... but not all for the same person Thirza EDMON(D)S was born about 1834 to parents William and Martha in St Peter’s Parish, St Albans, Hertfordshire. She appears with her parents in 1841 (438/16/15/2) and her widowed father in 1851 (1713/340/24). I have not been able to find the following: Thirza’s baptism William and Martha’s marriage Martha’s death. I would be grateful if anyone is able to shed light on the missing dates. Thank you.
I can't find a remotely possible birth for Thirza (with all its possible variant spellings) nor a death for Martha. Have had my usual look in the papers, but no clues there either
I too, tried with no luck either. Have you found anything else on the sister (I did look for a baptism for her too) - Malaah, from the 1841 census?
I looked too. I found Mahala's baptism, but nothing after that. There does seem to be a gap between Mahala and Thirza (6 years?). Perhaps she was taken in by them.
There's a fairly comprehensive tree on Ancestry for this family. It doesn't have a baptism for Thirza, nor a death for Martha.
There is also a baptism for a son James at North Mimms, which is where daughter Mahala was baptised, on 13 November 1825, William shown as a Labourer from St Peters, but I have looked through the register for North Mimms from 1832-1835 and couldn't find any other baptisms there for children to William & Martha. There are a couple of earlier baptisms at North Mimms, Rachel baptised 5 October 1817, William shown as of North Mimms & George on 3 September 1820, William shown as of Colney Heath. Can't find anything at all for Thirza though. Rachel EDMONDS is buried at North Mimms on 18 February 1818, aged 6 months (Hertfordshire Burial Index). There is a burial on FreeReg at St Albans on 18 April 1821 for a George EDMUNDS aged 8 months. No luck with the burial for Martha either. I wondered if she could perhaps be visiting one of her children and thus died there but Mahala marries a Charles GRAY in 1849 and they are both in the 1851 census of North Mimms and I cannot find a likely death/burial record for Martha in Hertfordshire. Sorry, I probably haven't been much use, as you may already have the above information anyway. Janet
