Thanks very much for this lead. I will certainly check it out. Pippa -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 10:48 AM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Seeking help with marriage CAVE & HISCOX, St Michael, Bristol 1825 On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:40:58 +0100, Pippa Binnie <pippab@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > My GGG Grandfather Joseph HISCOX (1816-1907) "adopted" the surname CAVE > when he was a child when his mother Ann HISCOX married George CAVE at St > Michael, Bristol in 25 Jan 1825 (date from IGI). > Anyway, I got to wondering if Joseph HISCOX was illegitmate or his mother > Ann HISCOX had been a widow when she married George CAVE in 1825. Does > anyone have access to the marriage register for St Michael for 1825 could > check for me to see if this information was recorded there. Hi Pippa, The entry in the B & A FHS Marriage Index Vol 8 Diocese of Bristol 1813-1837 confirms the marriage of George CAVE and Ann HISCOX. www.bafhs.org.uk The groom was a bachelor, but the status of the bride wasn't noted. A long shot is that, if she was a widow, Ann could have been the Ann BAILEY who married Charles HISCOX at Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire on 3rd. September 1815. Source GFHS Gloucestershire Marriage Index 1800-1837 www.gfhs.org.uk You could check for baptisms of children of this Gloucestershire couple and burial of the husband to add them to or eliminate them from your research. If Charles and Ann were together in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, then this is the wrong couple. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message