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    RobinC
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    Whilst looking at my Witherall branch of the family tree, I noticed that my 4 x great grandfather states his birth as being in 1821 / 1822 at Beedon on the 1861 & 1871 censuses, then from 1881 he states his birth as being in 1819 / 1821 / 1822 at Chieveley, which is a short distance from Beedon.

    I have given a baptism record from the IGI for a Thomas Wetheral who was born to a Hannah Wetheral on 1st july 1821 at Beedon.

    Working on this, I have found on the IGI, a Hannah Wetherell who was born on 13 April 1797 at Beedon to Thomas & Jane Wetherell.

    Now I have found other children born to Thomas & Jane Witherell / Wetherell:

    2. RACHAEL WITHERELL - International Genealogical Index
    Gender: Female Christening: 21 NOV 1790 Beedon, Berkshire, England

    HANNA WETHERELL - International Genealogical Index
    Gender: Female Christening: 23 APR 1797 Beedon, Berkshire, England

    NAOMI WETHERELL - International Genealogical Index
    Gender: Female Christening: 20 MAR 1800 Beedon, Berkshire, England

    RICHARD WETHERELL - International Genealogical Index
    Gender: Male Christening: JUL 1788 Beedon, Berkshire, England

    But can only find one wedding between a Thomas Witherell and a Jane and that took place in Nortumberland:

    THOMAS WEATHERALL
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    Marriages:
    Spouse: JANE PELLINGTON
    Marriage: 07 DEC 1802 Christ Church, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England

    Now my concern is that this isn't the right couple for two reasons:

    1. It's almost the other end of the country to where the children were born.

    2. It's after the birth of the last child.

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    This is more likely,from LDS Beta.
    spouse: Jane Dennis
    marriage: 30 Jan 1786 — Beedon, Berkshire, England

    record title: England Marriages, 1538–1973
    groom's name: Thomas Wetherell
    bride's name: Jane Dennis
    marriage date: 30 Jan 1786
    marriage place: Beedon, Berkshire, England
    indexing project (batch) number: M15521-1
    system origin: England-EASy
    source film number: 1279450

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    Now my concern is that this isn't the right couple for two reasons
    Quite. I wouldn't spend too much time on that one

    Have you tried the Berkshire Marriage Index (Google, if necessary)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Goodey View Post
    Quite. I wouldn't spend too much time on that one

    Have you tried the Berkshire Marriage Index (Google, if necessary)
    Thank you warncoort!

    I haven't tried that yet, Peter as I wasn't aware of it.

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    Nothing comes up when I search.

    Am now looking for a marriage between a John Witherell & an Ann sometime between 1765 and 1768 as their first child appears to have been born in 1769.

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    Have you now skipped a generation mid thread?Post 1 you are after marriage for children born from 1788 on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by warncoort View Post
    Have you now skipped a generation mid thread?Post 1 you are after marriage for children born from 1788 on.
    I found a birth on 12th August 1870 at Marcham, Berkshire for Thomas Witherall to parents John Witherall & Ann, Marcham isn't far away from Chieveley and Beedon.

    Jane Dennis appears to have been born on 19th June 1763 at Chieveley to parents William Dennis & Rachael.

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    Going back over this thread, I have just looked at some hints on Ancestry and there is this record:


    England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
    Name: Thomas Witherall
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 28 Mar 1821
    Christening Date: 1 Feb 1824
    Christening Place: Cholsey, Berkshire, England
    Age at Christening: 2
    Father's Name: Thomas Witherall
    Mother's Name: Martha

    How can I tell who are the correct parents of the Thomas Witherell that I'm a descendant of?

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    To be honest, you really need to work with all the original records of the parish, not just the indexes. The originals may give you extra information such as father's occupation, and place of residence. But also, more importantly is to go through the burial registers and marriage registers of the parish to ensure that you have the right people, and that they haven't died in infancy, or married someone else and had a different batch of children.

    Sometimes our ancestors may be from another parish which has't been indexed yet.

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