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England / 1834 MARRIAGE OF JOHN GISBORNE (b.1797) to ANNE SUSAN COATES
« on: Tuesday 31 January 12 16:21 GMT (UK)  »
Hello!
Can anyone help me locate the marriage of John Gisborne (b.1797, in Staffordshire) to Anne Susan Coates ? I believe the marriage took place in 1834, in Manchester, Lancashire.
The groom's family came from Staffordshire, his parents being John Gisborne - originally of Yoxall, Staffordshire - and Millicent Sacheverell Chandos Pole, originally of Radborne Hall, Derbyshire.
The marriage took place in 1834, but I can't find it.
Many thanks in anticipation. You haven't failed me yet!
FW
(John was at sea by about 1815, aboard the HMS Asia, and records of him are rather scanty - although he turns up in the 1871 census as a 'Retired Naval Officer', ending his days in Devonshire, still married to Anne Susan.)

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England / SARAH TURNBULL (born c.1793) marriage to GUILLAUME BEAUMONT
« on: Sunday 30 October 11 10:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hello!
The inevitable cry of 'Can anyone help me ?'
One of my great-great-great-grandfathers was GUILLAUME BEAUMONT, born c.1790, apparently in France - though 'a British subject' according to the English censuses.

He became a schoolmaster, first of all in Bristol, and then running his own school in North Meols, Lancashire.
He married 'Sarah'. What her surname was or where they married I do not yet know, but ...

I have a lead towards a 'Sarah Turnbull' born c.1793 in London.

Both Guillaume and Sarah are proving very elusive, although both appear in the censuses in their latter years. Sarah's birthplace is always 'London' - Guillaume's is 'France, British subject'.

Their daughter Estelle married John Sacheverell Gisborne of Birkenhead, a descendant of Hartley Packer Gisborne and Bertha Whittenbury, and various John Gisbornes prior to that.

There is plenty of info about Guillaume's academic career bother here and on my blogsite at  www.franciswright.wordpress.com   It's under the section relating to 'The Beaumonts'.

Many thanks in anticipation - you haven't failed me yet!
Best wishes as ever -
FW

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Surrey / WANDSWORTH LUNATIC ASYLUM (SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL) 1891 CENSUS
« on: Monday 08 August 11 19:54 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

I am trying to find my great-great-grandmother ESTHER WRIGHT (1820 - 1900) who was committed to Middlesex Lunatic Asylum (St Bernard's) in c.1875, and then transferred to WANDSWORTH LUNATIC ASYLUM (Springfield Hospital) around 1890, where she died in 1900.

I am unable to find her in the 1891 census, in fact I'm finding it very hard to find the hospital in the 1891 census at all. I wondered if maybe patients were only referred to by their initials ...

Can anyone help ? I very much want to place this last piece of the jigsaw, as I now have her death certificate from 1900.

Many thanks as always!
FW






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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / NORTH FRODINGHAM (Christopher Hebb)
« on: Friday 24 June 11 19:34 BST (UK)  »
Hello!

Can anyone help me identify the house built by Christopher Hebb in Main Street, North Frodingham, in the early years of the 18th Century ?

I believe it is still there, but I am unsure of the precise location. As I am soon to visit North Frodingham for the very first time, I'd love to take a few pictures of it to add to the family history.

The Hebbs were a dynasty of builders and bricklayers.

As always, many thanks to all in anticipation.

FW

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London and Middlesex / ALDERMANBURY AVENUE, LONDON E.C.
« on: Friday 08 April 11 18:13 BST (UK)  »
Hello-

I am trying to find out if a photograph exists of ALDERMANBURY AVENUE, a small street which ran from ALDERMANBURY (in the City of London) up to PHILIP LANE from about 1880 until its destruction by enemy action in 1941.

The street was full of small factories allied to the 'soft goods' industries: shirt and blouse makers, hosiers, umbrella makers and the like.

My great-grandfather, Arthur Wright, was in partnership with his brother Frederick, and their company, Frederick Wright & Co. Shirt Manufacturers was housed at 11 Aldermanbury Avenue, EC2 from 1897 until 1941, producing shirts for the wholesale and export market.

By 1902, the firm had also expanded to 80 Woodstock Street, Canning Town, E.16, until the company ceased trading in 1943.

