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Hi Everyone,
Could someone please lookup a marriage record for Elizabeth Lowell & William Pride 25 Sept 1785 & also a christening record for William Pride Ralph 14 Oct 1795 both at St Martins.
Any extra info would be much appreciated.
Sheryl
william pride of this parish bachelor and elizabeth lonrell (could be lowell but thats what it looks like to me) of this parish spinster were married by banns 25 sep 1785
witnesses were susanna morris and samuel brooke
the baptism is 14 oct 1795 william pride son of john and elizabeth ralph .... thats it im afraid, no extra info
i also noticed a burial at st. martins of maria daughter of john and elizabeth ralph on 10 feb 1799
and mark son of john and elizabeth ralph buried 5 dec 1800
there may be more but very difficult to read a lot of the records
Hi Shera,
Thanks so much for your time & prompt reply. Even the fact that you mention these records are hard to read is helpful & explains why it is so difficult to find records we know should be there. We're pretty certain Elizabeth's surname was Lowell as 3 of her children had the middle name of Lowell. The burial records are great too as we didn't know before what happened to Maria & we didn't even know about Mark so that gives us another lead to follow.
Thanks a million from a Kiwi with Birmingham roots!
Sheryl
Hi Shera,
This William is the right age to be William Pride Ralph so nice to know what happened to him. And 2 more possible children for this family as well! Fantastic! Thanks so much once again.
Sheryl