James DELBRIDGE and Peggy KELLOW m.9 Aug 1829 Kenwyn

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Hi All

Looking for some assistance with the above James DELBRIDGE b.c1806 and Peggy KELLOW b.c1809.

There are Trees on Ancestry who have the wife of James DELBRIDGE as Peggy RICKARD. We have used Ancestry records, OPC Cornwall, Death Indexes (Aust) are as confused as ever.

OPC Database: MArriage
Day Month 09-Aug Year 1829
Parish Or Reg District Kenwyn
Groom Fn James
Groom Sn DELBRIDGE
Groom Age
Groom Residence
Groom Condition B
Groom Profession Sojourner
Groom Signed / Marked (S/M)
Groom Father Name
Groom Father Rank Profession
Bride Fn Peggy
Bride Sn KELLOW
Bride Age
Bride Residence
Bride Condition S
Bride Rank Profession
Bride Signed / Marked (S/M)
Bride Father Name
Bride Father Rank Profession
Banns / Licence (B/L)
Witness Fn1 Margaret (mark of)
Witness Sn1 Courtice
Witness Fn2 Benjamin
Witness Sn2 Baker

OPC Database: Peggy KELLOW Birth
Day Month 11-Sep Year 1808
Parish Or Reg District Teath, St.
Forename Margaret
Surname KELLOW
Sex dau
Father Forename James
Mother Forename Honor
Residence

1841 Census
Piece: HO107/133/6 Place: East -Cornwall Enumeration District: 8
Civil Parish: Menheniot Ecclesiastical Parish: -
Folio: 24 Page: 13
Address: Merrymeet
DELBRIDGE James M 35 Miner Cornwall
DELBRIDGE Peggy F 32 Cornwall
DELBRIDGE James M 24 Miner Cornwall
DELBRIDGE John M 11 Cornwall
DELBRIDGE Elizebeth F 10 Cornwall
DELBRIDGE Antoney M 8 Cornwall
DELBRIDGE Mary F 6 Cornwall
DELBRIDGE George M 5 Cornwall
DELBRIDGE John M 2 Cornwall

James DELBRIDGE and Peggy arr. South Australia on the Aboukir in 1847.

All and any help to sort this one out would be wonderful.

Thanks

Glenys

[donne]

It always pays to go back to the original sources. The parish register image for this marriage can be found online on familysearch - familysearch.org/search/ . James Delbridge is described 'sojourner' and bachelor, Peggy Kellow described as 'spinster'. This sort of confusion often arises when the bride is a widow and gets married with the name of her late husband, but this is clearly not the case here. Why would you choose to believe Ancestry trees? As has been stated many times on this board, they can be notoriously inaccurate, with errors promulgated by one copying from another.

[spikeharwood]

There is a BISA (Biographical Index of South Australia) entry for James DELBRIDGE. Keep in mind that these are not necessarily 100% accurate and should be used as a guide:

DELBRIDGE James par: John and Jane nee
HINKSON: 5.2.1806 Cuthbert CON ENG d : 31.5.1890
Allens Ck SA bd: Kapunda SA arr: 1847 ABOUKIR
occ: Engineer, Farmer res: Allens Ck, Kapunda
rel: Meth
m: 1828 Mgt b: 1808 d: 6.12.1892 Kapunda SA
ch: Jas (1830-1907), Eliz Candy (1831-), Anthony
(1833-1875), Anne, John (c1840-), Ellen Helena
AXFORD(1845-1935), Mary Jane DixoN (1850-), Sarah
Victoria WoOLCOCK(1852-1942)

If known, the wife's maiden name is included, but not in this case.
If you need any help with SA records, just ask.

[Cornish Terrier]

If known, the wife's maiden name is included, but not in this case.
If you need any help with SA records, just ask.

Another word of caution is required here Spike. The BISA is not immune from the problems of others either and I have seen more than one example where the maiden name of a wife as provided in the index has been proved to be incorrect.

As usual - it is always best to check every piece of information for yourself ..... and from original sources wherever possible!

CT

Please Note - I am certainly not discouraging the use of BISA! But the information it contains is provided by researchers and as we should all know by now from personal experience no researcher is totally infallible.