Thank you sincerely for the info on David Wells and Martha ? I had come across this, and at first had them linked as parents of George, but then disconnected them as the eldest son, James was b ca 1836, and per 1841 Census George was b May1840, being 11months of age, this was prior to their marriage in 1841. Also, 1861 Census Lists Sarah HAYNES, Lodger, Widow, but in 1871 Census, Sarah is listed as mother of Martha, blind, dau Bertha is living with them. Martha could be a 2nd wife of David, haven't found any indication of a 1st wife as yet. Also, Sarah Haynes being mother of Martha doesnt fit with family knowledge, but then again, if Martha was 2nd wife, it very well could fit. WELLS, David Record Type: Marriages Quarter: December Year: 1841 District: Biggleswade County: Bedfordshire Volume: 6 Page: 99 STEVENS, Martha 1841 December Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire WELLS, David 1841 December Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire 1851 England Census: GSU 87678-87680, Registration Dist: Biggleswade, sub Registration District: Potton, Source Info H0107/1753, Folio 751, Pg 48, ED 15, Shefford, Bedfordshire, England, No of Schedule: 175 Wells, David, head, married, age 40, sawyer, b Herts, Southworth Martha, wife, married, age 39, sawyer, b Beds, Shefford James, son, unmarried, age 15, sawyer, b Beds, Shefford George, son, unmarried, age 10, scholar, b Beds, Shefford Samuel, son, unmarried, age 5, b Beds, Shefford Susannah, dau, unmarried, age 2, b Beds, Shefford NEXT DOOR TO THOMAS AND ELIZABETH ODELL and.... WELLS/ODELL MARRIAGES FOUND: NAMES ALL RIGHT, TIME FRAME OFF, ONLY CHILD IS MAUDE. Per LDS 1279180, Shefford, Bedfordshire, England VS Records: WELLS, David, age 29, wife: Isabella ODell, age 19, m 1Nov1884. (Davids age sb 19) Recorded in Shefford, Bedfordshire, England Husband's Father: James Wells. Wife's father: George ODell (mothers name Isabella per 1881 Census) 1891 England Census: Registration and sub registration district: Biggleswade, County of Bedfordshire, Civil Parish: Shefford, Town of Shefford, Rural Sanitary Dist: Biggleswade, Parliamentary Dist: North Beds, Ecclesiasiastical Parish: Shefford, RG12/1258, Folio 18, Pg 29, ED 16. Back Street No of Schedule: 192: 4 room house (next door with Joel Odell, Alfred Odell, Isabella Odell) David Wells, head, married, age 25, ag laborer, employed, b Beds, Shefford Isabella, wife, married, age 25, neither emp or unemployed, b Beds, Shefford Maud, dau, single, age 8, neither employed or unemployed, b Beds, Shefford 1901 England Census: Registration and sub registration district: Biggleswade, County of Bedfordshire, Civil Parish: Shefford, Town of Shefford, Rural Sanitary District: Biggleswade, Parliamentary Dist: North Beds, Ecclesiastical Parish: St Michaels No of Schedule: 62, 4 room house, on Back Lane David Wells, head, married, age 35, ag laborer, worker, b Shefford, Beds Isabella, wife, married, age 35, b Shefford, Beds Maude, dau, single, age 12, b Shefford, Beds then...This is DEFINITELY FAMILY. NOTE, HEPHZIBAH IS A STEVENS, which could be related to the above Martha. Odell, David 1877 June Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire View Record Stevens, Hephzibah 1877 June Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire (she d after 1901 census, he remarried, Patricia Martha?) 1881 England Census: RG11/1631 Registration district: Biggleswade Sub-registration district: Biggleswade, ED 16, Folio 115, Pg 36, Civil parish: Shefford County/Island: Bedfordshire, Town of Shefford, Household Schedule 32 O'Dell, David, head, male, married, age 29, railway laborer, b Beds, Shefford O'Dell, Hepsibah, wife, female, married, age 31, Straw Plaiter, b Beds, Shefford O'Dell, Ernest, son, age 3, b Beds, Shefford O'Dell, David, son, age 6months, b Beds, Shefford If anyone has any information that could help untangle this, i would surely be most grateful! Thank you one and all Sandee sandee@ionet.net USA
Hi Sandee I dont think the Dec 1841 marriage you quote is the same David Wells as the one in the 1841 with wife Martha. In fact I dont think that the David Wells and Martha Stevens who were among the 8 people on that registration page actually married each other. The 1851 census has a Southill family, David Wells 34 b Stanford; Elizabeth Wells 33 b Campton; Fanny Wright dau 13 b Campton; Charles Wells 8; MaryAnn Wells 4; George Wells 1. One of the parties to the 4 marriages on that particular page of the register, other than Martha Stevens, is Elizabeth Wright. I think she was probably the one that married David Wells in 1841. On the same page was also William Odell in 1851 he is living in Shefford age 30 with a wife Martha 31 with an eldest child of 7. Whilst it would mean buying the marriage certificate to prove it one way or another I suspect Martha Stevens married William Odell. (of the other 4 names on the page a member submission on the IGI has Sarah Dilley! marrying John Smith, and the 1851 shows a William and MaryAnn Roberts in Old Warden). The IGI (controlled extract) has the christening of Martha Haynes at Campton (which included Shefford) on 16 Feb 1812, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah, which fits with her being the Martha who married David Wells, and who were probably the parents of at least George in the 1841 census. Theres a marriage on the IGI in the adjoining parish