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Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Karen	Report	3 Dec 2014 23:11
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	hi I am looking to find the parents and grandparents of a Mary Wright born 1823 in Kirtling Cambridgeshire. Mary married a William Pledger in Newmarket 1840 Thank you in advance Karen
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	3 Dec 2014 23:15
	Just a quick observation - a tree on Ancestry has her father as John, presumably from the marriage cert? Jan
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	3 Dec 2014 23:17
	?? Name: Mary Wright Gender: Female Christening Date: 28 Sep 1823 Christening Place: KIRTLING,CAMBRIDGE,ENGLAND Father's Name: John Wright Mother's Name: Mary
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	3 Dec 2014 23:21
	Might be a possibility, but you would need the marriage cert to check - John here is an agricultural labourer though so not too helpful! The cert might also help if the witnesses are related. 1841 England Census Name: John Wright Age: 45 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796 Gender: Male Where born: Cambridgeshire, England Civil Parish: Kirtling Hundred: Cheveley County/Island: Cambridgeshire Country: England Registration district: Newmarket Sub-registration district: Cheveley John Wright 45 Mary Wright 45 Thomas Wright 2
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Karen	Report	4 Dec 2014 07:14
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Hi Thank you for help much appreciated. I will have to try the marriage cert. Karen
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17,958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	4 Dec 2014 07:58
	Marriages Mar 1840 (>99%) ---------------------------------------------------------------- BRADFORD Rebecca Newmarket 14 147 MINGAY Thomas Newmarket 14 147 PLEDGER Mary Ann Newmarket 14 147 PLEDGER William Newmarket 14 147 ROWLINSON Robert Newmarket 14 147 SMITH Eliza Newmarket 14 147 (did you find the 1840 Marriage?) Marriages Dec 1841 (>99%) --------------------------------------------------- CLARK Henrietta Risbridge 12 785 COLE Mary Ann Risbridge 12 785 Chris :) 1841 (Find My Past) John Wright Male 45 1796 Mary Wright Female 45 1796 Thomas Wright Male 20 1821 Willm Phedape Male 20 1821 Mary Phedape Female 15 1826 Mary Phedape Female 0 1841 Parish or township Kirtling County Cambridgeshire Registration district Newmarket Union Archive reference HO107 Piece number 65 Book number 3 Folio number 10 Page number 17 1851 (Find My Past) William Pledger Head Married Male 32 1819 Ag Labourer Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England Mary Pledger Wife Married Female 28 1823 - Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England Mary Ann Pledger Daughter - Female 10 1841 Scholar Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England Elizabeth Pledger Daughter - Female 8 1843 - Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England George Pledger Son - Male 5 1846 - Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England William Pledger Son - Male 3 1848 - Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England Street Horne Lane Parish Kirtling County Cambridgeshire Registration district Newmarket Archive reference HO107 Piece number 1762 Folio 142 Page 18 (above?) Cambridgeshire Baptisms Transcription (Find My Past) First Name MARY ANNE Last Name PLEDGER Year Of Birth 1841 Baptism year 1841 Baptism date 30 May 1841 Abode otp Place KIRTLING Mother's Given Name Mary Father's First Name William Father occupation lab (looking on Cambridgeshire Marriage Index cd, can see Marriage Banns and Marriage 1840 Kirtling, Mary Wright William Pledger, you need Cert. or Parish records for details)
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Karen	Report	4 Dec 2014 09:42
Member Since: October 2006 Posts: 22 Send Message	Hi Chris Thank you. Much appreciated

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