Hello Listers, New to list and looking for any information on Mary Ann CROFT b.1797, especially her parents. Not sure exactly where she was born but she married William BOURNER 20 June 1852 in Worcestershire and d. Dover 16 October 1862. Any help / suggestions greatly appreciated. Peter Stevens , Brisbane.

Hello Peter, I'll accept that 'a' Mary Ann BOURNER's death was registered in Dover Registration District - which covered a much wider area than Dover itself - in Dec Quarter 1862, Ref 2a 453, but that's the only piece that matches anything else. While 2 Mary Ann[e] CROFTs married in 1852, neither were in Worcestershire, and neither bore the same reference number as any William BOURNER. A single William BOURNER married that year - in Sussex, many miles from Worcestershire - but his wife was either Mary BENNETT or Mary MILLER The IGI produced no hits either - searching on both names separately. Which raises at least two questions... 1) is the date of 20 June 1852 correctly shown? and 2) where did your information came from? [This would be of great assistance to anyone wanting to try to help you.] In general, if a precise marriage date is known,.the implication is that it came from either the IGI or a marriage certificate - and both should also give the exact location where the ceremony was performed. Is her estimated birth date taken from her death certificate? Have you looked for her in the various censuses of 1841, 1851 and 1861? The latter 2 should give her place of birth - although I'll grant that the information given there may not be true... Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Stevens" <ztevenz@bigpond.com> To: <ENG-WORCESTER@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 6:08 AM Subject: [WOR] Mary Ann CROFT > Hello Listers, > > New to list and looking for any information on Mary Ann CROFT b.1797, > especially her parents. > > Not sure exactly where she was born but she married William BOURNER > 20 June 1852 in Worcestershire and d. Dover 16 October 1862. > > Any help / suggestions greatly appreciated. > > Peter Stevens , Brisbane. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WORCESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message