Hello,
As reported by two articles from the Hampshire Chronicle for January of 1787, and February of 1788 it seems my family was in Winchester at this time. As much as the structure for Winchester seems to be in tact of the John and Ann marriage post 1800 continuing through to the current day, my interest here lies in establishing the lineage prior . The two newspaper articles report a] the drowning of Mary Shergold from being intoxicated in early January of 1787; and then her husband is reported b] Robert has an apoplectic fit in February 1788. We know from the articles that they were man and wife.
Firstly I would like to , if at all possible, find the burial for each person of this marriage. Secondly I would like to know about "St Johns House" which is mentioned in the article and if at possible a map that may show where this was.
From later records of a non conformist nature one Henry died post 1800 with a second person also of a non conformist record which suggests to me that Robert and Mary may have had children; one of which could have been Henry. So thirdly I would like to investigate any baptisms and marriages of Robert and Mary through to any children the couple may have had.
Because my genealogy tree starts with a chart of John and Ann, somewhere I would assume that Henry and his wife or wives had children which may include John. Of course I may be totally off base and Henry came from elsewhere as with John ; but; the census of John indicated that he was of Winchester.
Given that not all burials were microfilmed for Winchester this may be an uphill battle or brickwall to begin with,, however, I have confidence that somewhere there are transcripts done of at least the microfilms in the period 1780 to 1850 for one parish with some burials possibly available for the other microfilm of Winchester College spanning 1678 til 1903... but I dont know who has them or where they might be found but they certainly don't appear on the subscription sites we are accustomed to using. In fact very little appears even after 1800 for marriages and baptisms.
Maybe entries appear on disc that I am not aware of but either way I need assistance to find any entry prior to 1800 for the city of Winchester regardless of which of the ten churches the family may have used. I do know that St Maurice, and, St Thomas with St Clement were frequented post 1800 so maybe the entries appear there.......
Again, the spelling variation of the family name Shergold may be anything from Shergool, Shargold or some other form....
thank you
