louisa Dixon nee BUTLER born Droitwich abt 1843? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, August 24, 2012, 15:12 (4553 days ago) @ Jefff

Hi Sarah, from mpg's census returns, Louisa claims to be 48 in 1891,born Droitwich.
This gives her birthdate about (but not necessarily exactly!) 1843,

If you search for ALL Louisa Butlers around that time for all the UK, using FreeBMD, then below seems the most likely Birth Registration, although if you look yourself on this very helpfull free website you'll see there's "a lot of them about", it was a popular name as was Louis Butler, presumably a traditional family name.
Again we're relying on the Census having an accurate birthdate, sometimes not the case, ideally need to confirm this by looking back at Census's nearer her birthdate, ideally the 1851 Census.

Surname Given Name District Volume Page Transcribers
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Births Mar 1845
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Butler Louisa Droitwich XVIII 241 Huntress
BUTLER Louisa Droitwich XVIII 241 woonona

ie her birth is registered in the quarter before March 1845, so born during those three months Jan to March. Stll need a baptism to find an exact date tho, if it exists.

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Now look on same site for a possible Marriage for her parents, presumably locally altho if Travellers then ??, and her siblings births, and so on...

Other usefull Free websites are here, suggest you try LDS ?
Of course if you have access to a subscription site then maybe not..??
http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=35197

UPDATE:
Using free Latter Day Saints website aka LDS,
I wonder if this is the Baptism for the above Birth ?.

Please note however, as you can see from the various Census returns on the abovementioned Prior Threads, her quoted birthdate "varies" between 1841 and 1845.
(This variation isn't unusual for various reasons).
Altho the FreeBMD site isn't always complete (ie that site's database doesnt have records for ALL the births that actually occurred), I can only find ONE Droitwich birth on it within this time period, the 1845 one quoted above, which suggests a tie-up with this Baptism.

BUT be warned, there are quite a lot of "possibles" to choose from....so whether this is "your" Louisa, I cannot be sure ??

I wonder if the mother's unusual name is a clue as to her roots ? I imagine this could easily be mispelt, Googling it gives no usefull hits at all, or at least not as a person's name....??

England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,"
Name: Louisa Butler
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 22 Feb 1845
Baptism/Christening Place: Oddingley, Worcester, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: James Butler
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Ammodine
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04517-3
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 350645

Oddingley is just 2 miles from Droitwich, see the excellent Genuki for contempary details http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/Oddingley/Gaz1868.html

The village is right on the Canal which may have played a part in their lives, and Googling does show this area is still a home for travellers, so.....

Hope this helps, good luck.