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I am try to find Jemima Kings maiden name.
Jemima married Nicholas King around 1808/9
probably around the Albourne,Sussex area.
Jemima was born 1788 and died 1875.
Nicholas was born 1781 and died 1861
They had a daughter,Louisa who married James William Comber.
From that point on I have a complete history of the Comber family.
Jemima is proving elusive.
Any input will be appreciated.
Cheers Kevin C, Perth Australia

I can't see a marriage but she lists her birthplace as Hurstpierpoint in the census and this is the only birth of a Jemima I could find on Family Search in the parish of about the right time

name: Jemima Godman
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 17 Jul 1785
baptism/christening place: HURSTPIERPOINT,SUSSEX,ENGLAND
father's name: Thos Godman
mother's name: Sarah
indexing project (batch) number: C07066-2
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 416747

I can only find the daughters wedding and not the parents sorry!

LOUISA KING Pedigree
Female Family


Parents:
Father: NICHOLAS KING Family

Marriages:
Spouse: JAMES COMBER Family
Marriage: 28 SEP 1845 Saint Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England

Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.

Oh good find K!

What a blimmin nuisance they have his parents marriage on IGI!!!

WILL. KING Pedigree
Male Family


Marriages:
Spouse: MARTHA WINTER Family
Marriage: 17 JUN 1756 Albourne, Sussex, England


Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.

There are six family trees elsewhere including yours that have exactly the same information showing. Jemima marrying Nicholas King, with your dates, and no further information. Same place.

I found the census details of the family from 1841 onwards. Here are the parents and the children from the 1841 census

Name Age
......Nichols King 60
......Jemima King 50
Ester King 30
Charles King 23
George King 21
Emas King 17
Nichols King 19
.......Louisa King 15
David King 13
Ann King 9
Elizabeth King 6

This is for info purposes because you say you have a complete history from Louisa's marriage.

Name: Jemima Goodman
Spouse: Hy Dart
Marriage Date: 1804
Parish: St. Mary Aldermanbury

Think Jemima Goodman married Hy Dart in either 1804 or 1806.

Name: Louisa King
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 22 May 1825
Baptism/Christening Place: Albourne, Sussex, England
Father's Name: Nicholas King
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Jemima
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03624-7
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1041576
Reference Number: item 2


The new LDS search site has everyone of the children's births listed with father as Nicholas King and mother as "Jemima". Elusive does not begin to describe her!! This is the example for Louisa.

Looking at the actual parish record Jemima Goodman who married Henry Dart in 1804 was a widow

Noted the image is not available. You might have to request the film and take a look at it yourself. It is one option which will tell you if her maiden name was recorded. It seems really odd that for all those children she is only registered as Jemima and there does not seem to be a marriage. Well not between Jemima and Nicholas King.

Thanks all for the input.
I'd like to think that K has found the Jemima i am after but obviously i will have to keep looking some more to verify.
Aunty Sherlock, you wrote Goodman and K wrote Godman,was yours a typo?
At least Godman is a starter for more research better than no surname when looking for females from a past era.

I am shutting down for the evening .i will be back tomorrow afternoon to check for more replies.
Cheers Kevin C

It was my typo - the 1804 marriage was Jemima Goodman. The image is on anc...y

Now could this be coincidence or what.

There is a marriage between a Thomas Godman and a Jemima Barnes but it is in London??

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about Jemima Barnes
Name: Jemima Barnes
Spouse Name: Thomas Godman
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 5 Nov 1783
Parish: St Giles without Cripplegate
Borough: City of London
Register Type: Parish Register

In the presents of Andrew Wood and Elizabeth Gibson

THOMAS GODMAN Pedigree
Male Family


Marriages:
Spouse: JEMIMA BARNES Family
Marriage: 05 NOV 1783 Saint Giles Cripplegate, London, London, England


Messages:
Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record.



Only a thought though............................

So if Jemima Go(o)dman who married Henry Dart in 1804 was a widow, her first marriage would have been to Thomas Go(o)dman in 1783. So she would have been born Jemima Barnes.

All of which gets Kevin absolutely no where but does however rule out that Jemima. I think.

Kevin have you ever asked the LDS to provide the film of the registers so you could look at it. I have recently been through this and ended up proving an Edward Banser was actually a mistranscribed Edward Ranger. It might be that the record of Jemima's birth name is very difficult to read or has been obscured in some way. As a last resort it might be worth taking a look. Remember the parish record is probably the definitive proof of her name. The only other places it will appear is on her birth/baptism. Census records are out because she was married by the time the records started. Checking each of the children's birth records might also be a possibility.

Forgive me if you have already been there done that and I am suggesting training and development in egg sucking!!

Been looking with no success tried several A***** options but zilch results. Have you tried the oft mentioned, "search trees" on this site. I did and there is a smattering of Nicholas King types born in Sussex around 1779. If you have not looked might be worth a query of those what have him.