Wilson of Bourne, Cambridgeshire

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there

Would appreciate any help / further information on my Maternal Ancestors the Wilsons (yes, I know its the 12th most popular surname) of Bourne in Cambridgeshire.

My grandad (mums father) was born Arthur John Wilson on 27th June 1867 in Bourne, son of William Wilson & Jane Edwards.

I have the 1881 census entry for the family when Arthur John was 14 years old, but then family legend says that he went to Canada where pictures exist of him 'log rolling' in Quebec, but he is back in England in 1901 and married to his first wife Rebecca Hyman - but she died and he married my grandmother in 1916.

So where was he in 1871 aged 4 years and could anyone find anything any earlier about his parents William Wilson born 1832 in Bourne and Jane Edwards born 1844 in Caldecote, Cambridgshire.

It is believed that the above William was the son of John Wilson & Martha Clark and Jane was the daughter of Richard Edwards and Mary Ann Stokes - but not of this has yet been proved.

Mum says that her father was a quaker - so that may explain his move to Canada

Any help would be most welcome

Chris in 1066Land   

[Nicky]

Hi
Here is Arthur in 1871

address St Neots and Cambridge Road

William Wilson, head, married, male, age 39, ag labborn Bourn (no e)
Jane Wilson,  wife, married, female, age29 born Caldecott Cambridgeshire
Eliza Wilson, daughter,female, age 15 born Bourn
William Wilson, son,male,age 11,scholar born Bourn
Henry William Farrington,son, male, age 6,scholar born Bourn
Arthur John Wilson, son, male, age 3 born Bourn
Martha Ann Wilson, daughter,female,age 1 born Bourn
May Ann Wilson, daughter, female age 8,scholar born Bourn

Civil parish:    Bourn 
Town:    Bourn 
County/Island:    Cambridgeshire 
Country:    England 

Source information:    RG10/1575
Registration district:    Caxton 
Sub-registration district:    Caxton 
ED, institution, or vessel:    3 
Folio:    72 
Page:    5
Household schedule number:    26

Looks like both William and Jane were married previously.

Hope this helps

Nicky

[Anjo]

Hi Chris,
                Don't know if this is going to be any use to you or just confuse you more!! I had a look in Bourn in 1841 and these are the families I found

Charles Wilson   45  Ag Lab    Y
Mary      Wilson   35                Y
John      Wilson   26                 Y
William   Wilson   10                Y

Living High st, Bourn

Jeremiah  Wilson  30   Ag Lab  Y
Lydia        Wilson  30                Y
William      Wilson  13               Y
Sarah       Wilson   10               Y
Jane         Wilson    4                Y
Elizabeth  Wilson    2                Y
James       Wilson    3 weeks     Y

Also living on High St, Bourn

William Wilson    25  Ag lab     Y
Hannah Wilson   65                 Y

Living Carter or Carton End, Bourn

Martha Wilson  30               Y
James   Wilson  7                Y
Edward Wilson  5                 Y
Hannah Wilson  3                Y
Thomas Wilson  8mts          Y

Could be yours? Father and son William could have been away working? or visiting?

These were the only Wilsons in Bourn if you know of any other place they might be let me know and I will check it out ok

Now the only family of Edwards I found in Caldecot was this one.

Catherine  Edwards   55               Y
Richard      Edwards    20              Y
Jane          Edwards    15              Y
David         Edwards    14             Y
Caroline    Edwards     8               Y

Hope this is of use to you and let me know if you want me to check anywhere else ok.  All the Best Anjo

[bedfordshire boy]

Chris
Have you checked out the Cambs FHS site which has indexes for the 1841 and 1851 censuses, plus baptism and indexes 1801-37

http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html

Regards

David

[princess 1]

Did you find out what you wanted - my gt gt grandmother was Mary Ann Stokes.

Sandra