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Sally

Yes I have a sub as my maternal line come from Essex and I wouldn't be without it.

There isn't much free online for the County, as you have found out, and the only way I had to research was to visit the Essex RO. Now when I get the chance to go there I have the time to view real documents rather than crank the microfilm readers for parish registers.

To be honest a years sub works out cheaper than my staying near the RO for a few days.

Chris

County Essex
Place Great Horkesley
Church All Saints
RegisterNumber 29
MarriageDate 24 May 1818
GroomForename James
GroomSurname BIBBY
GroomAge
GroomParish
GroomCondition Bachelor
GroomOccupation
GroomAbode
BrideForename Sarah
BrideSurname CHURCH
BrideAge
BrideParish
BrideCondition Spinster
BrideOccupation
BrideAbode
GroomFatherForename
GroomFatherSurname
GroomFatherOccupation
BrideFatherForename
BrideFatherSurname
BrideFatherOccupation
WitnessOneForename William
WitnessOneSurname BIBBY
WitnessTwoForename Mary
WitnessTwoSurname CHURCH
Notes By banns with consent of parents

Hello Sally I don't know if it will help but there are at least two churches in Myland

Mile End Methodist Church Nayland/Mile End Road

St Michael's Mile End Road

Lesley x

This may give you the mothers maiden name,


Historical Records
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Harvey Bibby
Name: Harvey Bibby
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1851
Registration District: Colchester
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 12
Page: 75

Thanks for that BatMansDaughter, but Eliza Bibby's mother (Harriet) had already died by then (in 1846).

Thanks for the church information Diamonds-R-A-Girls-Best-Friend, I will have to widen my search of the Essex Records Office to surrounding villages, as I can't find a marriage of James Bibby to a Harriet in Great Horkesley from around 1826 onwards (this is when James's first wife Sarah Church had her last baby - and presumably died a short-ish while later - although I can't find her burial details in Great Horkesley either).

To recap on what I now know:
- My direct ancestor Eliza Bibby was baptised in Great Horkesley, Essex 1832
- Eliza's mother, Harriet Bibby, was buried in Great Horkesley in 1846.
- Eliza and her father and siblings were living with her elder half-sister Mary Constable in 1851 census in Mile End (Myland) Colchester.
- Eliza's mother was the 2nd 'wife' of James Bibby - although yet to find their marriage details, or the 1st wife's death details. Suspicious!

And what I still need to find:
- I'd like to find out her mother (Harriet) surname, no luck yet, nor for her marriage (if at all) to James Bibby, Eliza's father.
- I need to search further through the Essex Records Office to now investigate Eliza's father, James Bibby and his ancestors. I took out a week's subscription to the ERO, I'd better get my skates on!

Sally from FMP here are a couple of burials you might like to check on SEAX

First name(s): Sarah

Last name: BIBBY

Date of burial 23 Oct 1825

Age at death: 28?

Calculated year of birth: 1797

Place of burial Great Horkesley

Dedication: All Saints

County: Essex

Notes:


First name(s): Sarah

Last name: BIBBY

Date of burial 16 Oct 1827

Age at death: 2 Months

Calculated year of birth: 1827

Place of burial Great Horkesley

Dedication: All Saints

County: Essex


Also at http://www.mundia.com you will see other peoples family trees on The Bibby family these trees will give you lots of information that will need double checking.

Lesley x

Sorry, should have looked for when Harriet died. This looks like Phillips birth registration, it should hopefully give mothers maiden name,


Historical Records
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Philip Bibby
Name: Philip Bibby
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1840
Registration District: Colchester
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 12
Page: 62

OR it could be this one??


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1840 (>99%)

Bibby Male Lexden 12 126

Harriet's death?

First name(s): Harriet
Last name BIBBY
Date of burial: 15 Feb 1846
Age at death: 44
Calculated year of birth: 1802
Place of burial: Great Horkesley
Dedication: All Saints
County: Essex
Notes:

Sally, just found all this interesting detail re Eliza and Ellen Bibby. I am also a direct descendant of Eliza through her illegitimate daughter, Ellen.
I think they were both feisty ladies to survive their lives in the mid 1800's and how proud they would be to know how their present day descendants have fared