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Ambrose WETTON
1857 - Yes, date unknown
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Ambrose WETTON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Dec Q 1857 Grindley Cutwood, Staffordshire, England 
- About 1855 from the 1861 census where shown as aged 5
GRO ref: Wetton, Ambrose q4 1857 Stafford RD 6b 17; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Wheat
Baptised 27 Sep 1857 St. John the Baptist Church, Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire, England Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown Siblings3 brothers and 7 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
George WETTON, bap. 24 Aug 1817, St. James’ Church, Norton Canes, Staffordshire, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Father) 
Caroline WHEAT, b. 19 Apr 1825, Gratwich, Staffordshire, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) Person ID I304684 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 16 Sep 2017
Father George WETTON, bap. 24 Aug 1817, St. James’ Church, Norton Canes, Staffordshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Caroline WHEAT, b. 19 Apr 1825, Gratwich, Staffordshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married 15 Aug 1844 St. Mary’s Church, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England - GRO ref: WETTON, George to WEATE, Catherine q3 1844 Uttoxeter RD 17 233Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Mar 2018)
Although recorded as Catherine not Caroline in the marriage register I do believe this marriage is the right one. George and Caroline seem to have been quite relaxed regarding details: ages (particularly theirs, but to a lesser extent their childrens), birthplaces, birth registrations and even the names of their children. The births of 3 of their first 5 children seem to have gone unregistered, and whilst all of the remaining 7 were in two cases the names subsequently found in the censuses are not those with which they are registered. The names have been found in two different indexes of the GRO copy, so it does not seem to be an indexing error. In addition, the names in the GRO indexes are the same as in an index of the Staffordshire originals, so it does not appear to be an error in making the GRO copies.
It is just possible there was another male Wetton married to a female Wheat, but I cannot find such a marriage, and though that could be because the wife had married as a widow I should then be able to find the children in the census but I cannot (and there are no deaths registered between the births and the next census). Once I would have assumed to be a registrars error, but with two instances I wonder if George and Caroline hadn't made up their minds about names when the births were registered. Perhaps George was out and didn't like the name Caroline had chosen. Maybe, though, the local registrar was a bit scatty.
I have only seen one census entry for William / Charles, so it could be an ennumerator error, but I have seen Agnes in three censuses, always as Agnes despite her birth registration showing Emily.
Another puzzle is the unnamed female whose birth was registered in q4 1855. Mostly unnamed birth registrations seem to be for babies who died soon after birth and were never named. However, in this case no death registration seems to have followed. Maybe she was given a name before dying.
Family ID F300854 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- About 1855 from the 1861 census where shown as aged 5
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Baptised - 27 Sep 1857 - St. John the Baptist Church, Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire, England 
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