help with Annis

[yummy-mummy-amy]

hi,
i'm trying to find my 4th great grandmother on my dads maternal line and not getting very far.

i know her name as she is listed as mother to my 3rd great grandfather on the 1841 wakefield and 1851 bradford. her brith is 1803/1805 on the 2 census. it is definately Annie not Annie in the writing. It is also listed as Annis on family search linked to baptisms of children. But i can't find a marriage for her and Thomas my 4th great grandfather, this means i only know her 1st name and married surname.
She is burried at Bradford (St Peter's) cathedral, her death was jan 1852, burried 28th jan 1852.

has anyone got any ideas as to where i can find her maiden name? would it be listed on birth certs of children? there are 4 born after 1837 but all have very common names (Sarah, elizabeth, emma and henry) and their baptisms are all in various places around the area of wakefield, bradford, wrenthorpe etc and mother is listed as wood.

[cbcarolyn]

I would use FMP/freebmd to find the likely births in Wakefield area for each of the children, so that you can pinpoint the reg districts, and then use GRO so search through and try and find the same Maiden name

[brentor boy]

Free Reg has the following baptism:-
11 October 1840. Alverthorpe. Sarah Wood. Parents Thomas and Annis.
Alverthorpe in city of Wakefield.
From GRO Index. Wood, Sarah. 1840 Sep Q Wakefield Union. Mmn Thompson.
Unfortunately I have yet to find a matching marriage.

[brentor boy]

The names Annis Thompson and John Wood appear on the same page Sep Q 1859 Keighley.

Ignore this. Your Annis was already dead!

[cbcarolyn]

can you give the birth dates of the children

[cbcarolyn]

Interestingly there is a birth of Sarah MMN Thompson and also Elizabeth. you could try searching on GRO with that maiden name. I would also check the sounds similar box.

[brentor boy]

Baptisms from Family Search:-
Ann. 5 June 1824. Wakefield
Joseph. 26 March 1826. East Ardsley.
Mary .6 April 1828. East Ardsley.
Thomas. 8 February 1835. East Ardsley
Henry. Ditto
Sarah. 11 October 1840. Alverthorpe

Additional in 1841.
Charles. 12
Emma. 4
Living Wakefield


Additional in 1851.
Elizabeth. 8
George. 4
Henry. 0
All born Yorkshire, living Bradford.

[teasie]

There is a marriage in Wakefield 17 Feb 1823 Thomas Wood & Ann Thompson. Both otp & both signed X. Witnesses William Wood & Mary Thompson also signed X

[yummy-mummy-amy]

hi,
thank you for replies. the children above are right

• joseph Wood1826–
• Ann Wood 1824 or 1826–
• mary Wood1828–
• charles Wood1829–
• Henry Wood1831– died before 1950
• thomas Wood1835–1895 3rd ggf
• emma Wood1837–
• sarah Wood1840–
• Elizabeth Wood1843–
• george 1847
• henry 1850

i will look into the gro and see if they list as thompson, it wasnt somewhere i thouhgt to look so thank you.

[annette.humphreys]

The George born 1847 is shown on census as 'grandson' - whilst possible I know I somehow doubt that 7 month Henry belongs to Annis (some 8 years after her last child) and wonder if this should read grandson too.

Emma was baptised in 1836 so born before civil registration and I too had worked out from Sarah and Elizabeth's birth entries that Annis' maiden name was Thompson - I suspect that the 1823 marriage posted by teasie is indeed the one. A number of their children were baptised at Ardesley and think this would be Annis' baptism:

Annice Thomson bp.18/8/1805 Ardesley, illegitimate daughter of Mary.

Annette