Woodham of Stow Longa c1820

[hantsdp]

I am trying to find the marriage of William Woodham b 1799 in Milton Ernest but whose children were all baptised at Stow Longa. From the baptism of his children I know his wife was Elizabeth.

[rosie99]

A possibility from familysearch   

William Woodam
Elizabeth Sumerling
10 July 1820
Ravensden, Bedfordshire
batch M14878-1
source film 1279177

Do you have the family in 1841 ?

Rosie

[rosie99]

This could be the birth registration of their youngest child, it would show the mothers maiden name.

September qtr 1840
WOODHAM  Louisa
St Neots    14   215

I did cross this out but it is a possibility - trying to do two things at once. 

[bedfordshire boy]

No William Woodham on Hunts Marriage Index pre 1838

[hantsdp]

My GGmother was Eliza Woodham born 1844 so have now got a copy of her birth certificate, This shows her mother as being Elizabeth Woodham formerly SUMMERLAND. This could possibly be the Ravensden marriage. The 1841 census shows William and Elizabeth living in Stow Longa where the children are christened. I am struggling however to find a christeneing of Elizabeth Summerling or Summerland anywhere in Hunts or Beds.

[rosie99]

Where are the family in 1851?

Rosie

[hantsdp]

They are still at Stow Longa but William is shown as Widower.

[hantsdp]

After a long break I am back on the trail of my family. One anomaly is in the death/burial of Elizabeth (nee Summerling/Summerland). The death certificate shows she died in Jan - Mar quarter 1849 aged 51; the burial entry at Stow Longa shows she was buried on 5 Jan 1849 aged 66!