Robert Cowling was baptised at St Agnes, Cornwall, on 20 May 1771. His first known child, also Robert, was baptised in Brentor, Devon, on 14 April, 1805. Alice was named as the child's mother.
FMP has a marriage between Robert Cowling and Alice Borlase in Mary Tavy (adjacent parish to Brentor) on 6 Dec 1801. Robert's brother, Thomas, is known to have migrated from St Agnes to Mary Tavy detween 1795-1800.
BUT there is also record of a marriage between Robert Cowling and Alice Borlase in Kenwyn, Cornwall on 21 Aug 1802! I have a copy of the register entry. Unfortunately the names of the witnesses provide no useful information. The FMP entry is only a transcription.
SO - is this an amazing coincidence concerning two identically named couples? Did the Mary Tavy event not take place, or does the entry refer only to banns? There is no record of the Mary Tavy marriage on Family Search.
Little is known of Alice. In 1841 she is recorded as a servant, aged 60, birth place unknown. Others have identified her as baptised Illogan,Cornwall, on 14 Feb. 1773. This would imply she was 28/29 when she married and that she had her last child when she was 49. She died in 1845.
I would welcome any thoughts that might help me make sense of all this.
FMP has a marriage between Robert Cowling and Alice Borlase in Mary Tavy (adjacent parish to Brentor) on 6 Dec 1801. Robert's brother, Thomas, is known to have migrated from St Agnes to Mary Tavy detween 1795-1800.
BUT there is also record of a marriage between Robert Cowling and Alice Borlase in Kenwyn, Cornwall on 21 Aug 1802! I have a copy of the register entry. Unfortunately the names of the witnesses provide no useful information. The FMP entry is only a transcription.
SO - is this an amazing coincidence concerning two identically named couples? Did the Mary Tavy event not take place, or does the entry refer only to banns? There is no record of the Mary Tavy marriage on Family Search.
Little is known of Alice. In 1841 she is recorded as a servant, aged 60, birth place unknown. Others have identified her as baptised Illogan,Cornwall, on 14 Feb. 1773. This would imply she was 28/29 when she married and that she had her last child when she was 49. She died in 1845.
I would welcome any thoughts that might help me make sense of all this.
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