Body (Boddy) Family in England

[Neale1961]

Ann Holland, birth date 17 Sep 1818, father Thomas and mother Ann. Baptised in parish of Beckenham, Kent on 18 Oct 1818.
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/598456eaf493fd7852bb6e29/ann-holland-baptism-kent-beckenham-1818-10-18?locale=en

Thomas Holland marriage 18 Aug 1817 to Ann Healey, -  Beckenham, Kent.
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817e622e93790eb7fc31254/ann-healey-thomas-holland-marriage-kent-beckenham-1817-07-?locale=en


Post amended to remove incorrect census data.

[maddys52]

If your family is John BODY who married Ann HOLLAND on 30 Oct 1843, their son John has birth registered Sep qtr 1844 at St James Clerkenwell. Father John was a tailor - they are reasonably easy to find on the census records.

On the marriage of John and Ann, it has his father as William BODY (chemist) and her's Thomas HOLLAND (coal merchant).

[maddys52]

Thanks Neale 

[hnb13]

thank you maddys52

[LizzieL]

I think the William Body probably died early, as I cannot find him in census.
There is a possible burial for William Body (age 55) at St Mary, Lambeth on 18 Jan 1837(workhouse death). – so born abt 1783.

In the 1851 census (St Giles Cripplegate) I can see Ann Body (widow) laundress age 61, daughter Mary Ann Body age 41 – dressmaker; son James Body age 34 – working pharmacist; son George Body age 18 – gold cutter; William Body age 36 – wharehouse man; Sarah Body age 33 – wife of William, Frederick W Body age 2 – assumed son of Sarah and Wm?

James Body born 1816 - son for William and Ann Body (brother to your John)
Is in1861 census (Manchester), age 44, working as a druggists assistant; married to Matilda Mortimer with Children James, Caroline Ann, Mary Ann.

Also a William Body buried 6 Oct 1845 age 62 at St Giles without Cripplegate, residence Paul's Alley. Better fit on location with family in 1851

[LizzieL]

Here's the family in 1841
Piece number   727, Book number   9, Folio number   19, Page number 32

William Body   55   nbic  warehouseman (same occ as on son William's marriage to Sarah Jane Cooper)
Ann Body      45   Middlesex
William Body   25   nbic
Mary   Body      25   nbic
Jane   Body      12   Middlesex
George Body 8   Middlesex
Emma Body  19   Middlesex

Odd that Emma is last, maybe she's not a daughter

[LizzieL]

Interesting baptisms

William Body - an adult of the parish of St Giles Cripplegate baptised on 28 Jan 1835 at Lothbury Independent. His daughter Jane born 4 May 1829 was baptised on the same day at same place. Jane married Charles Dilnot Hobbs on 15 June 1856 at St Jude Islington. George Body was a witness. William's occupation was warehouseman on marriage record.

The problem with getting back any further is that we don't know where William was born, only that he wasn't born in Middlesex

[Neale1961]

Also a William Body buried 6 Oct 1845 age 62 at St Giles without Cripplegate, residence Paul's Alley. Better fit on location with family in 1851

Yes Lizzie, I think you have the correct death for William.
I see now that the family were in st Giles Cripplegate at least as early as 1832, when George was born.

[Neale1961]

Children of William Body and Ann Grey
1.   Mary Ann – baptised 18 Dec 1811, St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, Surrey. Died 1879 Middlelesex – not married.
2.   Martha (twin? to William) – baptised 18 Sept 1814, St Mary, Barnes, Surrey (father’s occupation: Baker).
3.   William – baptised 18 Sept 1814, St Mary, Barnes, Surrey (father’s occupation: Baker). Married 11 may 1845 St Giles Cripplegate to Sarah Jane Cooper.
4.   James – born 27 Oct 1816, baptised 24 Nov, St Mary Newington (father’s occupation cowkeeper). Married to Matilda Boyd. Occupation chemist
5.   John - born 17 July 1818 - baptised 16 Aug 1818 at St Mary Newington. (father’s occupation grocer). Married 30 Oct 1843, Lambeth to Ann Holland.
6.   Emma – baptised 27 Oct 1822 St Mary Abbots, Kensington (father’s occupation cowkeeper). Married 1847 Devon to Thomas Gribble. Died 1908 St Pancras.
7.   Jane – born 4 May 1829 - baptised 1835 non-conformist church Founders Hall Lothbury, London. Married 15 June 1856 Islington to Charles Dilnot Hobbs
8.   George –born 11 Oct 1832 – baptised non-conformist church 28 Jan 1835 at Founders Hall Lothbury, London (parents address St Giles Cripplegate). Married 27 May 1860 Southwark to Mary Ann Watkins Borrow. Occupation: Jeweller. Died 1894 West Ham, age 62.