I haven't found an obvious candidate for her in 1841. She was very young to be the mother of those children - I wonder if she was a second wife?

I came across the Bristol Wills index a few months ago whilst looking for some pesky peple called Ariel! At the time I'd not touched this part of my tree for ages, so only looked for a couple of my 'names' - another reason why doing this weekly review is so great!

I think I might ask the local reg office to look at the 1851 death cert and I'll buy it if it says Marion was the widow of John (whatever his occ!), and investigate the will too. (will look harder at the Bristol Mercury in 1842 as well)

I'm not that confident these are the right people though (here what you say, Mary, about Marion's age) and just wish I could find the daughter, Laura Louisa (or whatever that name says) ANYWHERE else! I see there are a lot of Bristol marriages on the pilot site with fathers names, but that isn't helping me with this specific problem.

Mary, I've looked for a post 1837 marriage for Mario/an to a Saunders and can't find anything, so would hope they were married by 1841, but that's not helping find her!

There should be an entry for the John Saunders 1842 will in the Index to Death Duties Register on findmypast but I'm not sure how much info it has for an entry of that period.

Gee......you know who your friends are don't you?????

I still haven't got a reply from them to see if I can buy that will......that was ages ago.

:D:D:D:D

I should send them an email asking what they're playing at!

Death Duty Register Entry

Testator: John Saunders
Residence: Bristol
Executors: James Saunders of Brewers Row, Westminster (I think it says Westminster??)
Court: County, Bristol
Register: 1
Folio: 208

So..........I don't know! lol Is there anywhere in Bristol that looks like Westminster? Off to see how many million streets called Brewers Row there are!!

There was a Brewers Row in the real Westminster, so presumably the executor lived (or worked) there. Maybe we can find him on the 1841 and / or 1851!

Can't see him at Brewers Row in 1851 but I only found the odd numbers so far, and 5 houses uninhabited.

Okay, 1841 at Brewers Row, Westminster:
John Saunders 36 Painter J N
William Do 16 Tin Plate Worker Ap Y
Susan Do 14 N
Sarah Do 10 Y
John Do 7 Y
Charlotte Do 3 Y
James Do 26 Painter J N
Lucy Kelly 77 N

Thanks Kate - I've been on child taxi duty! I'll investigate those people......