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ARC TBC - vickers baptism look up
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:10 pm
by trev2010
I have a Christopher Vickers who married in Croften nr Wakefield West Yorkshie,on the 30/11/1721. He married Ann Grace. I have been trying to find his baptism with no luck. Tried the free sites and also Find My Past but he isnt there. Is there any chance someone could have a look elsewhere for me. They had a son,Andrew in 1727.
Thankyou,
Trevor
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:06 pm
by grangers14
That marriage says Christopher Vickers and also has Stranger.
Wonder if he was from another area?
Jo
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:30 pm
by trev2010
Think he must have been Jo,but cant find him anywhere,.
Trevor
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:14 pm
by grangers14
You know you are very lucky to get that far back as it is. Its very hard to go further unless there are documents to prove it. Most ordinary people dont have that.
Have you tried
https://familysearch.org/But as you dont know what area it leaves it all open...
Jo
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:27 pm
by peterd
trev2010 wrote:I have a Christopher Vickers who married in Croften nr Wakefield West Yorkshie,on the 30/11/1721. He married Ann Grace. I have been trying to find his baptism with no luck. Tried the free sites and also Find My Past but he isnt there. Is there any chance someone could have a look elsewhere for me. They had a son,Andrew in 1727.
Thankyou,
Trevor
do the witnesses of the marriage help ?
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:13 am
by grangers14
There was no witnesses to the marriage. All it says,
Crofton, All Saints
Christopher Vickers, Stranger, & Ann Grace
Nov 30th 1721
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:15 am
by MarkCDodd
Looking at the original parish entries....
The register says nothing more about the marriage but it looks like "stranger" was put in as an afterthought.
In the Warmfield register, Andrew was baptised Vickars and Christopher was buried as a Vicars so the surname variations are a problems even in the same Church register!!!
On the page with Andrew's baptism, Christopher's profession is collier. On Christopher's death records, he is a labourer.
Christopher's burial entry of the 28th April 1738 does not mention his age so that makes it very difficult to find the correct baptism with the variance in spelling.
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 5:33 pm
by trev2010
ok thanks everyone.
Trevor
Re: vickers baptism look up
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:02 pm
by BC Wench
Is this still a Brickwall, or have you solved it?
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