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Hello again, haven't had to request a look-up for a long time, but I have a query with one of my Gt Gt Grandfathers weddings.

I have the marriage entry from Dudley registry Office for this wedding taken place on
St Edmunds Dudley August 27th 1884 -
Henry Richard Taylor, 41, Widower, Horse Nail Maker, Father's name = William Taylor.
Jane Harrington, 40, Widow, ----------- , Father's name is written as Joseph "Spitton" Blacksmith.
Witnesses = Benjamin Dudley and Sophia Scriven.

I have a theory that the father's name has been written down incorrectly. It could possibly be "Spittle" as there was a Joseph Spittle working as a journeyman Blacksmith in the Black Country at the right time who also had a daughter named Jane. Could somebody check the spelling of the names on the Parish register entry for me please?

Kind Regards - Adrian

Do we have them on Bcc so I can connect up.

is this jane
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =337303638


is this henry richard taylor and his first marriage
http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =652000785

cant see that harrington marriage will copy this to the black country genealogy section to find that first marriage for Jane to Harrington

Hi BCB have looked at the entry and it does say Spitton but I think like yourself this is an error

It looks like Jane Spittle married 1st Thomas Brazier...I will add these marriages to Bcc tomoz.

then she marries Luke Everington I think...in 1881

then that is either heard as Harrington for her 3rd marriage in 1884 to Henry Taylor

Good Grief NL - how complicated do you want to make this marriage

So, Jane Spittle/Brazier/Everington/Harrington had quite an unlucky time with her husbands... my Gt Gt Grandad Henry Richard was dead himself in 1888. On his son John's marriage to Esther Willetts in 1888, his father Henry is listed as deceased! Was she a serial killer?

Ok connected up Jane and Henry Richard and checked that 3rd marriage

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =787790735


27 August 1884 St Edmunds Dudley
Henry Richard Taylor 41 widr horse nail maker Dudley William Taylor horse nail maker
Jane Harrington 40 widow Dudley Joseph Spitton Blacksmith
banns
Henry signed X Jane
wit Benjamin Dudley X Sophia Scriven.


will add and post others in a min.

1st marriage to Thomas Brazier
could do with a dob and death for him and them on the 1871 census

in fact where is Jane on 1871 1881 and 1891 etc

http://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/tr ... =452453580


and 2nd marriage...
14 Mar 1881 St Mark Pensnett
Luke EVERINGTON 34 B Labourer Netherton Father Thomas Everington Labourer
Jane BRAZIER 37 W Netherton Father Joseph Spittal Blacksmith
After Banns The X Of Both
Wit; George Potter X / Sarah Barnbrooks X

Spittle, Jane

b. ABT 1846Cradley, Worcs.

m. Brazier, Thomas10 May 1863
St Thomas Dudley
d. BEF 1881

m. Everington, Luke14 Mar 1881
St Mark Pensnett
d. BEF 1884

m. Taylor, Henry R.27 Aug 1884
St Edmunds Dudley
d. ABT 1888

notice how its a different church every time is the lady hiding somat ?

There's a story here lol.

I think I've got Jane and Luke in 1881, living at 22 Cradley Road Netherton... all the names have been mistranscribed again... Everington as Hethrington and Brazier as Graszer


Name: Luke Hethrington
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Relationship to Head: Head
Spouse: Jane Hethrington
Gender: Male
Where born: Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Dudley
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Street address: No 22 Cradley Rd
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Shop Keeper & Labourer
Registration district: Dudley
Sub registration district: Dudley
ED, institution, or vessel: 42
Piece: 2882
Folio: 6
Page Number: 5
Household Members:
Name Age
Luke Hethrington 36
Jane Hethrington 37
Annie Graszer 13
Thomas Graszer 10
Edward Graszer 6
William Graszer 4

Here's Jane and the three boys in 1891, living in Scoldings Green, (Reddal Hill Road), Cradley Heath. Boys are transcribed as Taylor, written as Grazier but it's definitely the Brazier boys.
Name: Jane Taylor
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Kingswinford, Worcestershire, England
Civil Parish: Rowley Regis
Ecclesiastical parish: Reddal Hill
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Dudley
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2281
Folio: 121
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
Jane Taylor 47
Thomas Taylor 20
Edward Taylor 16
William Taylor 14

Looks like this thread is full of name interpretations... Luke Everington was probably Luke Hetherington/Etherington born in Harborne abt 1845... moved to Reddal Hill early on and was living there on both 1851 and 1861 cenus.

Death certificate here...

Luke Hetherington
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Registration Year: 1884
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 38
Registration district: Dudley
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume: 6c
Page: 72

Three husbands (so far), weddings in three different churches, so many variations on name spellings and she can't even decide where she was born... Cradley, Stourbridge, Brockmoor, Oldswinford, Kingswinford.... doncha just love family history

Thanks Bcb have added in notes re census
you did well finding those I couldn't find anything on them.

will flag now to move this thread to archived.

Thanks for that, certainly a fun one

Yep I enjoyed that one too!

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