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June Report 25 Mar 2006 16:48

HI, CAN ANYONE OUT THERE SOLVE A MYSTERY I HAVE, MY GGGRANDFATHER SAMUEL FLEMINGTON RICHARDS (BATCHELOR) MARRIED ISABELLA CAROLINE BLACKWELL (SPINSTER) ST.PANCRAS CHURCH 1853, ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF THE FIRST CHILD SAMUEL FLEMINGTON RICHARDS BORN 1856 FATHERS NAME SFR, MOTHERS NAME ISABELLA CAROLINE CURTIS FORMALY SNELL, I SEARCHED MARRIAGES FOR ISABELLA CAROLINE SNELL AND FOUND HER MARRIED TO A WILLIAM JOHN BLACKWELL IN 1848 NOTTING HILL. I CHECKED ON THE CENSUS AND SHE IS CERTAINLY 'I C SNELL' BORN IN STARCROSS DEVON. ANY SOLUTIONS PLEASE? JUNE

Unknown

Unknown Report 25 Mar 2006 16:53

I find it hard to read all those capitals and no paragraphs. Your great x 3 grandfather Samuel Flemington Richards, bachelor, married Isabella Caroline Blackwell, spinster, at St Pancras church in 1853. The birth cert of their first child, Samuel Flemington Richards, born 1856 has father's name as above, and mother's name as Isabella Caroline Curtis formerly Snell. You have looked for marriages for Isabella Caroline Snell and found her married to William John Blackwell in 1848 in Notting Hill. You checked on the census and she is IC Snell born Starcross, Devon.

Unknown

Unknown Report 25 Mar 2006 16:54

I think you need to find out what happened to Mr Blackwell. Did he die? Or was he still alive, and Isabella pretended not to be married on her marriage cert? Or did the vicar assume she was a spinster and she didn't bother to correct him? nell

Unknown

Unknown Report 25 Mar 2006 16:54

And where does Curtis fit into it all?

Unknown

Unknown Report 25 Mar 2006 16:57

This, I take it is YOUR Isabella's baptism: ISABELLA CAROLINE SNELL Birth: 23 APR 1829 Christening: 17 MAY 1829 Starcross, Devon, Father: WILLIAM SNELL Mother: JANE Source Information: Batch No.: : C052381

Unknown

Unknown Report 25 Mar 2006 16:59

There are three Isabella Snells in 1851 census: Isabella Snell abt 1844 Little Torrington, Devon, England Cousin Beaford Devon Isabella Snell abt 1829 St George in the East, Middlesex, England Daughter St Martin in the Fields Middlesex Isabella F Snell abt 1842 Zeal M, Devon, England Daughter Zeal Monachorum Devon

Merry

Merry Report 25 Mar 2006 17:01

I don't understand where the name Curtis comes from?/ There is this Isabella in 1851....a widow. Isabella Blackwell abt 1826 Starcross, Devon, England Servant Kenton Devon Is this the one you mean? Merry