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Caroline WHEAT
1825 - Yes, date unknown
Has no ancestors but 18 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Caroline WHEAT Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 19 Apr 1825 Gratwich, Staffordshire, England 
- Born about 1821 according to the 1851 census where shown as aged 29, but shown as aged 36 in the 1861 census - almost right for this birth (the census was 12 days before Caroline's 36th birthday). Shown as aged 55 in 1871 (despite youngest child being aged just 9 months( and birthplace given as Kingstone.
Actual date from LDS vital records index.
Baptised 15 May 1825 St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Gratwich, Staffordshire, England - From FamilySearch
Shown as Caroline, daughter of Charles Wheat and Anne.
Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I304443 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 10 Jun 2017
Family George WETTON, bap. 24 Aug 1817, St. James’ Church, Norton Canes, 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.
Children11 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300854 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Born about 1821 according to the 1851 census where shown as aged 29, but shown as aged 36 in the 1861 census - almost right for this birth (the census was 12 days before Caroline's 36th birthday). Shown as aged 55 in 1871 (despite youngest child being aged just 9 months( and birthplace given as Kingstone.