Genealogy Chat

Thanks all of you. Your brilliant. I'm off to bed now. Still a little tipsy from earlier.

**blows big fat raspberry** - was just testing!! Name: Hun_sworth, Martha Record Type: Births Quarter: June Year: 1850 District: Watford County: Hertfordshire Volume: 6 Page: 647 Name: Hun_sworth, Elizabeth Record Type: Births Quarter: June Year: 1850 District: Watford County: Hertfordshire Volume: 6 Page: 647 (click to see others on page) LOL! was looking in B* Macclesfield , wasnt I !!

I've found the BIRTHS on 1837online Elizabeth Huntsworth Martha Huntsworth AMJ1850 Watford XI/647 Have saved image............. Rose

Oh....KIss, Kiss, Joy!! LOL Merry

Merry Thanks so much. I could kiss you. Can send off for the Birth Certificates myself now and not have to bother my relly. Joy

I think you need to check the FreeBMD coverage charts and check the missing quarters as previously mentioned in my earlier message........Can't find Martha in 1861..... Merry

Parents were married in 1843 in Manchester.

Could it be that the enumerator simply put in one ditto mark too many? Perhaps whoever copied the original to the sheet we see put in too many dittos.................. If you follow my drift............. I would say that the Mary Elizabeth Jess found for 1848 is the Mary on the census Rose

Does your relly know that Martha died young too? Otherwise maybe she is with somebody else on the 1861, but I must go to bed now and so can't look her up! Night night. Kate.

Oh, right, well, forget that idea then. The census enumerator just got the birthplaces in a muddle. Kate.

My immediate thought is that Martha is the head of household's step-daughter and Elizabeth his full daughter, and he has only recently married Martha's mother? If your relly could find Martha's birth cert it would help to prove or disprove that because it would have her surname on it. Kate.

The cavalry is coming!!!!! Both babies reg Watford Q2 1850 Vol VI, dodgy page 647 or 649??? Doesn't help with death though!! Merry

I've sent out for reinforcements but they seem to be letting me drown!!

Jess Martha not Mary! Joy

Name: Huntsworth, Mary Elizabeth Record Type: Births Quarter: June Year: 1848 District: Macclesfield County: Cheshire Volume: 19 Page: 1_6 (click to see others on page) now i am even more confused!or is she someone elses daughter...??<maybe Eliz was Mary Eliz??? there isnt a Martha on the same page! Glory be...it gets worse, or i am having a nightmare before i go to bed!! View Record Huntsworth, Elizabeth 1847 September Deaths Macclesfield Cheshire View Record HUNTSWORTH, Elizabeth 1851 December Deaths Bermondsey (1837-69) London Surrey <<THATS YOURS!!

Jess Yes that's what I mean. Meant Birth Certificates in prior message. He has both Elizabeth's and Martha's though he can't remember off-hand the date, he's in his 80 and his wife has just passed away so I'm trying not to bother him too much at the mo. Don't know what's up with 1851 giving different places of birth for the twins. He does know for certain that Elizabeth died in 1851. Joy

Do you mean the one that is with the family in 1851 census dies in bermondsey was martha's twin? Hang on a moment - how can one be born in watford and the other macclesfield and them be twins...on the image they are both aged 11 months but clearly states martha WAS born in watford Bizzare!!

Twin is Elizabeth born c1850. Dies I in 1851 in Bermondsey. Joy

what was the twin name and when did she die please

Jess Family member has Birth Certificate (really old one, possibly the original). He can't find it at the minute as he had just moved to Spain and everything is topsy-turvy. Joy