What is the wife's surname?

[Kit]

Joseph Napper (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60858/engl78030_d-p-kstone-2-1-5_m_00012?pid=4903685)

Joseph Napper married Lucy in 1848 at Kingstone Somerset.

I've seen several different versions of her name in people's trees and the transcription is different again. I'd like opinions without my saying anything.

[HarrysMum]

It could be Evans but looks more like Eavers. I can't see anything similar to compare the letters with.

[HarrysMum]

I wonder if it's worth searching that parish in 1841?

[Jill]

My first thought was Eames.

[Merry]

I think it's Eames on that marriage cert and is listed as Eames in the GRO marriage index. Also Eames at Lucy's bap (image on Ancestry), 24 Jun 1827 at Whitelackington. Plus Eames as mmn for their dau, Jane, b 1848.

[NickiP]

GRO index on Ancestry have her listed as Lucy Eames. Ancestry have indexed the parish register as Emmer but it does look like Eames to me.

Edit - Jill and Merry beat me to it!

[HarrysMum]

Lucy Eames with father William was baptised 1827 in Whitelackington.

[Merry]

I don't know if you need to go backwards with Joseph Napper, but I noticed several trees have him as the child of a couple from Marylebone which I don't think it right as in 1841 Joseph is in Somerset, apparently with his parents (Samuel and Mary), and the other family (parents also Samuel and Mary) are in London (transcribed as Nopper by Ancestry!).

[Kit]

Thanks everyone. Eames is what I thought, but hadn't seen elsewhere.

I just started looking for Lucy's baptism so wish I had looked here first.

Merry I agree the Marylebone couple is wrong. I've found Joseph's parents, married them, had a few more kids and killed them off. They died within a few months of each other, which is sad.

For anyone who reads this Joseph and Lucy emigrate to NSW and the name is changed to Napier. Not sure if the sound of the name changed though.

[JBee]

Have you looked at the births of any children - now that the GRO has the mother's maiden name on births up to 1910 to match up with freeBDM who have already listed the mother's maiden name from 1911 onwards.

[Merry]

I did that Julie!

Plus Eames as mmn for their dau, Jane, b 1848.