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Update Further help please? Anc' look up,

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Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Apr 2013 15:01

EDIT please see last post, 1/10/2019



for this marriage found on family search. If there is anything else on image?

Name: Charles Forester
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1831
Event Place: St Clement Danes, Middlesex, England
Age:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Spouse's Name: Dorothy Granger Mugford

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 1 Apr 2013 15:12

Groom's First names: Charles
Groom's surname: Forester
Groom's parish: Saint Clement Danes
Groom's Age:
Marriage year: 1831
Marriage month: May
Marriage day: 29
Parish: St Clement Danes
County: Middlesex
Bride's First names: Dorothy Granger
Bride's surname: Mugford
Bride's parish: Saint Clement Danes
Bride's Age:
Record source: Westminster Marriages- Transcripts
Data provider: Westminster Archives

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Apr 2013 15:15

Thanks very much Shirley :-) I was hoping it might give a fathers name but I know they often don't that early :-(

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 1 Apr 2013 15:16

Witnesses William Boyles and Elizabeth Semester ( writing not clear on her surname )

Both parties signed their names

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Apr 2013 15:20

Thanks ! that might give me a clue :-)

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Apr 2013 21:14

Further help please, just a second pair of eyes really :-)

this is the baptism of


Name: Mary Ann Forester
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 28 Sep 1832
Father's Name: Charles Forester
Mother's Name: Dorothy Forester
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Register Type: Parish Registers

I am pretty sure this is her father's death, same church, following year

Name: Charles Forrester
Record Type: Burial
Estimated Death Date: 1833
Burial Date: 22 Feb 1833
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
Parish or Poor Law Union: Saint Mary Abbots Church, Kensington
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

and possible death of mother

Deaths Jun 1843 (>99%)
FORRESTER Dorothy Kensington 3 193

Can anyone please help me look for Dorothy and Mary Ann on the 1841? I am going round in circles :-D

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Apr 2013 21:16

oh yes I think so , same church

Name: Dorothea Forrester
Record Type: Burial
Estimated Death Date: 1843
Burial Date: 12 Apr 1843
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807
Parish or Poor Law Union: Saint Mary Abbots Church, Kensington
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

Flip

Flip Report 5 Apr 2013 22:10

Hi Rose,

Do you have Mary Ann on future census please? It may give an indication where she was or who her relatives were after her parents death.

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Apr 2013 22:15

she married in 1856, this is her in 1861 but doesnt really help I'm afraid...I have everything after this , her daughter was my gt grandmother


Edit, pretty sure the 'Kennington' as place of birth is actually Kensington....

Mary Ann Copas
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John Copas
Gender: Female
Where born: Kennington, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: St George Hanover Square
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

View image
Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub-registration district: Hanover Square
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 75
Piece: 43
Folio: 52B
Page Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
John Copas 28
Mary Ann Copas 28
Margaret E Copas 4
Maryann Alice Copas 3
Rosa Amelia Copas 1
Jane Feltham 45

Chris in Sussex

Chris in Sussex Report 5 Apr 2013 22:26

There are missing pieces for Kensington in the 1841......And my Russells are in them :-(

Rambling

Rambling Report 5 Apr 2013 22:28

Ah thanks Chris that may be the problem for me also then!

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Oct 2019 19:30

Please would someone take a look at this marriage and confirm which Mary is the bride ( if indeed this is correct match)

London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
Albert Edward Forester 1865

Choccy

Choccy Report 1 Oct 2019 19:37

London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932

Name:Albert Edward Forester {Publican)

Gender:Male

Record Type:Marriage

Marriage Date:10 Dec 1865

Marriage Place:St Saviour, Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea, England

Father:George Forester - Painter

Spouse:Mary Ann Broad

Father David Broad - Horse Keeper

Address for both - 1 Exeter Place

Both full age

Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Oct 2019 20:03

Thanks very much Choccy ( nice to see you posting !) :-) sorry for late reply, the phone went.

That's very helpful as father matches, and occupation :-)