A few Prices in Wycombe, Bucks, England.

A Price descendant, Merlyn Cook, reports the following information from her recent research (this was done in May 2012)

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

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

  No Prices found.

High Wycome, Crendon Lane Independent Meeting House

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

  No Prices found.

High Wycombe, Ebenezer Chapel, Earton Street

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

  Four Price entries found:

Thomas son of William & Ann Price of Beaconsfield born Sep. 18, 1821 and baptized Oct. 28, 1826 by me Daniel Campbell Minister.

Richard Price son of William & Ann Price was born Feb 2, 1828 in the town of Beaconsfield, Bucks. and baptized the 28th of the same month 1828 by me Daniel Campbell minister.

Nathan son of William & Ann Price, Labourer of Beaconsfield in the county of Bucks was born Jan 21st and baptized Feb 16th-18th 1831 by me W. Brockchurch.

Ezra son of William & Ann Price of Beaconsfield in the county of Bucks was born Mar. 13th 1832 and was baptized April 6th in the Wesleyan Bhapel Beaconsfield by me p. Jameson.

Any of you Price family researchers know where William & Ann might fit into the tree?

Robert Price Biography online @ FamilySearch

The Robert Price biography written by Ezra J. Poulsen and published in 1962 has been made available online at FamilySearch Books this year. The digital scan of the book can be accessed using the following link:  https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE919857.  

The scan was made from a copy of the book in the Family History Center in Ogden, Utah. The book is presented in the form a pdf and can be easily downloaded or printed. 

A keyword search of the text would not work in the Chrome. Neither would it work in Internet Explorer; however, it did work in  Firefox. The text is embedded in the downloadable pdf so that when a copy is downloaded, that copy is keyword searchable as well. This is an improvement over what FamilySearch Books had to offer some time ago.

George Price: Photographer

Those that have read the Robert Price biography will be aware that Robert's brother, George, came to Idaho and stayed for about 2 years living in Bear Lake Valley. During his visit George tried to make a go of portrait photography. In the biography Poulsen records:

George was a skilled photographer, in addition to other attainments, and took many pictures in Bear Lake, some of which are treasured possessions in the old family albums. For a while, he set up a gallery in a tent in Montpelier, and devoted his time entirely to that business. But photography in those early days was not very profitable, and he justifiably grew discouraged. Robert would have been happy to see George remain in Idaho and make his permanent home. But George grew restless and departed, going first to England, then on to South Africa, where he remained the rest of his life, married and became very successful in business. So far as we know, the two brothers never met again. (Robert Price, p. 152).

The following notice appeared in the Southern Idaho Independent in November of 1885:

Is anyone aware of Price family portraits that we know were taken by George Price? They would have to have been taken between 1884 and 1885.

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).