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Still have not been able to find the parents of my Great grandma Annie Moore, so frustrating, cannot take my line back any further.

but thank you all for your help.

Hi Gillian,
thank you for the imformation about Ellen Jessop,
at least it seems to point to my Annie Moore and the Gosberton link not being a red herring,
I have a couple of days off work now,
to try and delve about.

Eilleen.

Ellen Jessop is no help she was born 1859 Gosberton daughter of William and Damaris and was a 12 yearold servant in 1871 to Samuel Baxter in gosberton so she looks like a friend of Annie rather than a relative -think we need fresh eyes here!!

Well, thats my house of cards collapsed -it just shows in this game you can never be certain!
I didnt think relationships were shown for witnesses at weddings but the Ann I had been following certainly had a sister Martha who in 1881was a servant (nursemaid ) in Boston to the Thomas family so she was handy for the wedding
Will seewhat I can find for Ellen Jessop the witness at the Exton wedding

Hi everyone,
The Marriage cert arrived today,
for Ann Blancher to Uriah Wiles,
they where married at The Primitive Methodist Chapel, Little Hale, nr Sleaford. on13th July 1880.
she was 25 and he was 23.
her father was John Blancher a farm Labourer.
one of the wittnesses was her sister Martha Blancher.

where do I go from here . polite responses only please. I am delicate.

Elaine.

I dont think the Donington Ann is yours -your Ann is shown as b Helpingham in 1861 census and her brothers b Gosberton which explains why she thought she was (and may have been) b Gosberton, but you will only make sense of it, I think with the marriage cert of the other Ann to Uriah Wiles

Hi everyone,
a big thank you for your time and help,
looking again at the Blancher theory, what am I missing,
John Blancher ( who we know his father was William Moore , )
John Blancher /Moore , married Rebecca and started having children.
one being ,Ann Blancher born 1855,
in 1861 she appears to be with the family in Gosberton.
in 1871 she appears to be called Ann Moore a servant from Donington .
then in 1880 marries Uriah Wiles,
in 1881 she is living with him in Old Sleaford , Lincs , aged 25, born Donington.
so this Ann fits in perfectly with this family,
but my Annie Moore does not , because she married my Great granddad Tom Exton, so this is why I don't believe the Blanchers are my line,
please don't give up on me, if any of you know what I should try next , please let me know.
regards Elaine.

It would have helped enormously if you had said at the outset that you had explored the Blanchard theory!

Up to you, Elaine -it would prove my case or not! I do think I have the right family and so it seems do my fellow researchers but it would be nice to have it confirmed

Hi,
Thank you for sticking with me.
do you think I should get the marriage cert for Ann Blancher and Uriah Wiles, 1880,sleaford, to see who Ann Blancher's father was,
Elaine.

Me too Gillian.
I have 2 marriage certs for my D.I.Ls tree and both the fathers named on them turned out to actually be the Grandfather of the bride ,not the father.
Beats admitting you dont know who your father was or he has a different name as he wasnt married to your mother!

Well, if my theories are right her Grandfather was William Moore -so maybe she used that to avoid having to put a different surname to hers for reasons of respectability
I've done this long enough to know how unreliable fathers names and occs on marriage certs can be

the marriage details.
7th June 1875, parish church, Boston, Lincolnshire,
Tom Chambers Exton aged 23, Bachelor, tailor, address 35B, James St. father Robert Exton , tailor.
Annie Moore, aged 20. spinster, same address as Tom, father, William Moore , labourer.
wittnesses, Edward Exton and Ellen Jessop.

Hope this makes sense,
I wondered were William Moore ,
the father named on Annie Moore's marriage cert in 1875 to Thomas Chambers Exton, where is was in say 1871, 1861,and if he had a daughter named Annie Moore, aged abt 5 yrs in 1861 and 15 yrs in 1871,
does that make sense ......
what I'm trying to say is can William be found that will give a link ????
Elaine.

Gillian, and all,
Thank you for your time, the Blanchard story is the one I have been down before, it just does not feel right , but it might be,
I am just about to read through all the things you have found,
I found someone on this site who has the Ann Blancher to Uriah Wiles marriage in 1880, she is not my Great grannie annie Moore, but he does not have her parents, I was hoping that might sort out the Blanchard theory , or prove it,
I will be back shortly, stay with me, please,,,,,,,,
Elaine.

Thanks Cagsie but there is still the Ann Blancher who married Uriah Wiles 1880 Sleaford -if she turns out to be the daughter of John and Rebecca the whole house of cards collapses!

well done gillian - what a fantastic bit of detective work

Well this looks like the Moore connection
John Blanchard bap 18/8/1822 Fosdyke son of Ann Blanchard
so he was born illegitimate

Ann Blancher (here the spelling changes) married William Moore 5/5/1823 Fosdyke so the likelihood is that William is the father of John and explains the adoption of Moore in 1871 and John's son Wiliam using Moore as a Middle name
But why Annie should give fathers name as William when John was alive and kicking into 1901 I dont know
Will leave it now until Ela returns to comment

As a final (and addtionally confusing) piece before I go to bed,

John BLANCHARD married Rebecca Sharp 1855 Mar Q" Sleaford 2a 445
Rebecca Sharp appears 1851 as servant b Helpringham 1832 living in Wellingate

John appears as Blancher right up to 1901 so it is the year 1871 that is out of sync with Moore
The son William (1857 Jun Q Spalding ) married in 1879 using the name Wiliam Moore Blancher at Glanford Brigg