Can someone help me untangle this lot please.
Elizabeth Dorey married Mark Mitchell in 1809 in Old Alresford. They had a son James in 1814. Mark had previously been married and had son Christopher in 1806.
In 1841 Mark, presumably widowed is with son Christopher, who has married Jane Dorey (I think a niece of his step-mother Elizabeth) and has numerous children. No sign of James.
I found James as a lodger in the 1851. Christopher is still with his family which now includes a grand-son Christopher Dorey.(b.1850)
In 1861 James is with Edwin Budd and Ellen Budd. Edwin is head of Household, a widower, and Ellen is his sister. James is entered as his brother. Edwin's wife was Elizabeth Page.
Christopher Dorey is with his mother, Mary Mitchell (unmarried) who is living with Henry Merritt and wife Amelia - she is stated to be Henry's sister! Amelia was born Amelia White in 1813.
So what I am trying to find out is - where was James Mitchell in 1841; what is his relationship with Edwin and Ellen Budd, and what is Mary Mitchells relationship with Henry and Amelia Merritt. I am assuming that Christopher Dorey was the illegitimate son of a Dorey.
(All of the above were in Old Alresford in Hampshire. The trees on Ancestry are wrong, they have James as the son of another couple)
Thanks in advance
Linda
Elizabeth Dorey married Mark Mitchell in 1809 in Old Alresford. They had a son James in 1814. Mark had previously been married and had son Christopher in 1806.
In 1841 Mark, presumably widowed is with son Christopher, who has married Jane Dorey (I think a niece of his step-mother Elizabeth) and has numerous children. No sign of James.
I found James as a lodger in the 1851. Christopher is still with his family which now includes a grand-son Christopher Dorey.(b.1850)
In 1861 James is with Edwin Budd and Ellen Budd. Edwin is head of Household, a widower, and Ellen is his sister. James is entered as his brother. Edwin's wife was Elizabeth Page.
Christopher Dorey is with his mother, Mary Mitchell (unmarried) who is living with Henry Merritt and wife Amelia - she is stated to be Henry's sister! Amelia was born Amelia White in 1813.
So what I am trying to find out is - where was James Mitchell in 1841; what is his relationship with Edwin and Ellen Budd, and what is Mary Mitchells relationship with Henry and Amelia Merritt. I am assuming that Christopher Dorey was the illegitimate son of a Dorey.
(All of the above were in Old Alresford in Hampshire. The trees on Ancestry are wrong, they have James as the son of another couple)
Thanks in advance
Linda
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