Hi Jean, Perhaps try FreeREG for Bath-area BMD events. Fairly good coverage for our areas near Bristol http://freereg.rootsweb.com/ Cheers, Marsha Stringer (nee MEERE) [email protected] USA www.bittonfamilies.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jean Wood Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 4:29 AM To: B & S rootsweb Subject: [B&S] Mary Ann WELLS born Bath c 1816/17 Thank you both Karen and Josephine for your help. Following Josephine's suggestion, if anyone has the Bath Baptisms for the period, would you be kind enough to see what you can find? And I remember a discussion earlier about people following the hair/wig/hat trades - has anyone come across a James WELLS hairdresser in that period? Daughter Mary Ann Wells born 1816/17 Thank you! Jean Wood www.cheziris.eu http://www.cheziris.eu/Duterrau.htm ---------------------------------------- > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:33:17 +0100 > Subject: Re: [B&S] Mary Ann WELLS born Bath c 1816/17 > > On Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:04:28 +0100, Jean Wood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Yesterday I discovered that one of my direct ancestors David Parrett, > > twine spinner, and Londoner born Southwark, married a girl from Bath in > > St Gerge the Martyr, Southwark on 24 September 1839. Parish record found > > on Ancestry. > > > > He gave his age as 24 and she 22 - no occupation listed. (Subsequent > > censuses list them as both born around 1816) Her father was James Wells, > > hairdresser. In 1871 she comes from Bath Wilts; in 1871, Bath has moved > > to Somerset! > > > I am looking for a parish/baptismal record or anything similar for Mary > > Ann Wells and can anyone find out anything about her mother or more > > about her father? > > Hi Jean, > > A few days ago I checked the page on the B & A FHS web site and found that > the Bath Baptisms Index > 1800-1837, which was on microfiche, is sold out and no longer available. > > Hopefully, someone has a copy and will do a look up for you. > > Two marriages in Bath for men called James WELLS are included in the > Marriage Index Vol 10 North Somerset Parishes 1754-1837 produced by > Bristol & Avon Family History Society. www.bafhs.org.uk > > James WELLS, bachelor, and Mary ROBERTS, spinster were married, by banns, > on 13th. July 1798 at Walcot St. Mary. Both were of the parish. > > James WELLS, bachelor, and Mary HULBERT, spinster, were married, by banns, > on 17th. February 1818. Both were of the parish. > > The first marriage looks a little early and the second marriage looks a > little late, but couples then, as now, often married after the birth of > the first child. > > Josephine > > -- > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message