Thanks again Paul. I'll go back to the OXF list for details of William Whitmill's bpt. One of these days I'll make it to the Oxford RO! John Paul Irving wrote: > 28th March, actually - dau of William & Mary. She seems to have knocked > a little off her age, perhaps to reduce the age gap with her husband. > I've seen that before. > > I've also missed things before now. ;) > > > Our Mail wrote: > >> Thanks Paul - I'm embarrassed! Missing the marriage and the 1841 >> entry! I've made some amends by finding the family in 1851 - where >> William was shown as 68 b Moreton and Elizabeth 69 b Thame. So the bpt >> you found of Elizabeth Higgins looks as though it's the right one. I >> assume the date was after 31st March? >> I'll keep digging in Oxfordshire! >> John >> >> Paul Irving wrote: >> >> >>> Checking the 1841 census, I find William & Elizabeth WHITMILL, both 55 >>> (i.e. from 50 to 55) in Thame, with son Joseph, 25, & daughter Susan(?), >>> 15 - all born in county. Perhaps you missed the marriage. Maybe the >>> spelling was a variant you didn't recognise. >>> >>> Aha! Thame PRs, OFHS transcript - William (X) WHITMILL otp married >>> Elizabeth (X) HIGGINS otp 10 May 1803. Witnesses William (X) HEEL, Owen >>> HEWETT. Banns. >>> >>> Could be the Elizabeth HIGGINS christened Thame 1781. Maybe the ages in >>> the 1841 census are not accurate. Wouldn't be the first time. >>> >>> First HIGGINS/HIGGENS in the Thame PRs is 1601, first WHITMILL/WHITEMILL >>> etc. 1689. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> Our Mail wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I am trying to find the marriage of William Whitmill and Elizabeth in >>>> the early 1800's. Their son William was born in Thame, Oxon in 1814 but >>>> there is no marriage in the OFHS database. I am wondering if they >>>> married in Bucks - perhaps Elizabeth was from that county? If anyone has >>>> access to the marriage index I'd be grateful if they could check it for me. >>>> >>>> John >>>> *************************************** >>>> >>>> BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ >>>> BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ >>>> Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> *************************************** >>> >>> BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ >>> BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ >>> Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >> *************************************** >> >> BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ >> BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ >> Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > *************************************** > > BGS Website: http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ > BFHS Website: http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk/ > Bucks Genuki Website: http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >