« Reply #36 on: Wednesday 25 December 19 17:20 GMT (UK) »
A double birth in the family on the same day, maybe they wanted to celebrate so chose Jemima for both girls. I would think it is highly likely Joseph was Frances' older brother.
As I said I have 2 namesake male cousins born in the same village at around the same time, one was registered and one wasn't, one died as a infant and one lived. In 1856 it was the onus on the registrar and his deputies to collect info on new births, yet one of the namesake cousins was not registered. The registrar must have been having a bad day or something as he missed one of the births. Both cousins were baptised in April 1856 on the same day in Evwnwood, Co Durham.
Researching:
LONDON, Coombs, Roberts, Auber, Helsdon, Fradine, Morin, Goodacre
DORSET Coombs, Munday
NORFOLK Helsdon, Riches, Harbord, Budery
KENT Roberts, Goodacre
SUSSEX Walder, Boniface, Dinnage, Standen, Lee, Botten, Wickham, Jupp
SUFFOLK Titshall, Frost, Fairweather, Mayhew, Archer, Eade, Scarfe
DURHAM Stewart, Musgrave, Wilson, Forster
SCOTLAND Stewart in Selkirk
USA Musgrave, Saix
ESSEX Cornwell, Stock, Quilter, Lawrence, Whale, Clift
OXON Edgington, Smith, Inkpen, Snell, Batten, Brain