Kelly's Directory has proved invaluable, of course, but a picture of the Avenue would be a bonus.

Any pointers gratefully received.

Many thanks!
Francis



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London and Middlesex / DEATH OF THOMAS WRIGHT (1820 - 189-?)
« on: Friday 14 January 11 19:33 GMT (UK)  »
My g-g-grandfather was born in Colham Green, Hillingdon, Middlesex in June, 1820. He was the son of Robert Wright and Mary (whose maiden name I have not yet found.)

Thomas's wife, Esther, was born in the same year, and died in 1900 in Wandsworth lunatic asylum, having been kept in an institution for nearly 40 years, suffering from 'mania'.

Her death certificate describes her as the widow of Thomas Wright, gardener, of New Road, Hillingdon, Middlesex. (Thomas appears in the 1891 census, resident with his son Arthur in Crouch End. How long he stayed there, I have no idea! The rest of his life was based in Hillingdon.)

Can anyone help me find the date of his death and/or his burial ?

Their children were all baptised in the church of St John the Baptist, Hillingdon.

FreeBMD comes up with a couple of results for the mid 1890s, but the dates don't fit with the age of Thomas, who would have been nearly 80 by the time of his death.

Many thanks in advance, as always.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / BERTHA WHITTENBURY (born c.1800)
« on: Thursday 06 January 11 11:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hello!

I am still hunting for the birth and/or baptism of BERTHA WHITTENBURY - the daughter of JEREMIAH WHITTENBURY, a cotton merchant in manchester, and his wife Elizabeth (nee Wright). She will have been born c.1805.

Jeremiah was born in London, originally a non-conformist (baptised in the Aldermanbury Postern Chapel in 1776) but married Elizabeth in 1802 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, as has been pointed out, below.

BERTHA married HARTLEY PACKER GISBORNE in 1832. She died in 1876, with the age of 70 recorded on her death certificate.

If anyone has any ideas where her baptism might be found, I'd be very grateful as I've drawn a frustrating blank so far. I posted an earlier request in December for Derbyshire which had some very kind responses, but unfortunately I didn't get anywhere.

Happy New Year!

Moderator comment: Added link to previous thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,501370.msg3583653.html#msg3583653

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Lancashire / BERTHA WHITTENBURY (born c.1810)
« on: Monday 13 December 10 19:33 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help me with the baptism and/or birth of BERTHA WHITTENBURY, daughter of JEREMIAH WHITTENBURY and ELIZABETH (nee Wright.)

Jeremiah and Elizabeth were married in Bakewell parish church, on the 1st of February, 1802. I believe that Bertha was born in 1810 (according to the IGI), and was Jeremiah's third daughter (he had had a previous marriage and was a widower.)

BERTHA married HARTLEY PACKER GISBORNE in the church of St John Deansgate, Manchester in 1832. (The Gisborne family built Yoxall Lodge in Staffordshire.)

Their eldest son, JOHN SACHEVERELL GISBORNE was my great-great-grandfather. (Jeremiah Whittenbury was, I believe, born of non-conformist stock in London. He became a cotton merchant and lived in Manchester.)

Many thanks!

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Derbyshire / BERTHA WHITTENBURY (born c.1806)
« on: Monday 13 December 10 19:05 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help me with the baptism and/or birth of BERTHA WHITTENBURY, daughter of JEREMIAH WHITTENBURY and ELIZABETH (nee Wright.)

Jeremiah and Elizabeth were married in Bakewell parish church, on the 1st of February, 1802. I believe that Bertha was born in about 1806 (according to Ancestry - the IGI puts her at 1810), and was Jeremiah's third daughter (he had had a previous marriage and was a widower.)

BERTHA married HARTLEY PACKER GISBORNE in the church of St John Deansgate, Manchester in 1832. (The Gisborne family built Yoxall Lodge in Staffordshire, and Hartley's uncle, the Rev.Thomas Gisborne, was an active anti-slavery campaigner.)

Their eldest son, JOHN SACHEVERELL GISBORNE was my great-great-grandfather. (Jeremiah Whittenbury was, I believe, born of non-conformist stock in London. He became a cotton merchant and lived in Manchester. His mother is buried in Bunhill Fields.)

Many thanks!

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