« Reply #15 on: Sunday 30 July 17 12:53 BST (UK) »
I have some individuals who may be linked in with this couple, although it's conjecture only at this point and at best will be a bit of a convoluted path to them from me so I've not spent a lot of time looking, indeed it was only seeing this post that brought them to mind.
My lot were in Shoreditch in the 1800s. John CORKERY is one of my direct ancestors and he married Dinah BARRETT at Hackney in 1822. He died in 1828 and in 1831 Dinah married a second time, to William DUNCOMBE. The PR for this marriage shows that both were illiterate, so the surname spellings could be quite fluid. From the marriage of one of his daughters I believe William might have been Willam Henry and censuses suggest he was born in the first decade of the 19th century. If anyone can interpret his 1851 census birthplace - New... Middlesex - I'd be appreciative. I can't find him after 1851, and (confusingly) there is another William DUNCUM born Hoxton but living in Sussex with a different wife. I don't think it's my man leading a double life because of the occupation, but that other man could be a cousin or other relative I suppose.
There were a number of children born to William & Dinah but the only one I've paid much attention to (because she was easy to find) is Martha, who married Henry John LACK at Hackney in 1859. Martha's name was given as Ann Martha Sparks DUNCUM when she married, which almost matches her 1836 Hoxton bap. All parties marked rather than signed. I wonder whether SPARKS/SPARKES was a surname from a previous generation.
If my earliest DUNCUM (or whatever) is related to the Essex family there's a bit of a gap to fill. First of all I need to find William's birth/bap, and as at the moment I can't make out his birthplace and I have a ten or so year window to work with, that's a bit of a challenge. Is anybody able to give me any leads?
Jane :-)
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BARR, BARRATT, BERRY, BRADLEY,BRAMLEY,BRISTOW,BROWN,BUGBIRD,BUTLER
CAIN,CARR,CHAPMAN,CHARLES,CH*LTON,CHESTER,COCKETT
COLLASON,COLLYER,CORKERY
DARLING, DENYER,DICKERSON,DOLLING,DURBAN
FARMER,FURNELL
GIBSON,GILES,GROOMBRIDGE
HALL,HAMBIDGE,HARMES,HART,HICKS,HILL,HOLLOWAY
JACKSON
K*AT*S
LANCASTER,LINTON
MCDONALD,MCFADEN,MEARS,MILLARD
NICOLAS,NOAK,NORTH
PARFIT,PORTER
RIPPINGALE,ROBINS
SEARLE,SPENCER,STEDHAM
TYLER,TILLY,TUCKWELL
WADE,WAGER,WALKER,WATSON,WEBB,WITHRINGTON,WOOD