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The wives of Thomas Herbert

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Gee

Gee Report 23 Dec 2014 15:19

Was she born in BHam?



England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Name:Anne Dassett

Gender:Female

Baptism Date:27 Sep 1840

Baptism Place:Banbury,Oxford,England

Father:
Edward Dassett

Mother:
Charlotte

FHL Film Number:95208, 95209, 95210

Marked As Answer Marked as Answered

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 23 Dec 2014 15:13

I'm hoping someone can help me, please, to find :

1. The birth of Thomas Herbert's second wife, Ann/Anne/Annie Dassett.
2. The maiden name and birth of his first wife, Elizabeth.

BACKGROUND:

Thomas was born 1842 in the Banbury area, Oxon.
His third wife is in my tree, and I know all about her and her family. She was Sarah Claydon 1856 - 1902, born Bodicote, Oxon. They married in Bodicote in 1885.
Here they are in 1891:

1891 England Census about Thomas Herbert
Name: Thomas Herbert
Age: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Herbert
Gender: Male
Where born: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Civil Parish: Doncaster
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Occupation: Railway Engine Driver
Registration district: Doncaster
Sub registration district: Doncaster
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 3864
Folio: 120
Page Number: 20
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Herbert 49
Sarah Herbert 34
John E Herbert 20 - son
Edward B Herbert 16 - son
Charles Herbert 54 - brother

(John and Edward are Thomas's sons by his first wife, Elizabeth.)

SECOND WIFE:
In 1881, his wife was Ann(e):

1881 England Census about Thomas Herbert
Name: Thomas Herbert
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Anne Herbert
Gender: Male
Where born: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Civil Parish: Doncaster
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Street address: 60 Catherine St
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Railway Engine Driver
Registration district: Doncaster
Sub registration district: Doncaster
ED, institution, or vessel: 18
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4691
Folio: 108
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Herbert 39
Anne Herbert 40 - b. Birmingham
Tom H.G. Herbert 14
John E.J. Herbert 10
Edward B.K. Herbert 6

Ann(e) died in Doncaster 1884, aged 42.
She and Thomas married in 1877, and it was her second marriage.

Birmingham, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 about Thomas Herbert
Name: Thomas Herbert
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1842
Marriage Date: 18 Jun 1877
Marriage Age: 35
Marriage Place: Bordesley, Holy Trinity, Warwickshire, England
Spouse: Ann Loosemore
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Marriage Age: 35
Father: John Herbert
Spouse's Father: Edmund Dassett
Reference Number: DRO 15
Archive Roll: 592/593


Marriages Dec 1866 (>99%)
DASSETT Annie Pancras 1b 88
Loosemore George Pancras 1b 88

I think this may be her in 1861:

1861 England Census about Anne Dyset
Name: Anne Dyset
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: 1840
Relation: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish: Westminster St Margaret
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
Town: Westminster
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Westminster
Sub-registration district: St Margaret
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 184
Piece: 52
Folio: 58
Page Number: 35
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Appleton 62
William Appleton 20
Elizabeth Dyas 25
Anne Dyset 21

However, I can't find her in 1851, and I can't find her father Edmund Dassett in any year.
And I can't find her birth.

Can anyone cast a fresh eye on this, please?

AFTERTHOUGHT: This might be some relation, as the baptism's in the same place as Annie's marriage to Thomas:

Birmingham, England, Baptisms, 1813-1912 about Elizabeth Dassett
Name: Elizabeth Dassett
Baptism Date: 18 May 1887
Baptism Place: Bordesley, Holy Trinity, Warwickshire, England
Father: Edmund Dassett
Mother: Charlotte Dassett

Or this???:

Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1910 about Elizabeth Ann Dassett
Name: Elizabeth Ann Dassett
Parish: Warwick, St Nicholas
Baptism Date: 26 Jul 1838
Father's Name: Edmund Dassett
Mother's name: Charlotte Dassett
Reference Number: DRO 15
Archive Roll: 589

But I can't see her or her parents on any census.



NOW THE FIRST WIFE:

At the 1871 census, Thomas was married to Elizabeth:


1871 England Census about Thomas Herbert
Name: Thomas Herbert
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Herbert
Gender: Male
Where born: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Civil Parish: St Thomas
Ecclesiastical parish: St Barnabas
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Oxford
Sub-registration district: Oxford
ED, institution, or vessel: 20
Household schedule number: 29
Piece: 1441
Folio: 87
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Herbert 29
Elizabeth Herbert 27
Ada Maria Herbert 7
Tom Henry Gladstone Herbert 4
John Ernest Jas Herbert 9 Months

(I don't need any details of the children, thanks - it's just Elizabeth's maiden name and birth I'm trying to track down.)

She died in 1874, presumably in childbirth, because the youngest child (see 1881 above) was born same place, same quarter, same year.

Deaths Dec 1874 (>99%)
HERBERT Elizabeth 31 Wandsworth 1d 410

The son:
Births Dec 1874 (>99%)
HERBERT Edward Bloxham K Wandsworth 1d 602

The 1871 census says she was born in Hardington, Berks, but there's no such place, as far as I can see. I wondered if it might be meant to be Headington, Bucks/Oxon, and the enumerator misheard. If so, then this might be her marriage to Thomas:

Marriages Sep 1862 (>99%)
Herbert Thomas Headington 3a 757
Lay Elizabeth Headington 3a 757

However, I can't find her birth convincingly. If Berkshire is actually correct, then there's this possibility:
Births Sep 1843 (>99%)
LAY Elizabeth Sarah Witney 16 129

But the 1862 marriage might not be the right one, and her name not Lay at all.

Any ideas, anyone?

I have to log off for a few hours, but will come back later.