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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 40 Send Message	Barry	Report	24 Jul 2012 17:54
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 40 Send Message	Christina-thanks, Arthur is my ggrandfather-the others his siblings. I agree they were born in Clapham (sub district of Wandsworth). William Okines and Annie's Ggranddaughter told me they were married 17May1880 at St Philip Battersea-William 27 and Annie 20. In 1881 they were living at 15 London St. , Southwark-1891 Battersea.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7 821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	26 Jul 2012 11:59
	I believe this is the Annie who married William Okines. Check the occupation of her father. ========================================= London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about William Arthur Okines Name: William Arthur Okines Age: 27 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853 Spouse Name: Annie Pearson Spouse Age: 20 Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 17 May 1880 Parish: Battersea St Philip Borough: Wandsworth Father Name: Frances Okines Spouse Father Name: William Pearson (stone mason Register Type: Parish Register =================================== 1871 England Census Name: Annie Pearson Age: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860 Relation: Daughter Father's Name: William Pearson Mother's Name: Mary Pearson Gender: Female Where born: Westminster, Middlesex, England Civil parish: Lambeth Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter County/Island: London Country: England Registration district: Lambeth Sub-registration district: Lambeth Church Second ED, institution, or vessel: 39 Household schedule number: 140 Piece: 668 Folio: 105 Page Number: 21 Household Members: Name Age William Pearson 49 <<<stonemason born Bradford Yorkshire Mary Pearson 50 Frederick Thos Pearson 20 Ernest Pearson 14 Annie Pearson 11 James Price Pearson 9 ========================== West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 about William Pearson Name: William Pearson Parish: Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral) Baptism Date: 3 Feb 1822 Father's Name: William Pearson Mother's Name: Esther Pearson
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 1 067 Send Message	ChristinaS	Report	26 Jul 2012 17:09
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 1 067 Send Message	The Annie Maria Pearson who married in 1881 has her father's occupation as bricklayer.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 1 067 Send Message	ChristinaS	Report	27 Jul 2012 09:41
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 1 067 Send Message	Just repeating the above as Barry PMed to say he wasn't able to pick the message up. The Annie Maria Pearson who married in 1881 has her father's occupation as bricklayer.
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7 821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	27 Jul 2012 11:19
	You need to check for fathers' occupation on all of Annie's siblings marriages. London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Arthur Pearson Name: Arthur Pearson Age: 19 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865 Spouse Name: Sophia Benfell Spouse Age: 20 Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 1 Jun 1884 Parish: Clapham St Paul Borough: Lambeth Father Name: William Pearson (bricklayer} Spouse Father Name: Edward Benfell Register Type: Parish Register =================================== London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Walter Pearson Name: Walter Pearson Age: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868 Spouse Name: Susanna Sheppard Spouse Age: 20 Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 25 Dec 1893 Parish: Clapham Park All Saints Borough: Lambeth Father Name: William Pearson (bricklayer Spouse Father Name: Benjamin Sheppard Register Type: Parish Register ======================================= London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Louisa Pearson Name: Louisa Pearson Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869 Spouse Name: Frederick Thomas Aldrich Spouse Age: 22 Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 6 Jun 1892 Parish: Clapham Park All Saints Borough: Lambeth Father Name: William Pearson (bricklayer) Spouse Father Name: William John Aldrich Register Type: Parish Register ==================================== London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about William Henry Pearson Name: William Henry Pearson Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 Spouse Name: Mary Ann Carlen Spouse Age: 21 Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 26 Jul 1886 Parish: Clapham Park All Saints Borough: Lambeth Father Name: William Pearson (builder) Spouse Father Name: John Carlen Register Type: Parish Register
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 7 821 Send Message	Thelma	Report	27 Jul 2012 11:33
	ChristinaS I guess that Barry has not found page two.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 40 Send Message	Barry	Report	1 Aug 2012 12:01
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 40 Send Message	ChristinaS/Thelma, You are right. I've now found page 2-silly me! Thanks for marrage details of my ggrandfather and his siblings and other info. Appears from fathers occupation that 'my' Annie must have married Richard Joseph Wenham .Had wrong Maria for years-thanks again.

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