Swindon, Wiltshire - Henry Edward NORRIS

[OldTone]

I have Henry Edward Norris',  my great grandfather,  marriage certificate from 1879 showing his birth in 1856 in Swindon, Wiltshire.   However I can find no trace of any birth records or mention in Wiltshire Census records. 
He did move to the London area at some time later,   as he married in Strand, Middlesex.
I have even wondered if he may have been adopted,   but information in this respect is even more limited.
His father was Charles Norris apparently  and seems to get confusing,  rightly or wrongly with a Charles Cornelius Norris.   Some one who once again has very little confirmations to be found.
This is extremely frustrating as I can go no further with my tree until this is resolved.
Any help that may be available would be sincerely appreciated if anybody has Norris tree information.

I have wondered if at that time it could have been possible for him to have been born in Swindon,  but adopted as a baby and registered in Clerkenwell London,  where there is an H E Norris listed for that year ?

[Schoch]

Hi "OldTone"

Have you checked familysearch.org

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ7P-8Q4

There are lots of "Norris" family mentioned there and most seem to have a middle name of "Henry".
One might give you some new leads 


Good Luck

Richard

[dawnsh]

Hi

Although civil registration started in 1837, the onus was on registrars to go around their district and collect birth registrations and so a small number of births failed to be registered. In 1875 the law was amended and the onus put on parents to register births. So there may not be a birth cert to find.

In the absence of anything obvious in the birth index, a baptism may be the best you can hope for.

Dawn

[MaureeninNY]

Could you possibly give us all the details from the marriage certificate?

I was kind of looking at these people in Battersea:
1871
 707/ 16/ 26

NORRIS Charles with wife Charlotte and children Edwd(age 15 born Swindon),
Alice,Charles and Will.

Haven't found them in 1861 as yet but Alice was supposedly born Woolwich.

Maureen

[..claire..]

Hi

Beat me to it!  Saw them also Here's the details

Wonder if this is him in 1871

Surrey  Battersea , 24 Pitmore Street

Charles Norris hd mar 42 engine smith  bn. Wooten Bassett Wilts
Charlotte  "    wf    "   34                       "   Ashbury Berks
EDWARD  "    son      15 app. engine smith  bn SWINDON Wilts
Alice             dau      11 scholar                  " Woolwich Kent
Chas.           son        8     "                               "          "
William         "           6                                Lambeth Surrey

Class  RG10  Piece  707  Folio  16  Page 26

claire

[..claire..]

Think thats definitely the correct family in 1871

1881 census   London  Clapham 87 Heath Road

Henry C Norris hd mar 25  steam hammer driver  bn Wilts Swindon
Josephine  "    wf    "  24                                         Surrey Camberwell
Henry E     "   son      10m                                      Clapham Surrey
William         bro.      16  Errand                             Battersea

Class  RG11  Piece  631  Folio  136  Page  42

claire

[..claire..]

Hi

Would I be correct in saying that birth records for Swindon on Freebmd only start from 1899?

claire

[Schoch]

FreeBMD shows a Henry Edward NORRIS B Jun 1856 in London (Clerkenwell district)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRFR-5SL
This seems to support previous post above

Richard

[Ewan]

Hi

Would I be correct in saying that birth records for Swindon on Freebmd only start from 1899?

claire

Yes, prior to this records from Swindon came under the Highworth registration district.