Hi Jane, Thank you! That adds another piece to the jigsaw. I don't know why I didn't turn that up - I have a month's sub with FMP but I do find their search engine quite frustrating at times - I suppose I had narrowed the search too much. It certainly confirms the BROSTER connection - now to find the guilty party! Thanks again, Martin On 27/11/2014 21:51, Jane Greenaway wrote: > Martin > > According to Find My Past, Clemetina Broster Smith was baptised in > Prestbury on May 12 1861 > and was the daughter of Ann Smith, singlewoman of Hurdsfield. > > That doesn't really help does it ?! > > Jane > Chelteham > > On 27 November 2014 at 20:01, BwUK via <cheshire@rootsweb.com > <mailto:cheshire@rootsweb.com>> wrote: > > Dear Listers, > > In 1861 Clementina B SMITH aged 4 is living in Kerridge with her widowed > Grandmother, Mary BROSTER (nee BRACEGIRDLE bn 1795 in Adlington) - it's > tempting to assume that the middle initial B stands for Broster. > > Mary had married Joseph BROSTER (1802-1859) in 1823 at Manchester > Collegiate church, but prior to that she had had a daughter Nanny > BRACEGIRDLE in 1817. Nanny married Samuel GREEN at Prestbury in 1840 and > the two families were living with, or next to each other, in three > subsequent censuses. (Joseph was also a witness at Nanny's wedding so it > would appear that she may have been brought up by he and Mary). > > When Clementina married Samuel JOHNSON at Prestbury in 1874 she did not > disclose a father but Alfred & Eleanor Ann GREEN (son & daughter of > Samuel & Nanny) were witnesses. > > Clearly this seems a close knit family, but where does Clementina SMITH > fit in? The simplest explanation is that one of Joseph & Mary's > surviving sons (Joseph & Peter William) may have fathered her and maybe > the mother died soon after, but I cannot find any Christening for her. > It's not worth buying her birth certificate (which at least would name > her mother) because this is just an annoying loose end (I'm actually > researching the family origin of the name Clementina which came to be so > often repeated in the BROSTERs and TURNERs and their descendants down to > my mother's generation). > > I present this as the sort of puzzle so loved of us all - any > suggestions or solutions gladly welcomed :-) > > - Martin > Still a Cheshire lad. > > -- > "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." (Psa.37) > Web: http://www.biblewitness.org > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com> > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > > -- "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." (Psa.37) Web: http://www.biblewitness.org