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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cambridgeshire => Topic started by: Margaret Hodder on Wednesday 09 October 19 18:04 BST (UK)
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I am doing some research for my mother-in-law who is 94.
Her grandmother's name was Mary Trustrum WOODHAM. She believes there is a connection to Gamlingay via the Woodhams and Savills, as Savill is a family name, and she was shown a photo of a house and told that was where they lived in Gamlingay
Mary Woodham married a man named Hastings and was widowed young. The Hastings came from or moved to Spalding. We are assuming that Mary was born somewhere around 1870, as she died in the 1930s, and her son, Raymind William Hastings, was born in the 1890s.
Any help would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
Margaret H
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Hi Margaret
To start with, it would be wise to get your "known" information as specific as possible so as to provide a secure base for your further research.
So here are the index details for Raymond's birth registration from GRO Online:
Raymond William Hastings, mother's maiden name Woodham, Dec qtr 1888 Gainsborough vol 7a p713.
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Mary Trustrum Woodham married John Henry Hastings Dec qtr 1885 Gainsborough 7a 1316
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Mary Trustrum Woodham birth Dec qtr 1858 Peterborough 3b 221
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Mary Trustrum Woodham was born in Peakirk (Peterborough district) registered Dec qtr 1858.
Parents: William Woodham and Caroline Savill, who married in 1844 in Caxton district. Both were born in Gamlingay, according to the 1851 census when they were both aged 29 and settled with 4 children in Cock St, Gamlingay.
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Mary's mothers maiden name was Savill and there is an interesting marriage entry in March qtr 1844
Caxton 14 41. All names on the same page
Caroline Savill
Eliza Savill
William Trustrum
William Woodham
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Mary's mothers maiden name was Savill and there is an interesting marriage entry in March qtr 1844
Caxton 14 41. All names on the same page
Caroline Savill
Eliza Savill
William Trustrum
William Woodham
Yes, an online tree says that Caroline Savill was a daughter of Joseph Savill and Mary Trustrum - there may have been a double wedding of related couples. Not necessarily a double wedding though - may just have been close in time.
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Think Mary died in 1944, age 86 in Spalding.
she is recorded as Mary F Hastings.
from Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
Mary Trustrum Hastings
Burial or Cremation Date: 15th December 1944
Added: Probate in 1945 to Raymond, and think they are together in 1939.
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Thank you all for this. My Mother-in-law will be delighted to learn all this, as she only had the sketchiest of details. What I need to do now, is to find out more about John Henry Hastings. He died when his son Raymond was six according to my mother-in-law, Mary Savill Hastings Hodder. We think he had something to do with the railways.
Margaret H
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Death?:
Mar 1895 Gainsbro' 7a 484
HASTINGS John Henry aged 47
Jamjar
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Could this be them on the 1891 census?:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYDJ-9T2
Him in 1881?:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27K-3PZK
Mary and Raymond 1901 and 1911:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS8B-RT6
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7Y7-3VY
HASTINGS, JOHN HENRY mmn JUNIPER
GRO Reference: 1848 M Quarter in GAINSBOROUGH Volume 14 Page 360
Dec 1838 Erpingham 13 257
HASTINGS Daniel
JUNIPER Lavinia Puxley
1841: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ1K-GW5
1851: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGN9-1SN
1861: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7C4-5HC
1871: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB82-XQL
Lavinia baptism:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-RD6H-N?i=200&cc=1823613&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A27CZ-1NP
Daniel death:
Sep 1877 Gainsborough 7a 411
HASTINGS Daniel 62
Lavinia death:
Mar 1888 Gainsbro' 7a 501
HASTINGS Lavinia Puxley 71
Headstone photo, Daniel and Lavinia: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114887621
Of course this may not be the folks of John, it may require a cert to discover his father’s name.
Jamjar