Rebecca WILKS

  General Notes:

A very unusual occurrence - two marriage entries for the same couple
Marriages Sep 1868 Medway 2a 645 (first marriage)
Jarrett Martha
Skeggs William
Thorne William
Wilks Rebecca

Marriages Sep 1868 Medway 2a 619 (second marriage)
Taylor Mary Ann
Taylor William
Thorne William
Wilks Rebecca

Based on 1911 census, then this is almost certainly Rebecca's later marriage
Marriages Sep 1896 Cardiff 11a 694
Court Henry
GRANT Harriet
Lewis Richard
Thorne Rebecca

Probable Deaths Dec 1918
Lewis Rebecca 78 Cardiff 11a 604

Marriage Certificate
Married, after Banns, at The Parish Church of St Paul Chatham in the County of Kent. On behalf of the Parish of St John Chatham, the church of that parish being closed for repairs.
July 2nd 1868
William Thorne, 29, Bachelor, Private 29th Regiment, Chatham Barracks. Father John Thorne, Gardener
Rebecca Wilks, 29, Spinster, - , Chatham. Father William Wilks, Gardener
The witnesses were Thomas Batty and Elizabeth Wilks (sister)
The ceremony was conducted by Alex Joseph, Rector of St Johns

The church copy of the above marriage is in the register of St John, Chatham and looks identical in content

The above marriage may have been declared null and void as the next ceremony was only 6 weeks later. The likely problem was that William did not have permission of his CO in the army, and without that permission his wife wouldn't be taken "on strength" and so wouldn't be eligible for a pension. The marriage itself, according to the registrar, would have been totally legal i.e. they were properly married after the first ceremony. Other reasons are possible such as an irregularity in the Banns or that the vicar wasn't licensed to conduct marriages in another church, but I have heard of other occurrences of two marriages of army personnel which makes the first reason the more likely.

Marriage Certificate
Married, after Banns, at The Parish Church in the parish of Brompton in the County of Kent.
August 22 1868
William Thorne, 29, Bachelor, 29th Regiment, Brompton. Father John Thorne, Gardener
Rebecca Wilks, 29, Spinster, - , Brompton. Father William Wilks, Gardener
The witnesses were Thomas Batty and Charlotte Cook (who made her mark)
The ceremony was conducted by F. Russell Rawes
- All, except Charlotte Cook, were able to sign the register.
- the church was next to the Barracks in Chatham

The church copy of the above marriage is in the register of Holy Trinity, Old Brompton and looks identical in content

1841 census
HO107/1171/14 F27 P5
High Street, Corsham, Wiltshire
Wm Wilks, 40, Ag Lab, No
Rebecca Wilks, 36, , Y
Ann do, 5, , N
Wm do, 3, , Y
Rebecca do, 2, , Y

1851 census
HO107/1971 F327 P36
Bishops Cleeve, Gloucestershire
Ann Smith, Head, Mar, 29, House Servant, Gloucester Hawling
Emily Smith, Daur, , 9m, , Gloucester Bps Cleeve
Rebecca Wilks, Servt, , 12, House Servant, Wilts Corsham
- in same village on F321 P24 are William(50) and Rebecca(42 from Corsham) Wilks and children William, Mary, Hannah, Samuel, Elizabeth and Catharine, presumably her parents

1861 census
RG9/3521 F143 P4
Bramwith Rectory, Bramwith Road, Kirk Bramwith, Yorkshire
Rebecca Wilks, Serv, Un, 23, Housemaid, Wiltshire Carsham
- with Maynard family, the rector of Kirk Bramwith

1871 census (poor match, but possible)
RG10/1136 F94 P41
Cambridge Barracks, High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire
William Thorn, Head of Family, Mar, 32, Private, Worcester Cheltenham
Rebecca Thorn, Wife, Mar, 32, Soldiers Wife, Kent Maidstone

1881 census
RG11/2930 F86 P4
Norton Barrack, Worcester, Pershore, Worcestershire
William Thorne, Head of Family, Married, 41, Pte soldier 29' Regiment, Devonshire Firmington
Rebecca Thorne, Wife, Married, 41, Wife of Above, Wiltshire Corrsam
Samuel Belcher, Nephew, , 10, Scholar, Gloucestershire Bishopsclure
- Samuel is son of Rebecca's sister Mary

1891 census (indexed as Thomas)
RG12/1780 F40 P1
Dipford, Fremington, Devon
William Thorne, Head, M, 50, General Labourer, Tawstock Devon
Rebecca Thorne, Wife, M, 50, Laundress, Copsome Wiltshire
Laura Kate Boyles, Niece, S, 10, , Cheltenham Gloucestershire
James Howard Webb, Boarder, S, 26, Classical Teacher, Wellington Salop
- Laura's name should be Byles, the married name of Rebecca's sister

1901 census
RG13/4976 F92 P46
16 Singleton Road, Roath (Splott ward), Cardiff, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis, Head, M, 52, Coal Tip Weigher, Penmark Glam
Rebecca Lewis, Wife, M, 60, , Cortham Wilts
Alice M Daroch, Daughter, M, 19, , Plymouth Devon
Percival L Lewis, Son, , 11, Cardiff Glam
G May Lewis, Daughter, , 9, , Cardiff Glam
Kate A Lewis, Daughter, , 7, , Cardiff Glam
- Alice is Richard's daughter

1911 census
RG14PN32096 RG78PN1845 RD588 SD2 ED29 SN136
39 Tenby Street, Splott, Cardiff, Glamorganshire (5 rooms)
Richard Lewis, Head, 63, Married 15 years, Dock Labourer, Cowbridge Glam
Rebecca Lewis, Wife, 73, Married, , Corsham Wiltshire
- children : none

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REBEKAH WILKS Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 21 APR 1839 Corsham, Wiltshire, England

Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: WILLIAM WILKS Family
Mother: REBEKAH


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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.


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Source Information:
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C153432 1833 - 1885 1279378 Film NONE


Sheet: 00

Rebecca married William THORNE, son of John THORNE and Mary EVANS, on 2 Jul 1868 in Chatham, Kent, England. (William THORNE was born on 11 Apr 1839 in Tawstock, Devon, England, baptised on 24 Aug 1847 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, died on 10 Feb 1892 in Bickington, Fremington, Devon, England and was buried on 16 Feb 1892 in Fremington, Devon, England.)

Rebecca next married William THORNE, son of John THORNE and Mary EVANS, on 22 Aug 1868 in Brompton, Kent, England. (William THORNE was born on 11 Apr 1839 in Tawstock, Devon, England, baptised on 24 Aug 1847 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, died on 10 Feb 1892 in Bickington, Fremington, Devon, England and was buried on 16 Feb 1892 in Fremington, Devon, England.)

Rebecca next married Richard LEWIS Sep Q 1896 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. (Richard LEWIS was born circa 1847 in Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales and died in 1912.)