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Weston Hannah

 A Hannah Myott Ginders was baptised in Weston Upon Trent in Staffordshire on 20th February 1825. She was the daughter of Jeremiah (1801-1843) and Ellen (1802-1870). Jeremiah was a clerk at the Salt Works. 

Hannah’s baptism record (1825)

Hannah had an elder sibling, Ellen Worsey Ginders, who was baptised on 7th March 1824.

Ellen’s baptism record (1824)

I believe the two sisters are living together in Tillington in 1841. 
Hannah and Ellen in the 1841 census

Jeremiah married Ellen Marsh on 1st May 1823.  As well as Ellen and Hannah, they had:

Julia Mabella, baptised 20th May 1827.

Ann, baptised 19th July, 1830

Elizabeth, baptised 26th August, 1832

Jeremiah, baptised 1st February, 1829

Thomas, baptised on 27th April, 1834

Richard Marsh, baptised on 30th March, 1836

John Marsh, baptised on 14th January 1838

Mary Charlotte, baptised on 2nd April 1840s

Joshua, baptised 19th December, 1842

Fascinatingly, John’s occupation varies widely across these baptism records.

The family seems pretty scattered in 1841. I already mentioned that Hannah and Ellen were in Tillington, which isn’t too odd as their mother had family there. I’ve also found Jeremiah and Thomas listed as pupils at The Mount, Mount Street, Stafford:

Jeremiah and Thomas in the 1841 census

I have been unable to find the rest of the family in the 1841 census.

Jeremiah died in 1843, but I have been unable to find a death certificate so I am unsure why he died so young. Probate records, however, reveal he was a corn dealer when he died. 

In 1849, Hannah married a grocer named Isaac Barton from Northwich in Cheshire. 

Hannah’s marriage in 1849

In the 1851 census they are living at 12 Market Square in Stafford with their daughter Evelyn.

Hannah Barton in the 1851 census

So, the question is, did Hannah give birth to John Wheelock-Genders on 1st December 1848 in Birmingham, and then marry Isaac Barton in Staffordshire less than five months later? Doesn’t seem likely does it? I think we can rule out Weston Hannah.


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