I'm going round in circles with this:Big Grin:
Charles and Martha Lizars were witnesses at a marriage in 1843 in St Botolph, Bishopsgate.
I've found their marriage in 1838 Charles Lizars to Martha Underhays at St Leonard Shorditch (the bride's maiden name fits beautifully:Wink
So they should be in the City/East London in 1841. There's a Charles Lizars here - Ancestry.co.uk (bottom of left hand page) in Allen St, Clerkenwell. And a Martha Lizars on the top of the next page on the right hand side still in Allen St but with 50 people between them! D'you think it's a coincidence or maybe they were living apart or was it a particularly crowded house (it's not an institution!) and they were listed separately? Are they my couple? And while you're looking can someone please confirm for me that Martha's age is 40 and not 60 as transcribed.
To confuse things more there is the baptism of a Richard Nightingale Lizars to Charles and MARGARET in 1839 at St James Clerkenwell, right occupation for the father and the address is Allen St. It clearly says Margaret so it's not a mistranscription but there's no marriage to a Margaret and no trace of Margaret in 1841 .... are Martha and Margaret the same person?
It looks as tho' Charles died in 1845 but I can find no further trace of Martha.
I'm inclined to think that they are all the same couple but another opinion or two would help!
Thanks for looking. Off to Tescos now :F - will check back later:Big Grin:
Charles and Martha Lizars were witnesses at a marriage in 1843 in St Botolph, Bishopsgate.
I've found their marriage in 1838 Charles Lizars to Martha Underhays at St Leonard Shorditch (the bride's maiden name fits beautifully:Wink
So they should be in the City/East London in 1841. There's a Charles Lizars here - Ancestry.co.uk (bottom of left hand page) in Allen St, Clerkenwell. And a Martha Lizars on the top of the next page on the right hand side still in Allen St but with 50 people between them! D'you think it's a coincidence or maybe they were living apart or was it a particularly crowded house (it's not an institution!) and they were listed separately? Are they my couple? And while you're looking can someone please confirm for me that Martha's age is 40 and not 60 as transcribed.
To confuse things more there is the baptism of a Richard Nightingale Lizars to Charles and MARGARET in 1839 at St James Clerkenwell, right occupation for the father and the address is Allen St. It clearly says Margaret so it's not a mistranscription but there's no marriage to a Margaret and no trace of Margaret in 1841 .... are Martha and Margaret the same person?
It looks as tho' Charles died in 1845 but I can find no further trace of Martha.
I'm inclined to think that they are all the same couple but another opinion or two would help!
Thanks for looking. Off to Tescos now :F - will check back later:Big Grin:
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