Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Topics - hurracane

Pages: [1]
1
Norfolk / good news at last /Wegg/Wagg /Durrant
« on: Friday 28 January 05 15:21 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there , thought I would share my news with you as lots of you guys have given me lots of advice on this one !
Have been tracking my gt Grandfather down , Henry Durrant , thought he was married to an Elizabeth Wegg or Wagg depending on which census you look at !
Well now her death certificate came on Wednesday and although she was listed as Henrys wife it seems they were not in fact married ...........
Have had a helping hand from churchman house here in Norwich in the shape of one of the registrars who kindly had a look for me for a marriage between Henry and Elizabeth and so far cannot come up with one !
Elizabeth died on January 14th  in 1872 aged 27 , not very old .........   Cause of death ..... decline ........
I know that Henry moved on to an Elizabeth Raby and they had lots of children one being my Grandfather George Christmas Raby , but Henry and Elizabeth Raby never married ..........    Well the first child born to Elizabeth Raby was James Raby in the March quarter of 1872 ! ...... he did not live .

So just when did Henry meet my gt Grandmother and was that the cause of Elizabeth Wegg/Wagg decline ???
Guess we will never know the answer to that one .
Now searching for the death of Henry and going to the records office on Sat for details of the workhouse at Erpingham .
My Grandfather married a widow in 1920 and dad was born in 1921 and will be 84 in April .
My Grandfather could never have known that he came from a large family , one of 12 , half of them died as children , the others I do not think he knew , as he was saved and put into a boys home rather than more time in the work house .
Will take a break form this soon the bathroom needs decorating ............ but there are more names to search for !
                          Best wishes Janet  ;)

2
Norfolk / do I go for Wagg or Wegg ? that is the question !
« on: Thursday 13 January 05 21:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there, having recived another birth certificate in the post on Tuesday for another one of my GT grandfathers children , this one is Ellinor Durrant born 3rd of Feb in 1870.The maiden name of the mother on this one is listed as Elizabeth Wegg !,  but on the one I recieved before xmas it was listed as Wagg !

I have been trying for some time now to find a marriage for my gt Grandfather Henry Durrant, so needed to have the birth certificates of their children for Elizabeths maiden name .
They were all still together on the Norwich cenus for 1871 in St Augustines, and I  belive that Elizabeth Durrant died in 1872, asI have seen a death for that name and aged 27 , which would explain why Henry moved on to another Elizabeth -----Raby my Gt Grandmother and  he had lots of childern with Elizabeth !   but they never married .
On the 1851 census for Norwich there is a family of Wegg , father Christopher and mother Rhoda , they have 5 children , and one of them is Elizabeth aged 6 in 1851 , could she be the Elizabeth Weg that married my Henry Durrant ???????
I have also come across  a birth for a Elizabeth Wagg in 1845  July Aug Sept in Norwich , could they be the same person ???
My other puzzle is this , on the 1871 census for Norwich ST Augustines the Durrant family have 4 children , the last being Ellinor aged 1 , listed as Henrys daughter .
We will now jump to 1881 and Henry is with Elizabeth Raby with 4 chlidren and Ellinor is listed as Weeg  and aged  11  !   and there are sons born with the surname of Raby .
There was Ellinor Weeg born in 1869 on the 5th of Oct , to  a Rhoda Wegg , no name for father , as I Have that certificate as well , could this be this sister of Elizabeth ?????, the Elizabeth on the 1851 census had a sister Rhoda !
I have also come across a death for a Ellinor Wegg in 1887 aged 18 which ties in with 1869 .
Why could it not have been Snith as maiden name ! , Iam I right to go a long with the feeling thats its Wegg not  Wagg that  I  should be persuing ??????  , any ideas will be most welcome , with thanks Janet    :-\



3
Norfolk Lookup Requests / 1851 Norfolk look up request for the name Wagg please
« on: Thursday 30 December 04 18:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there , could some one do a look up for me please for an Elizabeth Wagg on the 1851 census for Norwich in Norfolk ,I have a birth for Elizabeth as the sept quarter of 1845 , now there is a chance that she is the Wagg I am looking for thus her being later on in life my great grandfathers wife  Eizabeth Durrant !, she would not have been my gt grandamother as we think she died then he moved on to Elizabeth Raby and my grandfather George Christmas was born in 1886 .
I have over the last few weeks been able to move forward only just a little with all of this .
Now I need to build up a picture of the Wagg or even wegg family , any help on this one would be very helpfull in deed .
Thanks and best wishes  Janet . :)

