King Family in Cheltenham (Mary Ann, Henry, Robert, Kate)

[ejandrews]

Hello,
I'm working to fill in the gaps I have on my husbands King family in Cheltenham. Is anyone else working on King family?

Mary Ann King b 1825 Twyning
her children

• Robert L King b 1843 Cheltenham - immigrated to Little Rock, Arkansa, US between 1861-1870
• Henry King b 1844 Bristol. married Louisa Acton and founded St Leonards Collegiate School in St. Leonards-on-sea.
• Kate Potter King b 1857 Cheltenham d 1896 Cheltenham

I'm stuck finding Mary Ann's birth record or marriage record. Mary Ann may have been unwed when she had her children since on one census she is living with her mother E King, however she is always identified as a widow on the censuses I find her on. Kate was born after Mary Ann's husband died and no indication she remarried. I'm also not able to find Robert Kings immigration date specifically.

I have quite a bit on the Henry King family in St. Leonards and on Robert Kings family in Little Rock. Kate King had two children out of wedlock and later married Matthew Andrews and the boys Harry and Robert took his last name before they immigrated to Little Rock in 1903. They stayed with members of Henry Kings family before the left for America.

[Victor Harvey]

Hi,
There is no baptism for Mary Ann KING at St Mary Magdalene, Twyning circa 1825.
However I can confirm that both Robert KING (GRO:1842 Cheltenham 11 221 Mar Qtr) and Kate Potter KING (GRO:1854 Cheltenham 6a 392 Mar Qtr) do not have a father on their respective birth entries. I do not have the data for post-1837 baptisms in Bristol for Henry KING.
I also found the following 2 marriages at Twyning which may be relevant:-
John KING married Elizabeth GARNER at St Mary Magdalene, Twyning on 18th October 1803, by Banns.
John KING, Widower, married Ann RUSSELL at St Mary Magdalene, Twyning, 18th November 1811, by Banns.
Victor

[ejandrews]

Thanks so much for looking up the information for those records! Those marriages are new information for me so very helpful. Thank you!