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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Hertfordshire => Topic started by: Chelle71 on Wednesday 12 December 07 20:00 GMT (UK)
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Hi im looking for anyone who may be studying the Rance family, i have family history over most of hertfordshire and just looking to see if there are any more relations i dont know about xx
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Welcome Chelle 71!
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Rick :)
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Welcome to Rootschat Chelle 71 ;D
I have Quite a large amount of Rance in my Tree, my Great Great grandmother was a Rance but mine all seem to be mainly from Cheshire 1829 onwards.
Th earliest Rance I have is Thomas Rance born1807 Hintelsham Suffolk married Catherine Bennett born 1807 from Standon Hertfordshire at st. Giles Norwich in 1829
Probably not much help to you but thought I would mention it ;)
Crystal :)
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Hi Crystalight,
thanks for replying to ,my thread most of my Rances are from Stevenage and the surrounding area, i just cant seem to find any connections this side of 1874, its like the relations back then didnt have any children and the name died when they did....
There must be more Rances out there somewhere .............
Chelle x :-\
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Hi Chelle,
Although not researching the Rance family, I have the name in my tree.
Richard Godfrey 1816 Ware married Eliza Rance 1822 W.G.C, her parents were James 1791 and Elizabeth. Can provide her siblings.
Hope this helps Margaret
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pLEASE DO ANY HELP IS GRATEFULLY RECIEVED THANKYOU
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Hi,
James was from Stevenage, believe Elizabeth was 10yrs younger so maybe a second wife?
children Eliza 1822, Emily 1823, Ann 1826, David 1830, Danial 1832 and Martha 1835 all Welwyn not Garden City
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o DEAR I MUST OF MISSED SOMETHING SOMEWHERE AS I DONT HAVE A JAMES OF THAT CENTURY IN MY TREE , DO YOU KNOW WHO IS PARENTS WERE?
tHANKYOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WILL KEEP IT INCASE I FIND HIM SOMEWHERE .
CHELLE X :)
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ALLS WELL JUST BEEN GOING THROUGH MY PAPERWORK, A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAD TO DELETE MY TREE BECAUSE A MISTAKE I MADE AND COULDNT RECTIFY IT, IT SEEMS I DIDNT PUT IN SIBLINGS OF MY MAIN LINE FOR THAT ERA.. ALL PUT IN NOW :)
tHANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP XX
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Sorry I can't help you more. The info I have was given to me by a family member who has access to the various census. Will contact them tomorrow for the census details if it will help
Margaret
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THANKYOU MARGARET WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU THEN :)
CHELLE
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1841 Fore St , Welwyn HO107 piece 437 folio 7 pg 8
James Rance 50 Herts Lab
Elizabeth 30
Ann 15
David 10
Danial 5
Martha 3
1851 North Fore St Welwyn HO107 1712 226 pg 14
James 58 Stevenage Pauper Lab
Elizabeth 45 Royston Charwoman
David 19 Welwyn Lab
Danial 18 Welwyn Servant Groom
Martha 16 Welwyn Gen Servant
and in 1861 Welwyn Union workhouse RG9 826 21 pg 36
James Rance 71 Stevenage Pauper Road Lab
and just to confuse matters
1841 Wilstone, Tring Herts HO107 442 11 pg 16 all on same page different households
James Rance 50
Elizabeth 53
Ann 15 Plaiter
Thomas Rance 70 Agr Lab
Elizabeth 60 ?
Dinah 30 Plaiter
George 5
Sophia 1
John Rance 50
Hope this helps Margaret
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THANKYOU FOR THAT , this is a relation i have and his family in my tree already , thankyou for your time :)
Chelle
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I have a number of Rance's in the Rickmansworth area.
Rebecca Rance, christened 19/06/1831 daughter of Solomon Rance & Eliza Abbott.
Married first to Henry Sears in 1854 and in 1880 to John Sills.
Any connection?
