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Title: Horse breaker Moretonhampstead Devon UK
Post by: pam5876 on Saturday 04 October 14 17:31 BST (UK)
Looking for information on Jane Walters from Moretonhampstead  1800 who may have been a horsebreaker.  Married Churchward in 1840's
Title: Re: Horse breaker Moretonhampstead Devon UK
Post by: jim1 on Saturday 04 October 14 18:16 BST (UK)
Hello & welcome.
Can you give us a bit more info.
What are you looking for?
Who did she marry?
Do you have her marriage details?
Have you found her on the census?
Title: Re: Horse breaker Moretonhampstead Devon UK
Post by: pam5876 on Sunday 05 October 14 16:00 BST (UK)
Hi Ian,
Finding it a bit difficult to negotiate this site.
Name I am researching is WALTERS (Jane) who married in 1842 in Buckfastleigh a William Churchward.  When Jane married she had a young daughter who it would seem William adopted.  This daughter was called Sophia Walters born 1840 but there is no name of actual Father anywhere (even on Sophia's wedding certificate).  I would like to get a bit further back in Jane's family.  I believe her father may have been called Philip (on Jane and William's marriage certificate) but I have no date of birth for him, or even a place of birth.  Moretonhamstead seems to have been Jane Walter's place of birth.  The word "horsebreaker" please read "housemaid" !!!   The copy marriage certificate I sent for recently is very difficult to read.... I think the photocopy machine must have been playing up.
Sorry but although I have been doing family research for a number of years it is very new for me using a computer.  I am a member of Ancestery.co.uk, but folks told me that this site is very informatative.   ::)  Regards  Pam
Title: Re: Horse breaker Moretonhampstead Devon UK
Post by: jim1 on Sunday 05 October 14 17:29 BST (UK)
Can't see a Jane Walters in Moretonhampstead, in fact searching their PR's only throws up 1 Walters Baptism there & that was early 1700's.
However there's this one about 7mls. up the road:
Jane Walter
ch:12 January 1812 THROWLEIGH,DEVON
father: Phillip Walter
mother: Jane
These are all of them;
Thomasin Walter
ch: 8 April 1798
 
Elizabeth Walter
ch: 18 April 1802

Philip Walter
ch: 25 March 1804

Thomas Walter
ch: 12 October 1806

Joseph Walter
ch: 22 October 1809

Jane Walter
ch: 12 January 1812

Keziah Walter
ch: 15 May 1814
 
Ann Walter
ch: 2 January 1820

Marr:
Phillip Walter = Jane Dunning
12 Oct. 1795 Throwleigh Devon
 
 
 




 

 

 
Title: Re: Horse breaker Moretonhampstead Devon UK
Post by: pam5876 on Sunday 05 October 14 19:14 BST (UK)
Well done Ian.  A great help to me and something I can get my teeth into again.
Much appreciate your input.
P
Title: Re: Horse breaker Moretonhampstead Devon UK
Post by: jim1 on Sunday 05 October 14 20:00 BST (UK)
Who's Ian ?
Title: Re: Horse breaker Moretonhampstead Devon UK
Post by: pam5876 on Monday 06 October 14 20:39 BST (UK)
Ian?   well he must be a mate of Jim!!  Going off my trolley - apologies.