G'day Jan, There is a Jessie Constance THOROUGHWOOD, born 1905 in Poplar who died, aged two, in Romford. Also, Miriam THOROUGHWOOD, died Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in 1892. These are on free BDM UK. There is also a THOROUGHWOOD born in Qld in 1972 on Genes Reunited. Hope this helps a little, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <jangmc@bigpond.com> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:25 PM Subject: [MDX] THOROUGHWOOD brick wall > Hi, > > In Ancestry "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921", > I have found the following record: Mary WASPER married John THOROUGHWOOD on > 21 July 1822 at St Mary, Staines. She was noted as being from Longford, > Middlesex, and John THOROUGHWOOD was noted as being from Saffron Walden in > Essex. They were both sojourners in this parish, ie St Mary, Staines. > > I have Mary WASPER's baptism...as VASPER, but this little branch of the > family used both,....at Harmondsworth, and can fit her with confidence into > my tree up to this marriage. > > But I can find no record of either of them after the marriage. THOROUGHWOOD > seems to be an extremely rare name, and there are none of them spelt like > this, in any census, Free BMD indexes, or Familysearch, as far as I can > find. There are, however, dozens of variants, and I am stumped. > > Can any clever person give me a clue? > > Also, there are 2 original copies of the record of this marriage (both no. > 72)...they are identical except that on one of them the witnesses and Mary > have signed their names...Mary's is a bit wobbly but very clear, and the > other one has the vicar filling in the whole thing. I am guessing that he > had assumed no-one could write, and they put him straight and insisted on > doing it themselves. Could this have happened? > > I just noticed there are several other duplicates, and now wonder if the > vicar rewrote them thinking the ones with the original signatures were a bit > messy!!? > > Jan > South Australia > > ************************************** > 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 >

Thanks for looking, Jan, I had found these, but I need some intervening ones to tie them to my people. I suspect that they may be one of the many variants, ranging from Thurwood to Thoroughgood. I tried Hugh Wallis' batch numbers site for Saffron Waldon, and there are many -----Original Message----- From: middlesex_county_uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:middlesex_county_uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Neil & Jan Hearn Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 5:34 PM To: middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDX] THOROUGHWOOD brick wall G'day Jan, There is a Jessie Constance THOROUGHWOOD, born 1905 in Poplar who died, aged two, in Romford. Also, Miriam THOROUGHWOOD, died Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in 1892. These are on free BDM UK. There is also a THOROUGHWOOD born in Qld in 1972 on Genes Reunited. Hope this helps a little, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <jangmc@bigpond.com> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:25 PM Subject: [MDX] THOROUGHWOOD brick wall > Hi, > > In Ancestry "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921", > I have found the following record: Mary WASPER married John THOROUGHWOOD on > 21 July 1822 at St Mary, Staines. She was noted as being from Longford, > Middlesex, and John THOROUGHWOOD was noted as being from Saffron Walden in > Essex. They were both sojourners in this parish, ie St Mary, Staines. > > I have Mary WASPER's baptism...as VASPER, but this little branch of the > family used both,....at Harmondsworth, and can fit her with confidence into > my tree up to this marriage. > > But I can find no record of either of them after the marriage. THOROUGHWOOD > seems to be an extremely rare name, and there are none of them spelt like > this, in any census, Free BMD indexes, or Familysearch, as far as I can > find. There are, however, dozens of variants, and I am stumped. > > Can any clever person give me a clue? > > Also, there are 2 original copies of the record of this marriage (both no. > 72)...they are identical except that on one of them the witnesses and Mary > have signed their names...Mary's is a bit wobbly but very clear, and the > other one has the vicar filling in the whole thing. I am guessing that he > had assumed no-one could write, and they put him straight and insisted on > doing it themselves. Could this have happened? > > I just noticed there are several other duplicates, and now wonder if the > vicar rewrote them thinking the ones with the original signatures were a bit > messy!!? > > Jan > South Australia > > ************************************** > 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 > ************************************** 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

Sorry, I hit Send instead of save. The rest of my last message should read that Saffron Waldon nonconformist registers on Hugh Wallis' site have many THURGOODs, and I wonder if that was the usual spelling. There is even a marriage for a John, who while older than Mary Wasper, is a possibility for a first marriage. But it is a patron submission with no sources. I guess it's a matter of working slowly through all possibilities. Jan South Australia