TAVENER family,Stoke under Hawdon

[downunder milt]

The 1911 NZ death certificate of my ggrandmother,Elizabeth Anthony lists her parents as George Robbins and Elizabeth Robbins formerly Tavener.A copy of the latters death certificate (ie Elizabeth Robbins) reconfirms George as her spouse, married 25/12/1853 St Pancras,London and also gives her parents as Peter and Catherine (born Young); farmers.

From the 1841 Census I have found presumably the correct ancestral link as below:

          Peter and Catherine Tavener living in Stoke under Hamdon,Somerset and (implied) children
         
           Maria          20- 24
            James        20 - 24
           Mary            15 - 19
           Elizabeth       12
           Harriot            1

Given the age span of the family I suspect Harriot may be the child of Maria or James.Then I find the marriage of Maria to John Whitehead in Yeovil,1850 and that family listed in the 1851 census as:-
          John Whitehead   Head          33
          Maria Whitehead  Wife           33
          Harriett Tavener   Dau in law   11
           Lewis   Tavener   Son in law     8
           Mary Whitehead  Daughter      10 months

 However I am unable to find records for Peter and Catherine Tavener apart from the 1841C listing.

  Would be grateful for any assistance for this couple. Surname variants differ between Tavener,Taverner and Taviner!!

Thanks for any leads
Milt       

[rosie99]

The 1853 marriage certificate states that her father Peter is 'Dead'

[rosie99]

Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser 30 March 1842
Taunton Lent Assizes - Calendar of prisoners
Peter Taverner -Stealing an iron Crock
(Can't see what happened to him)

[rosie99]

Burial Stoke sub HAMDON
09 Oct 1842 Catherine Tavener age 53

[KGarrad]

Adult ages on the 1841 census were (generally) rounded down to a multiple of 5 years.

Both Peter and Catherine have a stated age of 50 - meaning an actual age of between 50 and 54.
Both were born in Somerset.

Unfortunately, Peter appears to die in 1843?
September qtr 1843
Yeovil Registration District     vol 10, page 365
Taviner, Peter     Age (on GRO) = 61

Somerset Parish Records tend not to be online

Have you tried Somerset OPC? http://wsom-opc.org.uk/

[rosie99]

Peter was also buried Stoke sub Hamdon
18 Aug 1843  age 58
Church of Blessed Virgin Mary

[KGarrad]

There is a website which holds transcriptions of PRs:
http://www.parkhouse.org.uk/transcr/tcontent.htm

But I can't see a baptism for Peter in Stoke-sub-Hamdon

[arum lily]

hello
A little late but you may find information for Taveners on South Petherton website they have non conformist records on this as well as C of E.

[teragram31510]

<<Somerset Parish Records tend not to be online>>

143 results for BMDs for Tavener between 1800-1860 on the FreeReg site, including the burials of Peter and Catherine, baptism of Harriet etc; several in Stoke sub Hamden, Yeovil etc.