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
Hiya Just a quickie - I have Ebrey butchers etc in my tree - will be back to you later Jilly --- On Sun, 21/12/08, Barbara Petura <[email protected]> wrote: From: Barbara Petura <[email protected]> Subject: [ENG-SHROP] Jane EBREY, Prees or Hodnet - seeking parents To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Sunday, 21 December, 2008, 2:47 AM 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