Genealogy Chat

my great grandparents jesse and harriet willis were married in 1880 so they should show up on the 1881 census .Only harriet is there living with her parents but noted as married .She was born in sept q 1863 married in mar q 1880 and had her first child in mar q 1880 but the baby only survived 11 wks .i have realised that harriet was only 16 yrs 6 mths old when she married and had the baby . would jesse have been sent to prison because she was under age. The marriage cert states they were both of full age which was a lie . In the 1891 census they are together along with 4 more children Is there anyway i can find out if he was in prison?

Karen Up until 1929 girls aged 12 and boys aged 14 could marry as long as they had parental consent. When and where was Jesse born? Joy

girls could legally marry at 12 then so if he was in prison it wouldn't be for that There are lots of places he could be, if he wasn't at home - army, away at sea, working away? Some censuses do list prison inmates names in full, others you only get initials.

jesse was born in uffington berkshire in 1861.Ihave searched for him in the ancestory census and LDS

Did they get back together later? Do you have more info for Jesse? Oops, we crossed! Merry

1881: Jessie Willis abt 1861 Uffington, Berkshire, England Lodger (Head) Brimscombe Cottage, Coleshill, Berkshire, England He is described as married and an Ag Lab! Merry

Is this them in 1871? For reference View Record George Willis abt 1889 Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire, England Son Compton Beauchamp Berkshire View Record Harriet Willis abt 1864 Woolstone, Berkshire, England Wife Compton Beauchamp Berkshire View Record Jesse Willis abt 1861 Uffington, Berkshire, England Head Compton Beauchamp Berkshire View Record Robert T Willis abt 1886 Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire, England Son Compton Beauchamp Berkshire View Record Thomas Willis abt 1881 Woolstone, Berkshire, England Son Compton Beauchamp Berkshire View Record William W Willis abt 1884 Woolstone, Berkshire, England Son Compton Beauchamp Berkshire Linda

Got him. Jessie Willis abt 1861 Uffington Berkshire England Head (Lodger) Brimscombe Cottage Coleshill Berkshire England. Have looked at image and he gives his 'Condition as to Marriage' as 'Mar' - meaning Married but there is no family with him. Joy

thanks for that merry.your eye must be better than mine or you have a great deal more patience than me . i spent hours last night searching for him .harriet and jesse went on to have 13 more children and jesse died in 1908 and i think i found harriets death in 1904 thanks again great help

sorry linda wrong family jesse was at home with his parents in1871 i have the census for him he was with john and eleanor his parents and 5 siblings and harriet was at homewith her parents robert and mary willis . Harriets maiden name was willis as well as her married name (not related though)

So, are we saying there were two Jesse's born at the same time in Uffington, coz if that's the case, how do we know the one I found isn't the other chap?? Merry

Forget that! Linda's can't be the 1871 with people born in the 1880's in the house!!! Is that your Jesse too? Merry

i have the census for jesse in 1871 at home his parents are john and eleanor willis . harriet was at home with her parents robert and mary willis .jesses parents came from uffington berkshire harriets came from woolstone berkshire .Harriet was with her parents in 1881 at home and jesse was the missing one .ihave never come across two jessesor harriets before.i also have parish records of the births for them. i dont know where linda got her info from but i have searched ancestory and Lds 1881 census and cant find either of them ohhhhhhhhhhh dearrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Linda's is the 1891 census! Merry

lindas is the right family as i have the same oneon my census

Phew, that's alright then!! Merry