Genealogy Chat

Thomas Millington Preston didn't live very long..... Deaths Jun 1851 Preston Thomas __llington Wolverhampton 17 291 Georgina.

Well there isn't any Preston-Millington marriages in Wolverhampton on freebmd. Plenty of Millington's born in Bilston though.... but none seem to live in Wolverhampton. Maybe she went to visit some relatives in Bilston and happened across an old flame.... lol

Hi Alex, Yeh i wondered the same, got to pop out for a bit, but will have a look when i get back, however i do know there is a census entry in 1861 for Margaret Preston, which would mean if she did marry it would have been after then. Julie x

Glad you found out! It certainly all seemed to fit together that his mother became a Carrington as it certainly accounted for his disappearance - going under another name! Definitely seems they used fathers names as middle names for their illegitimate children too! Pretty handy! Wonder whether Margaret went on to marry the father?

Julie this looks like the nearest birth for Thomas....If Margaret's husband had died by then maybe his middle name is a hint to his fathers surname? Births Mar 1851 Preston Thomas Millington Wolverhampton 17 412 Georgina.

Hi Alex, Yes it was. I have come to the conclussion that Elizabeth did indeed marry a John Carrington In 1868. On Abrahams marriage cert it has place of residence Audley. And on 1851 census it has Hills as Neighbours which was one of Abrahams witness's. So come up with 2 + 2 etc. Julie

Was this the same Elizabeth Preston who had the Sparrow-Preston child that we were trying to find before?

well that would make sense as we have been keeping it in the family though the generations it would seem. margaret's daughter Elizabeth had an illigitimate son, He married then his son was living in sin with my Great Grandmother, in which was only revealed recently... so again my Grandad was Illigitimate, so it seem to skip a generation or so... lol Julie

Well.... she could have been a merry widow and had some children with someone else after her husband died. Same thing happened with my grandmother, she was born under her mothers widowed surname, then a year later her mother married her father and went on to have more children. It happened a lot, esp back in those days!

Hi georgina, This is the entry that i found for 1851 Edward Preston 8 Elizabeth Preston 2 Jacob Preston 18 Margaret Preston 44 Sarah Preston 10 Thomas Preston 2 Mo I am so confused as these are her children.the youngest being 2 months in 1851 which means her husband must have died just before. Julie

There is a possible death for Isaac... Deaths Sep 1846 Preston Isaac Wolverhampton &c 17 248 Georgina.

Julie I have looked on the 1841 census & there is a Margaret Preston who would fit the 1851 census you found but she has a boat load of kids, none of them are with her in 1851 except Jacob? 1841 census... Ann Preston abt 1834 Staffordshire, England Wolverhampton Staffordshire Isaac Preston abt 1806 Staffordshire, England Wolverhampton Staffordshire Isaac Preston abt 1830 Staffordshire, England Wolverhampton Staffordshire Jacob Preston abt 1832 Staffordshire, England Wolverhampton Staffordshire Joseph Preston abt 1837 Staffordshire, England Wolverhampton Staffordshire Margeret Preston abt 1811 Staffordshire, England Wolverhampton Staffordshire William Preston abt 1839 Staffordshire, England Wolverhampton Staffordshire Source information: HO107/1001/13 Registration district: Wolverhampton Sub-registration district: Bilston ED, institution, or vessel: 29 Folio: 32 Page: 22 (click to see others on page) Line number: 3 GSU Number: 474628 Georgina.

Sometimes its worth checking both, I've seen some awful transcriptions of place names, like a family who they are all born in the same place - have an enumerator who wasn't content with doing 'ditto' all the time and actually wrote the place names in for each member of the household - the transcriber got it right for everyone except one and it was a load of nonsense - but on the image it was quite clearly the same place of birth as the rest of the family! But on the odd occasion you get a rubbish image but a super transcriber who gets it spot on. I also get a bit annoyed when my heart leaps thinking I have found another family member and turns out they are just a Boarder and the transcriber has put Brother.... Or Daughters who are really sons.... I cant count how many times I've seen things like 'Elizabeth Jones - son' mmm ok.

Thanks Alex, I didn't think to look on the actual census transcript... what an idiot lol. Julie X

It looks like Bilston, Staffordshire. The Ancestry transcribed page for her also gives Bilston.

I am trying to find the parents of Elizabeth Preston born in Wolverhampton around 1850, I have found one in the 1851 census as her mother being Margaret Preston born about 1807. her mother is widowed at this time. I am trying to find a marriage for margaret. I have looked on the 1851 census but i cant quite make out where her place of birth is. Please can some one take a look for me. Many Thanks Julie. X