Hi Carolyn, Hope this is of some interest: County Somerset Place Lyncombe and Widcombe Church St Mark RegisterNumber MarriageDate 05 Sep 1824 GroomForename James GroomSurname WITCOMBE GroomAge GroomParish Lyncombe and Widcombe GroomCondition Widower GroomOccupation GroomAbode BrideForename Ann BrideSurname RUGG BrideAge BrideParish Lyncombe and Widcombe BrideCondition Widow BrideOccupation BrideAbode GroomFatherForename GroomFatherSurname GroomFatherOccupation BrideFatherForename BrideFatherSurname BrideFatherOccupation WitnessOneForename James WitnessOneSurname BURT WitnessTwoForename Fanny WitnessTwoSurname SMITH Notes banns; solemnized at St James, Bath; her mark FileNumber 5644 It appears that this got right to work with a family judging by the birth date of the first born :-) Regards, Tony List Administrator Bright, Victoria Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 2:44:22 PM, you wrote: > As a new member to this list, may I ask for your help with this family > please, they emigrated to Australia in 1855, although I have all their > records there, I am struggling to find their origins in Somerset. > The 1841 census has them living at Barton Place in Lidcombe and Widcombe. > James Witcombe 35 a carpenter > Mary A 35 > William 10 > Edwin 9 > John 7. > The 1851 shows them living in Finsbury, Islington, London. > James Witcombe 46 carpenter born in Downham Sset. (born about 1804) > Mary Ann 46 born in Goucester, GLC. (born abt 1804) > (Her maiden name was one of the following: Prater, Preter or Preater.) > Edwin 18 carpenter born in Downham Sset. (born abt 1832) > John 16 painter born in Shepton Mallet. (born abt 1834) > Matilda 9 born in Bath. (born in 1840) > As this is my first foray into Somerset research, I have a few > questions please, apart from LDS films, are there any of the relative > parish records available online? > I have found a few baptisms and burials in the Bath PR's online, but I > would really like to see the originals if possible. Also the marriage > of James Witcombe and Mary Ann. > Another question, I cannot find a place named Downham, could this be > Downhead which is close to Shepton Mallet. > Many thanks for any help you can give me. > Carolyn > in New Zealand. > > ------------------------------- > 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 -- Regards, TonyM mailto:[email protected]