Records of Gloucester Assizes - James Whittington (General)

by lesleyr , London, Sunday, May 10, 2015, 21:45 (3495 days ago) @ Dee

Hello Dee
Good to hear from you again. I was the one who probably caused the muddle in the first place. I could not find my James Whittington (the one who married Harriet Hale) after the 1841 census. Thinking there were only 2 men with that name and age, and knowing one married a Mary Ann and emigrated to New Zealand, I concluded that my ancestor musthave been the same one who later married Hannah Horsham. However another member of the forum contacted me (off the forum) to say that there was another James Whittington/Wittington in the area in 1841, making 3 with the same name in the same area with the same age. By a process of elimination, the James who married Hannah Horsham was the one whose father was called Thomas (see marriage certificate) and that leads to a marriage between Thomas and Eleanor Lawrence. So I have conceded that my ancestor is not the child of Thomas and Eleanor but the third James. So we have three James Whittingtons all born in Gloucestershire (1841 census) but only two baptisms that I can find.
Mike of the forum has found a reference to a possible assault on Harriet Whittington which was reported in the newspaper. Harriet is reported to have stated that her husband had been transported for 10 years. I have not followed that up yet but it may be why Harriet's husband James Whittington disappeared after 1841.
Lesley