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Frances Trant, Joshua Gaunt and Crawford Gardner
« on: Thursday 19 April 18 16:14 BST (UK) »
Frances Trant (bn 1834 Dewsbury) is my first cousin 3 times removed, so I had not gone too deeply into her life apart from finding a marriage for her to Joshua Gaunt on 9 July 1855 at St Peter's Cathedral Bradford.

Recently, I got a hint on Ancestry for her -- giving details of a pre-marital child, two children born to the marriage and a second husband! So I set about checking all this especially as some of the dates seemed a bit wonky

I found:
1 birth of son George Musgrave Dec qtr 1854. Woodlesford, Yorks He later takes the name of his step-father and is on the censuses as George Musgrave Gaunt. The "hint" gave his father as George Musgrave bn approx 1833 Scotland, but I have not been able to confirm this.

2 birth of daughter Catherine Isabella Gaunt Sept qtr 1859, Newcastle upon Tyne

3 birth of son Baxter Langley Gaunt Dec qtr 1861 Newcastle upon Tyne

1861 census: Frances, George & Catherine are in lodgings in Newcastle, no sign of Joshua.

13 Feb 1871 Frances marries Crawford Gardner in Bethnal Green London. She is a widow, he is a bachelor

1971 census, Frances and the 3 children are with her new husband in London.
The elder two children are listed as step-children, but Baxter is listed as "son" and his age is slightly off (listed as 8, rather than 9 ) Later in life Baxter has added the name John to his names.

My questions are:

When did Joshua Gaunt die? The only deaths of a Joshua I have traced are of men in their  70s making them a good 30+ years older than Frances. Not impossible, but unusual.

Was Baxter really Crawford's son? If so, why wait nearly 10 years to marry?

What happened to Frances & Crawford after 1871? I cannot find them on later censuses or definite deaths for either of them.

Thanks for any snippets anyone can find!
Wainwright - Yorkshire
Whitney - Herefordshire
Watson -  Northamptonshire
Trant - Yorkshire
Helps - all
Needham - Derbyshire
Waterhouse - Derbyshire
Northing - all

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Re: Frances Trant, Joshua Gaunt and Crawford Gardner
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 19 April 18 17:53 BST (UK) »
Are Joseph & Joshua one in the same ?
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Re: Frances Trant, Joshua Gaunt and Crawford Gardner
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 19 April 18 18:10 BST (UK) »
Are Joseph & Joshua one in the same ?

Typo in the top post, I think - he is Joshua Gaunt, 21, bach, clothier of Bradford at marriage on 9 July 1855.  Father: John Gaunt, clothier.

Frances' age is also given as 21.  (This doesn't seem to be the minister's "default" for those who were of full age - the next couple in the register were both 23).
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Frances Trant, Joshua Gaunt and Crawford Gardner
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 April 18 18:15 BST (UK) »
To help others looking, the 1861 census entry is as "Francis Grant", 25, dressmaker b Dewsbury.

Nothing entered as to marital status.

1861 ref: RG9/3826/4/1.
Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)


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Re: Frances Trant, Joshua Gaunt and Crawford Gardner
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 19 April 18 20:13 BST (UK) »
Are Joseph & Joshua one in the same ?

Oooops, sorry, a typo --now corrected

Husband is definitely Joshua Gaunt
Wainwright - Yorkshire
Whitney - Herefordshire
Watson -  Northamptonshire
Trant - Yorkshire
Helps - all
Needham - Derbyshire
Waterhouse - Derbyshire
Northing - all