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« on: Wednesday 24 February 16 19:05 GMT (UK) »
Hello. hoping for a bit of help. My 3 xg granny Margaret parker has been a bit of a mystery to me. I have been told about her via her son's granddaughter. She was known as peg leg as she was disabled and walked with a crutch. She mostly traveled around the bedfordshire, herts area. I have been unable to find her on any census record and only had her on birth certificates of 2 of her known children Eliza my 2 xgg and solomon her brother. The other children as far as i was aware were Leonard known as Lemi, Mariah,Margaret, Lena and Fanny. I have not been able to find birth regs for any of those. I think Lemi might be a Lemuel parker bn 1875, herts. He uses the name Leonard when he gets married in 1898 to Lemontina Draper but when he passes away he is registered as Lemi Loveridge Parker. I had no idea who the father was. Well i had a brilliant discovery last weekend a newspaper article. I am certain it is my granny peg leg, so i know now she had 2 more children Jane and Elisha and her chap James Loveridge aged 60 in this article, dated 1873. I have had a good look for the family under loveridge, parker, smith under there first names i have looked in villages and towns i know she was in. She died and is buried in Stotfold so i checked there in 01 but no. I have looked just for James but still nothing. There is a possible James who was born in 1813 in Bucks and who died in 1881 in beds. I ordered the death cert and it came today. Unfortunately he died in the work house in Ampthill, Beds so death reported by the master. Very annoying. Is there anyway i can find any more out about him in the workhouse. Perhaps the names of any family.
I have looked for a possible James bn in bucks in 1813 and there is one, the son of Henry Loveridge and Ann Halford. He is shown in the Rtfhs Loveridge fam tree book as having a partner Maria Loveridge his cousin. They had 4 children Milly 1837-1847, Henry 1840, Mirena 1845-1847 and phalender 1851. Ive tried to look for this family on the census and nothing, ive tried to look for Marie maybe dieing but nothing. Im not saying it is the same James but i have to wander 3 of those kids are born and buried in Beds.
So has anyone got any thoughts, or do they know anything about the James son of Henry and Ann. Could he be my James.
What could i try next to find them. his family are driving me potty how they manage to avoid every census. I have Solomon, Eliza, Mariah and Lemi from 01 to 11 but nothing sooner. I dont have anything on Fanny, Elisha or Margaret.
thanks Tracey