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Terry, if you take this over to the Records Office board, please copy over all that has been found on this thread otherwise people will waste their time looking for what has already been found.

Thanks for all your replies, sorry haven`t replied before. Next day off going to continue this on Records Office page as suggested.
Terry

On the same batch number on the IGI record I found for William there is also a christening of Elizabeth:-

Results for: British Isles
Father: Samuel Brown, Mother: Elizabeth
Exact Spelling: Off
Batch Number: C063371

1. WILLIAM BROWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 23 APR 1834 Wesleyan, Bideford, Devon, England
2. ELIZABETH BROWN - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 23 APR 1834 Wesleyan, Bideford, Devon, England

Kath. x

Looks like the 1851 census of William and Elizabeth confirms it is the right couple with Elizabeth Brown listed as a visitor and probably her daughter born 1830.

In 1851 Elizabeth is listed as born in Buckland Brewer, Devon. My comment re the marriage at Tiverton is that I wonder whether she would have gone to Tiverton at the other side of the county to be married when her children Elizabeth and William were born in Torrington and even when working away from home women more often return to there home to marry?


1851

Name: William Milford
Age: 47
Estimated birth year: abt 1804
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizth Milford
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Great Torrington, Devon, England

Civil Parish: Little Torrington
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Torrington
Sub-registration district: High Bickington
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 26
Household Members: Name Age
William Milford 47 b Great Torrington, Devon,
Elizth Milford 47 b Buckland Brewer, Devon,
Susan Milford 13
Priscilla Milford 11
Jane Milford 9
John Milford 6
Wm Milford 4
Elizth Brown 21

But by 1871 William is listed as born in Little Torrington so the tie to the Torrington 1841 record looks good as does the birth/christening Kath found on the IGI. If the right family there was also a sister Elizabeth born in 1830 and christened on the same day. Have to go to work now will recheck later

Name: William Brown
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Brown
Gender: Male
Where born: Little Torrington, Devon, England
Civil Parish: Jacobstowe
Town: Jacobstowe
County/Island: Devon
Country: England
Registration district: Okehampton
Sub-registration district: Hatherleigh
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Household schedule number: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
William Brown 35 Ag Lab
Elizabeth Brown 30 b Tavistock
Margaret Brown 9
Elizabeth Brown 7
William Brown 5
Samuel Brown 2

Based on this marraige below is this family in 1851 with William listed as born in Bristol?

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Mar 1860 (>99%)
Brown William Okehampton 5b 662
Burn Elizabeth Okehampton 5b 662

1851

Name: William Brown
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Brown
Gender: Male
Where born: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Civil Parish: Northlew
County/Island: Devon
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

View image

Registration district: Okehampton
Sub-registration district: Bratton Clovelly
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 44
Household Members:
Name Age
William Brown 28 Farm labourer
Elizabeth Brown 24 born Scotland
Emily Burn 3 b Okehampton
Margret Jane Brown 6 MO b North Lew

Does he give his age on his marriage certificate? There is this christening on the IGI:-



WILLIAM BROWN
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
28 OCT 1832
Christening:
23 APR 1834 Wesleyan, Bideford, Devon, England
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: SAMUEL BROWN
Mother: ELIZABETH

Kath. x

Terry

If you continue with this thread or delete it and move your request to the Record Office have you found your William Brown post his marriage to Elizabeth post 1860? It would help to have detials of a later census with his birth place and age etc to check against the earlier census years.

I can't see a William Brown born in Great Torrington post 1851

Kay

Terry ...I would copy and paste this to the RECORDS OFFICE page

as peeps here just chat and your thread will soon be gone ..

And I cant help with your problem sorry

Hi, I have a marriage certificate for a William Brown 1860 Oakhampton,Devon which gives his father`s name as Samuel. I have a possible William in the 1841 census living with his mother Elizabeth remarried to a William Milford at Torrington,Devon. Checking her maiden name found it to be Dymond, so was hoping to find a marriage between a Samuel Brown and Elizabeth Dymond. Just got list of marriages from Devon FHS which gives the name of the Brown who married her to be Sampson Brown in 1825 Tiverton. Two reactions from Family so far-a)no way,totally different name and b) might have been baptised with one name and known by another. What do you think? Would appreciate any advice.
Terry