Has anybody out there got access to the post 1812 registers for Steppingley? I can see on IGI 3 possible marriages for Thomas HOLLIS born Toddington 1783 1 01 AUG 1803 Mary BUNKER 2 14 FEB 1813 Mary BUNKER !! 3 08 FEB 1820 Mary SHEARWOOD The last appears from 1851 census to have been born Rothley, Leics around 1777 I strongly suspect she's a widow and that her maiden name might be GOODMAN. (There is an 1804 marriage Joseph SHEARWOOD and Mary GOODMAN at Millbrook.) Children were bapt Ruth 1809, Richard 1813 and Ann 1815 At marriage in 1803 Thomas was parish clerk and again in 1851 census. My queries are - Are all 3 marriages the same Thomas? Who was Richard's mother? When did the first 2 Marys die? Bill Deverell
The only burial of a Mary in Steppingley was on 19 Apr 1817 age 37. There are no other earlier Mary Hollis burials in Beds that could be the one married in 1803 David On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Bill and Jenny Deverell < billandjenny@wdeverell.orangehome.co.uk> wrote: > Has anybody out there got access to the post 1812 registers for > Steppingley? > > I can see on IGI 3 possible marriages for Thomas HOLLIS born Toddington > 1783 > 1 01 AUG 1803 Mary BUNKER > 2 14 FEB 1813 Mary BUNKER !! > 3 08 FEB 1820 Mary SHEARWOOD > > The last appears from 1851 census to have been born Rothley, Leics around > 1777 > I strongly suspect she's a widow and that her maiden name might be GOODMAN. > (There is an 1804 marriage Joseph SHEARWOOD and Mary GOODMAN at Millbrook.) > > Children were bapt Ruth 1809, Richard 1813 and Ann 1815 > At marriage in 1803 Thomas was parish clerk and again in 1851 census. > > My queries are - > Are all 3 marriages the same Thomas? > Who was Richard's mother? > When did the first 2 Marys die? > > Bill Deverell > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html<http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Ehughw/bedf.html> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEDFORD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >