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born ca 1810 appears to have married Eliza/Elizabeth ca 1833 with 5 daughters born between 1833 and 1844 in Holborn & Aldgate

Living in Cripplegate in 1841 and Goodmans Fields in 1851 then they disappear.

Is the marriage identifiable in the London Metropolitan Archives records?

This is the banns and they married on Monday April 21st.

George Moorcroft and Elizabeth Pagitt

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about George Moorcroft
Name: George Moorcroft
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Pagitt
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 20 Apr 1828
Parish: St Marylebone Christ Church
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Register

Could this be their marriage?????
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London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Emily Moorcroft
Name: Emily Moorcroft
Record Type: Baptism
Born 1st Nov 1834
Baptism Date: 21 Dec 1834
Father's Name: George Moorcroft Warehouse Watchman
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Moorcroft
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Botolph, Aldersgate
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address Bartholomus Close

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Thomas Henry Moorcroft
Name: Thomas Henry Moorcroft
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: 9 Sep 1837
Baptism Date: 25 Jun 1837
Father's Name: George Moorcroft PORTER
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Moorcroft
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Giles without Cripplegate
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers


Address Pauls Alley

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Elizabeth Jane Moorcroft
Name: Elizabeth Jane Moorcroft
Record Type: Baptism
Born 20 Jan 1839
Baptism Date: 30 Jan 1839
Father's Name: George Moorcroft PORTER
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Moorcroft
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Botolph, Aldersgate
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address 10 HareCourt

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Eliza Moorcroft
Name: Eliza Moorcroft
Record Type: Baptism
Born 18 Jan 1842
Baptism Date: 6 Feb 1842
Father's Name: George Moorcroft PORTER
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Moorcroft
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Botolph, Aldersgate
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address 25 Jewin Street.

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
about Mary Ann Moorcroft
Name: Mary Ann Moorcroft
Record Type: Baptism
Born 23 Mar 1844
Baptism Date: 21 Apr 1844
Father's Name: George Moorcroft
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Moorcroft
Parish or Poor Law Union: St Botolph, Aldersgate
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Registers



Address Shaftesbury Place

For Ref........

1851 England Census
about George Moorcroft
Name: George Moorcroft
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Moorcroft
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Burnham, Berkshire, England

Civil parish: St Mary Whitechapel
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mark
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Whitechapel
Sub-registration district: Goodmans Fields
ED, institution, or vessel: 1bb
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 153
Piece: 1546
Folio: 436
Page Number: 37
Household Members: Name Age
George Moorcroft 40 (Porter)
Elizabeth Moorcroft 40
Caroline Moorcroft 18
Emilie Moorcroft 16
Elizabeth Moorcroft 12
Eliza Moorcroft 9
Mary Ann Moorcroft 7



1841 England Census
about George Moorcroft
Name: George Moorcroft
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1809
Gender: Male

Civil parish: St Botolph Aldersgate
Hundred: London Without the Walls
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: East London
Sub-registration district: Cripplegate
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 724
Book: 11
Page Number: 4
Household Members: Name Age
George Moorcroft 32 (Warehouseman)
Elizth Moorcroft 31
Caroline Moorcroft 8
Emily Moorcroft 6
Jane Moorcroft 2

A tree on A* has details for Emily, and this marriage for her:

Emily Moorcroft
Spouse Name: James Thomas Price
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1855
Parish: Bethnal Green St Barnabas
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Father Name: George Moorcroft
Spouse Father Name: Joseph Price
Register Type: Parish Register

There are no details past 1851 for George or Elizabeth, and no other children are on the tree.

Image states her father a warehouseman, one of the witnesses was Elizabeth Moorcroft but I can't read the other witness name.

Elizabeth Jane with her Sister Mary Ann....


1881 England Census
about Elizabeth J. Moorcroft
Name: Elizabeth J. Moorcroft
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where born: Aldersgate, Middlesex, England

Civil parish: St Leonard
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 57 British St
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Cook Domestic Serv

Registration district: Poplar
Sub-registration district: Bromley
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 497
Folio: 40
Page Number: 19
Household Members: Name Age
Henry J. Lammas 40 (Police Constable)
Mary A. Lammas 37
Henry D. Lammas 14
Ernest J. Lammas 11
Archibald Lammas 10
William H. Lammas 7
Albert E. Lammas 2
Arthur A. Lammas
Elizabeth J. Moorcroft 43 (Visitor)




Marriages Mar 1878 (>99%)

LAMMAS Henry John St Saviour 1d 207
MOORCROFT Mary Ann St. Saviour 1d 207

Henry must have been married before?



