WILLIAM SCARBROUGH
Concerning Thomas
and Jane's eldest son, William, two parish records exist for a marriage, one to
a Catherine Bacon in Newington St Mary in 1822
The Newington St Mary marriage
I have looked for the witnesses to this marriage and found that George Bacon was Catherine's brother. I have, to date found no record for Isabella Gregg.
The other to a
Catherine Alexis in Liverpool in 1825.
The Liverpool marriage (Bishop's Transcript)
Lancashire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936
| Name | William Scarborough | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | ||||||
| Event Type | Marriage | ||||||
| Event Date | 25 Apr 1825 | ||||||
| Parish | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||||||
| Register Type | Bishop's Transcript | ||||||
| Household Members |
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The Liverpool
marriage record states the groom's occupation as 'wine porter' thus some
confusion ensued as to which bride was correct. Naturally I understood that the
Newington marriage could be correct as it took place close to where William
lived. All censuses stated his wife only as Catherine and that she was born in
Southwark giving rise to the possibility that she was Catherine Bacon.
Something niggled at me as any matches called up in ancestry hints from other
trees, listed Catherine Bacon as his wife, so why was I, despite all of this
evidence, convinced that everyone else was wrong and that, for some odd reason,
the correct marriage was that to Catherine Alexis?
As I have said not
all parish registers were uniform and some, as in the marriage in Liverpool, do
not give witness information. Unfortunately these were prior to 1837 civil
registration and as such no certificate can be obtained. Mostly they will not
give names of parents either on marriages and sometimes just the father in
births. Baptism records tend to be a bit better as they provide both parent
names, in most cases.
To me there was only
one way to prove this as I could find no record which mentioned his wife's name
other than Catherine, since the marriage dates were 1822 & 1825
respectively, and prior to statutory registration, no marriage certificate was
available, therefore, the only way I could think of to find the correct
Catherine, was to find a birth record for one of the children. I chose the last
child Jane, born 26 April 1852 in the registration district of St. Mary
Magdalen, Bermondsey, sub district: Leather Market. Mother Catherine Scarbrough
formerly Alexis. I was correct in doubting the given evidence and in heeding my
own feeling that the obvious is not always correct. That in itself satisfied
one curiosity, but led me to another, why were they married in Liverpool? Had
he married Cath Bacon and run off with Cath Alexis, thus committing bigamy?
Had Cath Bacon died?
Is the marriage to
Cath Bacon to another William Scarborough? I have, as yet found no evidence of
a death or divorce for Catherine Bacon, but am still searching
Thomas' family were
not the only ones to suffer tragedy. William's wife died in Guy's hospital
after being horribly burned in a fire in the house. The details are below in
the inquest on her death.
William's baptism
record has bothered me for some time, and as I have said, I spent two and a bit
years trying to find this through Ancestry. Something made me pick up an old
connection to FindMyPast and on the off chance, I did a search for William's baptism.
I could not believe my eyes, the first result was for William Scarbrough son to
Thomas & Jane, St. Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex.
Westminster Baptisms Transcription
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First name(s)
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WILLIAM
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Last name
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SCARBOROUGH
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Birth year
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1804
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Birth day
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30
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Birth month
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May
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Baptism year
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1804
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Baptism day
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15
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Baptism month
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Jul
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Parish
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St Margaret,
Westminster
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Father's first name(s)
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Thos
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Mother's first name(s)
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Jane
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County
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Middlesex
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Page
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215
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Record set
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Westminster
Baptisms
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Category
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Birth, Marriage
& Death (Parish Registers)
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Subcategory
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Births &
baptisms
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Collections from
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United Kingdom
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