Bedminster marriage parish records

[charz]

Hi Knomur

Good to hear from you, i have not come across many if any Smith ancestors either, and would be happy to share the information i have.  They are a very complex family to trace.

Charz

[knomur]

Hi Charz!

Thank you for your reply. Frank Smith moved away to the South Wales pits where he married, then moved to Yorkshire too, then back to Wales, then back to Yorkshire again, all to find work, I presume.

I look forward to learning more!

Best wishes,
Knomur

[charz]

Hi Knomur

John Seaman Smith joined the army as John Smith and when he came out he married Sarah Ann Leech and had adopted his mothers surname, then he legally changed it to Keensmith and had 8 children all who had the name Keensmith in various forms, Keensmith, Keenesmith Keen-smith, i have details of his mother and father and as you have probably seen from previous posts am trying to piece together the family going further back

Charz

[knomur]

Hello again!

That is very interesting! I have just been on the IGI website and that has the same children of William and Mary (plus a couple more!) as you have, but it also says that they were married in 1814 in Bedminster (no further details, but also no sources, as you probably know!) It does not give Mary's maiden name, but it would fit in with their first child being James?

Best wishes,
Knomur

[charz]

HI  there

Yes i have come across that marriage i think it is Mary Flanigan  on 17 Apr 1814 that married William Smith in Bristol would   tie in nicely, might ask these nice people on here if any of them can look up the marriage and find any more details,

Charz

[knomur]

Dear Charz

Sorry for the delay! Well done for finding Mary Flanigan - she sounds Irish! I'm a bit busy for the next few weeks, but will hope to catch up with you again soon - I'd love to know where you would fit into my tree . . . . .

Happy Christmas,

best wishes,
Knomur

[Liz in France]

Hi,

As you say there is  a marriage between William Smith and Mary Flanigan 17.4.1814 but this was at St Michael, not St John Bedminster or St Mary Redcliff although, not too far away.

William was a brickmaker and both were from the Parish and single.

What was William's employment on the census or did he die before it was required.

Elizabeth

[charz]

Hi Elizabeth

Thanks for the reply, but     William was a coal miner on the 1841 census and the birth parish records of his children,  will have to keep hunting.   

Charz

[Liz in France]

Hi Charz,

Perhaps William changed his employment between marriage and the baptism of James either that, or the marriage to Mary Flanigan is not your William.

Have you looked to see if there is another William and Mary with children in Bristol.

I feel sure that I have done some research for someone else for the name Seaman or Seymour but I cannot find it in any of my PM's.  I will check my box of notes which  have kept after looking up things for others, it may be in there.

My first thought, was that Seymour was the mother's maiden name, so have you followed that line of thought.

If I find anything I will come back to you.

Best wishes,
Elizabeth