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Topic: My Visit to Cambridgeshire County Record Office - will do simple Look-ups (Read 12396 times)
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Keith Sherwood
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Hi, Everyone,
I think I may have a spare day at the end of this week (Thursday or Friday, 13th or 14th Oct)- or if not, then one day next week - to visit the Cambs County Record Office at Shire Hall, Cambridge. I was going to look something up for a Rootschatter who PM-ed me.
So (and I'm probably going to regret this!) if anyone wants anything not-too-complicated looking up, I will be happy to do this.
I don't want to be wading for hours through microfilms looking for Census entries or wills, but I'm quite happy to look up Baptisms, Marriages and Burials amongst the transcripted books of the various parishes back to the 16thC. They have them nicely sorted out there.
So let me have your look-ups on this thread, and I'll do my best, but please try and be accurate with the details, as the last two times I went searching (well away from Cambridge, in one case) for a couple of nameless but EXTREMELY well-regarded and Aristocratic Rootchatters, they both gave me the ever-so-slightly-but-nevertheless-wrong info; even though as usual the fun is all in the chase, isn't it...?
Very best wishes,
Keith
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bedfordshire boy
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Hi Keith
That's very generous of you. If Caxton is transcribed could you see if there is a marriage of William BRIGHT to Elizabeth in 1819-21 - their eldest child was baptised in Caxton in 1821.
Many thanks
David in wet windy and thoroughly miserable south of France
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My first customer, David, how exciting!
Of course I'll look that one up for you. Incredibly it was 71 degrees fahrenheit here in Cambridge yesterday...
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Keith Sherwood
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David,
I hope I haven't duplicated too much of what you have already.
The marriage at Caxton on 10th October 1820 of William BRIGHT and Elizabeth CORKETT (signed her name with a x), both of this parish, by Banns. Witnesses: Samuel Corkett and Geo Smith.
I'll give you listings of all the CORKET/CORKETT and BRIGHT marriages, baptisms and burials I found for Caxton in the transcripts in a book covering 1741-1851,
Marriage: on 29-04-1788 between John CORKET (x) of this parish; and Mary CHAPMAN (x) by Banns. Witnesses: Edward Bullen and Henry Anable.
Baptisms: 13-03-1796 Charlotte daughter of John and Mary CORKET
25-11-1798 Samuel son of John and Mary CORKET
03-01-1802 Elizabeth d. of John and Mary CORKET
22-09-1805 Robert s. of John and Mary CORKET
22-04-1810 Sarah d. of John and Mary CORKETT
I'm guessing that the Elizabeth CORKET, b. 1802, is the bride of William BRIGHT in 1820, and they appear to have the following children baptised:
12-08-1821 Charlotte daughter of William (shoemaker) and Elizabeth BRIGHT
11-01-1824 David son of William and Elizabeth BRIGHT
05-02-1826 Amelia d. of William and Elizabeth BRIGHT
25-05-1828 Mary Ann d. of William and Elizabeth BRIGHT
25-09-1835 John s. of William and Elizabeth BRIGHT.
(N.B. William's occupation throughout given as shoemaker)
Just to throw a few more pieces of your family jigsaw in, here are the burials:
09-03-1806: Robart CORKET, son of John and Mary, infant
03-08-1813: Charlotte CORKET aged 18
31-01-1832: Sara CORKET aged 22
30-07-1835: Mary CORKETT aged 66
and finally, burials for:
27-10-1835: Elijah BRIGHT aged 4
01-11-1837: Elizabeth BRIGHT aged 36
12-10-1851: Mary Anne BRIGHT aged 23
See how some of those burials tell of sad premature endings to some of those lives...
very best wishes,
Keith
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bedfordshire boy
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Thanks very much Keith, just what I wanted. All of the other Corketts are a bonus, and I didn't have baptism dates either for the Brights, just the year, so nothing has been duplicated.
Thanks again
David
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David,
Glad to have been of assistance...With you in the South of France and me just a couple of miles from the Cambs Record Office, feel free to ask again for any look-ups there...
Keith
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Juddee,
Will have a look in both the Thriplow and Barley transcripts on Friday, hopefully. Though I've just had a thought - Barley is in Hertfordshire. There seems to be quite a lot of slipping across the County line that I've come across recently...
Keith
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Koromo
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Hi Keith
... and while you're there, could you check for a Martin marriage please? From the 1841 census, there is the following household at North Brink, Wisbech St Peter:
James Martin, b. 1772
Ann Martin, b. 1806
Hannah Martin, b. 1816
Mariah Martin, b. 1828
Mary Martin, b. 1832
Roady Martin, b. 1833
Elizabeth Martin, b. 1837
Judging from the dates, James' wife is not amongst that lot. Would it be possible to locate James' marriage to see who his wife was? (I have the suspicion that those younger ones are grandchildren.)
There seems to be quite a few Martins in the area, so if there are too many James Martins, please don't waste any time looking further - I'll be content with what I already have.
Many thanks from yet another warm, sunny, clear day in Cyprus.
Koromo
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Hi, Koromo,
Lucky you in such a sunny environment still. Autumn temperatures are now just beginning to come to Cambridge after a glorious late summer...
Yes, of course I'll have a look for that MARTIN family of yours, unless someone pops up with the marriage before Friday. And I do realise how populous the Martin's are, as some time in the past I was searching nationwide for a death for a Thomas Martin, and gave up when I realised there were sometimes as many as 25 per quarter.
But perhaps Wisbech St Peter's will not be quite so difficult.
very best wishes,
Keith
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Koromo
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Ah, but at this time of year you are the lucky one - surrounded by all those glorious autumn colours. Out here with evergreen trees, blink your eyes and you've missed autumn! 
Thanks
K.
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I'm researching the Skippage family knowing only of my mother's grandmother who was born Caroline Skippage in 1844 at West Wratting to Charles Skippage and his wife Eliza (nee Twinn) - believed to have been married at Linton in June 1841.
Caroline was at the Rectory in Chelsfield Kent for the 1881 census.
Are you able to verify or find details regarding any of the following (or guide me in the right direction) so that I may then seek copies of the relevant extracts as you may advise:
1 Details of marriage of Charles Skippage and Eliza Twinn (date, location, parents, witnesses, occupations etc)
2 Details of children of Charles and Eliza (ie siblings of Caroline)
3 Birth and death details of Charles (possibly died 1892 at Linton) and Eliza (possibly died in Sept 1852 ie died young). Did Charles remarry?
4 Parents and siblings of Charles and Eliza (was this Charles the son of William and Hannah (m 1812) who had children around 1812-1820 at Burrough Green?)
5 The relationship to Charles Skippage who was married to Lucy(?) and produced several children in the 1840s at Balsham.
6 Where any of these folk resided for any census
Regards John K
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Keith Sherwood
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John,
I've noted down all these details re your SKIPPAGE family, and will do my best to hunt out the truth - according to the Parish transcripts, anyway, on Friday!
Very best wishes,
keith
p.s. One thing I'm not quite sure about, and that's the location of Borough Green; the only place I know of that name is in Kent, or is this a small location in the parish of Linton or West Wratting? K
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47jonno
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Keith
Thanks for your enthusiasm. Burrough Green is about 3 miles NE of West Wratting. Regards John
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