Genealogy Chat

hi, i have a certificate for a marriage in 1864 between SARAH PUDNEY & JOHN POOLE in COLCHESTER, ESSEX. im stuck & cant go any further back on sarah, she was born about 1835 Iin GREAT WIGBOROUGH , ESSEX so i cant get her birth cert. shes not on IGI and every sarah pudney on the early census have turned out to be wrong. ive already made an expensive trip to colchester for the parish records only to discover now its the wrong sarah. any ideas????

What is Sarahs dads name from marriage cert.

sarahs dad is JOHN ( occ ; husbandman)

There is a John in Gt.Wigboro with a Sarah aged 11yrs, any good!!! in 1841

im sure that one is one of the few possibles is it normal to be quite out on the ages??? is there noone else there with them?

This is the nearest in 1851.......... Name: Sarah Pudney Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831 Relation: Servant Gender: Female Where born: Gt Wigborough, Essex, England Civil parish: Colchester St Mary at the Walls County/Island: Essex Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Colchester Sub-registration district: Colchester First Ward ED, institution, or vessel: 5a Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 7 Household Members: Name Age Mary Grainger 50 William Grainger 57 William Grainger 22 Hannah Harvey 60 John King 50 Sarah King 74 Sarah Pudney 20 Incidentally, you probably won't get any joy with the IGI........Essex were a bit reluctant to let the LDS have info........... Reg

Possibility for 1841........... James Rudney abt 1828 Essex, England Great Wigborough Essex View Record John Rudney abt 1796 Essex, England Great Wigborough Essex View Record Sarah Rudney abt 1830 Essex, England Great Wigborough Essex Image is Pudney....John is an Ag Lab, so that part tallies Reg

reggie, that is BRILLIANT. obviously not seen that one before! will look into it, thanks very much

The same Sarah that Reggie found is still in Colchester in 1861 and an unmarried mum with a 4yr old son called William. Her occupation is a tailoress.

Bingo!!! The same William is with the Pooles in 1871.

YES SUE!!!!! that is her with son william. BRILLIANT!

Going by the 1851 census John Pudney was born in Halstead and Boyds marriage index throws up the following marriage in Braintree which isn't far from Halstead Maybe a longshot 1828 /PUDNEY JN/ DUNCOMB HAN / BRAINTREE /ESSEX

There are two Hannah Pudneys who died in the Lexden district before 1841 whcih covers Gt. Wigborough Name: Hannah Pudney Year of Registration: 1838 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Lexden County: Essex Volume: 12 Page: 85 Name: Hannah Pudney Year of Registration: 1839 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Lexden County: Essex Volume: 12 Page: 103

SUE, THE FAMILY I FOUND IN THE PARISH RECORDS WERE JOHN & HANNAH. this is the worrying bit because the sarah i was tracing with parents JOHN& hannah TURNED OUT to be the wrong one. what do you think?

oh! just seen youve found 2 hannah pudneys anyway!!!!!

What makes you think you were tracing the wrong family?

im frantically searching for the evidence here, to no avail, but im sure thinking back, that sarah with parents john & hannah married someone else. although im sure now there are 2 john & hannahs

Was watching this then the computor crashed Looked through the census images for Pudneys in the village in 1841 Only 2 famlies there were - John, James and Sarah as mentioned before and Thomas 50, Sarah 22, Susan 11 and Ann 1 So only one Sarah of approx right age living there in1841 Kay

Well this Sarah was the only one of near the age you first mentioned in 1841. The other two Sarahs of a young age in Essex in 1841 didn't have fathers called John.

Yes there is a John and Hannah Pudney in Braintree in 1841 with a 12 yrold Sarah and other children, so this is probably the marriage I found. HO 107/331/12 - Braintree Sch. 49, Page 29