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can anyone help....Mary Rachel Potter she married David Hunt in 1st quarter 1882, on census 1991 and 01 states place of birth Clapham then Streatham and I just can't find her birth record. I've only just found her yesterday and about to step on a plane from Spain to visit her husbands grave in London my gggrandfather...strangely alongside or on the same plot is a Father George Potter with David Hunt..thank you....

Thanks Chris....never really thought of that, and thanks for the info..she did actually get married in Wandworth...so maybe...I'll get the marriage cert ordered too....of course that will give me her Fathers name.....

Caron,

Could this be the family in 1861?

Joan

1861 England Census
about Mary Potter
Name: Mary Potter
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1857
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: George
Mother's name: Ann
Gender: Female
Where born: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Ecclesall Bierlow
Ecclesiastical parish: Broomhall
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Ecclesall Bierlow
Sub-registration district: Ecclesall Bierlow
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 118
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Potter 29
George Potter 31
John G Potter 1
Mary Potter 4
Samuel Potter 8
William Potter 2

Theres this Mary on the 1881 but dad is a William

Mary Potter
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Melicent
Gender: Female
Where born: Clapham, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Chertsey
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street address: Gogmore Lane
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Dressmaker

Registration district: Chertsey
Sub-registration district: Chertsey
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Mary Potter 24
Melicent Potter 59
William Potter 68

1881 for David

David Hunt
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Tekingston, Suffolk, England

Civil Parish: Clapham
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address: 145 Wirtemburg St
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Domestic Servant Unemployed

Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Clapham
ED, institution, or vessel: 23
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William Fisher 23
David Hunt 25
Percy J. Voysey
Sarah A. Voysey 30
William Voysey 31
William G. Voysey 3

Hi, Thanks Joan...the father's name looks hopefully but the place of Birth...Yorkshire... puts me off a bit....thanks for looking though...

Hi Julie....yes thats David in 1881...he was a lodger in Clapham and must have met Mary there....her birth place.....although that street name is weird for that era...Wirtemburg.....and looks like you've got her in 1881....going to print that off and take it with me....thanks so much...

I think the birth that Chris has found is for the Mary that i have put on for the 1881..Mary is also dowm as being born Clapham in the 1871


The only problem with the Mary in the 1881 is that Chertsey is not on top of Wandsworth where they married

To me it looks like Winterbury/Winterberry St

On the 1901 Mary was born 1851 Balham, Surrey

Heres her birth

Births Mar 1848 (>99%)
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POTTER Mary Rachel Wandsworth 4 592

Even more confusing..this is the 1851..same family as in the 1871...note the ages

Mary Potter
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Melicent
Gender: Female
Where born: Streatham, Surrey, England

Civil Parish: Clapham
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Clapham
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 19
Household Members: Name Age
John Faiers 21
James Potter 2
Maria Potter 6
Mary Potter 1
Melicent Potter 29
Melicent Potter 4
William Potter 39


OK William came from Suffolk..so maybe the familys knew each other

So the birth Chris found isn't for the one in the 1871..as it turns out she was really born in the late 40's