Nell
05-06-10, 19:54
His gt x 3 grandmother was Priscilla Marsden and I have foolishly got dragged into tracing her siblings and their extended families, which is where the muddle comes in.
Priscilla had two brothers William Holmstead Marsden and Lewis Cottingham Marsden who both married sisters in St. Giles Cripplegate.
William Olmstead [sic] Marsden married Amelia Sellers 15 Oct 1821
One of the witnesses was Martild Ontjons or something similar - I think it might be Matilda ? Read on...
Lewis Cottingham Marsden married Matilda Sellers 30 Jul 1823, witnesses were Amelia Marsden [presumably Matilda's sister, and Lewis' sister-in-law] and Charles Ehns.
With me so far?
Here's where it gets very tricky.
Lewis Cottingham Marsden and Matilda had two sons, Frederick George Marsden and Lewis Marsden, both baptised same day at St Giles Cripplegate. Lewis Cottingham Marsden died 1829.
In 1841, William Ehn, a furrier, appears on the census with a Matilda old enough to be his wife and two boys called Frederick George Ehn and Lewis Ehn, the same ages as FG and Lewis Marsden. There's also a marriage for William Edward Ehn, bachelor, to a widow, Sarah Matilda Marsden at St. Mary Le Bow 27 Jul 1830, which fits with following Lewis Cottingham's death.
BUT Sarah Matilda Sellers' baptism was 1795 and her younger sister Matilda, who married Lewis, was baptised 1803. The 1841 Matilda Ehn is 30 but of course ages weren't necessarily exact in 1841. So is she the same person as Sarah Matilda?
I'd be happier if I could find a death for Sarah Matilda before younger Matilda's baptism.
Priscilla had two brothers William Holmstead Marsden and Lewis Cottingham Marsden who both married sisters in St. Giles Cripplegate.
William Olmstead [sic] Marsden married Amelia Sellers 15 Oct 1821
One of the witnesses was Martild Ontjons or something similar - I think it might be Matilda ? Read on...
Lewis Cottingham Marsden married Matilda Sellers 30 Jul 1823, witnesses were Amelia Marsden [presumably Matilda's sister, and Lewis' sister-in-law] and Charles Ehns.
With me so far?
Here's where it gets very tricky.
Lewis Cottingham Marsden and Matilda had two sons, Frederick George Marsden and Lewis Marsden, both baptised same day at St Giles Cripplegate. Lewis Cottingham Marsden died 1829.
In 1841, William Ehn, a furrier, appears on the census with a Matilda old enough to be his wife and two boys called Frederick George Ehn and Lewis Ehn, the same ages as FG and Lewis Marsden. There's also a marriage for William Edward Ehn, bachelor, to a widow, Sarah Matilda Marsden at St. Mary Le Bow 27 Jul 1830, which fits with following Lewis Cottingham's death.
BUT Sarah Matilda Sellers' baptism was 1795 and her younger sister Matilda, who married Lewis, was baptised 1803. The 1841 Matilda Ehn is 30 but of course ages weren't necessarily exact in 1841. So is she the same person as Sarah Matilda?
I'd be happier if I could find a death for Sarah Matilda before younger Matilda's baptism.