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Hello, I've kind of kept my HOWLETT family research on the back burner for a while as it has been in a different county than the majority of my research but I've decided now to start it.

The oldest ancestor i can track is John Howlett, who appears aged 65 on the Mildenhall census of 1851. He is listed with his wife Elizabeth (56), his son Thomas (16 - my Gt Gt Gt Grandfather) and his daughter Elizabeth (14).

The census lists them as born in Ashfield - NFK, Sutton - CAM, Mindham - NFK and Neathersom, SFK respectively.

Now, i'm happy to re-read that as Ashfield SUFFOLK, Sutton CAMBS and possibly Mendham SUFFOLK but i'm stuck with the last one.

Also, these are all guesses and actually, i'd like to get some more information on the family.

I know that in 1855, Thomas married Caroline Clark at Mildenhall and at the time, his father was a labourer.

I know that Thomas and Caroline had a daughter, Elizabeth in 1856 who was my Gt Gt Grandmother (and i've followed her tracks, so i'm okay there) but i have no idea whether she had any siblings or any further aunts or uncles.

Thomas died a few years later and then widow Caroline Howlett remarried to Robert Coe of Prickwillow - that bit is also well covered.

Any info on the HOWLETT family of Suffolk is greatly appreciated.

The Seymore/Seymour family name has twice married widowed gtxN Grandmothers of mine and in both cases, the newlyweds have seemingly vanished. So here i am launching my appeal for information to help me track them down and, for want of a more endearing phrase, kill them off.

Seymour (Part One)
The more recent Seymore appearance occured following the death of my Gt Gt Gt Grandfather, Edward Moden, of Wardy Hill, Coveney. He died in 1867, a few months before the birth of my Gt Gt Grandfather. His death left his widow Mary Ann Moden (nee Freeman of Prickwillow) very heavily pregnant and with an already thriving family of young Moden children.

On 27th March 1871, widow Mary Ann (34), daughter of John Freeman, married David Seymour (32), a labourer, son to Richard Seymour, at Coveney parish church.

On 20th November 1871, George Seymour is born (presumably conceived before the marriage) and this is followed in 13th May 1874 by Sarah Jane Seymour. Both children are baptised in Coveney.

By the 1881 census, the Seymour/Moden family have moved to Green's Farm, Ely but there is no sign of George, who would have been 9yrs old.

After this, i lose track of David and Mary Ann. What happened to George and Sarah Jane? When and where did David and Mary Ann die?


Seymore (Part Two)
Rebecca Newman was born in 1804 and in 1820 she gave birth to Charles Newman in Somersham. The church baptism records of Haddenham (where Rebecca goes to live with her parents) seem to happily name the father as Elias Dann (who crops up in nearby Wilburton) and Charles names Elias Dann as his father on his own wedding register entry years later. 

However, on 31st December 1822, Rebecca Newman married John Seymore and in 1823 they baptise their first child, Sarah Seymore. In 1826 they return to baptise Rebecca Seymore (now noted as being "of Aldreth") but after this, i lose track of them.

Where did Rebecca and John go? Did they have further children? When and where did they die?


Any help is most gratefully received

Hello,
I'm looking for information on my Gt Gt Gt Grandmother, born as Vine Taylor in about 1852. At her marriage in 1870 at St. Mary's Church, Ely, she is noted as the daughter of William Taylor, a labourer. She as well as her groom (George Cross) are both noted as living on Cambridge Road, Ely.

I've got plenty of information on the Cross family before and after this date but what i lack is information on Vine. With such an unusual name, she must have really stood out in records. The name was repeated for her Grand-daughter but that was it.

Did Vine Taylor have siblings?
Who was Vine's mother and father?
Where was Vine born?

The 1871/81 census states that it was Ely but as yet, this elludes me.

Of course, she was born AFTER the 1851 census and the 1861 census for Ely was destroyed... sadly this would really have given me the perfect snapshot of the Taylor family with Vine aged about 9. Her baptism holds the key.

I'd rather come up with some more information before asking the Ely registrar to get searching.

Any help is most appreciated.

kind regards
Andrew Martin 

Hello 

My research hasnt really taken me to Bedfordshire and therefore I'm cautious of doing a journey to Dunstable just on the off chance that my Great Great Grandfather, George Burnell, has a headstone there on his grave.

He died in 4th June 1891 at The Royal Oak, Church Street, where he was the publican, aged just 41 years. At that time, he had five children with his wife Mary Ann and their sixth child (their only son) was born after his death.

What i'd like to know is whether there was or is a headstone in Dunstable for GEORGE BURNELL. I'm making a sweeping assumption here that presumably Church Street had a church on it and that possibly he would be buried in its churchyard.

Mary Ann was not buried with him later on as she moved over to Littleport in Cambridgeshire and later remarried.


Fingers crossed,