Genealogy Chat

I am trying to help a fellow Genes member with this puzzle. Her Nan Harriett Sewell was born in 1889 On the birth certificate it states the following. Father: William James Sewell Mother: Ann Sewell, Previously Stranger From the census I know Ann Sewell born abt 1853 However I cannot find a birth registration of a Ann Stranger or a marriage to a William James Sewell. The mystery deepens as she has another birth certificate ordered the year before her nan married, it is a birth certificate for an Agnes Ann Granger born also in 1853 in middx I have been on the computer since half seven this morning and am going around in circles!! I had a relly who was down as Clara Florence on her birth certificate and as Florence on her Marriage cert, there was however a note down the side added by the vicar some years later that she had previously been known as Clara Florence. Could one of you who loves a challenge and has a kind heart please help me help this lady who is desperate to solve this riddle xxxx apologise if this is hard to read, have seen other people set it all out with lines in between, did this on word and copied and pasted and it still came out like this!

Have you seen this marriage? Marriages Jun 1878 >>GRAINGER Ann Holborn 1b 1010 Hawkins Frederick William Holborn 1b 1010 >>SEWELL William James Holborn 1b 1010 STAGG Elizabeth Holborn 1b 1010 Georgina.

Hi georgina, Grooms name should be William James Sewell Thanks for looking though, this is making me tear my hair out!!

The above marriage is for WILLIAM JAMES SEWELL? Georgina.

Wish i could have figured out how to set it all out georgina, i did try, i put it in word and copied and pasted and it still came out as one long message!!! Yes Marriage between William james Sewell and Ann Stranger Cant find birth of Ann Stranger or marriage between the above. karen x

I think her name may have been Grainger & Stranger is a misprint, is the birth certificate easy to read? Georgina.

This is the thing Georgina, the birth certificate is as clear as anything! wonder if the registrar has written it down incorrectly?!! It is giving me a real headache and it isn't even my family, but the lady in question is so lovely I just want to help

That looks good Karen, what Georgina has found for a possible marriage!!! Janey

Unfortunately not Janey, Grooms name should be William James Sewell. i am going around in circles with this and I should be at Tescos!!! karen x

Bless you poor thing. unless I am wrong it is William james Sewell >SEWELL William James Holborn 1b 1010 Look William James Sewell married in Holborn Is that right georgina? LOL

Karen what is it about the above marriage that you dont understand? It says Sewell William James married in Holborn are you thinking the surname is Holborn? Georgina.

Many apologies to you both, I married up the top couples!! Am sitting in hot sun by the window, think it has addled my brain!!! Grainger is spelt with an I and the second cert says Granger, do you think i should take any notice of this?!!

This one may be easier to understand... Name: William James Sewell Year of Registration: 1878 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun District: Holborn County: London, Middlesex Volume: 1b Page: 1010 (click to see others on page) The other names on the record are... Ann Grainger 1878 Apr-May-Jun Holborn London, Middlesex Frederick William Hawkins 1878 Apr-May-Jun Holborn London, Middlesex Elizabeth Stagg 1878 Apr-May-Jun Holborn London, Which means he married either Ann Grainger or Elizabeth Stagg. Georgina.

Dont worry karen - I just know that Gerogina is good : 0 ) My Hewletts were found down as Howlett and really very mistranscribed this must be your friends. Good luck

Thank you georgina, you have been a real star, their first child was born in 1869, but that would have made Ann only 16 at the time of birth, so do you think that they postponed the marriage?

Cheers Janey good luck to you too karen x

Karen I will have a look around & see if there is any other possible marriage? Jane thank you for the compliment. Georgina.

You are an Angel Georgina thank you xxx

Karen I think the only way to double check would be to get one of the other childrens birth certificates... This looks like Williams.. Births Jun 1879 Sewell William James Pancras 1b 10 Georgina.

Thanks so much Georgina, that is a good idea. I have been trawling ancestry, trying to find an Ann Grainger on the 1861 census in the right area. I could only come up with an ann Granger in Clerkenwell, and I cant find her birth!! i must stop this and get to Tesco!! Thanks again for your help Georgina karen x