Help with READ family please

[mariac]

Hi there,
  I have a George Morgan Read who was baptised 25/12/1837 at St Mary Abbot Church Kensington to William and Grace Read.  Williams occupation was a Wax Chandler. Other children I can find who appear to be born to this same couple (William and Grace and occupation Wax Chandler) are

Frances Emily Read 24/10/1832
William Read 6/4/1834
Elizabeth Read baptised 14/2/1836
Sarah Ellen Read 6/11/1840
Henry Read baptised 23/1/1843
Arabella Read baptised 28/3/1852 ?

I cannot find a marriage for William and Grace or the family in a census together.

George Morgan Read married in  Barraboo Hills,Victoria Australia 3/6/1861 His marriage certificate has William Read and Grace Morgan as parents. I do not know when he arrived in Australia.

There is another family of Reads in Hayes Middlesex 1851 but this does not seem to be the family.

Any help with this family in England would be very much appreciated as I do not seem to be getting anywhere.
 Kind regards
mariac
 

[rosie99]

Hi mariac

In 1861 Grace is a widow age 47 born in Kensington Middlesex  ( RG9/345 f37 P21) living Newington
she is living with her son William age 27 bn Marylebone. Also there are her children Charles age 10 bn Hayes, Kent and Arabella age 8 bn Lambeth.

Rosie

[rosie99]

In 1871 Grace is living with her brother 
Woodley, Berkshire
RG10/1289 f37 p8
William Wheelwright   Widow age 74 Innkeeper Farmer bn Liverpool, Lancahire
Grace Read sister widow   57 bn Kensington, Middlesex
Arabella Read   Niece 19 bn Kenington, Surrey
plus servants

[rosie99]

They seem to track back to the family in Hayes, why have you discounted them 

Rosie

[AMBLY]

Hi

Agree it all appears to tie into the 1851 family in Hayes:

1851: Yeading, Hayes, (Uxbridge) Middlesex
HO107 / Piece: 1697 / Folio: 520 / Pg33
Head: William READ 46 Inkeeper, b Hensbridge, Somerset
Wife: Grace READ 36, b Kensington, Middlesex
Dau: Eliz'th  READ 14, b Kensington, Middlesex
Son: George READ 12, b Kensington, Middlesex
Dau: Sraha READ 9, b Kensington, Middlesex
Dau: Grace READ 2, b Hayes, Middlesex
Son: Charles READ 1 mth, b Hayes, Middlesex
Sister-in-Law: Honor MEARS 34, mar, Railway Servant, b Kensington, Middlesex

I suspect they have been discounted because William occupation is Innkeeper and on Charles Edmund's baptism the occupation is Licensed Victualler, not Wax Chandler.    I would say he was both - not uncommon.

Cheers
AMBLY

[rosie99]

There is a marriage in Kensington 12 November 1831 between William Read & Grace Fussell.  This would tie in with those Kensington baptisms.

ADDED  It would not suprise me if George Morgan Read assumed that his mothers maiden name was Morgan.   

[Sharon01]

Hi,

Honorah Fussell married William Mears 10/05/1840, Maidstone, Kent.

Sharon

[AMBLY]

1861:  ----nby Cottage, Cawley Bridge, Exeter St David, Devon
RG 9/ Piece 1397/ Folio 99/ Pg22
Head: William MEARS 48, Superintendant of B & L R Company, b South Lincolshire
Wife: Honorah MEARS 44,  b Kensington, Middlesex
Father: James MEARS 72, wid, Stratford?? Lincoln,
Neice: Mary Grace READ 12, Scholar, b Hayes, Middlesex
Plus 1 servant

BAPTISM : Mary Grace READ bp Hayes 15 Apr 1849, to William &  Grace, Licensed Victualler

In 1881:  West End House, Mortlake, Richmond, Surrey
RG11- Piece 846/Folio 65/ Pg7
Head: Charles E  READ , b Middlesex (age has been crossed out) (occupation  crossed out)
Aunt:  Sarah FUSSELL unm , age 74,  b Southwark  Middlesex.
Sister: Arabella READ 29, unm, b Kennington Surrey

Cheers
AMBLY

[Sharon01]

Grace Fussell baptised on 25/12/1811 at St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington.

Parents Thomas & Mary Fussell.

Honor was baptised at the same church on 25/12/1816. Thomas' occ was Cooper.

Sharon