I am trying to progress my MARTIN ancestors further !
Great-great grandfather ROBERT MARTIN was born in 1840/1 and registered in the Mar Q of 1841 at Brighton (7 281).
I know (or am fairly sure) from the censuses and marriage certificate, that his mother was Elizabeth, a widow in 1851, and his father was William MARTIN, a carpenter. William died before the 1851 census, and was a deceased carpenter on Robert's 1859 marriage certificate.
(1841 census - Class: HO107; Piece 1121; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 30; Page: 14)
(1851 - Class: HO107; Piece: 1645; Folio: 560; Page: 35)
Will there be any more helpful information on Robert's birth certificate ?
Robert had a brother William born about 1838/39, who also died before 1851. I cannot find a birth reg for William or baptisms for William and Robert (or James), most likely to be at St Nicholas, nor a marriage for William and Elizabeth - there is one for 1832, but think thats too long before Williams birth - unless another couple of children died before 1841 !
There are six death registations for William Martins in Brighton between the 1841 and 1851 census. And four Elizabeth Martins between 1851-61. Should I just take a stab in the dark and hope for the best with each one ? What information could I suggest as a checkpoint ?
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Great-great grandfather ROBERT MARTIN was born in 1840/1 and registered in the Mar Q of 1841 at Brighton (7 281).
I know (or am fairly sure) from the censuses and marriage certificate, that his mother was Elizabeth, a widow in 1851, and his father was William MARTIN, a carpenter. William died before the 1851 census, and was a deceased carpenter on Robert's 1859 marriage certificate.
(1841 census - Class: HO107; Piece 1121; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 30; Page: 14)
(1851 - Class: HO107; Piece: 1645; Folio: 560; Page: 35)
Will there be any more helpful information on Robert's birth certificate ?
Robert had a brother William born about 1838/39, who also died before 1851. I cannot find a birth reg for William or baptisms for William and Robert (or James), most likely to be at St Nicholas, nor a marriage for William and Elizabeth - there is one for 1832, but think thats too long before Williams birth - unless another couple of children died before 1841 !
There are six death registations for William Martins in Brighton between the 1841 and 1851 census. And four Elizabeth Martins between 1851-61. Should I just take a stab in the dark and hope for the best with each one ? What information could I suggest as a checkpoint ?
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