Henry WORGAN & Elinor MILLS marriage, St. Pauls, Bristol (Parish Records)

by Rachel Hill Greiner , Tuesday, January 06, 2015, 02:23 (3609 days ago)

Hello everyone,

I am looking at a marriage between Henry WORGAN & Elinor MILLS marriage at St. Pauls, Bristol on 2 Oct 1810. What I am interested in finding out is WHY they would have married there, when other records have the pair living their lives in the St. Briavels/ Hewelsfield areas?

Any thoughts?

Much thanks,
Rachel

Background information:
I can find parish records for Henry Worgan (baptism in Hewlesfield, burial in St. Briavels) and Elinor (a possible hit for baptism in St. Briavels and a burial in St. Briavels) and also in the 1841 census they reside with their children in the St. Briavels area.

Side note: Henry's brother John Worgan married a woman named Ann Miles, so I searched Elinor MILES (no search hit for MILLS) and discovered that both women had the same father (William) /mother (Mary) listed on each of their baptisms.

Partial Information from FOD Transcript Details and the 1841census look-up on Ancestry.com

Henry Worgan

Year: 1776
Month: Dec
Day: 8
Parents_Surname: WORGAN
Child_Forenames: Henry
Fathers_Forenames: Henry
Mothers_Forenames: Margaret
Parish_Chapel: Hewelsfield
Soundex: W625

Year: 1846
Month: Jan
Day: 6
Surname: WORGAN
Forenames: Henry
Residence: Hudnalls
Age_at_death: 69 years
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels
Soundex: W625

Elinor Mills/Miles

Year: 1786
Month: Nov
Day: 5
Parents_Surname: MILES
Child_Forenames: Elinor
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Mary
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels
Soundex: M420

Year: 1842
Month: Dec
Day: 18
Surname: WORGAN
Forenames: Elenor
Residence: Hudnalls
Age_at_death: 57 years
Parish_Chapel: St Briavels
Soundex: W625

Worgan family on 1841 Census

NAME: Henry Worgan
AGE: 60
ESTIMATED BIRTH YEAR: abt 1781
GENDER: Male
WHERE BORN: Gloucestershire, England
CIVIL PARISH: St Briavells Common
HUNDRED: St Briavells
COUNTY/ISLAND: Gloucestershire
COUNTRY: England

Household Members
Henry Worgan 60
Elenor Worgan 60
Mary Worgan 25
John Worgan 20
George Worgan 15
Thos Worgan 14