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   I have come to a complete brick wall with my research for this family - I can only positively go back to 1859! - and would welcome any help or comments.

My GGF is Walter George Leech b.17.9.1867 in Grundisburgh.  I have his siblings and parents - John Leech and Mary Ann Long - and this is as far as I can confidently trace them back.

John Leech and Mary Ann Long married in 1859 and their first child was also born in 1859 in Grundisburgh.  They appear on the 1861 and 71 censuses, John stating he was born in Swilland and Mary Ann in Debenham.  I cannot find either of their births/baptisms.

I have the marriage cert for John and Mary Ann - their fathers are stated as James Leech (thatcher) and John Long (deceased).

On the 1851 census for Suffolk, the only John Leech of the right age (also born in Swilland) is living at home with his family and his father is William!  I cannot find Mary Ann at all.

There is a Leech family living in Grundisburgh in 1851 of which a James Leech (thatcher) is the head and the right age range but I cannot prove that this is John's dad.  This family had their childen baptised at the baptist chapel in Grundisburgh but John is not listed as one of their children on the baptist records.

The fact that John and Mary Ann married in a register office in 1859 and had all their children baptised in Grundisburgh church in one fell swoop, when their oldest child was 16, makes me wonder if they were baptists and then had a change of faith around 1876 when their children were baptised?

This is all I have to go on and am going round in circles  .

If anyone has any thoughts on where I can look next I'd be really grateful.

Thanks for looking

Anne 


 

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Any help would be welcome.
Thanks
Anne

Hi, I wondered whether someone might have access to the Wroxham parish records, or may be visiting the records office?

I am interested in the marriage of Robert Elvin (b~1811 Wroxham) to Isabella/Elizabeth?? also born in Wroxham.  They would have married approx 1832.

To find out "Isabella"s first and maiden names would be perfect, also date of marriage?

Thanking you in anticipation,

Anne 

I wonder if somebody could look up the following baptism for me please:

Sarah Hubbard b. ~1811 in  Wicklewood Norfolk

I am interested in all available information, i.e. names of both parents, etc.

Thank you for any help.

Regards, Anne 

Hi, if anyone could help me with a birth look up for Great Yarmouth, I would be very grateful.

I am looking for:

SUSANNAH CLARKE b. ~1826 in Great Yarmouth

In the PR for her marriage (to John Meek Warford), her father is listed as John Clarke (a seaman), I would like to know her mother's first and maiden names if possible.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Many thanks, Anne