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Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 21:04

there had to be three, this journey is getting more and more confusing it will take a real supersleuth to crack this one,thank you Flo

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:57

Maureen I think your right

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:52

im looking through all my own paperwork and bits of paper everywhere....thanks Maureen

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:51

Hi Flo no I have no birth details only through the census I estimated his birth year

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 23 Jul 2010 20:48

Egads! Edward Shakespeare's mother was a Brown (maiden or previous marriage??).

1851 census transcription details for: Chadwick, Hartlebury

National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107 Piece: 2046 Folio: 324 Page: 3


Reg. District: Droitwich Sub District: Ombersley & Hartlebury
Parish: Hartlebury Enum. District: 2A
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Chadwick, Hartlebury
County: Worcestershire
SHAKESPEARE, Benjamin Head Married M 41 1810 Ag Lab
Ombersley
Worcestershire
SHAKESPEARE, Sarah Wife Married F 50 1801 Dress Maker
Witchbold Parish of Hanbury
Worcestershire
BROWN, James Son-In-Law Unmarried M 27 1824 Ag Lab
Witley
Worcestershire
SHAKESPEARE, Edward Son M 8 1843
Martley
Worcestershire


You HAVE to get one of the children's birth certs! This will drive me crazy otherwise!!!

Maureen

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:40

the plot thickens,I just can not get my head around this,I wish I had asked my grandparents more questions when they were alive

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 23 Jul 2010 20:32

Could this be the birth reg of the infant Charles T in 1881

Births Dec 1880 (>99%)
SHAKESPEARE Charles Thomas Billericay 4a 279

If Jane was still married to Edward Shakespeare then the birth could have been registered in that name.


Christine

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:28

Flo that was her maiden name that I had down see above message

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:26

LOL thank you Maureen,when I was doing my tree last year the name Mererdith came up,but now I have pick up my tree again Im not sure how the name came about,still if it is what you are saying about married before,so I am related to William Shakespear

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 23 Jul 2010 20:22

I don't know what I'm saying!!! Just wondering if Jane had maybe been married before and William and Henry weren't Browns. The ages and birthplaces for Jane and the boys are spot on.

Fanny Drew was a servant.

How did you come up with Meredith,by the way??

I'll let some of the others mull this over as I think I have blinders on now.

Maureen

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:21

thank you Christine blimey 12 yrs old

ChristineinPortugal

ChristineinPortugal Report 23 Jul 2010 20:19

Fanny Drew was a servant, no relation.

Christine

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:14

who was Fanny Drew a niece or other relation

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 20:08

Sory Maureen is it me or are you saying that they used the name Shakespear ??

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 23 Jul 2010 20:01

Why maybe Meridith??

Funny you should come up with that name,because I've been obsessing over this bunch and trying to make something fit:
1871 Ancestry
Name: Edward Shakespear
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Martley, Worcestershire, England
Civil parish: Hartlebury
Ecclesiastical parish: Worcester
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Registration district: Droitwich
Sub-registration district: Ombersley
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 96
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Shakespear 27
Jane Shakespear 27
William Shakespear 6
Henry Shakespear 1
Fanny Drew 12
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 3068; Folio: 71; Page: 18

Marriages Mar 1864 (>99%)
Meredith Jane Droitwich 6c 477
Shakespere Edward Droitwich 6c 477

Maureen

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 19:59

Hi Flo Ive got James born 1843

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 19:48

just to add her name might of been Meridith

Terry

Terry Report 23 Jul 2010 19:45

sorry im not sure what her maiden name was

Gee

Gee Report 23 Jul 2010 19:33

This is the only that is a near match



Marriages Mar 1861 (>99%)
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Brown James Charles Worcester 6c 274
Street Jane Worcester 6c 274

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 23 Jul 2010 19:25

Terry,
Do you know Jane's maiden name or when she and James married??

Maureen