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I have a Henry Henley who was born Bath ca 1830.

I cannot find his marriage on freebmd or Ancestry.

I believe he married Sarah Wood between 1851 and 1861, possibly in the Birmingham or Burton Staffs area.

On the 1861 Census they were at 152 Icknield, Ladywood, Birmingham with 2 children Harriet age 4 and Henry age 2.

Do hope someone can help
Many thanks
Jo

where did you get the name Sarah Wood from

this looks like Harriet's birth

Births Mar 1857 (>99%)

HENLEY Harriet Birmingham 6d 74
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and poss Henry
Births Jun 1859

HENLEY Henry James Birmingham 6d 23

Shirley

Thank you for your help

I got the name Sarah Wood from the 1851 census at 9 Edward Street, St. Martins, Birmingham.
There was a Sarah Wood there aged 16 b Burton on Trent, Staffs.

On the 1861 Census, Henry was 27 and Sarah was his wife aged 26 b Burton Stafford.

I also have the couple of the 1871, 1881 and 1891 Censuses.
I seem to remember that was the only Sarah born Burton aged 16 that fitted the bill, but have never verified it, other than the census.

Yes, Harriet was their 1st child, then Henry James Henley who died in 1866. There is also Sarah Ann H, Amelia H, William James H, Ellen H, Fanny H possibly Henry H and lastly Kate H

Perhaps they never got married!!
Thank you very much for your help

Regards
Jo

well i wouldnt give up ,get one of the childrens birth certs this will give Sarahs maiden name

I'd say this is your Henry in the 1851

Henry Henley
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Henry
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Walcot, Somerset, England

Civil Parish: Lyncombe and Widcome
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Bath
Sub-registration district: Lyncombe
ED, institution, or vessel: 1l
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 82
Household Members: Name Age
Amelia Henley 8
Henry Henley 50
Henry Henley 20
Sarah Henley 48
Susan Henley 11
Thomas Henley 22
William Henley 6


Henry (dad) was a gas Fitter ( Journeyman)

more births

Births Dec 1862
HENLEY Sarah Ann Birmingham 6d 22

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Births Sep 1867

Henley Amelia Birmingham 6d 14

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Births Jun 1871

HENLEY William Birmingham 6d 178

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Births Jun 1874

Henley Ellen Birmingham 6d 177

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Births Sep 1876

Henley Fanny Birmingham 6d 191

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Births Jun 1879

Henley Kate Birmingham 6d 1[6_]

Shirley and Julie

Yes, they are all my family
I thought it would be quite simple to find the marriage on BMD or Ancestry, but this has been alluding me for some time now.
Thought I would have another 'go' at finding it tonight, but no luck!!

I have tried misspellings, etc, but nothing.

Many, many thanks for your help

Regards
Jo

Jo
You NEED to be sure of Sarah's maiden name in order to find any marriage . i,ve given you several Gro refs for the children any one of those births certs will tell you Sarahs maiden name .without it you are only summising her name.

Shirley

Shirley

Yes, I realise I ought to get a birth certificate to confirm Sarah's maiden name, but what baffles me really is why I cannot find her marriage.
Its not under Henley, Henly, and I have looked under Sarah Wood, (just in case)

I am going to turn the computer off for tonight, but if you find any more, then please let me know.

Again, many thanks for your help.
Goodnight
Regards
Jo

Hi Jo

I went to a local family tree meeting recently and was told by a professional genealogist that there are a lot of entries in birth, marriage and death missing in the lists.

Apparently, this could be due to the local office not sending the correct information or just purely human error as the books were transcribed by hand at that time and would be easy to miss entries. He said that the London area is the worst, but of course other areas are also involved with this.

We were told that if we couldn't find an entry, to write to the local register office where the event happened and ask them to look through the original copies, not the indexes, to try and find the birth, marriage or death.

I am in exactly the same position as you - I can't find a marriage for one of mine, but I have no idea where they got married as they moved constantly. I am also missing a couple of births and quite a few deaths.

I guess the other reason is for both of us - is that they never actually got married.

Hope this helps.

Sarah

Sarah

Many thanks for your message. Yes, I could try the local registry Office, but like you, I only have Birmingham as a possible area, and guess there are lots of registers to look through for the different churches.
Think I might just have to put my problem on the 'back burner' again, but I might get a birth certificate of one of the children, as Shirley suggested to get the correct maiden name of the wife, who I believe to be Sarah Wood.

Thank you for your help. Sorry I did not reply last night - I try to turn the computer off at 10.00/30pm!

Regards
Jo