Annie Williams born Coleford (General)

by saintconor , Sunday, September 01, 2013, 01:53 (4096 days ago)

Hi

My wifes Great Great Grandmother was born in Coleford circa 1868.

At the time of the 1891 and 1901 census she was living in Surrey where she worked as a maid. On both census her place of birth is recorded as Coleford. Her age on them would give a year of birth of c.1868

Her marriage certificate has a father, (deceased) James Williams.

With this info I searched site and came up with the following who fits the bill:

Record_ID: 68980
Entry_Number: 107
Year: 1867
Month: Nov
Day: 3
Parents_Surname: WILLIAMS
Child_Forenames: Annie
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Julia
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Clearwell Meend
Occupation: Miner
Officiating_Minister: H L Perry Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P88 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 14
Parish_Chapel: Clearwell
Soundex: W452

Using the parents names I decided to look for siblings and found the following:

Esther/Emma 1859
George 1860
Elizabeth 1860
James 1864
Frederick 1866
Anne 1867
Alice 1869
Thomas 1872
Sarah 1875
Fanny 1876
Nancy 1878

With this info the family is pretty easy to find on the various census records. However its the 1861 census that causes the problems.

The wifes brothers John and Alfred owen are staying with the family. I had already done a search for the parents marriage record and thought I had the perfect match:

Record_ID: 3500
Entry_Number: 13
Year: 1858
Month: Aug
Day: 15
Grooms_Surname: WILLIAMS
Grooms_Forenames: James
Grooms_Age: 20
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Miner
Grooms_Residence: Clearwell
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Williams
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: James
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: HOWARD
Brides_Forenames: Julia
Brides_Age: 22
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Clearwell
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Howard
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Mason
Licence_or_Banns:
Date_of_Banns: Banns
Signature_or_Mark: They both mark
Witness_1: Mark of Henry Williams
Witness_2: Mark of Harriet Howard
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Howard L.Parry Incubent
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P88 IN 1/17
Page_Number: 7
Parish_Chapel: Clearwell
Soundex_Groom: W452
Soundex_Bride: H630

SO now I have two possible surnames for Julia. COuld there be an error? I ask as I cant find any record of a James WIlliams marrying a Julia Owen.

Any assistance would be very welcome.

Thanks

Conor