George Hercomb - Who was his first wife?

[jonwarrn]

There's a Fanny Hurcomb b c1853 who dies in Evesham in 1858. I can;t find a matching birth registration   

Could possibly be an illegitimate Fanny Jenkins, mother Sarah.

[GenesA]

Is there anyway I could look more into Fanny's parentage without a birth certificate?

[jonwarrn]

Possible burial of the Fanny already mentioned by Mabel Bagshawe is indexed on FamilySearch
All Saints, Evesham, Worcester
Fanny Harcomb
30 December 1858

There is this birth
Dec 1853 Kings Norton 6c 357
Jenkins, Fanny Knight
mother's maiden surname -
(so likely was illegitimate)

Baptism at Kings Norton
27 January 1854
Fanny
parent Sarah Jenkins
abode Kings Norton

[GenesA]

Thanks, jonw65. Not sure how Sarah got to Kings Norton although she was orphaned at 16 and the Jenkins' children seem to be all over the place.

[GenesA]

So I've found Sarah in 1851 - working as a servant in Oldbury in Worcestershire. Do you think Fanny's middle name "Knight" was Sarah's way of naming the father?

[Milliepede]

Middle names often do give a big clue as to the father. 

[GenesA]

George has been a brick wall of mine for a very long but after receiving my DNA results last year, I’ve been working through my matches slowly but surely. One DNA cousin of mine stands out in particular as he is appears to be the great grandson of a lady named Emily Hercomb, born around 1836 in Uley in Gloucestershire. Not only that but he is also a DNA match with a cousin of mine who also happens to be directly descended from George Hercomb. So I have the right line.

I’ve looked into this further and it seems that Emily Hercomb was the daughter of Jesse Hercomb and his wife Elizabeth. Jesse is the son of Tobit and Ruth Hercomb AND had a brother named Thomas Hercomb, a tailor. MY George Hercomb claimed that his father was Thomas Hercomb, a tailor, when he was married in 1855.

Despite everything, I still can’t find any paper evidence that George Hercomb was the son of Thomas - besides his marriage certificate. 

[softly softly]

There is a record of a George Hurcombe on FindMyPast 1851 British Army worldwide Index. I do not have access to view. A faint possibility?

John

[softly softly]

Edited- wrong man

John