G'day Graham, Have you seen 1881 census record RG11 Folio 0846/8, page 10... William and Sarah PETHER with daughter, Florence (5) who was born in Mortlake, Surrey along with several other children? William is 40 and a grocer , the family living in High St, Mortlake. Did you find "your" William in 1881? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Price" <genetree@tpg.com.au> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 5:17 PM Subject: [MDX] BENNETT/NICHOLLS/PETHER > Hi all > > Just a little meditation upon a few findings, if I may. > > I recently found that my Mary Ann Eliza Bennett, bap. Dec 1850 St. > Margaret's Westminster, eldest dau of William John Bennett and Mary > Ann Bennett nee Pittway, married William Robert Pether at St. Luke's > Chelsea 28 Apr 1878. I find that she is deceased (March Qtr 1879) and > that in the 1891 census William is noted as widower with no children > living with him. William's father was Samuel and mother Marie and > while browsing around Ancestry.com I came across Mary Ann Eliza's > sister-in-law's (Pether) marriage two days prior to Mary Ann's > wedding, which got me thinking as it does - would there perhaps have > been a child born (hopefully), or a still-born, or whatever when Mary > Ann died during that March quarter of 1879? Well, there were several > Pether children born in the district who might have fitted this > situation and several also died the same year, but one I particularly > zoomed in on was Florence Alice, born (or shown to be born) September > quarter 1879 St. Saviours (just across the river). This would seem to > stretch the imagination a little far, but if the child was not > registered for a few months, well, just maybe? Hmmn. > > Anyway, following on this line of thought and wondering if any Pether > members of the family may have taken into their warming arms a child > without a mother I then came across a marriage of one James William > Nicholls to an Eliza Pether (Lambeth 1d 498) June quarter 1877. Okay, > so checking into the 1881 census one finds living at Richmond Surrey, > Barnes? High Street: RG11/848, one James Wm Nicholls and wife Eliza > with no children but one niece Florence M. Pether 5 years, scholar, > born Surrey Mortlake. Some considerable inconsistencies here, so one > wonders if the census is incorrect, or if it is correct, is it > worthwhile applying for the birth certificate of Florence A > Pether? Is she A or M? Born Mortlake or St. Saviour? Amazing > coincidence, whatever, and intriguing. (Just shows you how one can > get lost in genealogy!!!) If anyone has access to other records and > may find some clues, I certainly would be impressed. Of course, I am > hoping that a child from that Bennett/Pether married did survive > though have my doubts. There are so many that did not. > > Cheers > Graham > Melbourne > Oz > > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >