Matilda Lewis (West) - She is married 18 years before her birth

Started by Randy Schoenberg on Friday, August 11, 2017
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8/11/2017 at 5:56 PM

Can someone please check this family? Is it simply another fabrication by Athol Bloomer?

1821
Marriage of Matilda to James Lewis
Norley, Cheshire West and Chester, UK
1839
April 12, 1839
Birth of Matilda
Nantwich, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom

8/11/2017 at 6:05 PM

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK2V-BXW says marriage date is 11 Mar 1860

8/11/2017 at 7:47 PM

Matilda West England, Cheshire Parish Registers Event Type Christening Event Date 12 May 1839 Event Place, Acton (near Nantwich), Cheshire, England Gender Female Father's Name Simeon Levi West Mother's Name Mary Anne West Citing this Record "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3YL-7H1 : 21 July 2017), Matilda West, 12 May 1839, Christening; citing p 90, , Acton (near Nantwich), Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,147,020.

Matilda West mentioned in the record of James Lewis Name Matilda West Age 21y Gender Female Husband James Lewis Other information in the record of James Lewis from England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations Name James Lewis Event Type Intended marriage Event Date 05 Mar 1860 Event Place Cheshire, England Gender Male Age 21 Spouse's Name Matilda West Spouse's Age 21 CITING THIS RECORD "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBL6-7HS : accessed 21 October 2015), Matilda West in entry for James Lewis, 05 Mar 1860; citing Cheshire, England, , Cheshire Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,894,980.

Matilda West mentioned in the record of James Lewis and Matilda West Name James Lewis Spouse's Name Matilda West Event Date 11 Mar 1860 Event Place Warrington, Lancaster, England Father's Name Samuel Lewis Spouse's Father's Name Simeon Levi West CITING THIS RECORD "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NK2V-BX7 : accessed 21 October 2015), James Lewis and Matilda West, 11 Mar 1860; citing Warrington, Lancaster, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,562,971.

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