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Potty, Thank you so much. I thought I had been looking up free BMD all this time. It pays to ask! Kathy

No, familysearch and freebmd are two different sites.

familysearch is best for looking up bmds before 1837 (England and Wales) and 1855 (Scotland). It has transcribed parish records.

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
freebmd is a site where volunteers are transcribing the birth, marriage and death indexes for England and Wales from 1837. It is reasonably complete up until 1920s/30s and is added to monthly. It has a very good search engine.

If you use the Advance Search on this site, and put Jonesey is as the Author, he/she had posted a series of tips for beginners that you may find helpful.

One more question is freeBMD the same as Familysearch. I just pulled up familysearch and put in Charlotte Cator using that spelling and put in the marrieage as 1869 and it showed nothing maybe I need a lesson on how to use this site, how do you find anything? Help Please Kathy

Thank you everyone for your help. It just amazes me how quickly you all are able to find this information. I guess it comes with experiance and knowing where to look for the info. Thanks once again Kathy

Janet, Thanks for the tip. I looked on there last night and could not find anything. Kathy

Richard Thank you it looks right to me. Kathy

Kathleen, found it on freebmd by specifying "phonetic search" for surname - as the spelling is slightly off it would not locate it otherwise. A useful facility. recommend it if you are having trouble!
Jan

Kathleen

I found the Margaret Rose's birth on freebmd, which is probably where Janet found the marriage.

Name: Margaret Rosetta Stannard
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 23 Sep 1900
Father's Name: William Stannard
Mother's Name: Charlotte Stannard
Parish: Saint Barnabas, North Side
Borough: Wandsworth
County: Middlesex

Living 14 ironmills place wandsworth, same address as 1901 cencus.
william was a contractor.

richard

IF parents are Humphrey and 'Ann'


Marriages Jun 1847 (>99%)
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GALE Hannah Henstead 13 273
Stannard Humphrey Henstead 13 273





England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892
Name: Humphrey Stannard
Date of Trial: 2 Jan 1850
Trial Year: 1850
Location of Trial: Norfolk, England
Sentence: Acquittal (charge of larceny)
Crime: See Image
Date of Execution or Release: See Image



Source Citation: Class: HO 27; Piece: 93; Page: 188

Potty, Thank you I did find all the children's births apart from my grand mother Ellen Anna and Rose. How did you find it? I even wrote to the GRO office and they sent me an e-mail back and said they probably were not registered! so I gave up. I did however send for one of the brothers Cater Brockwell and was suprised to find his mothers maiden name was Cater. Thank you Kathy

this could be them -

1861 England Census
Name: William Stannard
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Humphry
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Norfolk, England

Civil parish: Lambeth St Mary
Ecclesiastical parish: Christchurch
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Lambeth
Sub-registration district: Kennington Second
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 68
Household Members: Name Age
Humphry Stannard 42
Ann Stannard 34
*****************William Stannard 11
John Stannard 5
Thomas Stannard 2




Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 361; Folio: 94; Page: 13; GSU roll: 542623.


(born Norfolk, living Lambeth)

His father's name should be on his marriage cert.

Janet, How did you find it. My sister and I have both looked threough GRO for weeks not, going back and forth. Even sent off for the wrong one once already. Thank you so much. Kathy

1881

William STANNARD Head M Male 74 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England Ag Lab
Charlotte STANNARD Wife M Female 72 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England
Stephen STANNARD Son U Male 26 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England Ag Lab


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Source Information:
Census Place Wetheringsett Cum Brockford, Suffolk, England
Family History Library Film 1341448
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1852 / 125
Page Number 40


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Ann, not the right William as he was married to Charlotte Cater. Thanks

Choccy. Thank you. That's the right family I have that information. I am trying to find Williams Parents! Kathy

Margaret Rose's birth - the cert will give you her mother's maiden name which will help in find William's marriage:

Births Mar 1889 (>99%)
Stannard Margaret Rosetta Wandsworth 1d 764

Looks like you might have him, but if you need it (note mis-spelling of surname if you order cert):

Marriages Jun 1869 (
CATOR Charlotte Lambeth 1d 630
PEARCE Seymour Daniel Lambeth 1d 630
Rowland Elizabeth Amy Lambeth 1d 630
Stanard William Lambeth 1d 630

Jan

1901 - for info:
1901 England Census
about William Stannard
Name: William Stannard
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Charlotte
Gender: Male
Where born: Town N K, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Wandsworth
Ecclesiastical parish: St Anne
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Wandsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 30
Household Members: Name Age
William Stannard 50
Charlotte Stannard 54 b Ranworth, Norfolk
Cater Stannard 16 b Wandsworth
Margaret Rose Stannard 12 b Wandsworth

1881

William STANNARD Head M Male 37 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England Ag Lab
Charlotte STANNARD Wife M Female 34 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England
Agnes STANNARD Daur Female 14 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England
John STANNARD Son Male 11 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England Scholar
Ernest STANNARD Son Male 4 Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England
STANNARD Daur Female 1 m Wetheringsett, Suffolk, England


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Source Information:
Census Place Wetheringsett Cum Brockford, Suffolk, England
Family History Library Film 1341448
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 1852 / 107
Page Number 2


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