Stillings in Yorkshire - Ancestry request!

[ElizabethHerts]

Would sks please look at the records for West Yorkshire and tell me what it shows for Sophia Charlotte Stillings.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WYorkCoEBaptism&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=ms_db&gsln=Stillings&uidh=9p3&=b&=0

She is my 2x great-grandmother and I have so far not been able to find a baptism for her.

Just to say I don't have an Ancestry subscription, just FMP.

[Merry]

Born 14 Oct Baptised at Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church on 21 Dec 1817 the dau of John Stillings and Elis Stillings. Address Skircoat, occ corn miller.

I think "Elis" is probably Elizabeth shortened to Elis rather than Eliz.

[Merry]

There are two siblings:

Sarah Ann Stillings b 17 Jan Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church bap 25 Apr 1819 John Stillings, Elis Stillings

John Stillings b 24 Dec 1820 Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church bap 25 Feb 1821 John Stillings, Elizabeth Stillings

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Merry! That's fantastic. This baptism has never made it onto any site before.

Is there also a baptism for her sister Eliza, c. 1826?

[ElizabethHerts]

I already had the baptisms for Sarah Ann and John, but not their dates of birth, so extra information there too. :)

[Merry]

Not found Eliza yet....there's this one:

Jane Stillings b 16 Oct Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church bap 22 Feb 1829 John Stillings, Elizabeth Stillings

This one has the address as Worley. The other three were all Skircoat.

[ElizabethHerts]

That's great, Merry. I had Jane, but again not the dob, just the baptism.

Stillings isn't a common name. There were about 3 families there, all siblings.

Other siblings:
Elizabeth
Eliza
George Henry
Ellen
Susannah
Emma Jane (up to 1846)

I have all the baptisms except for Eliza now.

[Merry]

Back to Skircoat again:

Ellen Stillings b 3 Jun 1832 Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church bap 9 Oct 1836 John Stillings, Elizth Stillings

Susannah Stillingsb 4 Aug Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church bap 9 Oct 1836 John Stillings, Elizth Stillings

John is now just a miller!

I can't find Eliza. Tried various things.....

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks for looking, Merry. Apart from her, there is a gap between 1822 and 1828!

[Merry]

Do you have a date/place for George Henry's baptism? I was thinking if I could find that one on Ancestry it might lead to Eliza's!

[ElizabethHerts]

Rather odd, because George Henry Stillings was baptised on 21 November 1835 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Bolton Brow! DOB 4 Jan 1835.

Name: George Henry Stillings
Event Type: Baptism
Christening Date: 21 Nov 1835
Christening Place: Bolton Brow, Yorkshire
Father's Name: John Stillings
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Stillings
Record Set: RG4_3224
Collection: England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8)

So was Elizabeth!

Name: Elizabeth Stillings
Event Type: Baptism
Christening Date: 01 Sep 1822
Christening Place: Bolton Brow, Yorkshire
Father's Name: John Stillings
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Stillings
Record Set: RG4_3224
Collection: England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8)

[Merry]

Oh, so maybe Eliza was baptised somewhere other than C of E too?

[ElizabethHerts]

I always thought that I couldn't find Sophia's christening because it might have been in a non-conformist church or chapel.

I wonder why Ellen wasn't baptised with George Henry.

[Merry]

I wonder why Ellen wasn't baptised with George Henry.

I don't like it when that happens!

[ElizabethHerts]

I don't like it when that happens!

I think that the first son John might have died because he didn't make it to a census.

George Henry was obviously important in the family pecking order, amongst all those girls, and Ellen only was baptised when Susannah came along!

I also wonder whether Emma Jane, baptised on 05 Jul 1846 at Sowerby Bridge, was on of the older girls' daughter!

[Merry]

I also wonder whether Emma Jane, baptised on 05 Jul 1846 at Sowerby Bridge, was on of the older girls' daughter!


lol How old was Elizabeth?

(off out shopping now - my lift is here....)

[ElizabethHerts]

50 in 1846!

[ElizabethHerts]

Enjoy your shopping, Merry.

[Merry]

Just got in and have missed a recorded delivery letter. Drat. I don't have a car for the 10 mile round trip to go and get it! lol I'd laugh if it's to do with my car (or lack of one!)

I suppose some women did have babies at 50, but I would expect she to have had more in between in that had been the case. Hmmmm.....

[ElizabethHerts]

Just got in and have missed a recorded delivery letter. Drat. I don't have a car for the 10 mile round trip to go and get it! lol I'd laugh if it's to do with my car (or lack of one!)


How frustrating, Merry. I moan when that happens and I only have to go one mile. :)

My Sophia married in 1843 so it couldn't have been her baby, at least!

[ElizabethHerts]

Emma Jane turns out to be a mystery, looking at my notes.

Name: Emma Jane Stillings
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 05 Jul 1846
Baptism/Christening Place: SOWERBY BRIDGE,YORK,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Stillings
Mother's Name: Elizth.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C10785-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 990618
Reference Number:

Apart for this, I can't find any record of her. She isn't on any censuses with them but I can't find a death either!

[Merry]

How frustrating, Merry. I moan when that happens and I only have to go one mile.



lol OH took me to get it. Turns out it was only a letter from the guilty driver's insurance company confirming what they told me on the phone on Monday! I have no idea why they sent it recorded?

[ElizabethHerts]

What a nuisance they sent it by recorded delivery.

[Merry]

Having looked through this thread I don't think I looked at the Emma Jane bap as it was later than my date range. I just looked at it now and I think they are different parents. The quality of the scan is rubbish, so I can't be 100% on the surname, but the father is definitely a wood turner.

I looked for a birth reg of Emma Jane in Halifax district (Sowerby Bridge), but couldn't see anything.

[Merry]

Maybe it is the right family and giving the wrong occ was part of the cover-up?

[ElizabethHerts]

Thanks, Merry.

If we go back up to Halifax we will have to look at the PRs again.

I wondered if it was a child with an earlier dob but not baptised until 1846.

[ElizabethHerts]

I wonder if John born 1820 did survive and marriage a girl called Elizabeth and this was their child?

[ElizabethHerts]

This is an odd marriage entry:

Groom's Name: John Stillings
Groom's Birth Date: 1820
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age: 21
Bride's Name: Sarah Craggs
Bride's Birth Date: 1820
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age: 21
Marriage Date: 31 Jul 1841
Marriage Place: Borthwick Institute, York, England :d
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03470-4
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1470403
Reference Number: item 1

I'll have to investigate further. Not Elizabeth, though.

It must be a marriage licence, I would have thought, held at the Borthwick Institute.