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Title: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: SamuelF992 on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:00 GMT (UK)
Hi everyone,

Came across this earlier, can't quite figure it out. The bride in question is a spinster so I need this surname. Looks something like Walter? Also, does 'supposed to be' mean she was 'base born' and wasn't sure of her real father? (Marriage is of Catherine Burrows, Spinster, to Thomas Cleveland, Batchelor. Rothwell, Northamptonshire, 1843.)

Many thanks

Samuel
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: suzard on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:03 GMT (UK)
I think it says "supposed to be Henry Walker deceased"

it would mean she was illegit but Henry was her father possibly named by her mother

Suz
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:03 GMT (UK)
Walker is what I see.
Carol
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: dobfarm on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:04 GMT (UK)
Waller or Walker
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: Ruskie on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:15 GMT (UK)
Another vote for Walker from me.  :)
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: avm228 on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:33 GMT (UK)
Walker from me too.  And what a rare treat to find a reputed father identified on a marriage record :)
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: SamuelF992 on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:41 GMT (UK)
Thank you everyone :)

 I have indeed found a Henry Walker who died in 1837 in Kettering. Seems very likely it's him. Now to find Catherine's maiden name!
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: Ruskie on Thursday 01 March 18 00:32 GMT (UK)
Quote from: SamuelF992 on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:41 GMT (UK)
Thank you everyone :)

 I have indeed found a Henry Walker who died in 1837 in Kettering. Seems very likely it's him. Now to find Catherine's maiden name!

Didn't you say her surname was Burrows?
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: SamuelF992 on Thursday 01 March 18 10:44 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Ruskie on Thursday 01 March 18 00:32 GMT (UK)
Quote from: SamuelF992 on Wednesday 28 February 18 23:41 GMT (UK)
Thank you everyone :)

 I have indeed found a Henry Walker who died in 1837 in Kettering. Seems very likely it's him. Now to find Catherine's maiden name!

Didn't you say her surname was Burrows?

Yeah ... realised my mistake after I wrote that. Having seen her father's surname was different to hers I completely forgot she was registered as a spinster and spent about 30 minutes looking for a previous marriage for her.  :-[
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: Ruskie on Thursday 01 March 18 13:37 GMT (UK)
 ;D
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: josey on Thursday 01 March 18 13:43 GMT (UK)
Do you have her baptism or 1841 census entry which might give her mother?
Title: Re: Help with surname, Walter?
Post by: SamuelF992 on Thursday 01 March 18 14:15 GMT (UK)
Quote from: josey on Thursday 01 March 18 13:43 GMT (UK)
Do you have her baptism or 1841 census entry which might give her mother?

No, I've not been able to find either actually. There was a John Burrows as a witness to her marriage with Thomas, though. Who I'm guessing is most likely an uncle or brother.