John/Mary Ann WAITE (MORGAN) - Newnham District (General)

by wamorgan , USA, Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 13:06 (4445 days ago) @ m p griffiths

THANK YOU both! I guess I am guilty of not seeing the forest through the trees. Maybe he wasn't married before and she just married an older man.

Richard is definitely a Waite. I will now go after the other certs. I did not see any baptismal for them the last time I checked, but I will definitely check again.

I'm a little embarrassed that I missed those births. I did see Mary Ann after the census in 1861 and for some reason, didn't go backward.

Can you forgive me for having you find the (somewhat) obvious?

For those just getting started, it's good to keep track of what you've checked and not rule anything out. It's also good to go back after a while and look at old records in case you've missed something. Use me as an example! :)

I was so sure that he was married before, that I discounted the possibility that they were all Waites. I should have considered it as it was either not that uncommon to not be married or, at the very least, like mother, like daughter. Her mother had three children with Samuel Hale and they, too, are listed with a single mother.

Wendy