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Marriage for John and Jane?


Day: 19
Month: Sep
Year: 1739
First Forenames: John
First Surname: Etheridge
First parish:
First age:
First notes: lic
Spouse forenames: Jane
Spouse Surname: Hayler
Spouse parish:
Spouse age:
Spouse notes: lic
Place: Billingshurst
Description: St Mary
County: Sussex
Country: England
Witness 1:
Witness 2:
Witness 3:
Witness 4 or Notes:
Record source: Billingshurst Marriages

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Name: Arthur Etheridge
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 03 Feb 1754
Christening Place: Billingshurst, Sussex, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Etheridge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Jane
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C15383-1
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1068525
Reference ID: item 9

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I can't find a baptism for Arthur c1780 at Horsham, there is a baptism at Billinghurst, a few miles away:

Name: Arthur Etheridge
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 23 Jan 1780
Christening Place: Billingshurst, Sussex, England
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Arthur Etheridge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Ann
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C15383-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 1068525
Reference ID:

Those parents Arthur and Ann seem to have several children baptised at Billinghurst according to family search:

Marriage?

Name: Arthur Etheridge
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Ann Older
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 18 Jun 1776
Event Place: Billingshurst, Sussex, England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status: Unknown
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status: Unknown
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M15383-1
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1068525
Reference ID: MP237 page 43

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A possible marriage for Arthur and Sophia:

Name: Arthur Etheridge
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Sophia Cheesen
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 06 Aug 1821
Event Place: Maidstone, Kent, England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00595-9
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1835447
Reference ID: item 2 p 300

Arthur senior and Sophia in 1851?

Address: Bourns City, Brenchley County: Kent

ETHERIDGE, Arthur Head Married M 71 1780 Lath Cleaver
Horsham, Sussex
ETHERIDGE, Sophia Wife Married F 52 1799 Lath Cleavers Wife
Ticehurst, Sussex
ETHERIDGE, Jesse Son Unmarried M 25 1826 Lath Cleaver Brenchley, Kent
ETHERIDGE, Harret Daughter Unmarried F 19 1832 Brenchley, Kent

Arthur and Sophia's daurs baptised as Etheridge:

Name: Harriott Etheridge
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 26 Feb 1832
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Arthur Etheridge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sophia
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

Name: Mary Etheridge
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 14 Jun 1829
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Arthur Etheridge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sophia
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

Arthur may have remarried to a Sophia as I found this baptism:

Name: Jesse Edderidge
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 26 Jan 1823
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Arthur Edderidge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Sophia
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

I think I have may have found Sophia in census 1841, along with stepson Arthur (bap posted previously) from her husband's first marriage to Elizabeth Hoadley, as Etheridges...

Census 1841:

Address: Pettridge, Brenchley

ETHERIDGE, Sophia F 45 1796 Kent
ETHERIDGE, Mary F 11 1830 Kent
ETHERIDGE, Harriott F 9 1832 Kent
ETHERIDGE, Arther M 30 1811 Kent

A couple more children for Arthur and Elizabeth:

Name: Arthur Edderidge
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 09 Dec 1810
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Arthur Edderidge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizth. Hoadley
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

Name: John Edderidge
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 01 May 1814
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Arthur Edderidge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

Could this be Ann? Fits better with her age of 38 in Potty's 1851 census than it does with my 1861. I realise the spelling is Edderidge rather than Etheridge.

Name: Ann Edderidge
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 18 Jan 1813
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Arthur Edderidge
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

Marriage of the parents, variation in spelling again:

Name: Arthur Eddridge
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Hoadley
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 26 Oct 1809
Event Place: Brenchley,Kent,England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 992457
Reference ID:

Census 1861 shows both John Fairman and wife Ann nee Etheridge as born Brenchley, but the only baptism I can find is for John, who may or may not be the father of Ann's son John c1834.

Census 1861:

Address: Ferris, Ferris Row, Brenchley County: Kent

FAIRMAN, John Head Married M 52 1809 Yobbing Gardener
Brenchley, Kent
FAIRMAN, Ann Wife Married F 51 1810 Brenchley, Kent


John's possible baptism:

Name: John Fairman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 13 Aug 1809
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Hannah Fairman
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:


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sibling Walter from Potty's 1851 and 1841:

Name: Walter Fairman
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 30 Oct 1836
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Fairman
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Ann
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

Marriage in Familysearch, but at Brenchley in 1834:

Name: John Fairman<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Age:
Spouse's Name: Ann Etheridge<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Spouse's Birth Date:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Spouse's Age:
Event Date: 24 Aug 1834
Event Place: Brenchley,Kent,England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Race:
Marital Status:
Previous Wife's Name:
Spouse's Race:
Spouse's Marital Status:
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 992457
Reference ID:

Looks like John c1834 was baptised four months before the wedding, as an Etheridge:

Name: John Etheridge<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 20 Apr 1834
Christening Place: BRENCHLEY,KENT,ENGLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Anne Etheridge<<<<<<<<<<<
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C13094-2
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0992456, 0992457
Reference ID:

A tree on Ancestry has John b1834's parents as John Fairman and Ann Etheridge, m 1837, Tunbrigdge - no proof attached.

Name:
John Fairman

Age:7
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1834
Gender:
Male Where born:Kent, England
Civil Parish:Brenchley Hundred:Lathe of Aylesford Brenchley and Horsemonden

John Fairman 33 Ostler
Ann Fairman 30
John Fairman 7
Waller Fairman 4


UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956
about John Etheridge




Name:
John Etheridge

Residence Date:
Mar 1876

Station:
Croydon

Company:
London, Brighton and South Coast

Description:
Traffic staff: register of appointments 1838 - 1879

John in 1851?:

1851 England Census about John Fairman
Name:John Fairman
Age:17
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1834
Relation:Son
Mother's Name:Ann Fairman
Gender:M (Male)
Where born:Brenchley, Kent, England
Civil Parish:Brenchley
County/Island:Kent
Country:England

Ann Fairman 38 , wife, Ostler's wife
John Fairman 17 son, Ostler's son
Walter Fairman 14

John and Ann's marriage:


Marriages Jun 1858 (>99%)
Etheridge John Reading 2c 597 Scan available - click to view
Rogers Ann Reading 2c 597 Scan available - click to view
Rogers Anne Reading 2c 597

1871:

Name:Mary Etheridge
Age:10
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1861
Relation:Daughter
Father's Name:John Etheridge
Mother's Name:Ann Etheridge
Gender:Female
Where born:Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Civil Parish:Dartford
Ecclesiastical parish:Canterbury
Town:Dartford
County/Island:Kent

John Etheridge 37 - railway porter, b Kent, Breukley? not clear
Ann Etheridge 43b Stroud, Glos.
David Rogers 16 son, b Hants, Backfield?
Mary Etheridge 10
Louisa Etheridge 8
Eligh Martin 13
Mary Bennett 73

mis-transcribed and David Mary should read David Henry!

1861

RG number: RG09
Piece: 2212
Folio: 81
Page: 17
Reg. District: Rugby
Sub District: 1 Rugby
Parish: Rugby
Enum. District: 22
Ecclesiastical District: St Andrews
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: James Street, Rugby
County: Warwickshire

ESLEBRIDGE, John Head Married M 27 1834 Railway Clerk
..., Kent
ESLEBRIDGE, Ann Wife Married F 38 1823
Stanley, Gloucestershire
ROGERS, David Mary Son M 7 1854 Scholar
Blackfield, Hampshire
>>>>>ESLEBRIDGE, Mary Ann Daughter F 0 (8M) 1861
Rugby, Warwickshire

1891, Mary born Rugby, Staffs