Jenkins / Davis connection (General)

by janethowell, Wednesday, June 04, 2014, 18:05 (3826 days ago) @ ChrisW

Caroline Davis the sister to Sarah was born 1820, Sarah was born 1827
I have a death for a CHARLOTTE Davis in 1824 age 4 with no matching birth - this could be Caroline mis-transcribed as Charlotte

All the info is from FoD site parish registers off this site.

My Sarah is shown at home with parents William and Mary in 1841 at Breams Eaves
In 1851 census we have
Bream Woodside
13 DAVIS William 75 Wood Collier Kempley
Mary 63 Newent
Sarah 24 Dressmaker West Dean
Caroline Grand daughter 7 West Dean

This Caroline is Sarah's daughter, baptised 1843 at Bream chapel, mother Sarah Davis, single woman, no father named. Sarah would have been 16yrs old.

At the time of the wedding in 1856 at Lydbrook Primitive Methodist Chapel, Sarah was 29, Caroline (daughter) would have been 13years old. Research indicates that there was no legal minimum age for a witness as long as the minister was sure the minor understood what they were doing and could sign the register.

Sarah's occupation on the wedding cert states dressmaker - which agrees with the census in 1851.

Sarah and her father William's name is spelt DAVIS but Robert and Caroline's are spelt DAVIES. I have an official transcription of the marriage cert not a photocopy of the original register so I can't infer too much from the change of spelling.

I know it seems complicated but all the info is cross-referenced and checked and facts fit so far.

I feel if I can identify Robert Davies then I can make some progress.

Many thanks for reading this far

Janet Howell