Thank you for the information I hit the send button too early lol. Thanks again Nicci On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:26 AM, Peter Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Nicci, > > If you know she was unmarried in 1861 and 1871, why would you have us > look at an 1854 marriage to John Humbley? > > Sarah's parents look to be John Armstrong & Elizabeth Mayes. They > married 1828 at Eaton Socon and had Mary 1828, Susan 1830, Elizabeth 1835 > and twins Sarah & Fanny 1838 > > John Armstrong looks to be the son of William Armstrong & Mary born 1795 > at Cople. There's two possibilities for Elizabeth Mayes one 1793 at Cople > and another 1796 at Ravensden. > > John Armstrong dies before 1851. Elizabeth dies after 1871. > > Sarah looks to have been unmarried but had three children, Fanny 1858, > Isabella 1861 and John 1864. Isabella looks to have died young, but > although > she appears in 1861 census, I can't see a birth or death registration. > > I presume you know all about Fanny who was your 2XG grandmother. > > I can't find Sarah in 1881 census, but equally I can't find a marriage > or death around Bedfordshire. > > Son John Armstrong appears in 1881 census in Yorkshire. He is living > with Sarah' sister Elizabeth b1835 who has married Sam Wilson. > > I'd suggest you look for PR's of 1835 marriage to see if both were "of > this parish". You might also check A2A or Eaton Socon records for bastardy > bonds or the like. > > Peter > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/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 >