Looking For Elizabeth ~ Nee Alexander and/or Saunders

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2024: Week 44 (CHALLENGING)

My 5th great grandfather on my mother's maternal line is:

Samuel Bayes
Birth: ABT. 1778 • Thornage, Norfolk, England
Baptized: 2 Sep 1778 • Thornage, Norfolk, England
Death: ABT 1818 • Hunworth, Norfolk, , England
Buried: 21 Jul 1818 • Hunworth, Norfolk, England

His wife (my 5th great grandmother has been challenging to research.

I have her recorded in my tree as:

Elizabeth Alexander
Birth ABT 1784 • , Norfolk, England
Death JAN 1866 • Burgh, Norfolk, England, UK

On their marriage registry she is named Elizabeth Alexander.

She is also Elizabeth Alexander on 1st child Rosemond's birth registry.

I added a sister for Elizabeth, Rosemond (Rose) Alexander, guessing the witness on their marriage registry was her sister.

Searching further with this added sibling has not resulted in any more details or documents.

All later children she is listed as Elizabeth Saunders. 

One of my DNA matched cousins wonders if these were two different Elizabeths. 

Proposing that Elizabeth Saunders was a 2nd wife who was born in 1786, and the mother of the children born 1809 onward. 

If they were 2 Elizabeths we can confidently say both were married to Samuel because we have DNA matches between 5 of the children: John, Celia, Samuel, Solomon (my X4 GG), and James. 

My 4th great grandfather was the 9th, of 10 children.

In the proposed two Elizabeths theories he would have be born to Elizabeth Saunders.

Solomon Bayes
Birth 26 NOV 1815 • Hunworth, Norfolk, , England
Death 25 OCT 1882 • Northumberland, , Ontario, Canada
married to 4th great grandmother
Mary Ann Tuck
Birth 15 JAN 1823 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England
Death 28 JAN 1908 • Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada

This week I took a closer look at the shared DNA for all of the descendants through the 5 listed above. 

All of the matches were found to have the appropriate amount for full siblings. 

The mystery of who exactly Elizabeth Alexander/Saunders is remains a mystery.

When your reasonably exhaustive search is still happening !!! 

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

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