Hello Barbara It would appear that the first thing you need to do is check the Hodnet baptism register to establish whether the earlier research is correct or not. I presume you live in the US in which case you should be able to view the Hodnet register at your local Mormon Family History Library which should be able to order the baptisms 1813-1849 amongst others. When you look through the images of the register you should keep a very open mind about spelling of the surname but I am not optimistic because a search on the IGI using the Batch No C008732 for the Hodnet baptisms 1813-1849 for a child Jane with father Thomas produced twelve results, none of which has a surname anything like EBREY or a mother named Ann(e). I found similar results for Prees using the Batch No C035082 which covers baptisms 1805-1868. I have also checked both parishes using the Batch No with the child's forename (Jane) and the mother's forename (Ann) without a father's name but this didn't produce anything which jumped out as a possible answer. These problems could be caused by a number of reasons, two of which are Non-Conformist religion or illegitimacy and of course there is always the possibility that someone forgot to write the entry in the book two hundred years ago. Mike Shropshire, UK ______________________________________________________ Barbara Petura wrote: > Hello. I am trying to confirm the parents of Jane EBREY, my second great grandmother. Research done by a cousin some time ago reported that she was b. in 1839 and baptized at Hodnet. > > Her birth year in UK and US census records range from 1837 to 1855! There is no IGI record for her birth that I can see, either for Hodnet or Prees. FreeBMD does not have a Jane Ebrey b. in Hodnet or Prees. She is not in a census with her parents. > > The family researcher recorded that her parents were listed as Thomas Ebrey and Anne. I can not find a record for their marriage. > > In 1861 Jane Ebrey, age 22, was keeping house for her uncle Robert Ebrey and his sons Henry and Frederick, all butchers, living in Prees. I do find Robert and many of his siblings in IGI records, but not a Thomas of the right age to have a daughter in 1839. [If an older brother named Thomas died young, this could be another son of that name born later]. > > Most are listed as children of Thomas Ebrey and Isabel Gilchrist. I believe this Thomas Ebrey is the same man listed under Butchers in the 1828-1829 Pigot & Co.’s Commercial Directory as Thomas Aberey & Sons, Prees. > > In June 1866 in Wem, Jane Ebrey married Benjamin Booth, a carpenter, b. in Hodnet, son of Joseph C. Booth and Mary Jemima Lawton. Benjamin and Jane traveled to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1866, apparently on their honeymoon according to family lore. They decided to stay. > > I welcome any advice on research approaches. Also how to view or obtain Jane and Benjamin's marriage record. I have the volume and page number. > > Thank you and happy holidays! > Barbara Bradley Petura > > > > > REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. > Threaded Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > > Searchable Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message