Genealogy Chat

Hello all,

My 4x great grandfather was Mathew/Matthew Denchfield born 1814 in Wing, Bucks.

I have found him on the 1841 census , it has him listed with wife Ann, daughter Sarah and another person which I believe is son William - next to William in the 1841 census it says something else but I can't for the life of me read what it says !!

Can anyone else?

Class: HO107 Piece 59 Book 8

it actually says Wm Fields age 3 and as you say very annoyingly the next word is crossed through

it says ????Child so maybe a nurse child (fosterchild)

ooh well the mother's maiden name is Fields

but I am sure William's birth entry for 1838 is the correct one with him being a Denchfield.

I wonder?

I think it might say stepchild??

Step child does it say???

Matthew and Ann didnt marry til 1940 - I wonder if Matthew was the father of William?

But like I say he was registered in 1838 under Denchfield - if I have the right entry

:-/

Jan I think you are right, there is a letter that has a long stroke as in P

Yeah I agree,

Matthew must have been there at registration for him to take his name?

Maybe they met when Ann was carrying and he took William on as his own?

Clincher? They married well after William was born:

Marriages Sep 1840 (>99%)
DENCHFIELD Matthew Leighton Buzzard 6 113
Fields Ann Leighton Buzzard 6 113

Hi Brummie Jan,

Sorry for delay.

I have got to say, I am getting so confused with this Denchfield branch of mine! There are so many of them.

Yes thats what I have is that Matthew and Ann married in 1840, William was born in 1838 , so they married 2 years after .

William was registered as a Denchfield so a little puzzled why he down as Fields in 1841?

strange?

I went looking on familysearch to see if I could find a baptism for William, in case it offered clues, but may have found more of a puzzle.....if this is the same man?

HENRY BONE
Male


Birth:
Christening: 27 FEB 1837 Wing, Buckingham, England


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Parents:
Father: MATTHEW DENCHFIELD
Mother: ANN BONE



Gwyn

Do you have the birth cert for William born 1838?

Roy

Further info that may be you have the wrong birth for William born 1838
is this the birth that you have?

Name: William Denchfield
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1838
Registration district: Buckingham
Inferred County: Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire
Volume: 6
Page: 330

1851
Name: William Denchfield
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John Denchfield
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Water Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Kings Sutton
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Brackley
Sub-registration district: Brackley
ED, institution, or vessel: 1c
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 38
Piece: 1735
Page Number: 11
Household Members: Name Age
John Denchfield 40
William Denchfield 13
Frederick Denchfield 11
John Denchfield 7
James Denchfield 5
Sarah Baylis 35
Sarah Wyatt 17
Thomas Plester 20


same family in 1841

Name: William Deanchfield
Age: 2
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Gender: Male
Where born: Buckinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Water Stratford
Hundred: Buckingham
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Buckingham
Sub-registration district: Leckhampstead
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 44
Book: 25
Folio: 5
Page Number: 17
Household Members: Name Age
John Deanchfield 30
Elizabeth Deanchfield 25
Richard Deanchfield 3
William Deanchfield 2
Alfred Deanchfield 10 MO

Roy

Slightly oddly William's birthplace in 1851is this - though in 1841 & 1861 born Bucks.

1851 England Census

Name: William Denchfield
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Mathew Denchfield
Mother's Name: Ann Denchfield

Where born: St Johns Westtoninster, Middlesex, England
[St Johns Westminster, Middlesex, England]

Civil parish: Wing
County/Island: Buckinghamshire

Registration district: Leighton Buzzard
Sub-registration district: Leighton Buzzard
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 141
Piece: 1756
Folio: 332
Page Number: 40
Household Members:
Name Age
Mathew Denchfield 35
Ann Denchfield 34
William Denchfield 13
Sarah Denchfield 10
Mary A Denchfield 8
Alfred Denchfield 4
Elizabeth Denchfield 2

Ooh I am very confused now, what with Porkie's findings,

I do not have the birth cert and would be very unsure which one to get with so many possibilities!

And where does the Bone connection come in?

arghhhhh :-D

I can only find 1 birth for a William Denchfield in Buckinghamshire for 1838


Name: William Denchfield
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1838
Registration district: Buckingham
Inferred County: Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire
Volume: 6
Page: 330

But in light of the Marriage for Matthew Denchfield to Ann Fields in 1840 and them having son William down on 1841 census as William Fields (Stepson) i would think you should be looking for a birth of William Fields

You could buy the cert for William Denchfield as listed above to either prove or disprove if he is yours


But remember that in 1838 registration was not compulsory

Roy