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My wish now is to find a birth record for my gran .
I have looked through thousands of workhouse
records and nothing so far.

Thomas and Jane Blaney witnessed.

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
49, Bennett Street Upper Rathbone Place, St Pancras, Pancras, London, England


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Preston Head Married Male 34 1827 Greengrocer St Giles Transcription
Sarah Preston Wife Married Female 32 1829 - St Giles Transcription
Thomas Preston Son Unmarried Male 14 1847 Green Assistant St Giles Transcription
Henry Preston Son Unmarried Male 9 1852 Scholar St Giles Transcription
John Preston Son Unmarried Male 1 1860 - St Giles Transcription
Mary A Preston Daughter Unmarried Female 5 1856 Scholar St Pancras, Middlesex, England Transcription
Julia Preston Daughter Unmarried Female 2 1859 - St Pancras, Middlesex, England

William is a Greengrocer

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Rathbone Place, Upper, St Pancras, Pancras, London, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Preston Head - Male 43 1828 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Sarah Preston Wife - Female 42 1829 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Thomas Preston Son - Male 25 1846 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Henry Preston Son - Male 20 1851 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Mary A Preston Daughter - Female 16 1855 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Julia Preston Daughter - Female 13 1858 - Middlesex, England Transcription
John Preston Son - Male 11 1860 - Middlesex, England Transcription
William Preston Son - Male 9 1862 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Eliza Preston Daughter - Female 5 1866 - Middlesex, England Transcription
Ruth Preston Daughter - Female 3 1868 - Middlesex, England Transcription
John Young Servant - Male 18 1853 - Not Known Transcription
Daniel Clark Servant - Male 21 1850 - Not Known Transcription


It looks as though this could - possibily - be the right family for the woman whose marriage and death certs you have...............

Who witnessed Eliza's marriage?

She was 33, died of tuberculosis and exhaustion.

What was the mother's age when she died?

Forgot to add, my Gran was born , according to Barnardo, in 1894, Cannot find a birth cert or a baptism record for her.

I also just sent for Rachel's birth cert, hoping it will tell me where she was born,
and maybe a clue to where Eliza may have been born, I'm sure it was in a workhouse.

Jacqueline, I haven't found anything to definitely connect this family to my Gran. I did find a marriage for Eliza Preston and Henry Sawyer. Sawyer was one of Eliza's aliases. Her father on the marriage cert is William Preston, green grocer. Eliza and Henry had a child Rachel b. 1888 eventually deserted in the workhouses. Eliza, the mother,
died in Whitechapel Infirmary in 1899. All of these pieces fit with what is known about my Gran. Her records from Barnardo's indicated no one ever inquired about her after her admission in 1898. Young Eliza was four when taken from her mother, the mother was sent to Holloway Prison for neglect. The mother was previously convicted for drunkeness and begging. I just received Eliza, the mother's death cert, it said no known occupation and homeless. She died of Tuberulosis, and exhaustion. If this Eliza is the correct one she died a little over a year after getting out of Holloway Prison, sentenced to 3 mo hard labor.

You have Eliza Preston, 1894, Middlesex, in your tree.

Have you got her birth certificate?

Added:
Her birth place is 'not known' according to the 1901 census:

Eliza Preston in the 1901 England Census
Name: Eliza Preston
Age: 7 Estimated birth year: abt 1894
Relation to Head: Inmate
Gender: Female
Birth Place: N
Civil Parish: Ilford Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Town: Barkingside and Ilford County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: Romford Sub-registration district: Ilford
ED, institution, or vessel: Dr Barnardos Home
Piece: 1652 Folio: 86 Page Number: 11 Household schedule number: 1

So how did you work back to these people in 1851 if you don't know anything about the mother?

When was Eliza (your grandmother) born?

How old was she when 'taken from her mother'?

Presumably, the mother was unmarried................

When was Eliza sent to Canada?

No marriage William Preston to a Sarah (any surname) in Scotland 1840-1854 OPR or RC

Not seeing the family in Scotland in 1841 - need Scotland's People site to access census originals rather than just transcripts to see if William Sharp a Plasterer is around.

In view of the difference in age between Sarah b 1828 and the next child Ruth b 1839 (as per 1851 census, but doesn't mean there aren't in between children elsewhere), I am wondering if Sarah isn't a child of William and Elizabeth - could she be Elizabeth's born when she was only aged about 16 and therefore actually not a Sharp? And the William/Elizabeth marriage was later

I am hoping to find a living relative, my Grandmother, Eliza Preston was taken from her mother in Charing Cross Rd in London in 1898, and sent to Barnardo Homes and then sent to Canada. She never saw her mother after 1898.
I have been looking for her family for 13 years after receiving her information from Barnardo's. Very little information on her mother other than her name, Eliza Preston aliases Sawyer, Clinton.

William Charles Preston
England Births and Christenings
Name: William Charles Preston
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 25 Apr 1827
Christening Place: OLD CHURCH,SAINT PANCRAS,LONDON,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 02 Apr 1827
Father's Name: William Preston
Mother's Name: Sophia

Can you say what you hope for, and how much research you have been able to do

Perhaps the marriage took place in Scotland, in view of the fact that the family were there in 1848/9, when Margaret was born - if the census info is accurate

I haven't found a marriage for William and Sarah yet, I was going by the 1851 census.

That is the Sharp family in the 1851 census. I just checked other trees and there are no matches!!
Thank you ladies!!

just for info

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Great White Lion Street, Saint Giles in the Fields, St Giles in the Fields & St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Sharp Head Married Male 41 1810 Plasterer Scotland Transcription
Elizabeth Sharp Wife Married Female 40 1811 - Scotland Transcription
Donald Sharp Son - Male 9 1842 - Scotland Transcription
Margaret Sharp Daughter - Female 2 1849 - Scotland Transcription
Ruth Sharp Daughter - Female 12 1839 - Scotland Transcription
William Preston Son In Law Married Male 24 1827 Laborer London, Middlesex, England Transcription
Sarah Preston Daughter Married Female 23 1828 - Scotland Transcription
Thomas Preston Grand Son Unmarried Male 4 1847 - London, Middlesex, England Transcription
John Ranner Visitor Unmarried Male 17 1834 Laborer London, Middlesex, England Transcription

When and where was the marriage?

I can't see any sign of it on freebmd

Welcome to the boards, lila.

Have you looked to see if William is in anyone's tree on genes, by using the search tab/Search All Member Trees, top tight?

Have you also looked for any of his family in members' trees?

I am looking for a connection to the Preston family from St Giles, St Pancras, Middlesex England. William Preston, b. 1827 St Giles, married Sarah Sharp.