I am trying to trace my 2xG/Gfather's parents, from about the 1820s. My G/Gfather, Joseph Hardman is on the 1851 Census as
3ms old. When I look back at the 1841, his father John is 25 married to Hannah also 25. They have a daughter Alice (Partington) 5 and a son James Hardman 1.
As Alice was called Hardman on the 51 Census, I am asuming she was Hannah's daughter, not John's. When I got my G/Gfather's B/Cert. mother is down as "Hannah Hardman formally Partington" I have tried every way and where to find
A) Hannah in a previous marriage and can't
B) A birth record for Alice and can't.
As I can find 9 marriages for an Alice Hardman between 1851 and 1861 when she no longer appears on the family return. Does it mean sending for all 9 to find the right one!! That might have cleared up the question of her father's name.
To see if Hannah was a widow or a single mum. I sent for Joseph's B/Cert to see if it would help and it says, 'Formally' and not 'Maiden name' for his mother's entry. What would YOU think or is there a requirment to state the full facts???
To make things worse, I can't find a marriage record "on line" for John and Hannah. Could it be that they never married and she just put married on all subsiquent census returns.
As I can't find any marriages "on line" I'm not sure which Church Records to search. But would that help when I don't know what John's Parents names were and ultimately thats what I want to find out. HELP any ideas.
3ms old. When I look back at the 1841, his father John is 25 married to Hannah also 25. They have a daughter Alice (Partington) 5 and a son James Hardman 1.
As Alice was called Hardman on the 51 Census, I am asuming she was Hannah's daughter, not John's. When I got my G/Gfather's B/Cert. mother is down as "Hannah Hardman formally Partington" I have tried every way and where to find
A) Hannah in a previous marriage and can't
B) A birth record for Alice and can't.
As I can find 9 marriages for an Alice Hardman between 1851 and 1861 when she no longer appears on the family return. Does it mean sending for all 9 to find the right one!! That might have cleared up the question of her father's name.
To see if Hannah was a widow or a single mum. I sent for Joseph's B/Cert to see if it would help and it says, 'Formally' and not 'Maiden name' for his mother's entry. What would YOU think or is there a requirment to state the full facts???
To make things worse, I can't find a marriage record "on line" for John and Hannah. Could it be that they never married and she just put married on all subsiquent census returns.
As I can't find any marriages "on line" I'm not sure which Church Records to search. But would that help when I don't know what John's Parents names were and ultimately thats what I want to find out. HELP any ideas.
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