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I have Sarah Crofts born 1828 in Staverton, Northants & John Hewitt married 1852 in Warwick.

I have been trying to find out more about Sarah's family and checked IGI and they had records saying that Sarah was baptised in staverton in 1828, parents were John & Hannah. Have managed to confirm through parish records that a John Crofts & hannah goode married in Dodford in 1816.

Now here comes the puzzle, I can find Sarah from 1861 under her married name of Hewitt and for the years after that till her death in 1904. However I can not find her on the 1841, 1851 census to work out why she ended up from northampton in warwickshire.

Hope that makes sense. Can anyone else find her and also do they think i am right in that her parents were john & hannah. Awaiting the marriage cert for Sarah & John Hewitt to confirm her fathers name, but in meantime thought maybe someone could help me trace her.

For Ref:

1871 England Census
about Sarah Hewitt
Name: Sarah Hewitt
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: John
Gender: Female
Where born: Staverton, Northamptonshire, England

Civil Parish: Whitstable
Town: Whitstable
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Registration district: Blean
Sub-registration district: Whitstable

Sarah Crofts Pedigree
Female
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 13 JUL 1828 Staverton, Northampton, England
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Parents:
Father: John Crofts
Mother: Hannah
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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: I007499 Film

This could be the parents in 1851, haven't found Sarah yet..

1851 England Census
about John Crofts
Name: John Crofts
Age: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1793
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Hannah
Gender: Male
Where born: Dodford, Northamptonshire, England

Civil Parish: Dodford
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Daventry
Sub-registration district: Weedon
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 46
Household Members: Name Age
Hannah Crofts 67 ( born - Braunston, Northamptonshire, England)
John Crofts 58
Richard Hirom 65

John an Ag lab.... Richard an error he was the house next door...

Thanks Diane, i didn't even find them. Must be something wrong with my eyes.... Gary

1841 England Census
about John Crofts
Name: John Crofts
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Gender: Male
Where born: Northamptonshire, England

Civil Parish: Dodford
Hundred: Fawsley
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Daventry
Sub-registration district: Weedon
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Hanb Crofts 55 (image says Hannah)
John Crofts 45

Still ag labs... don't forget the 1841 only required adults ages to the nearest 5, rounded down.

aha... well I'm helping a bit then!!

No luck on Sarah in the 1841 either, there is another Sarah Crofts born Northamptonshire, but she is born in Brington, and I've traced her through to the 1861 and so she isn't the same Sarah.

Crofts would be quite a possibility for a transcription error... I'll try a few more options..

Thank you Diane, no idea why never saw her parents before. Funny they seem to have stayed in northampton, she also has other siblings apparently, so maybe i need to find them to get some clues too. Strange thing is they were married in dodford and seem to live there all their lives, yet the children are born in staverton from 1826, i have a feeling they are the wrong parents.

This is why i need another pair of eyes!

FORGET THIS! I misread when they married!!

its only a couple of miles from Dodford to Staverton, maybe they just preferred the church there!!

Gary - do you know how to find the siblings on a batch on the IGI ?

lol thanks diane, i was just comparing them on the map to see where dodford, staverton and warwick were.

Yes i do know how to find the siblings in batch on igi

Gary

1. Sarah Crofts - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 13 JUL 1828 Staverton, Northampton, England

2. Elizabeth Crofts - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 26 MAY 1832 Staverton, Northampton, England

3. Hannah Crofts - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 05 APR 1835 Staverton, Northampton, England

4. Amos Crofts - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 21 JUN 1826 Staverton, Northampton, England

5. Charles Crofts - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 25 DEC 1830 Staverton, Northampton, England

now I'm going mad, I can't find John and Sarah on the 1861, found the one you've quoted, and see that John was a railway labourer, so this could have taken him all over the country... as indeed they are in Kent in 1871.

did you order the marriage cert online? They've been arriving within a week recently! So you shouldn't have long to learn if you've got the right parents.

Given those dates, it seems odd that none of those children were with John and Hannah on the 1841c...

I'll look for the family...

Oh it took me while to find john & sarah on 1861 again, there names are mispelt as hewett on it. This is what is puzzling me, how they got married in 1816 but first child that i can trace at moment is 10 years later, makes me think they are wrong parents.

Yes ordered it online, so should hopefully get next week then, just be interested to see if anyone else thinks i am on right line or wrong one

Ohhh just found this one, going to have look at image

1851 England Census
about Sarah Crofts
Name: Sarah Crofts
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Hannah
Gender: Female
Where born: Staverton Nuthton

Civil Parish: Leamington Priors
Ecclesiastical parish: Worcester
Town: Leamington Priors
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Warwick
Sub-registration district: Budbrooke
ED, institution, or vessel: 1c
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 51
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Crofts 20
Hannah Crofts 48
Hannah Crofts 16
Mary Ann Crofts 8
Sarah Crofts 22

I can't find any of those children!!!

Think I peaked too soon! lol

guess waiting for the marriage cert is the safest bet. (did you find her birth reg?)

Thanks for your help Diane, the 1851 census i have just found seems to tie in more for why Sarah got married in warwick, now just need to find the 1841 for them with father. So hannah is possibly right mother, but not hannah goode as i thought.

See knew i bounced off someone else on here, would find something i didn't see before.

THANK YOU!!!

1841 England Census
about Hannah Crofts
Name: Hannah Crofts
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Gender: Female
Where born: Warwickshire, England

Civil Parish: Leamington Priors
Hundred: Knightlow (Kenilworth Division)
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Warwick
Sub-registration district: Leamington
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Bloxam 40
Elizabeth Bloxam 3
Henry Bloxam 8
Humphrey Bloxam 15
John Bloxam 15
Joseph Bloxam 3 Mo
Richard Bloxam 5
Thomas Bloxam 11
William Bloxam 14
Charles Crofts 10
Elizabeth Crofts 8
Hannah Crofts 35
Hannah Crofts 6
Sarah Crofts 12


the image shows the crofts in a house of their own, the bloxams are next door... now for the father?!