Looking for the wedding details.

Looking for the wedding details.

When I started to check the online records of my ancestor’s wedding I hit a snag. The online records did not match with the Bible.
The list of marriages for St Erth can be found here

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sterth/mar1861_65.htm

And if you scroll down to 1863 you will see James Henry Hayes name. However, the person transcribing the record must have struggled with Wilhelmina’s name for they have her listed as Fredericka Williams. It’s just as well I have more than one source because I would never have found it otherwise. I’ve emailed the person who made up the list and asked if they could change the entry. Maybe they will, maybe not.

So what about James? Who was he? What is known about him?


I found a record of his baptism at this site
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sterth/bap1836_40.htm

He was baptised on Christmas Day 1840, together with his older sister Amelia.
Here’s the entry
Hayse James (Parents) Henry James / Elizabeth (on date) 25-Dec (at) St Erth (father’s Occupation) Miner (Birth registered on) 20-Nov
Hayse Amelia (Parents) James / Elizabeth (on date) 25-Dec (at) St Erth (Father’s Occupation) Miner (Birth registered on) 08-May 1838


Let’s look at the 1861 census. This site shows that James was unmarried and living with his parents in Chenhalls Rd St Erth

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sterth/1861_ed8.htm

Hayes James Head Mar 61 private watchman St Erth
Hayes Elizth Wife Mar 60 St Erth
Hayes James Henry Son Un Mar20 blacksmith St Erth

This will provide the start should I wish to go back further into history, but for now I need to work forwards, to see how a young blacksmith and a young girl from Prussia got together.