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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Nottinghamshire => Topic started by: RobinRedBreast on Monday 13 March 17 19:54 GMT (UK)
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Hello There,
The above person was one of my three times great granddad's brother in - law's. He was born in 1810, in Alford Lincolnshire, probably to a John Bryan, and an Elizabeth, (nee Hoff).
Robert married Elizabeth Hunter, in Barrow, Lincolnshire in October 1835.
Anyway, I have recently been trying to find out more information about his Clock making, and where he was based at certain times. I know that he was in Lincoln, by the time of the 1841 Census.
But apparently, before this he was at: "The Square, Retford". This is according to the book: "Lincolnshire Clockmakers", that somebody passed information onto me.
Does anyone please know of any Watch and Clockmakers, who were at this address in Retford, between the years 1835 - 1841?/ Know if Robert is in any directories from this period please?
I can't seem to find him. Or were no Trade Directories published for Retford for the above years?
Any information at all would be gratefully accepted.
Thank you very much. :) ;)
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also here....http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=767130.0
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Roberts abode when marrying was East Hartford.
( Source Marriage Record on FreeREG)
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Roberts abode when marrying was East Hartford.
( Source Marriage Record on FreeREG)
Thank you for this. So should this read: "East Retford" rather than Hartford then?
I think that is where "The Square" in Retford is.
Cheers. :) ;)
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County Lincolnshire
Place- Barrow upon Humber
Church name Holy Trinity
Register entry number 212
Marriage date 20 Oct 1835
Groom forename Robert Hoff
Groom surname BRYAN
Groom condition Bachelor
Groom abode East Hartford
Bride forename Elisabeth
Bride surname HUNTER
Bride condition Spinster
Bride abode Barrow
Bride parish Holy Trinity
Witness John YOUNG
Witness E HUNTER
Register note Also mentioned Margaret HUNTER
Retford does have The Square, it is where the market takes place. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/the+square+retford/@53.3229825,-0.944841,17z/data=!3m1!4b1
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County Lincolnshire
Place- Barrow upon Humber
Church name Holy Trinity
Register entry number 212
Marriage date 20 Oct 1835
Groom forename Robert Hoff
Groom surname BRYAN
Groom condition Bachelor
Groom abode East Hartford
Bride forename Elisabeth
Bride surname HUNTER
Bride condition Spinster
Bride abode Barrow
Bride parish Holy Trinity
Witness John YOUNG
Witness E HUNTER
Register note Also mentioned Margaret HUNTER
Retford does have The Square, it is where the market takes place. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/the+square+retford/@53.3229825,-0.944841,17z/data=!3m1!4b1
Thank you for this. :)It is interesting that Robert was working in Retford when he got married. One of Elizabeth's Brothers, Edward Wilson Hunter, married a Harriet Clark in East Retford a year later in 1836. It surprises me how far people seem to have travelled, before the Railways came. Another of my ancestors siblings was born in Canwick near Lincoln. He married down near Bognor Regis, in the early part of the 19th Century. :)
Cheers.
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"It is interesting that Robert was working in Retford when he got married."
Not sure where this information comes from, the Grooms abode is East HARTFORD as has already been pointed out by Trish. East Hartford in Northumberland and East Retford in Nottinghamshire are 143 miles apart.
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Thanks for clarifying that larkspur :)
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"It is interesting that Robert was working in Retford when he got married."
Not sure where this information comes from, the Grooms abode is East HARTFORD as has already been pointed out by Trish. East Hartford in Northumberland and East Retford in Nottinghamshire are 143 miles apart.
This comes from: "The Stamford Mercury" dated Friday 23 October 1835. I found it on The British Newspaper Archive at the Library yesterday, regarding the Marriage:
"On the 19th inst.., at Barrow, (by the Rev. G. G. Egremont, Vicar) Mr. Robt. Hoff Bryan, Watchmaker, of East Retford, to Elizabeth, Youngest daughter of Mr. John Hunter, a respectable farmer, of the former place."
So the reference to East Hartford was likely to have been a transcription error.
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Ok thank you for clarifying that, not having access to the newspaper report, I could not understand the confusion.
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=513757&iid=36616
from the Barrow register certainly East Retford.
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Thanks :)
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Ok thank you for clarifying that, not having access to the newspaper report, I could not understand the confusion.
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=513757&iid=36616
from the Barrow register certainly East Retford.
Thank you. :)