How remarkably sensible, Kevin, stating the obvious which the rest of us had forgotten to mention. We know George wasn't married in 1851 (census shows him as unmarried & living with his parents), so he must have married between then & (probably) the birth of his first child. Not many years, I expect. Add the birth record of William, & all will be incontrovertibly established. Look on http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/, & we find the marriage of George Birch registered in the 3rd (September) quarter if 1852 in Amersham district. Ref = volume 3a, page 443. On the same page are Mary Bond, Maria Pedder & Isaac Rose (in that order). So he probably married Mary Bond, maybe Maria Pedder. Hmmm. Well I never! There's a Mary Bond, aged 22, in Chesham in the 1851 census. Not from round here, though. Not /*Local.*/ Silk worker, lodging with David Rose, brush maker, his wife Ann, silk worker, & a couple of others, all from the same furrin West Country parts except David. Maria Pedder was in Great Missenden, aged 18. So was Isaac, widower of 39 & (apparently) cradle-snatcher. So, Caroline, you see what these lovely census CDs can do for you. I confidently expect the 1861 to show George (33 b Chesham) & Mary (32 b Shepton Mallett) Birch. Oh, & look at the IGI. Paul KEVIN SUTTON wrote: > Hi Caroline, > There are 8 George Birch's listed in Ancestry.com's index as being > born in Chesham - 6 are aged 74, 43, 38, 13, 9, 3 - all still in > Bucks. 1 aged 54 and living in Watford, and 1 aged 26 and living in > Bermondsey. > The 43 year old George appears to be living with 7 children (no wife), > one of whom is a 3 year old William. > Does your contact have his/her George's marriage cert, and if so who > is his Father? > Kevin. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <Buzzbee1970@aol.com> > To: <BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:37 PM > Subject: [BKM] BIRCH - Esther & George > > >> Is there anyone out there that confirm to me that Esther and George >> BIRCH >> below are brother and sister?? >> >> I have in my tree an Esther BIRCH born Jan 1814 and married John >> BRANDON in >> 1836. My Esther has a brother, George, born Dec 1828, both from >> Chesham. I >> already know that Esther's parents are William and Mary Birch. >> >> I have been contacted by someone who's distant relative was George >> BIRCH from >> Chesham, born 1828 and married and had a son, William, in 1870. >> >> What are is the likelihood that this is the same George? Can anyone out >> there point me in the right direction other than a long trip to the >> RC in >> Aylesbury to go through the Parish Registers to see how many George >> BIRCH's there >> were. >> >> Hope someone can help! >> >> TIA >> Caroline >> >> >> ==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== >> Your signature should be no more than 3 lines long and should not >> include surname interests which are outside the scope of this List. >> >> > > > > ==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== > View or download up to 20000 archive photos of Buckinghamshire from > the Bucks County Council web site at: > http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/photo_database > >