Genealogy Chat

The inscription in the bible reads:
"To my granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth York, on the occasion of her marriage to Charles Henry Pagett 15th February 1882"
signed Charles Bradbury.
Mary Elizabeth York is proving difficult to find and Charles must be her maternal grandfather?
Any help would be much appreciated in guiding me along.

cheers,
Jill

Charles Henry Pagett 1882 Birmingham (1837-1924) Warwickshire
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Mary Elizabeth York 1882 Birmingham (1837-1924) Warwickshire

Here is the marriage.

Have you looked on the 1891 census for the couple?

I have found them in 1891 with 6 children; they had a busy 9 years!

thanks very much,
yes, I have them on the 1891 census but I can't seem to find where Mary is recorded before her marriage.
It looks as if she was born in Bockleton? in Herefordshire.
cheers
Jill

I've had another look; it says she was born Hereford, Herefordshire.

I can't seem to find her in 1881 or 1871 though.

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Births Jun 1858 (>99%)
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York Mary Elizabeth Leominster 6a 468

This looks like her birth

thanks birdsinanest and Lynn. I feel so inadeqaute sometimes. I'm about to load FTM so that will give me more records to wallow about in!
I shall go and look a bit more to find her earlier.
cheers
Jill

ohh thanks, Joseph. who do you think the little baby Bradley is? why is he of a different name ie possibly mother's maiden name?
Jill

You are not inadequate!

You are lucky, though, to have the bible in your possession, that is, if you own it now.

If you can order the birth and marriage certificates this month, before the price shoots up to £9.25 each, they would be very useful.

Birdi

Deleted as Joseph beat me to it!

I didn't realise certificates were going up!!! i shall be bankrupt as I am in the process of having a new crown.........
There are another couple that I have been intending to get too!
Jill
PS: I'm not quite as green as I'm cabbage looking.lol

you're too quick for the likes of me! you research it while I'm thanking you for the last lot!
Brilliant! thanks again!
Jill

The certs go up from April 6th.

I've ordered 3 this week. There's bound to be a bit of a rush on them this month!

Jill, he isn't baby Bradley, he is William Bradley (middle name) York. Just as his sister is Mary Elizabeth York.

So was the inscription in the bible signed Charles Bradbury or Bradley?
1851 census
Boadley Corner, Hatfield, Herefordshire
Elizabeth Bradley, head, widow, 79, carpenter's wife
Charles, son, 42, ag lab
Hannah, wife, 47
Rhoda, grandau, 12
William, grandson, 11
Elizabeth, grandau, 9
Edward Rodgers, lodger, 60, carpenter
All born Hatfield except Charles' wife Hannah born Dyen?, Herefordshire and lodger born Hampton Charles, Herefordshire.

Rhoda's sister Elizabeth would be the one who is married to Thomas Robson Bridgford on the 1871 census.

Thanks for all this everyone,
I did eventually realise I was too quick to make an assumption, Madmeg, but I have now had time to assimilate all this info and I have details of the 20th century family.
What a lot of luck has been involved (apart from all the help given on here)
i) the Bible
ii) families living with the older generation.
iii)married children taking in their elderly parents and other relatives which gives you a leg up in research and an insight into family life in days gone by,
Thanks again
Jill

Just check the bible Jillian, that it is signed by Charles BRADLEY and not Bradbury as you first said. Otherwise we might have to think again.

Phew! Yes, it IS Bradley but looked like Bradbury! I'm SO relieved after all that work and help!
Thanks for making me check - it would be awful to be barking up the wrong tree, but the names of descendants were right from family memory.
cheers,
Jill

Phew! I'm glad to hear that, too.