the 5th November 1831 in Walton le Soken.

Susan has been found in four census on FamilySearch:

1851 census - born 1814 Kirby le Soken
1861 census - born 1821 Kirby le Soken
1871 census - born 1821 Walton le Soken
1881 census - born 1808 Walton le Soken

Her age at burial in February 1887 was 74 years.

Some of Susan's birth years are way out and she was not too sure of her birthplace either!
Hi
On one of the trees on another site they had William H Akers son of Isaac Akers and Anne Wallington born in Walton on naze You could try looking back on walton records If you have a definite place that you want looked up let me know and I will look in colchester library for you on their fiches
Ronnie

I have tried Kirby le Soken registers on Freereg for Susan but no luck. In fact there appears to be no Akers at all in Kirby registers.

Susan had an illegitimate son Joseph baptised just before her marriage to Martin in 1831. I am wondering if she too may have been illegitimate.

Thank you 

[trish1120]

Joseph AKERS was christened 20 July 1834, Southminster, Essex to SUSAN Akers
This is after the Marriage you gave

[trish1120]

1841 Martin is under M Fairbrother 1811

[kmart66]

Hi

I have checked through the parish registers for Kirby Le Soken and can't find any Akers listed. I have also checked the PRs for Walton Le Soken but unfortunately baptisms between 1778 and 1813 are missing. The only Akers baptism I could find in the available PRs is:

All Saints, Walton Le Soken
11 Oct 1815, Martha the daughter of William & Elizabeth Akers from Walton Le Soken (labourer)

Kevin

[Poppy Rose]

Thanks Trish
Looks as if there are two Susan Akers with sons called Joseph. The one I've got was baptised in Walton le Soken on the 9th Oct 1831. 


Thank you for your kind offer and information Ronnie. 


Thank you Kevin for checking Kirby and Walton registers.
Oh dear! Looks as if Susan was most likely baptised in Walton and is in the missing bit. I suppose she could be a daughter of the William and Elizabeth which were the parents mentioned in Doran's post.

Does anyone know anything about William and Elizabeth Akers - perhaps their marriage or a census record? Their births could also be in the missing section of Walton register.

[vabbott]

Hello again
when i was looking through Kirby records at one time I noticed a lot of hewitts and someone on here was looking for them in walton  I told him of my find and he investigated further  They were his people and it appears that the church in walton was damaged in the late 1780s and they had to use Kirby Church
Hope this helps you to work out your family
Ronnie