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Dorset / George Lawrence b.Beaminster 1810
« on: Monday 06 August 12 16:55 BST (UK)  »
We're struggling to find any trace of the above gentleman after his appearance in the 1851 census. He was a blacksmith in Fleet Street, Beaminster at that point. In 1861, his wife, Mary Lawrence, appears to have moved to Yeovil (a servant in the Granger household) and describes herself as married. She reappears as a 'windower' (presumably widow!) in the 1881 census, living with her son's family in Dorchester. There's no obvious trace of George. He appears not be the George Lawrence who d.Beaminster in 1852 (that was a 6-month-old baby), nor yet the one who was up before the beak at Dorchester in 1855 and imprisoned for assault with intent to ravish (that was a scallywag from Fontmell Magna). We've also checked emigration records in vain.

Can anybody come up with any lateral thinking here? Any theories for his having escaped the attentions of both the census enumerator and the death registrar?

[And, as a side issue, any trace in 1871 of Mary Lawrence b.North Cheriton(?), Somerset c.1800?]


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Beaminster shops
« on: Monday 18 June 12 17:38 BST (UK)  »
Four questions:
1. Do you think the name on the shop outside which the people are congregating might be 'Poole'?
2. Does the pole outside suggest it was a barber's shop?
3. Can you identify what's on display in the shop window nearest the camera?
4. Can you date the photo based on the roadsign, fashions, etc?

Thanks in anticipation of a miracle!

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Dorset / Samuel WOODBURY (of Beaminster)
« on: Sunday 18 March 12 14:23 GMT (UK)  »
Samuel WOODBURY was baptised 14.6.1840 in Beaminster. He shows up on the 1841 census OK, I don't have access to 1851, and I can't find him in 1861. He married Elizabeth COOMBS b.Stockland 11.8.1867. and by 1871 was a carrier in Beaminster, living with Elizabeth and their young daughter. In 1881 he was a farm bailiff at the Lunatic Asylum, Charminster - his wife and daughter with him. I think that means he was an employee, not a patient! It would be good to know where we was in 1851 and 1861, but the plot really thickens after 1881.

I can't trace him for certain in any censuses, but a Samuel WOODBURY married Jane COOMBS (a relation?) 14.6.1888, somewhere in Beaminster, though I can't find any record other than the bare FreeBMD entry. The only death I can find for Samuel WOODBURY b.1840 is in Chard, 1923, very close to a death for Jane WOODBURY. However, the only plausible death I can find for an Elizabeth WOODBURY is in Axminster, 1915 (and Stockland comes under Axminster).

Please can anyone work out what happened?

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Dorset / John GALE (farmer) of Beaminster
« on: Thursday 15 March 12 11:37 GMT (UK)  »
I'm trying to figure the above gentleman out. I suspect he was an itinerant ag lab despite generally describing himself as 'farmer'.

I believe he married Diana Lilly at Loders in 1815, then Sarah Bugler at Beaminster in 1838. My supposition is based on details of his eldest son, James Cox GALE, b.Uploders 1817, who reappears with his father at Higher Buckham, Beaminster in 1841, then with his own family at East Street, Beaminster in 1861.

What I can't currently locate includes:
  • his birth (c.1796, father Henry?)
  • where he and Sarah went post-1841
  • his death
  • Diana's death

Can anyone please assist?

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Dorset / Where and when was this photo taken?
« on: Tuesday 13 March 12 19:25 GMT (UK)  »
It's not directly a genealogy question, but it's associated with somebody working on their family tree. The family in question has known links with Beaminster, Loders and Shipton Gorge, but the photo may not be in any of those places. Enlarge it a little to see 'County Police' above the door on the left.

Anybody know (or think they know) where it might be?

We don't have a date either. The owner thought 1890s. I'm wondering if it might be Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee?

* Moderator comment: image cropped to remove white space/scanner lid *

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Dorset / Who was Irene Dorah SNELL?
« on: Saturday 03 March 12 16:44 GMT (UK)  »
I've been told about a report in the Western Gazette of 14th October 1921 in which a Yeovil bus driver appeared in court accused of manslaughter. He'd apparently gone for a widdle in the Red Lion, Beaminster, as was his wont, but his bus had rolled back down the hill. Of the passengers who jumped off in panic, one, a 13-year-old girl called Irene Dorah SNELL of Hustock Farm, had her arm run over and broken. She later died as a result of her injuries.

I'm guessing that Hustock Farm is Hewstock Farm (there's one of that name in Beaminster), but I simply can't find the young lady anywhere in the records. No baptism, no death, nothing in the 1911 census.

Can anyone find her for me?

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Somerset / John COX of Ilton - how did he get there?
« on: Friday 24 February 12 19:50 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
Currently trying to trace the ancestors of Benjamin COX who was born in Ilton, Somerset abt.1810 and eventually moved to Bakers Mill Farm, Broadwindsor/Mosterton (the boundary moved!) in West Dorset.

The Ilton baptism register suggests his parents were John & Sarah (not very helpful names!) but I can find neither an Ilton marriage for them nor an Ilton baptism for John. There are a few John Coxes doing the rounds in the locality, such as one b.1779 in High Ham, but any link right now would be complete speculation. Benjamin himself was a tenant farmer and may have come from an itinerant family, so it would be no surprise if he and his wife were quite recent arrivals in Ilton when Benjamin was born. They appear to have stayed there long enough to have spawned Daniel in 1812, but there's no issue in Ilton thereafter.

Can anyone please find a marriage for John Cox & Sarah X nearby in the 1805-1810 period or a more convincing baptism for John Cox?

Thanks,
B.E.

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Dorset / Richard DRAKE of Beaminster
« on: Monday 02 January 12 13:10 GMT (UK)  »
Here's another one for the detectives amongst you...

I know that Richard DRAKE was a clockmaker in Beaminster in the early ninetheenth century. He married Mary HALLETT in 1801 and features in directories, censuses, etc, from 1811 to 1844 when he died.

His will, proven in 1845, would make interesting reading, but I don't have immediate access to it. I suspect he left his business to his apprentice, neighbour, and probably nephew, Richard Drake Hallett.

What I can't find in any Beaminster records are traces of his baptism or his parentage. There are clocks marked "Robt Drake" and "Beaminster" from c.1790, and also anecdotal evidence of another, earlier namesake in the clockmaking business.

Is anyone able to find a baptism record for Richard DRAKE b.abt.1778 or any information whatsoever about Robert DRAKE or an earlier Richard DRAKE, both apparently operating out of Beaminster?

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Dorset / RENDELL families of BEAMINSTER
« on: Wednesday 14 December 11 21:00 GMT (UK)  »
I currently have two families charmingly entwined and would appreciate assistance from anyone who can think more clearly than me!

Family #1:
William (1822-94) m. Harriett (1822-94)
issue included
Elizabeth b.1850
Jane (1855-94)

Family #2:
Richard m. Sarah
issue included
Richard (1843-87)

My interpretation of the Beaminster Marriage Register is that Elizabeth d. of William RENDELL m. Richard s. of Richard RENDELL in 1869.

Their issue included
Harry/Henry b.1870
William J b.1876

Therefore William J was Jane's nephew.

My dates above are approximations, but can anyone please do anything to confirm my speculation?
 

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