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Name: Laura George
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 12 Dec 1830
Event Place: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
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GS Film number: 2411626
Digital Folder Number: 004393990

Name: Thomas Gough George
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 10 Feb 1829
Event Place: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
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GS Film number: 2411626
Digital Folder Number: 004393990

Name: Hugh George
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 10 Apr 1827
Event Place: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
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GS Film number: 2411626
Digital Folder Number: 004393990

Name: Emma George
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 07 Sep 1829
Event Place: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
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GS Film number: 2411626
Digital Folder Number: 004393990

Name: Mary Anne George
Event Type: Baptism
Event Date: 27 Jun 1831
Event Place: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
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GS Film number: 2411626
Digital Folder Number: 004393990

Although her marriage record doesn't say her father was deceased it depends if the question was asked.

This 1851 is a possible:

GEORGE, Ann Head Widow F 61 1790 Annuitant Chepstow, Monmouthshire
GEORGE, Mary Ann Daughter Unmarried F 19 1832 Chepstow, Monmouthshire
GEORGE, Martha Servant Unmarried F 38 1813 Serv Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Piece: 2443 Folio: 385 Page: 36
Registration District: Chepstow
Civil Parish: Chepstow

Address: Lower Church Street, Chepstow County: Monmouthshire

EDIT: oops, hadn't realised Mike had posted this earlier.

She doesn't appear to have been baptised in Somerset according to this:

Parish Record Collection - Baptism Record

Day: 27 Month: Jun Year: 1831
Child's Forename: Mary Ann
Child's Surname: George
Parents' Names: Hugh & Anne
Abode: Back
Occupation: Captain
Parish: Chepstow
Church: St. Mary
Notes:
County: Monmouthshire
Record source: Gwent FHS Baptisms - Chepstow Branch
Data provider: Gwent Family History Society

Why would a child born in Wales be baptized in Somerset?

Name: Mary Anne George
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 25 Apr 1832
Christening Place: St Cuthbert, Wells, Somerset, England

Father's Name: Christopher George

Mother's Name: Harriot George
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00240-5
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 1526763
Reference ID:

This is NOT the same person as the one who married Counsell

How did you fail to notice the parental info?

from a tree ( for you to check)

Name:
Mary Ann George

Birth: 1832 - Mon (Monmouthshire)
Marriage: 07 Oct 1862 (7 Oct 1862) - Chepstow, Mon (Monmouthshire)
Parents: Capt. Hugh George
Spouse: Edward James Counsell b 1834

Surely the first names of her parents are on the baptismal record?

.............but the simple way to find out her father's details is to purchase copy of her marriage cert

Here's the marriage info:

Parish Record Collection - Marriage Record

Grooms Last Name: Counsell
Grooms First Name: Edward James
Grooms Fathers First Name: Christopher
Grooms Fathers Last Name: Counsell
Grooms Parish:
Grooms Age: 27

Brides Last Name: George
Brides First Name: Mary Ann
Brides Fathers First Name: Hugh
Brides Fathers Last Name: George
Brides Parish:
Brides Age: 31

County: Monmouthshire
Place / Parish: Chepstow
Marriage Year: 1862
Marriage Month: Oct
Marriage Day: 7
Page: 228

Record source: Monmouthshire Marriages - Transcripts
Data provider: Welsh Archive Services / Gwasanaethau Archifau Cymru

Edward James Counsell was an Inland Revenue Officer. The record says he was late of Logiemont?, North Britain, where the banns were read. His father was a coachbuilder.

Mary Ann was from Chepstow, her father was a mariner.

Witnesses: Hugh George; Martha Davies; Alexander Trimble

Who is named on the marriage cert as her father ? his occupation ?

1851 Census

Mary Ann George

Age:19
Estimated birth year:abt 1832
Relation:Daughter
Mother's name:Ann George
Where born:Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales
Civil Parish or Township:Chepstow


Ann George 61 - widow - Chepstow
Mary Ann George 19
Martha George 38 - servant. Single