Hi Judy I don't have a marriage certificate so I can't confirm the link for sure, but all the ages & places seem to fit. I was trying to find out what happened to all the BASSET children after their parents died. Emma was the youngest surviving one and she shows up on the 1861 census with her mother Sarah, who had remarried to Thomas Taylor LEES, a carpenter from Willenhall. Emma is on the census as Emma Basset LEES, after that she seems to vanish. I couldn't find her in 1871 under BASSET or LEES, and couldn't find a death, so I looked for a marriage in Wolverhampton district. The only one was in 1871 and of the two possible grooms on the page the only one which matched up with the 1871 & 81 census was to Henry Thomas TRUBSHAW. There's also a death registration for an Emma TRUBSHAW in Wolverhampton in March quarter 1882. In the same quarter & district there's a death of Abel Horry TRUBSHAW, aged 0, so that's possibly what she died from. I have a photo of Eliza, Emma's older sister, very solemn and obviously in mourning. We've often wondered what the occasion was - her parents died when she was much younger, her husband outlived her, and none of her children predeceased her - I'm wondering now if it was taken for Emma's funeral which would be about the right date. Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Evans" <judy.evans27@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 10:57 AM Subject: RE: [B.C.] TRUBSHAW in Willenhall > Hi Tracy > I'm a descendent of the Willenhall Trubshaws! My GG Grandmother was Sarah > the sister of John who married Caroline. I have Henry Thomas married to an > Emma in 1871 but I don't have a specific date or surname. They had 4 > children: Mary Maria 1872, Alice 1874, Emma Gertrude 1876 then John Henry > 1879. Emma might have died as I then have Henry Thomas marrying Mary Bell > in > 1884 and a son Bertram being born in 1887. > Please get in touch Tracy, I may have more information somewhere, > Judy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tracy Little [mailto:jandt@cennick.fsnet.co.uk] > Sent: 02 April 2006 10:31 > To: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [B.C.] TRUBSHAW in Willenhall > > Does anyone out there recognise Henry Thomas TRUBSHAW (born abt 1851), son > of John and Caroline? According to the 1871 census he is at home with > them > and unmarried - the census was taken on April 2. > > However, according to the BMD index he married in the March Quarter of the > same year to Emma BASSETT who I think may be the sister of my gg > grandmother. On the 1871 census Emma TRUBSHAW is recorded as a servant > (married) with another family just round the corner. At the time she was > 21 > > and Henry was only 20. Their first child was born in the September > quarter > > of 1871. > > At first sight it looks as though Emma got pregnant and Henry married her > on > > the quiet (although her employers obviously knew) but he didn't tell his > own > > parents as he was under age at the time. >