4
Norfolk / An early Christmas present !
« on: Sunday 26 December 04 18:02 GMT (UK)  »
Wonderful news at last ! , I have found the maiden name of my Gt grandfathers wife,    Elizabeth , she was a Wagg , or it might even be known as wegg , will have to look into that one .
So I can now look for a marrige at last ! , also have a feeling that she died in 1872 , then Henry Durrant ,  my Gt grandfather  moved to to have children with a nother Elizabeth , this one was a Raby , my grandfather father George Christmas was born on the 23nd of Dec 1886.
The jigsaw puzzled is coming along very slowly !, happy christmas to you all ! best wishes Janet   ;)

5
Norfolk Lookup Requests / Re: Norfolk 1800 - 1900
« on: Saturday 27 November 04 14:15 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there Teresa, Iam looking for my Great grandfather Henry Durrant , born in Norwich 23rd of August 1839, John and Mary were his parents , have info for him , 1841, 1851 census , but the missing link is the 1861 census , have looked at the index for Norwich for the 1861 census , but he was not there !, so where was our Henry ???.
If you could check the 1861 census for norfolk that would be  GREAT HELP TO ME  ! , as I am not in the best of health at the moment , so can not always get out to do bits on the family history .
After 1851 census  have him on he 1871 census here in Norwich with a wife Elizabeth and four children , at least I think they were married  ?, thats why to find him on the 1861 census might give me a clue !. Ten years on he is on the 1881 census in Norwich with my Great grandmother Elizabeth Raby , and four children all of whom have her name Raby , in 1886 , another son born , George Christmas Raby , my grandfather , still all together in 1891 , but Elizabeth Raby dies in 1892 aged 42,have info that shows Henry and George in the work house together here in Norwich in the late 1890s , can not find a death for Henry ?.
So I need to fit a few more parts of the puzzle together , would be so delighted if you can help in any way , best wishes Janet Buck .

6
Census Lookup and Resource Requests / 1861 Nowich in Norfolk census strays ??
« on: Saturday 20 November 04 15:45 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there can any one help , great granfather Henry Durrant was not on the census for Norwich in Norfolk for the 1861 census , how do I find out where he was ??????, thanks Janet  :)

7
Norfolk Lookup Requests / 1871 Census Norwich Norfolk
« on: Monday 08 November 04 16:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there , any one with access to the 1871 census for Norwich in Norfolk ? my first request was for the 1861 census but found out that great Grandfather Henry Durrant was not on the 1861 census for Norwich , he must have been else where !, need to confirm the info I have is correct it came from a lady in Australia , so need to confirm that Henry Durrant age 32, wife Elizabeth 28, daughter Mary 9, son Henry 5, son Wiliam 3 and daughter Eleanor 1, were all living at the given address which is this St Augustines walls private homes  it says page 21 (65)sch.no.145].
Not heard of St Augustines walls private homes !, want to check this info out then I might be able to see where Elizabeth was born , and that might give me a clue as to where they were married , if indeed they did !.
Have found a marriage fro a Henry Durrant in 1861, but in the Erpingham disrict , which just could be him ? as of course he was not in Norwich when the 1861 census was done , so before I go for the certicficate need to know a bit more from the 1871 census .
If any one can help I would be delighted ! thanks Janet   :)

8
Norfolk Lookup Requests / 1861 norwich norfolk census look up please if poss
« on: Wednesday 27 October 04 19:01 BST (UK)  »
Looking for my Great Grand father  Henry Durrant , have some knowledge of him , need to know more !, he was born in Norwich 1839 son of John and Mary Durrant , I think !, would really like to know where he was on the 1861 census , and when he married Elizabeth , no maiden name , he had a family with her then he was on the 1881 census with an Elizabeth Raby , with whom he had a nother family with , one of being a George Christmas Raby , my Grandfather , so Henry moved about a bit .
I would be very grateful if any one can help at all , with thanks  Janet .  :)

9
Family History Beginners Board / Great Site
« on: Tuesday 26 October 04 09:40 BST (UK)  »
Wow , what a wonderful site this is, just amazed at all the info on here for beginers, and the great sites that just roll on and on , well done , will pass this on to my brother in law in france as he is doing his family names from his mother and father , which are Buck and Horsepole .
 Thanks for a great site !.    Janet.

Pages: [1]