Greetings all, I have Thomas Marsh born about 1806 somewhere in Cambridgeshire. I suspect it may have been West Wratting but obviously want to verify where. Thomas married on 7th October 1821 to Mary Ann Turner in Holy Trinity Cambridge, BOTP . Two sons were born to them, Henry, bpt 26 May 1822, and Charles bpt 24 Apr 1825, both baptised in All Saints, Cambridge.. Thomas is a shoemaker in King Street. I have him in the 1841 census but of course no designated birthplace apart from the County. I've found no birth in Cambridge that would match Thomas, but found one in West Wratting, son of Robert Marsh and Benet Gilbey. What I'm asking is " would the banns for Thomas' marriage give his parents or birthplace, or the full parish record for his marriage, or any other source ? Is there some KS who has access to same be prepared to look this up for me. Cheers, Joy in Waiuku, New Zealand.

Joy & Joe wrote: > Greetings all, > I have Thomas Marsh born about 1806 somewhere in Cambridgeshire. I suspect it may have been West Wratting but obviously want to verify where. Thomas married on 7th October 1821 to Mary Ann Turner in Holy Trinity Cambridge, BOTP . Two sons were born to them, Henry, bpt 26 May 1822, and Charles bpt 24 Apr 1825, both baptised in All Saints, Cambridge.. Thomas is a shoemaker in King Street. I have him in the 1841 census but of course no designated birthplace apart from the County. > > I've found no birth in Cambridge that would match Thomas, but found one in West Wratting, son of Robert Marsh and Benet Gilbey. What I'm asking is " would the banns for Thomas' marriage give his parents or birthplace, or the full parish record for his marriage, or any other source ? Is there some KS who has access to same be prepared to look this up for me. Cheers, Joy in Waiuku, New Zealand. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Joy Parish records for marriages at that stage didn't require much information to be given although some parishes added extra stuff. So its not surprising that the marriage record for Thomas MARSH & Mary Ann TURNER doesn't mention parents. However it does mention 2 witnesses: John TURNER & John MARSH. Witnesses were often siblings although they could have been uncles or cousins or the fathers or even unrelated folk. The Banns would have contained even less information and that was true here: Banns of 30 Sep 1821 Thomas MARSH otp & Mary Ann TURNER otp Holy Trinity, Cambridge Sorry it isn't good news :( Paula