25 documented people · 13 September 2026
Not in the tree
People this archive can prove and the family tree has never held — three new generations of them, found in a week.
The people pages on this site are generated from the family tree, and the tree is the authority on who exists. That rule is deliberate — this archive's job is to say how well each claim is evidenced, not to merge or invent people behind the reader. But this week produced a dozen people who are documented and are not in the tree, and they need somewhere to stand.
Saniger, of Berkeley
8 people
| Who | On what record | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| William Saniger, the elder The deepest Saniger this archive reaches. A name in a register and nothing else. | named as father in a Berkeley baptism of 12 October 1679 | documented |
| Catherine Cotton John Saniger's mother. Searched across the whole county for a baptism and found none — she appears only to marry. | married Thomas Saniger at Berkeley, 10 April 1769 | documented |
| Ann Saniger Hannah's eldest sister. | baptised Berkeley 1798, father John | documented |
| William Saniger Hannah's brother. | baptised Berkeley 6 September 1801, father John | documented |
| John Saniger Hannah's brother. | baptised Berkeley 18 September 1803, father Jno | documented |
| Thomas Saniger Hannah's brother, and almost certainly the Thomas Sinegar of Oxford Road. | baptised Berkeley 3 July 1808, father John; died Bristol 1 October 1881 | documented |
| Martha Golding Thomas's wife and the mother of his eleven children. | married Thomas Sanigre at Bristol, 24 August 1828 | documented |
| Lydia (Jones?) The surname JONES comes from a shared tree with no record attached. An enquiry is with Gloucestershire Archives. | wife of John Saniger; a Lyddya Sinegar aged 70 in Hannah's house in 1841 | family lore |
Ward and Gairden, of South Leith
3 people
| Who | On what record | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Ward Jean Ward's father — and the man her eldest son was named for. | married Marth Gairden at South Leith, 27 October 1747 | documented |
| Martha Gairden (Garden) Jean Ward's mother. | married Joseph Ward, South Leith, 27 October 1747 | documented |
| William Gairden The oldest Scot in this archive. | named as Martha's father at her marriage in 1747 | documented |
D'Arcy, of Lymington
8 people
| Who | On what record | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine D'Arcy Named in the Lady's Newspaper of 8 April 1848 and in the census. | wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph D'Arcy · aged 42 at Priestlands in 1841; he left her his property in 1844 | documented |
| Richard D'Arcy In Joseph's house, of Joseph's own generation. Robert and Jean married in 1779; a Richard of 1784 fits that family, and Portsea's transcript stops in 1782. | aged 57 at Priestlands in 1841, so born about 1784 | documented |
| Catherine D'Arcy Daughter. | aged 9 in 1841, born Hampshire | documented |
| John D'Arcy Son. | aged 8 in 1841, born Hampshire | documented |
| Josephine D'Arcy Daughter. | aged 6 in 1841, born Hampshire | documented |
| Frank D'Arcy Son. | aged 2 in 1841 | documented |
| Joseph D'Arcy Son. | an infant in 1841, born Hampshire | documented |
| Elizabeth Pitt A woman named PITT living with Robert D'Arcy's son, while Robert's other son had carried Pitt as a middle name since 1783. A lead, not an explanation. | aged 55 in 1841, in the household | documented |
Oliver, of Oswestry
2 people
| Who | On what record | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| David Oliver Shropshire Archives P214/A/2/1 p.18. | father of Elizabeth, baptised Oswestry St Oswald's 19 May 1782 | documented |
| Mary Oliver | named as mother in the same entry | documented |
Wakefield and Webb, of Stroud
4 people
| Who | On what record | Standing |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Wakefield From a FamilySearch-derived index rather than the parish book, and there is more than one James Wakefield in Gloucestershire. | father of James, baptised Stroud 6 April 1806 | inferred |
| Elizabeth Webb And a Matilda WEBB, aged two, is living in James's house at Drivers Fields in 1841. | mother of James Wakefield | inferred |
| Eliza Wakefield | baptised Bristol 14 October 1832, buried there 4 May 1834, aged 19 months | documented |
| Ellen Wakefield | baptised Bristol 26 October 1834, buried St Paul, Portland Square, 12 July 1840, aged 5 | documented |
Why they are not on The People
None of these people can be given a page under The People without inventing a tree record for them, and this archive does not do that. They live in the register, on the narrative pages, and here.
The tree has 473 people in it. On the evidence of one week, it is missing at least twenty-four who can be documented — a whole English household among them, and most of the rest women in the generation just above where the tree's compiler stopped.
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