Here are some census references, baptisms and marriages which are connected to the people named in the above discussion:
CAM Fen Drayton bp1/11/1865 Elijah s/o Humphrey/Matilda SMITH, gipsy vagrant
1871CAM-1580/10/12 Humphrey SMITH (28) gipsy, Matilda LOVERIDGE (25) +4
1881HUN-1603/90/28 Humphrey (44) e-w.dlr, Matilda (37) +3
HUN Bluntisham bp20/4/1903 Daisy d/o Elijah/Consuletta SMITH, of Buckden
William & Salome SMITH lived with Noah and Maria LOVERIDGE in 1841:
1841HUN-0450/9//2/3 Noah (25) Maria (20) +0
Noah and Maria were the parents of Joseph and John LOVERIDGE:
NTS Towcester bp27/8/1843 John s/o Noah/Maria LOVERIDGE, pedlar of T
NTS Towcester bp3/9/1848 Joseph s/o Noah/Maria LOVERIDGE, pedlar of T
John LOVERIDGE appears in 1891 as follows:
1891SFK-1445/141/21 John (36) trav’g rzr.gr & um.mkr, Saney LOVERIDGE (32) +7
Joseph LOVERIDGE is a parent in the following baptism:
BDF Bedford St Paul bp6/3/1866 Stephen s/o Joseph (dec’d)/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, travs of Barn Yard
One of the daughters of William and Salome SMITH had a name which models for Despair LOVERIDGE’s wife in:
1881HUN-1611/99/3 Despair (24) tin brazier & hkr, Chrysane (24) +11
HUN Abbots Ripton bp3/10/1830 Crisaney d/o William/Salome SMITH, Gipsey of A.R
It is too old to be the baptism of Despair’s wife, but this is Despair:
CAM Witcham bp20/4/1856 Spares s/o Montague/Elizabeth SMITH, ch.btr, trav of nfa
Census 1851EX-1766/434/15 Stephen LOVERIDGE (31) trav, Silvester THORPE (29) +5
Census 1861EX-1121/25/42 Stephen LOVERAGE (40) mt.mkr, spouse Silvesta SHAW (42)+12
BKM Woughton on the Green bp14/1/1816 Stephen s/o Solomon/Mary LOVERIDGE, dlr in woodenware of Towcester
HUN Bluntisham bp11/1/1846 Christiana d/o Stephen/Sylvestre LOVERIDGE, gipsies of B, trav salesman
CAM Bourn bp21/12/1843 Counseletta d/o Stephen/Silvesta LOVERIDGE, tinker of Towcester
CAM Caxton bp12/12/1841 Stephen s/o Stephen/Silvester LOVERIDGE, bsk.mkr of Towcester
CAM Ickleton bp4/2/1849 Sentina d/o Stephen/Silvester LOVERIDGE, trav wr.wkr from Towcester
Related baptisms and marriages follow:
CAM Chatteris bp27/2/1876 (b24/7/1875) Julia Ann d/o -/Sabina LOVERIDGE, spin
CAM Chatteris bp27/2/1876 (b2/4/1874) Elizabeth d/o -/Sabina LOVERIDGE, spin
CAM Chatteris bp27/2/1876 (b2/6/1872) John s/o -/Sabina LOVERIDGE, spin
CAM Chatteris m29/4/1876 Sabina LOVERIDGE (no age given) (fa: Montague – lab) = John SAVAGE (no age given) lab (fa: Robert – lab)
EX Eastwood bp13/8/1911 Elijah s/o –/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, flr.slr of E.
EX Eastwood bp13/8/1911 Elias s/o -/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, flr.slr of E
EX Eastwood bp13/8/1911 Charles s/o -/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, flr.slr of E
EX Eastwood bp13/8/1911 Stephen s/o -/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, flr.slr of E
EX Eastwood bp3/5/1914 (b7/9/1913) Albert s/o -/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, hkr of E
EX Eastwood bp3/5/1914 (b17/5/1902) Queenie d/o -/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, hkr of E
EX Eastwood bp19/9/1915 (10/4) Rosina d/o -/Eliza LOVERIDGE, hkr of E
EX Eastwood m27/11/1922 Queenie LOVERIDGE (full) (fa: blank) = Pender BUCKLEY (full) hkr (fa: Lazarus – hkr)
EX Eastwood m26/12/1931 Elias LOVERIDGE (26) (fa: Stephen STONE – hkr) = Matilda LIVERMORE (24) (fa: John – hkr)
EX Eastwood bp2/7/1922 Elizabeth d/o Elijah STONE/Elizabeth LOVERIDGE, hkr of E
EX Little Totham pbp12/5/1891 Arthur s/o Spares/Lanie LOVERIDGE, tinker of L.T. Plains
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