I'm sure they did this just to annoy me!
One of those side-branches of my tree includes three Bowskill sisters: Ann born about 1819, Mary born about 1821 and Hannah born about 1826. (Those are the years of their baptisms.) All born at Tuxford, Nottinghamshire.
Marriage Dec 1845 E Retford:
William Birkett
Ann Bowskill
Hannah Bowskill
Mary Bowskill
John Brown
Mary Ann Johnson
Samuel Smith
James Taylor
It's as though they deliberately picked people with very common names to marry and then persuaded a woman with a very common name to make up the numbers! Though William Birkett does have a rarer name, I will admit...
Now, I started with Ann because she was the eldest, and easily spotted her on the censuses married to John Brown, but I can't find any trace of the rest of them! Surely it has to have been a triple wedding with Ann's sisters, don't you think? So who married whom?
One of those side-branches of my tree includes three Bowskill sisters: Ann born about 1819, Mary born about 1821 and Hannah born about 1826. (Those are the years of their baptisms.) All born at Tuxford, Nottinghamshire.
Marriage Dec 1845 E Retford:
William Birkett
Ann Bowskill
Hannah Bowskill
Mary Bowskill
John Brown
Mary Ann Johnson
Samuel Smith
James Taylor
It's as though they deliberately picked people with very common names to marry and then persuaded a woman with a very common name to make up the numbers! Though William Birkett does have a rarer name, I will admit...
Now, I started with Ann because she was the eldest, and easily spotted her on the censuses married to John Brown, but I can't find any trace of the rest of them! Surely it has to have been a triple wedding with Ann's sisters, don't you think? So who married whom?
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