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Hi, I'm trying to find any info on a Henry Parker who married Sarah May in
St.Catherines church,Bearwood,Reading,Berkshire in 1883.
I know Henry's mother was a Sarah? from Bray born 1831.
Henry died in 1927 and is burried in St,Catherines cemetery.
He would be my gt.grandfather.
On all the census returns from 1871 he is listed as being born in 1855 in Wokingham,Berkshire but I cant find a birth certificate there for him.
Any help would be very much appreciated.

you have found the marriage at freebmd ?

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

you need to order the certificate to find his age and his father's name and that could give you a much better chance of finding him in censuses


if you do have that marriage certificate that's part of the information you need to give when it says give all the info you have

his age and father's name, names of witnesses ......... ?

any little bit of information could help find him in records

Have you found him in 1861?

jax

Phillip,

Maybe its this one ...Fits in with his death !!


Birth ...BMD.
Henry Parker Witney Berkshire 1854 June qrt....

Marilyn

The only mention of his mother is in 1901 so where was she before? I cannot find her.

His birth may not have been registered it was'nt compulsary

jax

Hi, I've only gone and pressed the wrong button and deleted my last reply.
As you may have guessed i'm new to this so sorry if I babble on.
I have found Henry Parker in the 1861 census living with a family named Why in Davis Street,Wargrave,Berkshire. I have also come accross a christening dated September 1865 when he would have been 10(isnt that a bit old) also in Wargrave. His parents are named as Henry and Sarah.
Here goes the odd bit. On Henry's marriage cert his father is named as a Henry Langham? and the witnesses as an Arthur May and a Miriam May.
In the census returns from 1871 through to 1901 his mother is always a Sarah Parker but with differing ages and born in Bray, Berkshire.
Mmm not sure if I like this family history stuff as Iv'e now got brain ache.

I see her now 1823 -1831 bit of a difference still cannot see a birth apart from the one posted above

jax

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cannot see Henry here

1861 census - household transcription
Person: WHY, Mary Ann
Address: Davis Street, Earley



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WHY, William Head Married M 41 1820 Baker Grocer & C
High Wycombe
Berkshire VIEW
WHY, Catherine Wife F 41 1820
Wokingham
Berkshire VIEW
WHY, Sarah Daughter F 12 1849
Hurst
Berkshire VIEW
WHY, Catherine Daughter F 10 1851
Hurst
Berkshire VIEW
WHY, Lewis Riggs Son M 8 1853
Hurst
Berkshire VIEW
WHY, Mary Ann Daughter F 6 1855
Hurst
Berkshire VIEW
WHY, Albert Thomas Son M 3 1858
Hurst
Berkshire VIEW
WHY, Louisa Daughter F 1 1860
Hurst
Berkshire VIEW

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RG number:
RG09 Piece:
752 Folio:
94 Page:
17

Registration District:
Wokingham Sub District:
2 Wargrave Enumeration District:
7 C Ecclesiastical Parish:
Hurst

Civil Parish:
Earley Municipal Borough:
Address:
Davis Street, Earley County:
Berkshire



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oops really sorry meant 1871

The only Henrys in Wargrave born 1854-1857, in 1861 are

..... right so in the 20 minutes I was searching, you posted that you meant 1871 so I've deleted that


1871

Name: Henry Parker
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Hurst
Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas
Town: Whistley in Hurst
County/Island: Berkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wokingham
Sub-registration district: Wargrave

William Why 50
Catherine Why 51 she was Catharine Lewis married 1841
Sarah Why 22
Mary Why 16
Albert Why 13
Louisa Why 11
Hagar Why 8
Henry Parker 16
Susan Livermore 70
Mary Allen 84

he was in Hurst not Wargrave, at least at Ancestry you can't search by registration district, it really is a lot more helpful if you post the details and we don't have to go searching for them

'In the census returns from 1871 through to 1901'

no ...... 1881 through 1901 ?

as I said it really is a lot more helpful if you post copies


Henry Langham international man of mystery

there never was a Henry Langham in Berkshire, born married died census


a late christening might not be unusual for instance if his mother married and his stepfather took him on as his son

this could suggest that Parker was a stepfather's name

I guess I'll look for the 1881 census adn see what Sarah's marital status was .....

Name: Henry Parker
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relation: Head
Mother's name: Sarah Parker
Gender: Male
Where born: Wokingham, Berkshire, England

Civil Parish: Newland
County/Island: Berkshire


widowed .......... which doesn't necessarily mean she was, lol


Name: Sarah Parker
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1823
Relation: Mother
Gender: Female
Where born: Bray, Berkshire, England

here is an interesting coincidence of names

Marriages Dec 1866
MAY Sarah Wokingham 2c 853
PARKER George Wokingham 2c 853