of Meppershall on 26 Dec 1835 between David Wells and Sarah Simmonds. I cannot see these in 1851 and the date would be right for Jamess birth, but I cannot find a burial of a Sarah in either Meppershall or Campton (although there is a Sarah Wells age 25 in neighbouring Clifton in 1839). This is something that the marriage entry in the parish register would put straight, but it doesnt resolve your family tradition of an Odell connection. The actual 1851 census entry for David reads born Herts Inksworth (Ancestry have indexed it as Inkiurrth !) which when spoken with a yokel accent I interpret as being Hinxworth. Ive had another look at the 1841 entry its possible that Georges age could be 4 months rather than 11, which would then fit with an entry on FreeBMD of the registration of birth of a George Wells in Biggleswade registration district in March 1841 vol 6 page 56. Ideally you need to obtain the birth cert for George, which can be done online, or alternatively to check for a baptism of George in 1841 and the earlier marriage of his parents, from the microfilm of Campton parish register which would be available from your nearest LDS Family History Centre, or by approaching BLARS http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ Whether David Wells had an Odell connection in Herts remains to be seen, but I cannot see any Odell link with George Odell in Shefford. Good luck David Sandee <sandee@ionet.net> a écrit : Thank you sincerely for the info on David Wells and Martha ? I had come across this, and at first had them linked as parents of George, but then disconnected them as the eldest son, James was b ca 1836, and per 1841 Census George was b May1840, being 11months of age, this was prior to their marriage in 1841. Also, 1861 Census Lists Sarah HAYNES, Lodger, Widow, but in 1871 Census, Sarah is listed as mother of Martha, blind, dau Bertha is living with them. Martha could be a 2nd wife of David, haven't found any indication of a 1st wife as yet. Also, Sarah Haynes being mother of Martha doesnt fit with family knowledge, but then again, if Martha was 2nd wife, it very well could fit. WELLS, David Record Type: Marriages Quarter: December Year: 1841 District: Biggleswade County: Bedfordshire Volume: 6 Page: 99 STEVENS, Martha 1841 December Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire WELLS, David 1841 December Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire 1851 England Census: GSU 87678-87680, Registration Dist: Biggleswade, sub Registration District: Potton, Source Info H0107/1753, Folio 751, Pg 48, ED 15, Shefford, Bedfordshire, England, No of Schedule: 175 Wells, David, head, married, age 40, sawyer, b Herts, Southworth Martha, wife, married, age 39, sawyer, b Beds, Shefford James, son, unmarried, age 15, sawyer, b Beds, Shefford George, son, unmarried, age 10, scholar, b Beds, Shefford Samuel, son, unmarried, age 5, b Beds, Shefford Susannah, dau, unmarried, age 2, b Beds, Shefford NEXT DOOR TO THOMAS AND ELIZABETH ODELL and.... WELLS/ODELL MARRIAGES FOUND: NAMES ALL RIGHT, TIME FRAME OFF, ONLY CHILD IS MAUDE. Per LDS 1279180, Shefford, Bedfordshire, England VS Records: WELLS, David, age 29, wife: Isabella ODell, age 19, m 1Nov1884. (Davids age sb 19) Recorded in Shefford, Bedfordshire, England Husband's Father: James Wells. Wife's father: George ODell (mothers name Isabella per 1881 Census) 1891 England Census: Registration and sub registration district: Biggleswade, County of Bedfordshire, Civil Parish: Shefford, Town of Shefford, Rural Sanitary Dist: Biggleswade, Parliamentary Dist: North Beds, Ecclesiasiastical Parish: Shefford, RG12/1258, Folio 18, Pg 29, ED 16. Back Street No of Schedule: 192: 4 room house (next door with Joel Odell, Alfred Odell, Isabella Odell) David Wells, head, married, age 25, ag laborer, employed, b Beds, Shefford Isabella, wife, married, age 25, neither emp or unemployed, b Beds, Shefford Maud, dau, single, age 8, neither employed or unemployed, b Beds, Shefford 1901 England Census: Registration and sub registration district: Biggleswade, County of Bedfordshire, Civil Parish: Shefford, Town of Shefford, Rural Sanitary District: Biggleswade, Parliamentary Dist: North Beds, Ecclesiastical Parish: St Michaels No of Schedule: 62, 4 room house, on Back Lane David Wells, head, married, age 35, ag laborer, worker, b Shefford, Beds Isabella, wife, married, age 35, b Shefford, Beds Maude, dau, single, age 12, b Shefford, Beds then...This is DEFINITELY FAMILY. NOTE, HEPHZIBAH IS A STEVENS, which could be related to the above Martha. Odell, David 1877 June Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire View Record Stevens, Hephzibah 1877 June Marriages Biggleswade Bedfordshire (she d after 1901 census, he remarried, Patricia Martha?) 1881 England Census: RG11/1631 Registration district: Biggleswade Sub-registration district: Biggleswade, ED 16, Folio 115, Pg 36, Civil parish: Shefford County/Island: Bedfordshire, Town of Shefford, Household Schedule 32 O'Dell, David, head, male, married, age 29, railway laborer, b Beds, Shefford O'Dell, Hepsibah, wife, female, married, age 31, Straw Plaiter, b Beds, Shefford O'Dell, Ernest, son, age 3, b Beds, Shefford O'Dell, David, son, age 6months, b Beds, Shefford If anyone has any information that could help untangle this, i would surely be most grateful! 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