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    1. [ENG-SOM] Hobbs, Humphry/Humphries, Burgess
    2. Hello everyone I have a bit of a mystery and am looking for suggestions as to what could have happened please! Henrietta HOBBS was baptised 5 April 1833 at Hemington [abode Falkland] to Henry and Henrietta HOBBS. 1841 and 1851 she is with her family in Hemington. FreeReg has a marriage for her to George HUMPHRY on 17 February 1852 in Berkley, Somerset. [Age, father and witnesses fit.] However, come 1861 the only Henrietta I can find is supposedly married to a Peter BURGESS - 1861 CENSUS: The Pippin, Calne, Wiltshire. RG9, 1286, 80, 35&36, sch.197 Peter Burgess, H, M, 42, Master journeyman, Wilts, Calne Henrietta Burgess, W, M, 28, -, Somerset, Falkland Matilda Humphries, Step.D, -, 8, Scholar, Somerset Hemington Clara Ann Burgess, D, -, 4, Scholar, Wilts, Calne Harriet Adel Burgess, D, -, 2, Scholar, Wilts, Calne Elizabeth Burgess, D, -, 4 mos, -, Wilts, Calne And in 1871 and 1881 the above family are living in Hemington. Deaths for Henrietta and Peter BURGESS are in the GRO Index at Frome, in 1896 and 1891 respectively. However - I cannot find a death for George HUMPHRY [also HUMPHRIES in census], I cannot find George in any census later than 1851, and I cannot find a marriage for a Peter BURGESS [some subscribers on Ancestry have him and a earlier wife on their trees, but no information on Henrietta]. The only thing I can think of is that George may have emigrated and Peter and Henrietta may not have married at all. Any other ideas most welcome! Thanks. Carol

    05/23/2011 10:34:31