Sophia Matilda Oliphant
 

My OH’s mother's father's father's mother's mother.

Name:
Sophia Matilda Oliphant

Date and place of birth:
9th February 1811 Cripplegate, City of London, England

Names of parents:
George Oliphant and Letitia Adams

Date and place of baptism:
27th February 1811 St Giles Cripplegate, City of London, England

Details of each of his or her marriages:

1st Marriage to James Foinett on 21st September 1825 at St Matthews Church, Bethnal Green, London, England she was 14 years old was this legal?

She had two daughters Caroline Bartlett Foinett (who later married Sophia's daughter Margaret Elizabeth's husband Fred Featherstone after Margaret died! I have never found out why Caroline has Bartlett as a middle name. The second daughter was named Sophia Matilda Foinett with James and then James went off sometime before 1838 and then went on and married a Martha Holland bigamously in 1844 and had a least one son with Martha also named James Foinett. James Foinett senior died in 1853.

2nd Marriage to Richard Bartlett on 19th June 1859 at St Giles Cripplegate, City of London, England this marriage was 20 years or more after she first started living with Richard and having children.

Occupation:
Stocking maker

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK):

Matthew Street, Shoreditch, London, England - 1841 Census
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...26pgPLz0q3dpid

6 James Street, Shoreditch, London, England - 1851 Census
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...26pgPLz0q3dpid

Not found - 1861 Census but if they were still in James Street which I think they were by some marriage certs the census is missing.

Not found - 1871 Census

Date, place and cause of death:

No confirmed with death certificate but this is probably the correct entry:

Vol 1c Page 62
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...DDeath&indiv=1

Date and place of burial:
Not known

Details of will / administration of their estate:
Not known

Memorial inscription:
Not known

confused you will be.... :D

She could marry legally at 12 years of age, but this should have been with consent of parents.

Might it be that she didn't to begin with? I've seen the baptism for her which didn't take place until 1850 by which time I guess she was known as Bartlett if her mother was living with Richard at that time?

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...c=&pid=2197787

Where would that be recorded though?

Well, some vicars would write 'minor' or 'with consent of parent' etc alongside the name in the marriage register (I guess this was the correct procedure) or maybe in the banns register - this one either hasn't bothered, or maybe she was a buxom wench and looked 21 or the vicar had bad eyesight and no one bothered about the formalities, OR the vicar did have parental consent, but didn't write it down anywhere!

I love how at Caroline's baptism the addy given is the home of Richard Bartlett but the parents are recorded, correctly, as James and Sophia Foinett!! Good job the curate didn't ask any difficult questions!!

I know!

These 3 families are a right mix up.

mmm I just had a thought perhaps that's why she stuck in the name Bartlett then because by then she had lived with Richard Bartlett and had 6 more children although still not married in 1850. Caroline was born in 1826 and that baptism is 1850 not found one for nearer her birth. Perhaps Sophia thought that would make a difference to something or other sticking in Bartlett :confused:

Erm, see post #3 :D

oh yeah :D yes I think that's what happened.