I think the clue lies in Sarah's middle name "DEAN" and sure enough there is a marriage between a
MATTHEWS and DEAN....
James
MATHEWS (m) Sarah DEAN [btp] by
Banns in St.Michaels,
Oxford 6 July 1824. Wit: James
WOODWARD and
Hannah MATTHEWS.
In St.Peter of the East,
Oxford there is this entry:
Sarah
MATTHEWS baptised to James/Sarah (
Baker of
Ram Alley) 19 November 1824.
Matilda their second daughter is then baptised 1826 in Deddington and corresponds to the 1841 Census of Deddington:
Jas
MATTHEWS 50yrs
Baker Y
Sarah
MATTHEWS 16yrs Y
Matilda
MATTHEWS 14yrs Y
It seems to me they are married in
Oxford where they must of been at least staying, had Sarah and as the family disappears, seemed to of moved to Deddington where Matilda is then born. This corresponds to Sarah stating she is from Deddington then
Oxford in the census. Both James
MATTHEWS in the city and Deddington are bakers by profession. I am assuming this is indeed one and the same family.
Regards,
Lyn.
[Oxfordshire Family History Society (2002), Oxfordshire Marriage Index 1538-1837 CD
ROM, OFHS,
Oxford]
[Harris, C.G. (1988), Transcription of
StPeterr in the East
Parish Registers, Oxfordshire
Parish Register Transcripts
Oxford City Vol.4 CD
ROM, OFHS,
Oxford]
[Census Returns of
England and
Wales, 1841.The National Archives of the
UK (TNA)]
