Hi, I'm trying to trace the Osborn side of my family who are originally from Eaton Bray. Although I've been able to trace them through the census information I can't find any records of births/marriages/deaths. I'm interested in 3 Osborns in particular, all born in Eaton Bray:
Thomas Osborn, born 1844, married Emma, surname unknown.
Jesse Osborn, born 1824, married Susannah, possibly Mead
William Osborn, probably born 1780, married Elizabeth, surname unknown.
If anyone can provide any further information on any of these Osborns, particularly dates of birth, or wives surnames, I'd really really appreciate it.
Many thanks, Kim

Hi Kim...Been searching the Osborne family and found a few things...From the Parish Records 1559-1812...Baptism March 10th 1782 William son of Thomas & Elizabeth Osborn...Marriage May 24th 1802 William Osborne to Isabella Taverner both of Eaton Bray...Have some more info to check out and will post later...Are we looking at 3 generations of the Osborne family?

Seen the census records with William married to Elizabeth but cant seem to find a marriage at the moment that would fit the birth of Jesse.I think that Isabella could have been his mother as there is no mother on baptism record.Looking for her death around 1822.

Cant find a death for Isabella around the right time.The only marriages I can find close would be 3rd November 1803 William Osborn to Elizabeth Fleckney at Leighton Buzzard Beds or after Jesse birth William Osborn to Elizabeth Tearle 12th January 1825 at Leighton Buzzard Beds.

Just checked the hard copy of Leighton Buzzard Parish Register and the marriage to Elizabeth Fleckney does say that William Osborn was of Eaton Bray.

Excellent, thankyou very much for that info!! Yes, it is 3 generations of the Osborn family, I had Elizabeth Tearle as Jesse's mother, but from what you've found it looks like it could well have been Isabella, with William then marrying Elizabeth Tearle after Jesse was born.
As for the older William Osborn marrying Elizabeth Fleckney, the Fleckney name came up before, so that would definitely fit.
Are the parish records available for anyone to view? I'm putting together a file with birth/marriage/death records etc, so would like to be able to add these to the file, as it seems pretty certain they are the ones i'm looking for.
thankyou so much for your help!

Have emailed Beds Records Office to look at Jesse's baptism to find parents...Parish Records for Beds have been transcribed to book form up until 1812 and are in most Beds libraries or at the records office.After 1812 they are on fiche at the records office available to all.....Am looking at Thomas at the moment but having trouble finding an Emma born in Windsor as it says on census.

Have just received a reply from records office so will have to look somewhere else...

Sorry, but this entry does not occur in the register: I checked film of the original.  Unfortunately the Latter Day Saints include information from 'unofficial' sources, and it looks as though this phantom entry is one of them. A proper entry would include the mother's name at the very least.

That's a shame! Just to confuse things further I think there are 2 separate William Osborns - the one I originally mentioned born 1780, and then there's another generation between him and Jesse, giving me an additiopnal William Osborn born around 1805.
so I think the oldest William married either Isabella Taverner or Elizabeth Fleckney, and the younger William (father of Jesse) married Elizabeth Tearle.
As for Thomas Osborn marrying Emma from Windsor their children were all born in London, so there's a chance they were married there, though I haven't been able to find any record of it.

Starting again from Thomas.Have you found him on 1871 census?

No, can't find him on that one, tried searching using Emma and his oldest children, but can't find them at all in 1871, only in 1881 and 1891.

Found them just after I posted living in St Pancras transcribed as OSBON...Thomas is down as born in Dunstable and Emma from Windsor...Cant work out why we cant find the marriage unless they married after Thomas jnr was born.

Cool, thanks for that!
I guess a marriage after Thomas Jnr's birth would make sense - I had thought about requesting a copy of Jesse Osborn's birth certificate to see if Emma's surname is on it, but haven't been able to track down any record of his birth yet either!

Jesse would be too old for a birth cert as no registration was brought in until 1837 but there should be one for Thomas...Got a list from free bmd of all emma's born in Windsor 1846-1847.Might be a case of tracking them all down for marriages.

i meant the birth certificate for thomas and Emma's son, confusingly also called Jesse, born in St Pancras in 1872 I believe. I've found a baptism this morning for a likely candidate, although the details aren't quite right, so need to look into that a bit more - if it's the right one I might be able to track down Emma's maiden name. I could have a long job tracking all the Emma's born in Windsor in those years down for marriages!!

Found 37 Emma's registered in Windsor from 1846-1848.Searched all of them for a marriage to a Thomas from 1865-1871 in Islington & Pancras but still nothing.Have all the surnames if you want them.Maybe one of the names might still be in the family.

On the 1891 census there is an Alfred Aldridge down as grandson to Thomas & Emma.Can't work out where he came from at the moment but the Aldridge name was one I searched from Windsor.Could be the one to follow.

I've worked out that I've found the right baptism record for Jesse, as the address on it is the same as the address in the 1871 census, so I've sent off for a copy of the birth certificate, which will hopefully confirm Emma's maiden name. It sounds like it may well be Aldridge though - I'd assumed that was the married name of one of Jesse's sisters, but will definitely look into Emma being an Aldridge originally, as it's not that common a name!
I can't find any record of a marriage for thomas osborn at all and I've searced from 1855 to 1870, so i'm wondering if maybe thomas and emma never actually married....

I am a descendant from the Osborn family from Eaton Bray If you need any help let me know.

I have the Jesse family including the marriage of Thomas and Emma all worked out.  Jesse was illegitimate son of Hannah, living with grandfather in one census.  Do you have an E-mail for Kim?