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Does anyone have access to the parish registers for St. John the Baptist in Hillingdon. I need a look up and a little help. I live in Canada.
thanks
Lesley

Have you looked on family search or even done the free search on here?

Or if you would like to give some details we can have a look

They are available on an Ancestry Premium subscription. It has marriages up to 1910 and baptisms 1813 to 1906.

I have Ancestry world edition. The registers for St. John the Baptist, Hillingdon are not on there nor have they been transcribed by the LDS. I have been a member of GR almost since its inception. I have contacted everyone who may have an interest in the Sessions family....no-one has/or has ever had the information I require.

About 6 years ago a lady contacted me to say that she had the parish registers and she gave me some valuable information. Her second email gave details of the marriage of Elizabeth Sessions in 1851. Two computer crashes and new computers later.....I no longer have that email. and therefore do not have the name of the spouse. And that is what I am trying to find. Thanks for your replies.

If all else fails you could always buy the marriage cert from the GRO

Marriages Jun 1851
Sessions Elizabeth Uxbridge 3 425

Roy

Thanks PP, I was trying to not spend the money. Now I am retired I have to question such things.

It's Jeremiah Childs.

I found it on Ancestry, but by browsing the images for varous Uxbridge churches.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1623

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921

On the right hand side of the page pasted above there's an option to browse the collection by borough and parish, which is what I did.

The register is a little hard to read, I confirmed the groom's identity by cross referencing with free bmd:

Marriages Jun 1851
Alderman Mark Uxbridge 3 425
Benbow Ann Uxbridge 3 425
BIRD Henry Uxbridge 3 425
Childs Jeremiah Uxbridge 3 425 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Dover William Uxbridge 3 425
Dowsett Hannah Uxbridge 3 425 w
Sessions Elizabeth Uxbridge 3 425 <<<<<<<
Syrett Hannah Uxbridge 3 425

Elizabeth was a minor, the daughter of Stephen, a labourer.

I have sent you the image by pm.

This is why a search for Elizabeth on Ancestry produced no results.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Name: Jeremiah Childs
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Sepions<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Apr 1851
Parish: Hillingdon St John the Baptist
Borough: Hillingdon
Father Name: Henry Childs
Spouse Father: Stephen Sepions
Register Type: Parish Register

But as i said, I have sent you the image by pm.

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Census 1881:

Address: Spout Lane, Stanwell County: Middlesex

CHILD, Jeremiah Head Married M 50 1831 General Laborer
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
CHILD, Elizabeth Wife Married F 46 1835 General Laborer Wife
Harmondsworth, Middlesex


Census 1871:

Address: Spout Lane, Stanwell County: Middlesex

CHILD, Jeremiah Head M 40 1831 Buckinghamshire
CHILD, Elizabeth Wife F 36 1835 Middlesex


Census 1861:

Address: 35, Caroline Place, Chelsea County: London

CHILD, Jeremiah Head Married M 30 1831 Labourer
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
CHILD, Elizabeth Wife Married F 26 1835
Hammersmith

Jeremiah with parents shortly before his marriage (father Henry confims it)

Census 1851

Address: Wycombe End, Beconsfield County: Buckinghamshire

CHILD, Henry Head Married M 57 1794 Sawyer Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
CHILD, Elizabeth Wife Married F 55 1796 Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
CHILD, Jeremiah Son Unmarried M 20 1831 Sawyer Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England<<<<<<<<<<<<
MIDDLETON, Thomas Visitor Married M 25 1826 Ag. Lab.
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England

and Elizabeth with her parents in the same census:

Address: Harmondsworth Moor Lane, Harmondsworth County: Middlesex

SESSION, Stephen Head Married M 61 1790 Hay Dealer
Stanwell, Middlesex
SESSION, Deborah Wife Married F 56 1795 Harmondsworth, Middlesex
SESSION, John Son Unmarried M 22 1829 Age Labour Harmondsworth, Middlesex
SESSION, Elizabeth Daughter Unmarried F 17 1834 Servant
Harmondsworth, Middlesex<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Elizabeth had died by 1891:

Census 1891:

