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I wonder what Mary Ann thought of her new step-mother!
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Eighteen -- Hadleigh, Suffolk; Reading, Berkshire Hendry -- Ballymena, Antrim; Glasgow, Lanarkshire Wylie -- Ballymena, Antrim; Glasgow, Lanarkshire Last edited by James18; 27-09-15 at 14:26. Reason: typo! |
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Kate, I assume this is a different Mary Preedy to the one born in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire ~1840?
She has numerous census records, but with her maiden name and alongside her sister Anne. I think they're farmers or something. Mother: Catherine Hawkes Father: Joseph Preedy (According to several public family trees on Ancestry)
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I'll try to verify this information, though.
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James, I don't know if you usually get your certificates from the GRO, but with that info from the newspaper of the exact date and venue of the Preedy/Checkley marriage you could purchase a copy certificate from the local register office instead. You need to ask if they can give you a photocopy of the register entry rather than a modern day copy (typed or handwritten) then the photocopy will show the signatures of the parties and witnesses (of course they may not have signed - may be just "X, the mark of ....") and whilst (if they signed) you may not end up with other signatures to compare them to, it might be worth going this route as I think you will agree you need all the help the records may be able to provide with this family!!
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Merry, you're absolutely right of course, and I'd certainly be keen to try that.
Would I have to go to the register office in Banbury, or could I order a copy from my local office? If so, I could do that tomorrow afternoon. So far for birth/death certificates I've been ordering from the GRO website, as that is much cheaper than doing it through Ancestry. Any other suggestions? There's a public tree for John Checkley's family -- the dates are a bit out, but I suppose that's not unusual with someone of his age; I suppose in those days it wasn't uncommon for people to be 'up-aged' simply because people assumed they were older than they really were. Mind you, if that tree is correct then that contradicts another tree in which his parents are named Thomas and Mary Ann. Still, that's not a big deal as I only want him on my tree.
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Okay, these are the Preedy baptisms at Steeple Aston, children of Joseph and Pleasant, according to the "England, Select Births and Christenings" on ancestry (which will be taken from FamilySearch.)
Elizabeth 9 Nov 1831 Mary 16 Apr 1833 Anne 22 Feb 1835 Joseph 8 May 1836 Ellen 27 May 1838 The public ancestry trees which you mentioned do mistakenly have links to this Mary on the later censuses. In 1841 your Joseph, with wife Catherine and children Benjamin 3 and Mary 2, is at Boddicott, Oxfordshire, the birthplace given for Mary's sister on whichever census she was with the Smiths. http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/89...62295251/facts This Joseph is a Horse Breaker. So his Mary and Anne are not the Steeple Aston ones. |
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I wouldn't put too much faith in those public trees on ancestry, James; you should check for yourself anything that you see on them. Though sometimes you do find useful things have been added to them, like images of certificates, photos, etc.
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