William Wi(t)cher help

[quiffdo]

Hello

Can somebody please help me clear up a situation with my Witcher/Hutfield family?

This is the story as I know it.
Rebecca Lawrence married William Wicher on the 24th December 1826 in Wherwell Hampshire and had a daughter named Elizabeth Witcher in 1827 Wherwell.
On the 1851 census Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1672; Folio: 146; Page: 11 there are more kids but she has now remarried to a George Hutfield. Rebecca and George married in the March Qtr of 1849 in Andover Hampshire.

Now what I'm trying to work out is who is the father of William Witcher Hutfield born c1849. I find it strange that Rebecca would add the ex-husbands surname into the first born of George's child. I also cannot find a birth for William. There is a possible birth for a William G Hutfield which would make more sense as the G could stand for George like his father.

William Witcher Hutfield married Sarah Kezia Weeks in 1867 in Southampton.

Some of this may sound familiar as I posted about this family some years ago about a different subject.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[quiffdo]

Just a bit of added info, William Witcher Hutfield consistently has Longstock Hampshire as his birthplace.

Danny

[Christine in Herts]

I would surmise:

William Witcher Hutfield born c1849

- that usually means 1848-49

Rebecca and George married in the March Qtr of 1849 in Andover

- possibly after the birth of William, in which case the registration would have to presume him to be the son of the first husband, however physically implausible. William would then take the name of his "step"-father, for convention's sake, possibly explaining the other bit of name as just "in memoriam".
There's a registration, in Andover district, of a William WITCHER in 1848q4.

Christine

[quiffdo]

I think it may be worth ordering the William Witcher birth cert and take a chance that it is him.

Thank you Christine.

Danny

[quiffdo]

I have just seen a baptism on the IGI for a William Witchor with mother Rebecca in 1849 in Wherwell. Looks like it could be my guy, no father mentioned.

Danny

[quiffdo]

I have just found 2 possible deaths for William Witcher (Rebecca's first husband) - William Witcher
gender: Male
burial date: 24 Oct 1849
burial place: Wonston, Hampshire, England

William Witcher
gender: Male
burial date: 11 Feb 1845
burial place: Wherwell, Hampshire, England

It would make more sense to me if it were the first death as it would tie in with the baptism I found of William Witcher whose mother was Rebecca but the place of the second marriage fits better with where the kids were all born.

Danny

[Ken.Milton]

I have just found 2 possible deaths for William Witcher (Rebecca's first husband) - William Witcher
gender: Male
burial date: 24 Oct 1849
burial place: Wonston, Hampshire, England

William Witcher
gender: Male
burial date: 11 Feb 1845
burial place: Wherwell, Hampshire, England

It would make more sense to me if it were the first death as it would tie in with the baptism I found of William Witcher whose mother was Rebecca but the place of the second marriage fits better with where the kids were all born.

Danny

If Rebecca married Hutfield Q1 1849 then the death Oct 1849 cannot be her 1st husband

[Ken.Milton]

If William was born before the 2nd marriage he would have surname Witcher irrespective who father was, then he adopted name Hutfield at a later date with or without the knowledge that Hutfield was his father