Grundy
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Grundy , Im sorry i dont have any Rebeccas in my tree majority of my family are from Berkhamsted, hemel hempsted , Redbourn and Stevenage, if you have any to match them areas it will be nice to hear from you
Chelle
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My G-G-Grandmother was Jane RANCE, born in 1813 in Stevenage to William RANCE and Elizabeth PIGGOT. She married Benjamin ANSELL on 30th April in Stevenage. On some records the name is spelt RUNCE. Witnesses to the wedding were William and Sarah ANSELL.
I have no other information on the RANCE family as I have been researching the ANSELLs and this is difficult from Lancashire where the name became HANSELL.
Good luck
Pauline
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My apologies for butting in here - Pauline I have the Piggot family as well in Herts. Unfortunately mine are back in the 1400-1600's but they must be connected somewhere along the line.
You may be interested in this:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=274883.new;topicseen#new
(hope that works)
Happy hunting
Di
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Lady Di and Our Kid ........
As you may proberly gather being a Rance I also have plenty of Piggotts and Ansells in my family tree and if i do say so myself there are an awful lot of these three families at the time living in Stevenage they must of taken up the whole town....
Chelle
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Hi all,
Just to put my 2 penny's worth into the conversation:
I have RANCE featured in my tree in several places BUT all in the Berkshire area married into the HEADACH/HERRIDGE line.
Now I know that there is also a strong HEADACH/HERRIDGE line in Rickmansworth I believe that appeared all of a sudden in the late 1700's from Berkshire (still has to be proved but highly likely). Could be that the RANCE's did the same!
Just a thought! :)
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I have 30 Rances in my tree most from Stevenage.Tree can be seen at
www.tribalpages.com/tribes/algarvepete
Password is faro
Regards,Pete
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Hi AlgarvePete
Thanks for adding to thread, yes ive now managed to get to have a look and there are quite a few people on your site that are in my tree too , thankyou for sharing your information with me .
kind Regards Chelle x
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Hi I have Sarah Rance in my family who married Samuel Hanchant/Hanchett in 1833 in Stevenage. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth nee Piggott.
We have a number of Piggott's in the Hanchant/chett family including a couple who came out here to Australia.
Deanne
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Hi Deanne n Tony
Yes its seems we have the same Sarah Rance and yes ive alot of Piggotts in my tree too
regards Chelle
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Hi Chelle 71
I am only reading your post for the first time today.... I've been away for a little while.
I have 2 Rance connections.
........... 4 Mary A RANDALL b: 1829 Wing m: December ¼ 1848 Berkhamstead
............... + Henry RANCE b: 1828 Berkhamsted d: before 1881
................ 5 Elizabeth RANCE b: 1864 Berkhamsted Hertford
.................5 Kate RANCE b: 1869 Berkhamsted Hertford m: September ¼ 1888 Berkhampstead
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................4 Clara BATES b: March ¼ 1860 Marsworth d: March ¼ 1908
...................... + Horwood
...................... + Frederick RANCE b: 1851 Herts m: September ¼ 1891 Berkhampstead
I would be keen to find out if you have any more info on these people.
regards
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Hi Bates
Just reading your posting to my thread ... are you a blood relation to the Rance family , these people you have mentioned i do have in my tree they are to me my half 1st cousins ie Kate and Elizabeth and Frederick and Henry is my half 2nd grt granduncle.
What is it your looking for ? Ill be happy to help where i can , are you with Genes Reunited to as i could open my tree up for you to see .
Regards Chelle
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Yes Chelle
I am a relative! How exciting :)
I have sent you a private message but I'm not on Genes Reunited. sorry
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Hi Tanya
Im sorry im really lost here , where are you a blood relation to Rance family ? I see you have Bates as 1 of your family names , i only have Sophia Bates 1828 married to a Edward Treacher . The Treachers are my step grandads ( Len Horwood ) grt grandparents . Hope that make sense to you .
Im sure we will find a match up somewhere lol
Regards Chelle
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There is a RANCE/RAUNCE family that go back to the 1500s in Bucks in the Radnage/Bledlow area.
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Hi again Chelle
They are the two Rances families within my tree. Clara is my great grandfathers sister. Mary is my great great grandfather's neice.
No blood - and given the dates not a cousin, sister or aunt.
tanya ;D
ps i have no other bates connections to the rance family. mine lived in Marsworth which is nearby...
