There is one family line that I keep returning to time after time. There are reasons why it is hard to find information further back for this family. The earliest record I can be sure of is the marriage of Benjamin Cavanough (sp) to Matilda Fletcher on May 29, 1815 in the parish church of Saint Andrew Holborn by Licence. He was listed as a bachelor and she was a widow. She signed her name while he made an X. The witnesses were James Hayes and Susannah Chapeu (sp?).
The next record I have is the baptism of their son, Benjamin Cavannaugh in Saint Andrew Holborn on February 11, 1820. The date of birth was also given. It was February 11, 1816. Their abode was listed as Whites Alley and the father's occupation as Chancery Lane. Why did they wait 4 years to have their son baptized? There were no other children of the couple baptized at the same time so it wasn't a batch baptism.
Unfortunately, this all takes place before there were censuses that named the inhabitants. I've previously searched for information about men with the surname of Fletcher dying in the area presuming that Fletcher was Matilda's married surname. The occupation of Chancery Lane for the elder Benjamin is one I should look into further. Hopefully I'll find more clues from that search and whatever other potential searches I can think up and maybe I should also check out FindMyPast, there's a thought.
Sources:
Records from www.ancestry.ca
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