William VANDERSTEEN = Sarah BODDY1
William VANDERSTEEN = Jane PIZEY5 > Family
Married 3 May 1812, Stepney, St Dunstan, Middsx6
William VANDERSTEEN
Born 21 Nov 1796, Long Alley, Shoreditch9
Christened 26 Dec 1796, Shoreditch, Midsx., St. Leonard's10
Martha VANDERSTEEN11 = George Joseph ELLIS > Family
Married 1820, St Mary, Whitechapel, Middsx12
Martha VANDERSTEEN
Born 27 May 1799, Long Alley, Shoreditch, Middlesex13
Christened 23 Jun 1799, Shoreditch, Midsx., St. Leonard's14
Occupation: Silk velvet weaver (1861)15
Abode:
15 Dunk Street, Stepney, Middlesex (1851, 1861)16
IS MATTHEW, MARTHA?
The entry in the baptism register is "Matthew". It is thougtht this is the same person as Martha Vandersteen who married George Joseph Ellis.
This Matthew of 1799 is the only Matthew Vandersteen in my database. Before the nineteenth century, I only have one baptism of a Martha Vandersteen. So it would be quite a coincidence to have both a Matthew and a Martha in the same year, 1799.
Her age given in both the 1851 and 1861 Censuses is consistent with birth in
May 1799. But in neither case is the place of birth given as Shoreditch. In
1851 it is given as Bethnal Green and in 1861 as Whitechapel. So she is
uncertain where she was born.
We could speculate that when the child was baptised the information was
first written in a day book and later transcribed into the parish register.
Perhaps the entry was miscopied. What are we to make of "D of" being crossed out and replaced by "S of"? Another even wilder speculation is that at birth the sex was uncertain and later Matthew turned into a Martha!
Ancestry, UK and Ireland records, produces 45 for Martha Vandersteen and none for Matthew Vandersteen. So no marriage, burial, death or census for him. Ancestry also has nothing relevant worldwide for Matthew
Vanderst* and nor has FamilySearch.
Mary Ann VANDERSTEEN = James LANGTON > Family
3 :
Parish Register film X25/003 London Metropolitan Archives, 21 days old at baptism
4 :
IGI downloaded 11 Aug 2004, Parish Register film X25/003 London Metropolitan Archives
5 :
Pallots Mariage Index, letter dated 16 May 1996, Jane: christening of son William Thomas IGI C040803
6 :
Pallot Marriage Index, letter dated 14 May 1996; month and day, was a widow, witness Isaac Boddy, all left their mark, from Pam Simons via email
9 :
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch Parish Register, Guildhall Library, film MS7496/11, IGI at 11 AUG 2004
10 :
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch Parish Register, Guildhall Library, film MS7496/11, IGI at 11 AUG 2004
11 :
The entry in the baptism register is "Matthew". It is thougtht this is the same person as Martha Vandersteen who married George Joseph Ellis
13 :
aged 51 1851 Census born at Bethnal Green, aged 61 1861 Census at born at Spitalfields. GI at 11 AUG 2004, Ancestry - London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 , St Leonard's parish register, 1797-1801 for Matthew Vandersteen.
14 :
GI at 11 AUG 2004, Ancestry - London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 , St Leonard's parish register, 1797-1801 for Matthew Vandersteen.
15 :
1861 Census RG9-268 Fol 163 P35
16 :
1851 Census HO107-1544 Fol 361 P 16, 1861 Census RG9-268 Fol 163 P35
19 :
IGI downloaded 11 Aug 2004, Marriage Register, St leonard's Shoreditch, film MS7498/34 Guildhall Library, by Banns bachelor/spinster witness William Vandersteen, his mark.
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