Price Family: Nonconformists

There is abundant evidence that the family of Simon Price were nonconformists. When they became non-conformist is not precisely known. Simon Price and Mary Louisa Stanners were both christened in the Church of England.


They were married in the Parish Church in Great Missenden, Buckingham, England on 4 Apr 1833; however, prior to the introduction of Civil Registration in 1837, there were no legal marriages performed in England outside of the Church of England, therefore nonconformists were regularly married in the Church of England. Christenings and burials in the Church of England were different.


Then they had the following ten children, none of which appear to have been christened in the Church of England:


Mary Price
   Birth: 2 Feb 1833, Prior to Civil Registration
   Christening: Unknown
   Marriage: Never Married.


Robert Price
   Birth: 19 Jun 1835, Prior to Civil Registration
   Christening: Unknown
   Marriage: 13 Oct 1855, Civil Marriage at the Register Office.


Annie Price
   Birth: 7 Mar 1837, Prior to Civil Registration
   Christening: Unknown
   Marriage: 28 Mar 1872, Type Unknown


Henry Richard Price
   Birth: 20 Dec 1838, Birth Certificate
   Christening: Unknown
   Marriage: Died Young, Never Married.


Emily Maria Price
   Birth: 8 Apr 1840, Birth Certificate

   Christening: Unknown

   Marriage: Died Young, Never Married.


Henry Simon Price

   Birth: 9 May 1842, Birth Certificate

   Christening: Unknown

   Marriage: 20 Dec 1866, Type Unknown


George Price

   Birth: 12 May 1844, Birth Certificate

   Christening: Unknown

   Marriage: Date & Place Unknown.


Louisa Maria Price

   Birth: 14 Oct 1846

   Christening: Unknown

   Marriage: Never Married


Miriam Martha Price

   Birth: 11 Feb 1849

   Christening: Unknown

   Marriage: Died Young, Never Married


Ellen Stanners Price

   Birth: 23 Jul 1851

   Christening: Unknown

   Marriage: 14 Aug 1880 to George Bland, Type Unknown

So does anyone have any christening records for any of these children--either Church of England or from a Non-conformist Church?

Does anyone have information on the marriages--when and/or where they took place? Whether they were civil marriages or performed in the Church of England?

Here are some places to look. Has anyone looked at these sources in the Family History Library?

Amersham Baptist Church, Lower Meeting House

   Births & Burials, 1773-1837 (GS 566017, item 1)


Chesham Independent Church, High Street

   Births, Baptisms, Burials, 1786-1837 (GS 566019, items 1-5)


Chesham Baptist Church, Old Meeting House

   Births, Baptisms, Burials, 1785-1837 (GS 566019, items 6-11)


High Wycombe Methodist Circuit (St. Mary's Street Chapel?)

   Births and Baptisms, 1792-1837 (GS 566020, item 2)


High Wycombe, Crendon Lane Independent Meeting House

   Births and Baptisms, 1762-1836 (GS 566020, item 8)


High Wycombe, Ebenezer Chapel, Earton Street

   Births and Baptisms, 1823-1836 (GS 566020, item 1)


High Wycombe, Primitive Methodist Church

   Births and Baptisms, 1832-1837 (GS 566020, item 9)


High Wycombe, Congregational Church

   Church Records, 1762-1902 (GS 994128, item 2)

The following appear not to be in the Family History Library, but are located (either in original form or on microfilm) in the Centre for Buckingham Studies, Aylesbury, Buckingham, England.

   Chesham Baptist Church, Blucher Street
   Chesham Methodist Church
   High Wycombe, Castlefield Methodist Church

   High Wycombe, Micklefield Road Meeting Room

   High Wycombe, Newland Methodist Church

   High Wycombe, Victoria Street Methodist Church

   High Wycombe, White Hart Street Methodist Church

   High Wycombe Primitive Methodist Station

Christening Record of Simon Price

Simon Price, father of Robert Price, was born in Great Missenden, Buckingham on November 1st, 1808 to Richard and Maria Price. He was christened on November 20th. Here's the record:

New Blog for Descendants of Robert Price

This blog is primarily intended for use by descendants of Robert Price (1835-1910) to coordinate and report their family history research relating to the Price lines. This will at least include the four surnames carried by Robert's grandparents: Price, Watts, Stanners, and Taylor. Findings regarding Robert's siblings and other collateral lines may also be included here. Virtually any historical tidbit relating to these families is welcome.

Robert Price was the second child of Simon and Mary Louisa (Stanners) Price. He was born 19 Jun 1835 in Great Missenden, Buckingham, England. This is according to his own report in various records, including his membership records in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which he joined in 1853. As Robert was born prior to the beginning of Civil Registration in England (1 Jul 1837), there is no Civil Registration of his birth. Most individuals in England at this time would have had their birth, or more specifically, their christening recorded in Church Records; however, if this was done with Robert, we have yet to locate his christening record. Consequently, the earliest record we have of Robert is his appearance in the Simon Price household in the 1841 England Census:

This record lists the Simon Price household on High Street in the parish of Great Missenden with the following details:

Simon Price, age 30, a tailor
Mary Louisa [Price], age 30
Mary [Price], age 7
Robert [Price], age 5
Ann [Price], age 4
Maria [Price], age 1

Source: England. Buckinghamshire. 1841 Census of England. Ancestry. 1841 England Census. www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 Mar 2008; citing Public Record Office HO 107/42 (also available on FHL microfilm 241211).