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I am looking for birth/baptism evidence for

Johanna/Joanne MIDDLETON

What I know and have :

1835 Marriage to Thomas Dale, Saint Marys, Handsworth, Stafford
1841 Residence St Mary and St Chad Stafford
1851 Residence St Mary Stafford BORN 1814 - City Of Lichfield
1861 Residence St Mary Stafford BORN 1815 - Farewell, Staffordshire. Also in residence is Alice Middleton Sister born 1811 Farewell Staffordshire
1871 Resdince St Mary Stafford BORN 1814 - Burntwood, Staffordhsire Also Alice Middleton born 1811 Burntwood, Staffordshire
1881 Residence St Mary Stafford BORN 1815 - Chorley, Staffordshire
1882 Death Born 1814

I have found a Middleton family in Farewell, Staffordshire but via Alice, but none of the sisters fit within the 1814/15 timeframe, and the family group all seem to have baptism records, except Joanne/Johanna.

I have tried all the variant spellings, I even tried John, so I am hoping that a fresh perspective may be the order of the day, any suggestions would be wonderful.

Thank you
Karren

you got this marriage info who were the witnesses do they help ? is this her only marriage ?

Have you noticed that in the 1851 census she is marked as blind or deaf/dumb yet she is a Screw (Prison Officer) in 1871.

In the 1861 census, Alice is marked as deaf.

Alice Middleton was christened at St Bartholomew Farewell - 5.1.1811 Father Thomas Middleton.

Stafford Archives have a Souvenir Book on St Bartholomew, I would try and find all available Documents for Farewell you may find quite a bit on the Middleton family. I live near Farewell, it is only a Hamlet even today, so there couldn't have been that many people there in 1811.

HTH Linell.

The IGI have a christening at St Bartholomew for a Hannah Middleton, but her father was Joseph so probably not your Joanna:-

name: Hannah Middleton
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 10 Sep 1818
baptism/christening place: SAINT BARTHOLOMEW,FAREWELL,STAFFORD,ENGLAND
birth date: 18 May 1818
birthplace:
death date:
name note:
race:
father's name: Joseph Middleton
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Sarah
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C03789-1

I obtained a copy of the marriage entry today - I braved the torrential rain through the city of Brum, it is June isn't it?

The Entry of Marriage was witnessed by

Charles Middleton
Susannah Dale

I did consider this was her second marriage, and although I did some research and can't rule it out completely, I am pretty certain this is her first marriage.

I had seen she was marked deaf/dumb but she is a Schoolmistress in 1851 so am thinking this perhaps just an oddity!

Thank you for the info about Farewell, I am pretty new to the genealogy, so am just finding my feet in the record offices and what is or isn't available, so I am always grateful for handy hints.