Hi All Firstly a big thank-you for the Jenkins and Davis data - the 1871 data is particularly helpful. Re Sarah Davis .... My great grandmother Sarah Hannah Jenkins birth cert gives her parents as Shadrach Jenkins and Sarah nee Davis. From the census data I have been looking for a Sarah Davis born about 1827 in Bream Woodside (as given on 1881 census).. The birth cert (30 May 1870) gives place of birth as Bream. From what you say the 1830 Sarah does seem to fit your data better - which is good as the 1827 Sarah is the one I was thinking was possibly my gg-grandmother. Unfortunately the Park End church records are not on IGI. Infact there are no IGI references to Shadrach Jenkins, nor on FreeBMD either. This marriage of Shadrach to Sarah is one I need to find - though as both Sarah's have a father William, coal miner, it will not fix the mother. This partic line of research is to chase my maternal line so I do need to fix Sarah's mother. Any ideas about how I could do this? Thanks again Janet Howell gensearch wrote: >Hi All! > >Just adding my DAVIS interest: > >SARAH DAVIS was the maiden name of my 2xGGrandmother on her daughter's >her birth certificate in 1864 > >I am trying to locate the marriage of SARAH DAVIS to JOHN JAMES, >probably around 1856/7 (first child bn 1857) although the marriage could >have taken place up to several years earlier. > >I have SARAH and her JAMES family on the 1861 and all subsequent census' >in PILLOWELL her ages imply a birth around 1830/1 > >I have 2 possible baptisms for a SARAH DAVIS at PARKEND, although the >1830 fits better age-wise > >DAVIS SARAH bap 3/10/1830 d/o WILLIAM & SARAH, YORKLEY, COAL MINER >DAVIS SARAH bap 13/5/1827 d/o WILLIAM & MARY, BREAMS EAVES, COAL >MINER > >I have tried to "cross-reference" all the local DAVIS families on the >1851 with the baptisms from Parkend but had little success in matching a >likely family - it appears that Sarah DAVIS was most likely a "servant" >in Aylburton in 1851 and not living at home with her family. > >If anyone could throw any light on this problem I will be forever >grateful! > >Best wishes > >Angela Gibson >Sydney, Australia > > > >==== ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN Mailing List ==== >list owner can be contacted on kinetahill@hotmail.com please state mailing list in subject. thank you > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >