Jimmy wrote:I notice you havent got a marriage for Joseph Basterfield and Mary ?.
This one fits, extracted.
JOSEPH BASKEFIELD. MARY GWYER. Marriage, 31 AUG 1818. Saint Phillips, Birmingham, Warwick,
On the marriage of Elijah and Maria Joseph the father is a mason so can we find him and Mary on the 1841 census there might be some clues there to Mary being Gwyer.
Does a bricklayer count as a mason? 'Cos I've got this whacking great family of bricklaying Basterfield/Baskerfields in Halesowen with father Joseph Basterfield abt 1791/1787 and mother Mary 1791/1784. All living in Islington most of the time.
In my tree, I have Benjamin Basterfield, b. 1822 Halesowen, parents Joseph Basterfield abt 1787 - 1861 and Mary White 1784, marrying Elizabeth Cooksey. Maybe this is your Elijah's brother???
Here's my Benjamin: 1871 - New St., Hasbury Benjamin Bastfeield Head 47 Bricklayer b. Worcs., Halesowen Elizabeth Bastefield Wife 47 Nailor b. Staffs., Rowley Maria Bastefield Daur 23 b. Worcs., Hasbury John Bastefield Son 15 Brick Lab. b. Worcs., Hasbury Thomas Baskefield Son 13 Nailor b. Worcs., Hasbury Hannah Baskefield Daur 5 b. Worcs., Hasbury
Then there are these:
BASKERFIELD/BASTERFIELD - HALESOWEN 1841 - Short Cross(?), Halesowen
James Baskerfield 25 Bricklayer Y (This is son of Joseph & Mary below and this family is on Connections) Elizabeth Baskerfield 25 Y Priscilla Baskerfield 6 Y Sarah Baskerfield 3 Y Gideon Baskerfield 1 Y
Next page, same street:
Thomas Baskerfield 20 Nailer Y
Next page, same street:
Joseph Baskerfield 50 Nailer Y Mary Baskerfield 50 Y Benjamin Baskerfield 20 Y Eliza Baskerfield 10 Y Elizabeth Baskerfield 5 Y
Next page, same street:
Henry Baskerfield 20 Bricklayer Y Sarah Baskerfield 20 Y
John Baskerfield 30 Bricklayer Y Hariot Baskerfield 30 Y John Baskerfield 4 Y
Another 2 pages, then:
Joseph Baskerfield 35 Bricklayer Y Jane Baskerfield 35 Y Mary Hadley 12 F.S. Y
Next page: Stowerbridge Road, Halesowen John Baskerfield 50 Bricklayer Y Phebey Baskerfield 50 Edward Baskerfield 15
1851 Islington, Halesowen 24 James Basterfield Head 36 Bricklayer - Nail Maker b. Halesowen Elizabeth Basterfield Wife 35 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Sarah Basterfield Daur 14 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Gideon Basterfield Son 10 Scholar b. Halesowen Joseph Basterfield Son 7 Scholar b. Halesowen Benjamin Basterfield Son 4 Maria Basterfield Daur 1
45 Elizabeth Basterfield 8 Visitor (b. Halesowen) with William & Mary Shilcock
46 Lodger with Anne Shilcock Widow 80: Henry Basterfield Lodger Mar 30 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Sarah Basterfield wife of Lodger Mar 31 Nail maker b. Worcs., illegible Phoebe Basterfield Daur of Lodger age illeg. b. Halesowen Jane Basterfield Daur of Lodger 1 1/2 b. Halesowen Sarah Ann Basterfield Daur of Lodger 4 b. Halesowen
47 Joseph Basterfield Head Mar 63 Bricklayer b. Halesowen Mary Basterfield Wife 66 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Elizabeth Basterfield Daur 21 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Priscilla Basterfield Grandchild 17 Nail Maker b. Halesowen(Links Joseph and Mary as parents of James married to Elizabeth in the 1841) John Basterfield Grandchild 14 Nail Maker b. Halesowen [b] Mary Ann Byngs Grandchild 2 b. Halesowen
52 John Basterfield Head Mar 40 Nail Maker - Mason's Lab. b. Halesowen Mary Basterfield Wife Mar 30 Nail Maker b. Halesowen John Basterfield Son 14 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Emma Basterfield Daur 8 Scholar b. Halesowen Anne Basterfield Daur 6 Scholar b. Halesowen
76 Joseph Basterfield Head Mar 47 Bricklayer b. Halesowen Jane Basterfield Wife 46 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Phebe Partridge Lodger 17 Nail Maker b. Halesowen Sarah Lowe Visitor 15 Nail Maker b. Halesowen
I think this is all one family, and the ages and places would be right for Elijah to connect in as the son of Joseph Basterfield and Mary White.
Last edited by dianel on Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:36 am, edited 2 times in total.
Just to make NL feel SO much better, I noted this entry mentioned elsewhere on the forum. This is obviously John and Mary BASTERFIELD (see Mary A Byng with them in 1851). ... a Mary Ann BASTABLE , b. 1807 Halesowen, married Joram WILLETTS, b. 1805 Rowley Regis, father of the Mary Willetts who married Thomas WOODHOUSE!!! There you are, NL ... all your headaches in one basket!
1861 Joseph Bastable 80 Mary Bastable 70 John Bastable 29 Elizabeth Bastable 29 Joseph Bastable 18 Eliza Bastable 10 William Bastable 5 Mary A Byng 12