1871 England Census
about Henry J Lammas
Name: Henry J Lammas
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah Celia Lammas
Gender: Male
Where born: St George in the East, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Mile End Old Town
Ecclesiastical parish: St Dunstan
Town: Mile End Old Town
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Mile End Old Town
Sub-registration district: Mile End Old Town, Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 32
Household schedule number: 225
Piece: 559
Folio: 82
Page Number: 40
Household Members: Name Age
Henry J Lammas 30 (Police Constable)
Sarah Celia Lammas 31

There is an error with the page numbers. Henry and Sarah appear on page 41 and again on page 43. Children Heny David Lammas and Ernest James Lammas appear on page 44.


Deaths Dec 1877 (>99%)
LAMMAS Sarah Celia 38 Mile End 1c 350

Flip it could be J Saintmire the other witness on Emily's marraige

1891 England Census
about Mary A Lammas
Name: Mary A Lammas
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Henry Lammas
Gender: Female
Where born: London City, London, England

Civil parish: Stratford Le Bow St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephen
Town: Bow and Bromley of the Tower Hamlets
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Poplar
Sub-registration district: Bow
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 315
Folio: 56
Page Number: 6
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Lammas 50
Mary A Lammas 47
Ernest J Lammas 20
William H Lammas 17
Albert E Lammas 12
Arthur A Lammas 11
Edwin T Lammas 8


1901 England Census
about Mary Ann Lammas
Name: Mary Ann Lammas
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Henry Lammas
Gender: Female
Where born: London, England

Civil parish: Leyton
Ecclesiastical parish: St Catherine
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: North Leyton
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 17
Piece: 1616
Folio: 145
Page Number: 3
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Lammas 60
Mary Ann Lammas 57
Arthur Alfred Lammas 20
Edwin Thomas Lammas 17

Household transcription
1911 census

Person: LAMMAS, Mary Ann
Address: 6 Holland Road Southsea

LAMMAS, Henry Head Married M 70 1841 Metropolitan Police Pensioner St George in the East London VIEW
LAMMAS, Mary Ann Wife Married33 years F 67 1844 Shaftesbury Plain Aldersgate St City London VIEW
RG number: RG14
Piece: 5609
Reference: RG14PN5609 RG78PN254 RD90 SD4 ED17 SN226
Registration District: Portsmouth
Sub District: Portsmouth and Mid Southsea
Enumeration District: 17
Parish: Portsmouth
Address: 6 Holland Road Southsea
County: Hampshire
(3 children born to Henry and Mary.......2 living, 1 had died)

Mel may be right about the witness name, I knew I'd seen a similar name somewhere:

Caroline Ann Moorcroft
Spouse Name: John Thomas Saintmire
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 16 Dec 1855
Parish: Bethnal Green St John
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Register Type: Parish Register

Deaths Sep 1918 (>99%)
Lammas Mary A 74 Portsmouth 2b 562

Deaths Dec 1917 (>99%)
Lammas Henry J 76 Portsmouth 2b 578


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
about Mary Ann Lammas
Name: Mary Ann Lammas
Probate Date: 9 Nov 1918
Death Date: 19 Sep 1918
Death Place: Hampshire, England
Registry: London, England

Of 6 Canterbury Road Southsea Hampshire....Widow died 19th September 1918#
Administration (with Will limited) London 9th November Edith Maria Lammas (wife of Arthur Alfred Lammas) attorney of the said Arthur Alfred Lammas.
Effects: £541 3s 9d




Marriages Sep 1911 (>99%)
Lammas Arthur A West Ham 4a 250
Mann Edith M W. Ham 4a 250

Ooooo the marriages of Caroline and Emily are next to each other on London marriages published the same day.

I didn't notice that Mel, but I wonder if Caroline actually married - I can only see the banns but no marriage, and have had no luck finding them on the census?

added, but there is this marriage:

Marriages Sep 1858 (>99%)
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Baker George Thomas Bethnal Gn 1c 623
Saintmire John Thomas Bethnal Gn 1c 623
Ward Frances Bethnal Gn. 1c 623
Wisbey Jane Bethnal Gn 1c 623

Thanks all

Peter