CARTER, Hertford, baptised 1832
January 2007
Lynn Hatfield (lhatfield06 @t aol.com) of Birmingham wrote: I am trying to chase John Carter baptised in 1832 at All Saints and Saint John, Hertford. His father was Henry and his mother was Mary and I cannot find them on the 1841 or 1851 census. I know John moved to West Bromwich in the West Midlands and married a lady name Mary Richards in Tipton in 1854 and died in West Bromwich in 1901. I cannot find if he had brothers or sisters or even his father or mother.
There are two key bits of information you have not provided
in your message which could help.
The 1854 marriage
certificate will give
John's father's name and occupation and
sometimes will say "deceased". It may also provide some useful occupation and
residential information for John.
Occupations normally run in families. However John
moved to the West Midlands at the time of
the industrial revolution and became a glass maker - and it is very unlikely
that his father was a glass maker in Hertford
in the 1830's - so what did he do?
The 1832 baptism entry
will provide Henry's occupation (a good
check - does it match the information on the marriage certificate?) and may well
give a street address - so one would know what part of
Hertford he lived. The occupation may give clues to social status, as
will the address. In addition some occupations were more mobile than others -
and it is important to know this. (You could arrange to see the microfilm of the
register at your nearest LDS Family
History Centre.)
The names of John and
Mary's children may well reflect names in the
previous generations and so can sometimes provide clues - see
The Inheritance of Single Christian
Names..
There is a web page for Hertford
If you can add to the information given above tell me.