I have a Sarah Holmes, born c1826 in St Lawrence Jewry, City of London. Not having found any previous London-born rellies, I wasn't sure where to look for the baptism record, but a bit of poking around on Google turned up this: St Lawrence Jewry, City of London - Combs &c.
So, no baptism record and pre-civ reg... any bright ideas where else I might find a record of her? Failing that, I have the father's name from her marriage certificate so it would probably be a reasonable assumption that anyone marrying a John Shore Holmes in SLJ shortly before 1826 is most probably Sarah's mother.
Aha, I've found John in 1841, which helps. Church Passage, St Lawrence Jewry, Middlesex (same address as Sarah's on the marriage cert), HO107/721, folio 7, page 10:
John Holmes, 50, plumber (also matches cert), born in county
Susan Holmes, 50, do
George Holmes, 15, do
William Holmes, 15, do
Eliza Dedman, 15, do
Henry Leonard, 25, traveller, do
Susanna Leonard, 20, do
Mary Ann Leonard, 1, do
Henry Leonard, 6 months, do
Henry and Mary Ann Leonard were two of the witnesses to Sarah's marriage (her father was the other), dunno if they were related to the Holmeses or just friends. Haven't worked out where Eliza Dedman fits in.
Parish records are in the Guildhall Library: baptisms, 1538-1812 and 1941-53; marriages, 1538-1928 and 1938-51; banns, 1754-1933; and burials, 1538-1853. The registers for baptisms for the years, 1813-1940, and marriages, 1928-38, were destroyed in 1940.
Aha, I've found John in 1841, which helps. Church Passage, St Lawrence Jewry, Middlesex (same address as Sarah's on the marriage cert), HO107/721, folio 7, page 10:
John Holmes, 50, plumber (also matches cert), born in county
Susan Holmes, 50, do
George Holmes, 15, do
William Holmes, 15, do
Eliza Dedman, 15, do
Henry Leonard, 25, traveller, do
Susanna Leonard, 20, do
Mary Ann Leonard, 1, do
Henry Leonard, 6 months, do
Henry and Mary Ann Leonard were two of the witnesses to Sarah's marriage (her father was the other), dunno if they were related to the Holmeses or just friends. Haven't worked out where Eliza Dedman fits in.
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