Amy Scullum

[wimsey]

Hi, I've had a rather cryptic message through Ancestry asking for help. The message says

"I am trying to trace Amy Scullum (married to George Chandler ) who was the mother of Susannah Chandler birth date 27 Sept 1864.St Margarets Westminster.Any help would be appreciated"

At the moment I'm not making much progress. In the GRO birth index Susannah Chandler has mother's maiden name SCALLUM which could well be SCULLUM. I can't seem to find a Chandler/Scullum/Scallum marriage.

[Dundee10]

Susannah is possibly living with a brother William in 1881 in Durham. May be his birth in 1853 at Kingston on Thames with mmn as SKELLOM.

[helachau]

FMP transcriptions
Baptism- Amy Bognor/Boyer Skellom, bap - 14 Dec 1823, place - St. Sepulchre, London parents William and Martha

Marriage - Amy Boyer Skellom, 20 Aug 1846, Lambeth, spouse - Charles Hawkins

Census - 1841 (ref HO107 1075 3 1)
Martha Skellom, age 50, Matron, born in County (Surrey), address - House of Correction, Kingston

The Globe, 7 Apr 1837, reported the death in Fleet prison of a William Skellom.

[wimsey]

thanks very much. I'm passing these suggestions on to my Ancestry messenger.

[almach]

Christ Church Southwark, 15th June 1828
Hannah Skellom, dau of William a plumber and Martha of Brunswick St.

Christ Church Southwark, 31 Oct 1830
Alice Skellom dau of William a plumber and Martha of Brunswick St.

Christ Church Southwark, 29 Sept 1833
Sarah Ann Skellom dau of William a plumber and Martha of Brunswick St

St Anne Limehouse, 28 Oct 1825 (Anc. indexed as 1821)
Elizabeth Skellom, dau of William a plumber & glazier and Martha of Limehouse

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As found by Helachau
St Sepulchre Holborn, 14 Dec 1823
Amy Bo? (unclear) Skellom dau of William a plumber and Martha of 8, Peter's Lane

When William and Martha married 19th Oct 1813 at St Giles Camberwell, Martha's surname appears to be BOYCE.

[almach]

1861, 13, Union Place, Westminster. RG 9; Piece: 48; Folio: 160; Page: 23
George Chandler 43, labourer, Canterbury
Amy Chandler 38, City of London
Henry Chandler 14, Lambeth
William Chandler 7, Chatham
Chas Chandler 10/12, Westminster.

Did Amy die before the 1871 census and George remarry?
1871, St John, Westminster. RG10; Piece: 119; Folio: 72; Page: 32
George Chandler 53, hawker, Canterbury
Louisa Chandler 35, Portsmouth
William Chandler 18, hawker, Cheam
Charles Chandler 11, Westminster
George Chandler 9, Portsmouth (most likely Louisa's son but not Geo's)
Sarah Chandler 7, Westminster (could Sarah be Susannah)

[wimsey]

Many thanks. I am passing this all on to 'David' on Ancestry. He is very grateful. I might suggest he joins Brit-Gen so that he can talk to you directly.

[helachau]

The Amy Boyer Skellom, 30 Aug 1846, marriage is a puzzle. It's listed on FMP and Familysearch, with Familysearch recording the church as St. Mary, Lambeth (Catholic?). Yet unable to find a marriage registration for the Sep/Dec Qtrs 1846.

[wimsey]

I think I'm getting a little confused now. We're saying that Amy Skellom married a Mr Hawkins in 1846, but, as Amy Chandler, in about 1847 she became the mother of Henry Chandler (14-years-old on the 1861 census) ?

[Dundee10]

The Amy Boyer Skellom, 30 Aug 1846, marriage is a puzzle. It's listed on FMP and Familysearch, with Familysearch recording the church as St. Mary, Lambeth (Catholic?). Yet unable to find a marriage registration for the Sep/Dec Qtrs 1846.

Perhaps it just a record of the banns and no marriage took place.

There are large age gaps between the children recorded in 1861 so it could be a blended family. Henry may just be George's son?