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Janeada
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Re: Why would a normal eighteenth century woman be literate?
« Reply #15 on: Friday 21 August 09 19:06 UTC (UK) »
Hi,

I've been searching for the baptism of Ann Richardson today but I wasn't able to complete the search. I found no Richardsons at all in the following parishes - Halloughton 1767-1774, Bleasby 1767-1774, Hockerton 1767-1774, Kirklington 1766-1774, Farnsfield 1766-1771, Edingley 1766-1774, Halam 1767-1774, Upton 1766-1774, there were a couple of burials at Oxton between 1766 and 1772 but no baptisms. At Thurgarton there were several baptisms which I noted and will send to you FreckNeale in a PM but no baptism for Ann.  I have at least 4 or 5 more villages on my list which time did not allow me to look at and I didn't look at the wills indexes. I'll go back and do that another day.

Ann was able to sign her name when she married David Fricknall - he made his mark. There were two witnesses Ann Hunt and Charl. Singleton who both also were able to sign their names. I'll put the full text of the marriage entry in the PM.

Ann would have been about 26 years of age in 1795. The marriage entry gives no indication of the marital status of either David or Ann. Have you considered the possibility that she could have been a widow? Some marriages could be tragically short in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Janeada
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Re: Why would a normal eighteenth century woman be literate?
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 22 August 09 03:26 UTC (UK) »
Hi Janeada,

Thanks so much Janeada for all the time you spent searching for me. I wasn't expecting so much - though it is of course appreciated!

It's great that you verified the Ann could sign her name. It is also possible she married first though I don't know how to go about finding if she did.

Thanks again,
Alexander
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Re: Why would a normal eighteenth century woman be literate?
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 22 August 09 18:49 UTC (UK) »
My late grandmother b1872 told me as a child that she taught herself to read and write, so it was certainly possible.I suspect too, that as the 1911 census for the family was filled in in her handwriting which I recognized after almost 60 years, that my grandfather shown as unemployed ag lab in 1881 had difficulty writing.
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