Hello,
I was wondering if anyone would be able to advise me?
I've found that my 5x Great-Grandfather Abraham Kilby was orphaned at the age of 1, along with his siblings when his parents Robert and Elizabeth both died within six months of each other in 1740 in Langford.
I know that he survived and went on to have a family of his own but I was wondering if there was any way I could find out what happened to him and his siblings. I don't think there were censuses then? Perhaps family took them in? But I dont know how to find out more.
Could they have been sent to a workhouse if not?
I have checked newspapers in case anything was in there but nothing.
Also his mother and a baby were buried on the same day in 1740 (Elizabeth and baby Eliza) - am I safe to assume that Elizabeth died in childbirth?
It all seems such a sad story.