Great-Great-Great grandmother Lydia has been a bit of a puzzle. It's embarrassing to admit that it took many, many months for me to realize that her marriage to John Hughes clearly said she was a widow.... [Duh: No wonder looking for Hughes/Crummet marriages had yielded absolutely nothing anywhere!]
Then, it took quite a while to find her first marriage:
This record is clearly written as CRUMPETT, but CRUMMET seems to be a more frequent form. Lydia Cooper married, by banns, John Crumpett on 3 December 1820 in St. Peter's in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. [FHL # 1,040,907, Item 5: Marriages, 1818-1823]
Their (only?) child, Anne Crummet, was baptized 31 Mar 1822 in St. Leonard's, Bilston, Staffordshire [ FHL # 1,040,824, Item 3, p.27]:
I have not yet found a burial for John Crumpett/Crummet/etc., but there are no other baptisms for additional children in St. Leonard's records, and widow Lydia married John Hughes on 23 Jul 1832 in Tipton, Staffordshire [FHL # 435873, 1832 marriages, p. 372]:
I have some additional years/records to review, but I am now fairly certain that this all fits and that I have the right person. A review of my info by the nice people at
British Isles Family History Society gave me the confidence I needed!
I am in the process of tracing Anne Crummet for descendants: new cousins on the horizon???
Geography Notes
It's only about 7 miles from Wolverhampton to Tipton, and Bilston is just about half-way.
Lessons Learned
I must read documents very, very
carefully and repeatedly -- especially if I'm not making any progress! And, unfortunately it seems, this is not the first time I've blogged this conclusion....
Joining a genealogy society and using their services can be incredibly helpful!
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