thanks for all of your help, i see everyones having the same trouble as me locating betsey after she married a "CHATFIELD" IN LINCS, i have her birth, and her marriage from freereg or freebmd, BUT after this no trace in a census.her parents were william pagdin and mary pagdin(jackson)of gainsbrough, lincs, i will be honest i have been looking for her on and off for 3 months, which is why i turned to this forum for help, so i know she is being elusive.

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who did she marry and when and where? Is there a possibility she could have died during childbirth and hence will not be on a census? John

i am certain the marriage was from freereg as freebmd does not start until 1837, THE MARRIED NAME WAS CHATFIELD IN GAINSBROUGH, LINCOLNSHIRE, YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL because the PAGDIN name was mispelt by clergy and family as PAGDEN, PAGDIN, i have NOT found a death only a marriage to CHATFIELD , unknown first name, i have used BETSEY CHATFIELD 1811 to search the census records on FMP, but no results

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I have found the marriage I think you are refering to in the parish records section on FMP. It tells me the date 22 Sep 1836 but the place it says Dioceses of Canterbury ( other marriage on the page give places) does that give us a clue to where she tied the knot? John

I think diocese of canterbury IS NOT A PLACE but a religion,all my pagden family are lincolners apart from a few who moved to sheffield in 1841, and a couple who headed south to london, so on this assumption betsey must have married in lincolnshire. so in 1841 census she would be aged 30 and somewhere on a census, !!!

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Right then sorry if I seem silly posting this - yoou are definitely sure that Betsey married a Chatfield. Do you know if they had any children and if so have you any names - it might be that the surname of the children is spelt correctly on the census index. My suspicions are that Betsey died before 1841. However there is something else that we have overlooked, will have a think overnight. Could Betsey's husband have died and Betsey then remarried before 1841 and finally just because she was baptised in 1811 does not mean she was born then - she might have been born much earlier and not necessarily in Gainsborough. Going to give my brain cells a rest - back on it tomorrow if time permits. John

a robert chatfield married a ann pagdin in 1836, i have been informed, but i am sure as is john that the same name CHATFIELD , is listed as a marriage partner to betsey, the problem is i usually print off all the searches i find and put in a file, as yet i cant find this marriage, i am sorry if i have wasted anyones time on this and i will pursue it again this weekend and let you know how it goes. THANKYOU

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right i have found the printed marriage search, and i know how i have betsey as married, i have entered the details again and i got a green star on fmp which means a definite match on the details entered, it reads as follows, "marriage 22 sept 1836 PAGDEN to chatfield, it does not have a first name for the bride,allthough it says definite match on my search details, so if the brides name is missing how did it give me a definite match !!!!, i will have to be carefull in futer on fmp, and so its back to looking for betsey, thankyou all and again sorry if i wasted anyones time

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