Elizabeth Susan GITTINGS - B 1887 Staunton - Missing ! (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 20:43 (4710 days ago) @ unknown

Hi Forest,
as I'm sure you know this site's PRs carry Baptism Records for 97 different Gittings', including that of my Aunt Hilda Mary Gittings b1911. However only TWO of these were recorded at Staunton nr Newent, as below:

Record_ID: 251173
Entry_Number: 121
Year: 1890
Month: Mar
Day: 21
Parents_Surname: GITTINGS
Child_Forenames: Susanne Elizabeth
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Fanny
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Staunton
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: J W Hayes Off Minister
Event: C
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number: 16
Parish_Chapel: Staunton near Newent
Soundex: G352

Record_ID: 251185
Entry_Number: 133
Year: 1891
Month: Oct
Day: 18
Parents_Surname: GITTINGS
Child_Forenames: Ada Kate
Fathers_Forenames: John
Mothers_Forenames: Fanny
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Staunton
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: T Hayes
Event: C
Memoranda: St Lukes Day
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number: 17
Parish_Chapel: Staunton near Newent
Soundex: G352

It seems highly unlikely to me that these are not your family. Clearly it seems the girl's wern't overkeen on their baptised first names, but that's hardly unusual, indeed census's sometimes record a person's nickname nevermind precise baptism names, it all depends what was being used by the family at the time. Similarly an error of a few years comparing actual vs census ages is not unusual, this is quite common for all sorts of reasons.

Their parents' marriage record from this site is:
Record_ID: 22510
Entry_Number: 55
Year: 1875
Month: May
Day: 17
Grooms_Surname: GITTINGS
Grooms_Forenames: John
Grooms_Age: 22
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Labourer
Grooms_Residence: Newent
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Gittings
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Thomas
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Brides_Surname: WARNER
Brides_Forenames: Fanny
Brides_Age: 20
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Newent
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Warner
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: George
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Labourer
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: both mark
Witness_1: Mark of John Spenser
Witness_2: Mark of Emma Spenser
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: J Nosworthy Off Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P225 IN 1/33
Page_Number: 28
Parish_Chapel: Newent
Soundex_Groom: G352
Soundex_Bride: W656

I hope this helps.