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Hi everyone, I have browsed (or been nosy) on here before but today I decied to join in. I'm quite new to all this so sorry if I make a mess of it all. I am researching my maternal Black Country ancestors - Berrington Jewkes Talbot Cope. My brick wall at the moment is a marriage certificate for my GGGrandparents; Rebecca Jukes(1846) & William Berrington(1845). Their first child Maria Welch Berrington was born in 1866 ( I was told the Welch was because Rebecca's best friend was called Maria Welch) so have been looking arround that date. The only thing I have found is William Beddington / Hannah Jewkes in 1865. William's elder sister Martha Berrington married Henry Langford in 1863 as Beddington - is this change of spelling usual? As for the Hannah Mum once told me that Rebecca had a different christian name at birth but I can't remember what it was.

Hi Lurchergirly
Welcome to the forum, I'm sure someone will be able to help you out. Do you have any census records for them??

Hello Lurchergirl and welcome to the forum.

Annie

lurchergirly wrote:Hi everyone, I have browsed (or been nosy) on here before but today I decied to join in. I'm quite new to all this so sorry if I make a mess of it all. I am researching my maternal Black Country ancestors - Berrington Jewkes Talbot Cope. My brick wall at the moment is a marriage certificate for my GGGrandparents; Rebecca Jukes(1846) & William Berrington(1845). Their first child Maria Welch Berrington was born in 1866 ( I was told the Welch was because Rebecca's best friend was called Maria Welch) so have been looking arround that date. The only thing I have found is William Beddington / Hannah Jewkes in 1865. William's elder sister Martha Berrington married Henry Langford in 1863 as Beddington - is this change of spelling usual? As for the Hannah Mum once told me that Rebecca had a different christian name at birth but I can't remember what it was.

Hi there just pop this query in the Black Country section will you then we can dive in
and keep this to say hiya to ya on!

Hi Lurchergirly and welcome to the forum

Maths girl

hi LG welcome to the forum

Hi Lurchergirly
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grangers14 wrote:Hi Lurchergirly
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
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I dunno you scare me!

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grangers14 wrote:Hi Lurchergirly
I hope you enjoy the forum and our company.
We arent so scary you know! Dont worry we will keep right.
Jo

I dunno you scare me!

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Hello Lurchergirly - welcome to the forum - hope we can help

1871
BERRINGTON, William Head M 27 1844 Staffordshire
BERRINGTON, Rebecca Wife F 25 1846 Staffordshire
BERRINGTON, Maria W Daughter F 4 1867 Staffordshire
BERRINGTON, Annie Daughter F 2 1869 Staffordshire
BERRINGTON, Francis B Son M 1 1870 Staffordshire

Cleton Street, Tipton County:
Staffordshire

Thanks for the welcome everyone.
And Rockyfowler ; that's the family , my G. mother is Annie & G. Aunt Ri is Maria but I have never found a marriage for William & Rebecca.

lurchergirly wrote:Hi everyone, I have browsed (or been nosy) on here before but today I decied to join in. I'm quite new to all this so sorry if I make a mess of it all. I am researching my maternal Black Country ancestors - Berrington Jewkes Talbot Cope. My brick wall at the moment is a marriage certificate for my GGGrandparents; Rebecca Jukes(1846) & William Berrington(1845). Their first child Maria Welch Berrington was born in 1866 ( I was told the Welch was because Rebecca's best friend was called Maria Welch) so have been looking arround that date. The only thing I have found is William Beddington / Hannah Jewkes in 1865. William's elder sister Martha Berrington married Henry Langford in 1863 as Beddington - is this change of spelling usual? As for the Hannah Mum once told me that Rebecca had a different christian name at birth but I can't remember what it was.

Do you have the marriage for Hannah and William Beddington - if not, it might be worth adding it for a lookup. Do you have any of their children's birth certificates? Name changes are quite usual, especially in the black country, with the strong accents. It's not the people that change their names, but the officials who write them down. I have seen Jukes spelled as Jewkes and Rebecca may have had two Christian names.

I have added a family to BCC this morning and the name is different on their marriage, one of their children's birth registrations and almost every census - it changes from Warr to Ward to Warrs.

Hi, I have a birth cert for Maria Berrington, maiden name given for Rebecca is Jukes. I will ask for a look up for the William Beddington /Hannah cert.