Genealogy Chat

blimey chris!!! talk about going to town!! am sorry i abandoned you both as newborn had other ideas, :)) seems you been very busy, well done Julie

You have been a diamond i wish i could help with the washing up to say thanks

I'm afraid I'm going to have to stop there. I MUST do some washing up - son's home and we need clean dishes and cutlery tomorrow! There are also some serious tidying tasks to be dealt with (tomorrow, I think!) - other son plans to bring significant other on next visit and house is seriously embarrassing. good hunting! Christine

Yes i will have to get checking, in my tree the women didnt half enjoy pregnancy LOL

Presumably the first children were from the first marriage. Or... Either there are some coincidences, or Eliza appears to have been bigamous (except, I suppose that should be something like biandryous). I think you'll have to get a bit more census checking here. Eliza isn't that unusual a name. Maybe we're mixing up different people. Christine

I cant keep up with you LOL

There is this odd pair of records on IGI: Marriage: 10 OCT 1844 Great Kyre, Worcester Marriage: 18 OCT 1844 Great Kyre EDWARD BOWKETT Spouse: ELIZA BOUGH batch M041231 I don't know why this should apparently be a twice-married couple. When this happened in my husband's tree, the first marriage was by licence and the second by banns - so we imagine there was a problem with the first ceremony - possibly with the licence. In this case it's too close for banns to intervene, so ??? Christine

I am just checking the names on family search and getting as much info as i can, thanks for dedicating your night to helping me.

Found these too But Patricia - you'd have much more fun on the IGI (http://www.familysearch.org) doing this for yourself! I used the Hugh Wallis pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle to be able to search for a surname in a restricted area - a particular parish... I did find these: Batch Number: C098671 Saint Marys, Handsworth, Stafford parents Stephen TURNER & Eliza Christening: 27 NOV 1853 ROBERT TURNER Christening: 06 JUL 1856 EMMA TURNER Christening: 17 JUL 1859 ELIZABETH TURNER Christine

BUT... IGI C145822 WILLIAM BOWKETT Christening: 08 MAY 1853 Cradley, Hereford Father: EDWARD BOWKETT Mother: ELIZA Christine

great stuff more info LOL

IGI.... M010724 STEPHEN TURNER Spouse: ELIZA BOWCOTT Marriage: 21 OCT 1850 Saint Martin, Birmingham, Warwick A possible??? You may be able to get a photocopy of the Parish Register page - usually cheaper, but certainly better (it's the primary source for anything else). Otherwise: Name: Stephen Turner Year of Registration: 1850 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Birmingham (1837-1924) County: Warwickshire Volume: 16 Page: 525 Eliza Bowcott Christine

Yes - don't rush into this, there may be others...such as: Name: William Boulcot Year of Registration: 1841 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Hereford County: Herefordshire, Monmouthshire Volume: 26 Page: 164 That name ''Bincott'' isn't all that distinct. Christine

I will wait to the other cert arrives first because money is tight x

There's this one with no middle name: Name: William Turner Year of Registration: 1842 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Hereford County: Herefordshire, Monmouthshire Volume: 26 Page: 166 Christine

I have just ordered the cert so i will keep my fingers crossed, you have both worked really hard to help me it great

hiya chris, i think you are right, about the misranscription, i'll bet if we look for that childs birth we'll find that is a middle name, and possibly mothers maiden name, you think so too??? julie ie william bonicott turner, may even been born before parents married??

i will get that ordered thank you

This is a poss - but you can't tell without buying the cert: Name: Stephen Turner Year of Registration: 1859 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: West Bromwich County: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire Volume: 6b Page: 389 Christine

hiya, sorrry should have put on the census i put up, was 1861 and stephen had died by then, so maybe we need to find his death?? i'll ammend the details Julie