Hello Folks, Further to my posting (please see below} I'm still trying to figure out for certain the parents of Elizabeth Wickson and the ancestry of Sopia Billing (nee Wickson nee Stone) and to answer all your kind E-mail queries and suggestions Marriages, Great Haseley 1840 Mar 2 By licence Gabriel BILLING full age bach otp, mechanic, son John, publican Sophia WICKSON full age, wid otp, do Thomas Stone, tailor. Witnesses: Henry LEE, Ann ROSSER The 1851 census states that Elizabeth Wickson was born in Abingdon Berkshire The I G I Records show that she was christened on the 30th of September 1832, at the Lower Meeting House Abingdon Berkshire I believe this is a Baptist (Non Conformist Record Father Joseph Wickson and mother Elizabeth. 1856 Aug 25, by banns William SMITH 23 bach otp carpenter son John, Lab Elizabeth WICKSON 24 spin otp d Joseph, cabinet maker (his trade is queried in the register) Wits: Mary Bracey, Abel Smith I still need help to sort out Sopia Billing (nee Wickson nee Stone) and further details of Joseph and Elizabeth Wickson's family. Thanking you All in Anticipation Graham. Hello Folks, I hope some kind person can help me with my Brick Wall! Elizabeth WICKSON b 30 August 1832 Abingdon Berkshire parents Elizabeth and Joseph WICKSON.(Non Conformist records). She married William SMITH 25th August 1856.in Haseley Oxford On the 1841C she was residing with Gabriel and Sophia BILLING in the civil parish of Great Haseley Oxfordshire. On the 1851C she was still living with the above and this time she was described as Daughter in Law. She was not a Daughter in Law in the modern sense! so therefore does this mean that she was adopted? because I could not find any records of her parents. Kind Regards Graham

Dear Graham, > Further to my posting (please see below} I'm still trying to figure > out for certain the parents of Elizabeth Wickson ... The answers to your earlier query have, in my opinion, answered this question with as much certainty as reasonably possible: Elizabeth Wickson was the daughter of Jospeh and Sophia Wickson. That fact is about as "certain" as anything in family history will be. > The I G I Records show that she was christened on the 30th of > September 1832, at the Lower Meeting House Abingdon Berkshire I > believe this is a Baptist (Non Conformist Record Father Joseph > Wickson and mother Elizabeth. Yes, the Lower Meeting House at Abingdon was a Baptist Church (so your description of this as a "christening" is likely to be inaccurate - Baptists do not do christenings.) But more to the point, you need to bear in mind that what you have here is an index entry, not a record of an event. And, moreover, one can see an obvious error in the indexing, because in the IGI the _father's_ name is given as Elizabeth, and the _mother's_ as Joseph. Now, on the real evidence you have before you, there is no substantial conflict. If you were to check the original record for this index entry (http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ is a PPV site that would allow you to do this), and the real register entry conflicted with the other evidence, then you would have something that needs some explanation. Or perhaps it would show that there is another consistent record of Elizabeth's parentage. > and the ancestry of Sopia Billing (nee Wickson nee Stone) I don't think you asked about Sophia's ancestry before. But if you wanted to look into this yourself, you could do worse than buy the Oxfordshire FHS transcript on CD called "WIT03" - see http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html#prs This CD contains not only a transcript of the Standlake registers, covering Sophia's birthplace, but also Stanton Harcourt, where Joseph Wickson was apparently baptised. Best wishes Paul -- Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire pbetteridge@pobox.com

Dear Paul, Because of you and other members of the list I have learned a lot regarding Elizabeth Wickson and her family. However to find out more about Sophia Wickson (nee Stone) as you pointed out Paul, I need to purchase a C/D.As an aged pensioner I cannot afford to do this at present. Nevertheless I will continue to carry on using the facilities that are available to me and my finances. I do thank everyone for all their help and guidence, especially you Paul Kind Regards Graham >> Further to my posting (please see below} I'm still trying to figure >> out for certain the parents of Elizabeth Wickson ... > > The answers to your earlier query have, in my opinion, answered this > question with as much certainty as reasonably possible: Elizabeth > Wickson was the daughter of Jospeh and Sophia Wickson. That fact is > about as "certain" as anything in family history will be. > >> The I G I Records show that she was christened on the 30th of >> September 1832, at the Lower Meeting House Abingdon Berkshire I >> believe this is a Baptist (Non Conformist Record Father Joseph >> Wickson and mother Elizabeth. > > Yes, the Lower Meeting House at Abingdon was a Baptist Church (so your > description of this as a "christening" is likely to be inaccurate - > Baptists do not do christenings.) > > But more to the point, you need to bear in mind that what you have here > is an index entry, not a record of an event. And, moreover, one can see > an obvious error in the indexing, because in the IGI the _father's_ name > is given as Elizabeth, and the _mother's_ as Joseph. > > Now, on the real evidence you have before you, there is no substantial > conflict. If you were to check the original record for this index entry > (http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk/ is a PPV site that would allow you to do > this), and the real register entry conflicted with the other evidence, > then you would have something that needs some explanation. Or perhaps it > would show that there is another consistent record of Elizabeth's > parentage. > >> and the ancestry of Sopia Billing (nee Wickson nee Stone) > > I don't think you asked about Sophia's ancestry before. But if you > wanted to look into this yourself, you could do worse than buy the > Oxfordshire FHS transcript on CD called "WIT03" - see > http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html#prs > > This CD contains not only a transcript of the Standlake registers, > covering Sophia's birthplace, but also Stanton Harcourt, where Joseph > Wickson was apparently baptised. > > Best wishes > > Paul >