Anquest and variants

[fedup]

Does anyone have any information they could share on my Anquest ancestors?

I have the following to date:

Marriage of Petter Annquist to Jane Mars 8 Mar 1813, St George in the East, London

Baptisms of:
Maria Anquest 9 Oct 1814
Eliza Hanquist 10 Jul 1819
Both were at St Dunstan & All Saints Stepney

Elizabeth Annquist 2 Dec 1821 at St George in the East
Mary Ann Hanquist 26 Oct 1823 "

Elizabeth Hanquist 31 Mar 1829 St Dunstan & All Saints Stepney (my great-great gran)
William Hanquist 31 Mar 1829 "

Joseph John Anqueste 30 Aug 1837 at St George in the East

Marriage of John Murphy to Elizabeth Anquest 4 Jan 1846 at St Mary Whitechapel

1851 census for Jane Augiste, widow, and son John age 18 (this is Joseph John, I believe, he was born 1832 and baptised late) at 3 Hallett's Court, St Paul Shadwell HO107/1550/398/p64

Possible 1861 for Jane Anzee at St George in the East workhouse RG9; Piece: 281; Folio: 197; Page: 1

1871 for Jane Anguest, widow in Mile End Old Town workhouse, RG10; Piece: 568; Folio: 125; Page: 1

Death cert (which I believe must be the right one) for Jane Anquest of Mile End workhouse age 84, died 30 May 1875, widow of Samuel Anquest, mariner. It would give Jane a birth year of c1791 which is consistent with a marriage in 1813.

No marriages or deaths for any of the children of Petter and Jane, and no death for Petter, although he may have died at sea. I believe he was Scandinavian, but can't be sure.

Any info gratefully received.

Fedup

[notanotherminer]

An Elizabeth Anquest died at Whitechapel in 1846:

Anquest Elizabeth Mar qtr 1846 Whitechapel vol 2 page 473

I know you have a marriage for Elizabeth Anquest in the same year and quarter but what record have you seen. Was it the actual marriage or was it the banns? I wondered if she may have died before the marriage took place.

[notanotherminer]

My apologies as I've just noted that Elizabeth was your great grandmother so she obviously didn't die in 1846.

[pennydog]

There is a death of an Eliza Hanguest (of Upper Cornwall Street) age 18, buried 7/9/1838 - St George's in the East.

Looks like your Eliza.

[birdlip]

Hello,

I think I have found the early deaths of two of Peter and Jane's children, from the Non Conformist Register RG4/4296, which turns out to be the Wycliffe Independent Chapel at Philpott St on Commercial Rd, Parish of Whitechapel;

Elizabeth HONQUIST 10 Sep 1824
Mary Ann HONQUIST 10 Sep 1824

Both burials on the same day would indicate an accident of some sort? Poor things.

[fedup]

Certainly is her, even though the age is slightly awry. Many thanks.

[fedup]

Many thanks for unearthing these two. HONQUIST is a variant that I haven't previously come across! This has spurred me to have a look in 19th century newspapers in case it was an accident, and there was an inquest.

Much appreciated.

[fedup]

An Elizabeth Anquest died at Whitechapel in 1846:

Anquest Elizabeth Mar qtr 1846 Whitechapel vol 2 page 473

I know you have a marriage for Elizabeth Anquest in the same year and quarter but what record have you seen. Was it the actual marriage or was it the banns? I wondered if she may have died before the marriage took place.

Thanks for the advice of this death for an Elizabeth Anquest. I would appreciate any advice as to how I can get hold of a copy of this death certificate. I initially applied for a copy of the certificate quoting the GRO number, and was told it was incorrect, although it appears as March qtr 1846 Whitechapel Vol 2 page 473 on both FreeBMD and Ancestry. I have since applied again without any GRO number, and they have rejected it again, on the basis that they have searched deaths in Whitechapel 1845-47 and it's not there!

If anyone has any thoughts, I would be very grateful.

[Kerrywood]

The death is in the retyped section of the GRO's own index, so it may be a typing error. I understand that the originals can't now be retrieved.

On the presumption that Whitechapel is the correct district, try Tower Hamlets register office (Bromley-by-Bow).
www.
thbmd.co.uk/index.php

Their online indexes don't yet include deaths before 1848. They have an entirely different indexing system from the GRO's, so the GRO reference is not relevant to them.

You might want to try ringing them for advice. Explain the situation -- that the death is in the GRO index but the GRO can't find the entry after two searches -- and ask if Tower Hamlets can look for it. Perhaps mention some of the alternative spellings that you've found? They may ask you to fill in the downloadable order form, but it is probably worth ringing first.

[fedup]

Thanks for that, Kerrywood. I have used thbmd in the past for baptisms, and they have always been pretty helpful, so I will give it a go.