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Thanks Kucinta, that's fantastic. Must admit never thought I'd ever track them down. Well, strictly speaking, I didn't did I!
jan x

Yes, you did, apart from Christina's brilliant breakthrough with the 1851 census.

The rest of it was just building on and substantiating your original findings further.

Maria might prove a harder nut to crack though!

You are right. I suppose it's important not to lose track of the original query, which was to see if my notion that the Maria's 1841 and 1851 are the same person holds water. What do you think?
Christina too, can't thank you enough you clever clogs!
Jan

I'm afraid I'm going to be sidetracked by Downton Abbey at this point...

One slight query - you said James married Constance at Handsworth, but the marriage seems to be in the LMA records?

Where is your sense of priorities woman??
I am absent tomorrow as on one of my all-day shifts that i adore so much, oh joy.
Thanks everyone for your input.
jan x

Guess I should be drummed off this site for my shameless lack of dedication... :-(

Was the marriage 'at Handsworth', a major part of the 'Handsworth connection' or is it immaterial it was actually at London?

My gut feeling is there is some mileage in your theory, but the difficuly is confirming it one way or another

Kucinta, you are correct, the marriage took place in London - I think when i first looked at this ages (years!) ago, someone found the Pallots entry for me which mentioned Handsworth (as James' residence) and this threw me off course.
Now, off you go to watch Downton ... !
jan

You're right, the marriage register does say he was of Handsworth, Staffordshire, so that potential connection still holds true

This doesn't relate directly to your query, but these seem to be Elizabeth's elder children in 1841, not sure where 'Elizabeth Leech' comes in as Elizabeth is Elizabeth Myatt in 1851, with a 9 yr old Myatt daur, and according to family search Elizabeth Hodgetts married John Worsey Myatt.

Census 1841:

Name: Elizabeth Leech
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Gender: Female
Civil parish: Handworth With Soho
Hundred: South Offlow
County/Island: Staffordshire
Country: England
Street Address:


Registration district: West Bromwich
Sub-registration district: Handsworth

Piece: 980
Book: 1
Folio: 23
Page Number: 3

Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Leech 30
James Myate 13
John Myate 11
Elizabeth Myate 8
Thomas Myate 6