Does anyone have access to the Parish records for the Shoreditch/Bethnal Green area, who doesn't mind helping me trace some elusive ancestors?
I'm searching for the marriage record for Richard Doubtfire and Sarah Earl. I believe their first born child was my great great great grandfather, Richard Doubtfire and he was born at 4 Teale Street, Bethnal Green on 20th July 1849.
From the census returns I believe Richard senior was born around 1827 - 1831 in St.Lukes and died in 1881 in Shoreditch. Sarah Earl was born between 1829 - 1835 in Shoreditch and probably died in 1915 in Shoreditch.
Most of Richard and Sarah's children were baptised at St Leonards Church, Shoreditch ... so Richard and Sarah may have married at this church also?
In 1851 their address was given as 6 Little Norfolk Place, Bethnal Green.
If anyone has access to records around this area that could do a little bit of digging for me on Richard and Sarah I'd be very grateful. They are proving to be very difficult to trace back any further.
I also have an un-named child of Richard and Sarah on the 1951 census that I'd like to identify. The child was a boy and 1 month old when the census was taken, he does not appear on the 1861 census as is therefore presumed to have died young. I can't find a baptism record for this boy, or one for my ancestor Richard who was born 1849.
Please note, that there a numerous transcription errors in the spelling of 'Doubtfire', I have come across the following spellings so far 'Dentfire', 'Dowtfire', 'Doughfire', 'Dovbfire', 'Doudfire'
