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Good Morning I was wondering why a birth record does not show in the County Archives for 1813 I have been touch with the Essex records to see if they can see a birth or baptisim for a Susan Smith born 1812-1815 in Wethersfield Essex and although they found her marraige could find nothing on her birth. Wonder where else I could look for it thank you

Margaret

sometimes families had one big christening for all their chilldren so she may have been baptised a long time after her birth. with her younger siblings

Or she may have been christened somewhere else. Sometimes mum's went to their parents' home for the birth of their children.

Or she just thought that was where she was christened as she lived there from a very young age.

Ozi.

There is also a small possibility that she was never baptised.

Sam x

If you know her parents names..or spouse, have a look on* FamilySearch .org*

but births wasnt registered then,,only a Bapt was recorded,which may be just that a record and no parents named,,,

Hardly any Essex info on the LDS........they were refused access

Thank you to all that answered my thread no I do not know the name of her parents in every census from 1841-1891 she said she was born in Wethersfield Essex and that is where she married William Finch in 1834

Margaret

not any help in your search but have you had a look at the villiage web site
http://www.wethersfield-essex.co.uk/

1812 / 1813 was the time when the format changed for recording baptisms.

I have searched high and low for an ancestor in Hampshire who stated he was born in Beaulieu about that time, ...but no luck....over 10years looking !
I've wondered whether he was not entered into a new book for some reason.

Was your person married, ...or remarried.. after 1837 so that you at least have a father's name to help your search?

Gwyn

Have you seen this Finch/Smith families in 1841 census may be connectedName: Wm Finch
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Gender: Male
Where born: Essex, England

Civil Parish: Wethersfield
Hundred: Hinckford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Name: Mary Finch
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Gender: Female
Where born: Essex, England

Civil Parish: Wethersfield
Hundred: Hinckford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England


Name: Elizh Smith
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1773
Gender: Female
Where born: Essex, England

Civil Parish: Wethersfield
Hundred: Hinckford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Name: Sarah Smith
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
Gender: Female
Where born: Essex, England

Civil Parish: Wethersfield
Hundred: Hinckford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England


Household Members: Name Age
Jos Finch 10
Mary Finch 29
Mary Finch 9
Wm Finch 30
Catherine Smith 11
Elizh Smith 68
Sarah Smith 16

not found your family there in 1841 is it misspelt?

If her marriage entry gives a fathers name,,in the PR's for a bapt match.......... she could have been bapt as,,,,,

Susannah,?

as Wethersfield was just in the boarder of Essex and Cambridge,,could she have been born Cambridge but grew up in Wetherfield,?

Hi Janice yes they are all part of the Finch family and Susan Finch is transcribed in the 1841 census as FURCH no her marriage record does say who her father was . So Janice do you think her mother might have been the Elizh age 68. Thanking you all

Margaret

Do the marriage witnesses link her to Elizabeth's family?

Gwyn

Hi Gywn just looked at her marriage record she married inb April 1834 and one of witnesses was a George Smith cant read the other one but it looks like Frederick Smee

Margaret

nudge

Hi seems as if william and Susan in 1841 lived with or next door to the Finch/Smith families and in 1851 are now bring up the children of William and Mary from 1841 census *as theirs.
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Finch 8
Charles Finch 6
Henry Finch 2
John Finch 12 *
Mary Finch 10 *
Samuel Finch 4
Susan Finch 36
William Finch 36
William Finch 16 *

possible christening for
sarah smith
birth 26 may 1826
christened 11 NOV 1826 Congregational Or Independent, Wethersfield, Essex, England
Parents:
Father: JABEZ SMITH Family
Mother: ELIZABETH
Just need a connection that she is a sister!

Hi Janice I wonder who George Smith the witness on her marriage cert. Father Brother Uncle ??thank you

Margaret