Address: The Moor, Stanwell County: Middlesex

CHILD, Jeremiah Head Widower M 60 1831 Green Grocer Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire


Deaths Mar 1890 Child Elizabeth 55 Staines 3a 15


Jeremiah's death followed not that long after:


Deaths Mar 1893 Childs Jeremiah 62 Staines 3a 7 e -

Ancestry has the image for the marriage of Elizabeth's parents as well:

Name: Stephen Session
Spouse Name: Deborah Derbin
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 5 Oct 1817
Parish: Hillingdon St John the Baptist
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Register

Name: Deborah Sessions
Record Type: Burial
Estimated Death Date: abt 1867
Burial Date: 12 Nov 1867
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1793<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Parish or Poor Law Union: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Register

Name: Deborah Darbon
Baptism Date: 19 Oct 1794<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Parish: St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell
County: Middlesex
Borough: Richmond upon Thames
Parent(s): Joseph Darbon,
Deborah Darbon
Record Type: Baptism
Register Type: Parish Register

Stephen and Deborah in 1841:

Address: Hall, Harmondsworth County: Middlesex

SESSIONS, Steven M 50 1791
SESSIONS, Deborah F 40 1801 Middlesex
SESSIONS, Joseph M 15 1826 Middlesex
SESSIONS, John M 12 1829 Middlesex
SESSIONS, Stephen M 9 1832 Middlesex
SESSIONS, Elizabeth F 7 1834 Middlesex
SESSIONS, Deborah F 3 1838 Middlesex

A couple of marriages for brothers of Elizabeth :

Name: Joseph Sessions
Spouse Name: Emma White
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 4 Jun 1848
Parish: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Father Name: Stephen Sessions
Spouse Father: George White
Register Type: Parish Register


His second marriage (widower on image)

Name: Joseph Sessions
Spouse Name: Lydia Chandler
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 4 Jan 1852
Parish: Harlington
Borough: Hillingdon
Father Name: Stephen Sessions
Spouse Father: Charles Chandler
Register Type: Parish Register


Name: Stephen Sessions
Spouse Name: Catherine Rash
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Nov 1853
Parish: Hillingdon St John the Baptist
Borough: Hillingdon
Father Name: Stephen Sessions
Spouse Father: Thomas Rash
Register Type: Parish Register

Various baptisms in the LMA records on Ancestry:

Name: James Sessions
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 23 May 1819
Father's Name: Stephen Sessions
Mother's name: Deborah Sessions
Parish or Poor Law Union: West Drayton
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

Name: Joseph Sessions
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 6 Jan 1822
Father's Name: Stephen Sessions
Mother's name: Deborah Sessions
Parish or Poor Law Union: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Registers

Name: Joseph Sessions
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 6 Jan 1822
Father's Name: Stephen Sessions
Mother's name: Deborah Sessions
Parish or Poor Law Union: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Registers

Name: Stephen Sessions
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 8 Jan 1832
Father's Name: Stephen Sessions
Mother's name: Deborah Sessions
Parish or Poor Law Union: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Registers

Name: Deborah Sessions
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 29 Jul 1838
Father's Name: Stephen Sessions
Mother's name: Deborah Sessions
Parish or Poor Law Union: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Registers


???

Name: John Sessions
[Deborah Sessions]
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 8 Mar 1829
Father's Name: Stephen Sessions
Mother's name: Antone Sessions
Parish or Poor Law Union: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Registers
(Mother is Deborah on image, Child's name indecipherable to me) Someone has amended it from John to Deborah.

Name: Anne Sessions
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 7 May 1826
Father's Name: Steven Sessions
Mother's name: Deborah Sessions
Parish or Poor Law Union: Harmondsworth
Borough: Hillingdon
Register Type: Parish Registers

Kucinta. Well thank you for the register of Elizabeth and Jermiah. I have corrected the name to Sessions on both the banns and the marriage. There were 4 men on the marriage registration and I did not check them individually on Ancestry, obviously I was not in thinking mode!!!

All the other information I already have but I thank you for your time and effort on my behalf. Stephen Sessions b.1791 was my 3xgreat grandfather.

Many, many thanks once again.