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Help please!!
Does anyone know if Job is a derivative of another christian name.
I can find the birth for a Job JAMES, parents Job & Elizabeth and 2 deaths which could be father & son but no marriage for the parents anywhere.
I have found other births to the same parents as well.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Barbara :-)

Maybe they were living in sin Barb!
Even back then it happened or if it was before 1837 the Parish records where they married no longer exist.
I've got a few myself that on baptismal records look like a married couple but I can't find a marriage for them.
Oh the joy of genealogy!! ;-)

Job is a name in its own right - Job is the central figure in the Old Testament Book of Job (not too surprisingly). The biblical Job is doing quite nicely, and Satan says to God - course he is, you're protecting him. God says, no, he's a good guy, and just to show Satan, withdraws the protection. Satan then inflicts over 30 chapters-worth of catastrophes on Job, but Job still won't blame God, so God says enough already, and puts things right.

Thanks guys. I thought as much but was hoping for another option.
I will just keep looking...more is being added all the time to the net, so a marriage may pop up eventually, but as you said, they possibly didn't marry.
Thanks again,
Barbara

Have you looked at the original page, could it be Jas, shortened version of James?

Job as a biblical name will be quite common as are most bibilical names. The only book most people owned was a bible.

Do you know place and year of birth for either of your Jobs? There are quite a few on FreeBMD.

Hi Barbara
There is a Job James who married in 1866 West Bromwich Elizabeth Winsper
On the 1881 census they are down as Job age 40,Elizabeth age 36 and son Job age 13 born in Flintshire Wales and 3 other children.
The family living at 45 Long Square Witton Lane
West Brom
Regards
John

Barbara

It is an unusual christian name and makes you wonder if the person got his name right and should be James Job rather than Job James.

Like the other reply's it's more biblical and would imagine of american origin than English.

Regards
Patricia

:-) :-)

Free bmd has about 90 children born as Job in one quarter of 1838, so it depends what you mean by unusual.

Hi Everyone,
Thanks very much for your input.
The family I am researching are from London England in 1700's.
Job jnr was born in 1762 and the other births to the same parents were 1765, 1767 & 1772.
The 2 deaths were in 1787 & 1791.
I have seen the christening records and it is clearly Job.
I'll just have to wait I think for more records to become available.

Many thanks everyone,
Barbara (Australia) :-)

Is this him .

London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
about Job James Name: Job James
Baptism Date: 12 Sep 1762
Parish: Christ Church, Spitalfields
County: Middlesex
Borough: Tower Hamlets
Parent(s): Job,
Elisabeth
Record Type: Baptism
Register Type: Parish Register

I know the date is out but a possible.


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No image available Search collectionAbout this collectionGroom's Name: Job James
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Bride's Name: Elizabeth Hunt
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Marriage Date: 10 Aug 1772
Marriage Place: Caynham,Shropshire,England
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M14578-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 992136

Hi Susan,
The London Baptism you found is the one I am researching. There were also children born earlier in Warwick to a Job & Elizabeth, but can't find that marriage either. I though it a possibility they may have moved from Warwick to London....I'll keep looking.....
Cheers :-)