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Hi Tanya
Ive just had a look into my tree and have a Clara Rance born 1877c and lot of Marys so some dates would be handy to see .
regards Chelle
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Hi Supermoussi
just read your posting , where di you come across this information of Rance being in the Bucks area ? And the other spelling of it is the first time ive come across seeing it spelt that way . Any information you know of would be lovely to read thankyou .
Regards Chelle
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Hi Chelle 71,
Only just joined, but noticed your posting. I have one Rance, Thomas b. 1839 Tring, who married an ancestor of mine, Martha Fincher, also of Tring. Thomas was a joiner, and they later moved to Stevenage.
Their children were:
George (1864 I think) Clara (1870) Ellen (1872) Elizabeth (1873) Annie Ada (1878) Kate (1879) Thomas (1880) and Fred'K (1883).
Do any of these ring a bell?
There were a lot of Rance's in Tring, some of whom were attached to the Akeman Street Baptist Church. Unfortunately I do not have all the details on this computer, I am at work!!
If this is the right family I would love to get some more details.
Regards
Penny4em
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Hi Penny
Thankyou for adding to my thread , Ive a very large family of Rances this being my main research , most of them came from Stevenage and surrounding areas ... As im still researching this family as you can imagine many Rances are still popping up , When your at your own computer maybe we could exchange more .
Chelle
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I have something from the Hertfordshire Sessions Records that might be of interest, possibly the previous generation of the Rance family from Stevenage:
MICHAELMAS SESSION, 1776, QUARTER SESSIONS MINUTE BOOK.
Thomas Rance, William Rance, and John Peach, all of
Stevenage, labourers, for assaulting John Howard. [Not
guilty.]
Hope this helps
Ellen
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Cool Beans ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Do you have a copy of it Ellen i would love to see it :) :) :)
Thankyou so much its made me smile xx
Chelle
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Hi Chelle
I don't have any copies of the original sessions documents, this is just taken from a published transcript of the sessions records so it's just normal text on the page, which I have copied verbatim in the previous post.
The originals are probably in the Hertfordshire Archives. They may do digital copies of the orginals for a fee, I don't know, you'd have to check with them.
Regards Ellen
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Hi Chelle, I have Jane Rance born 1813in Stevenage, daughter of William Rance and Elizabeth Piggot. She was by 2nd Great Grandmother and married Benjamin Ansell. Is she of interest to you? My email addess is * Love to hear from you.
Best wishes, Pauline
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You shouldn't put your email address in your posts on here Our Kid. Best to take it it out before someone asks the moderator to.
PM the person yourself through Rootschat.
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Hello Chelle71
I thought I'd just chuck in the very small amout I know about my Rance line as my grandad never talked about his side of the family before he died so here it is.
Charles Rance married Pamela Rance (once an Eames)
They had 3 children Gary Rance, Nigel Rance (decided no children) and Deborah Rance (no children).
Gary Rance married Katrina Rance (once an hansen)
They had 4 children Lianne Rance (soon to be a Stanley), Kristine Rance (now a Kentfield), Luke Rance (Me) and Stewart Rance.
Lianne Rance has had 1 child named Charlie Stanley (named after our grandfather)
Kristine Kentfield married to Daniel Kentfield has 2 children Rosie Kentfield and Alfie Kentfield.
I'd love to see what you have done so far on the Rance Tree.
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The Bledlow, Bucks Rance/Raunce family included one who had to host Queen Elizabeth I on one of her "progresses" and also another who was almost a famous merchant adventurer/explorer. A bit more mundane but John Raunce of Wycombe was Escheator for Bucks in 1559.
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Hi I have Sarah Rance in my family who married Samuel Hanchant/Hanchett in 1833 in Stevenage. She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth nee Piggott. So she would be a sister to your Jane 'Our Kid'
We have a number of Piggott's in the Hanchant/chett family including a couple who came out here to Australia.
Deanne
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Thankyou all that have been replying , sorry ive been offline for sometime .
After alot more digging ive found that actually i have no connection to the Stevenage Rances currently there is no reference in documents pointing that side of Hertfordshire .
KR
Chelle