Hi Deb,
After the CARNARTON saga, I thought I'd have a look at the PENFOLD one ...
Did you ever get the 1866 marriage certificate of Thomas PENFOLD and Sophia ORCHARD? It would be great because it should give the names of their fathers and that might help to trace them further.
I tried to find Thomas and Sarah Sophia/Soffia and family before 1891 (where they were very cleverly found under PENFULL) but with no success.
Incidentally, on that 1891 image, the only birthplace given in the family is Hampton for Thomas (no birthplace or occupation for any of the other members of the family). Someone has subsequently annotated this (in a different hand) Mdx i.e. Middlesex {not Midlothian (Edinburgh) Scotland which a transcriber on a certain site has entered!}. Whether Middlesex is correct or is just someone's guess I don't know. There definitely was a parish called Hampton in Middlesex (in the Kingston registration district) but there are also places called Hampton elsewhere.
I had a look on FreeBMD for possible marriages of William's siblings and came across this rather interesting entry.
Christiana PENFOLD, Marriage, Mar qtr 1898, St Austell
And on the same page is a William ORCHARD.
This looked as though it might be William PENFOLD's sister recorded on the 1891 census as Christonanna, 16.
So I checked out the 1901 census and found the following.
1901, Bratton Clovelly, Devon
Northcombe Moors (Caravan)
ORCHARD William, Head, Mar, 31, Licensed Hawker, b Devon Pinhoe
Do Christina, Wife, Mar, 26, b Cornwall Grampound (this is the right age for William PENFOLD's sister)
Do Edmund, Son, 1, b Cornwall Calstock
Do Joseph, Son, 4 months, b Devon Mary Tavy
Do Sarah, Mother, Widow, 64, b Hampshire Sherly
SPARGO Edmund, Mar, Brother-in-law, 30, Licensed Hawker, b Cornwall Stoke Climsland
Do Harriet, Sister, Mar, 34, b Devon Hemyock
Then I looked for William ORCHARD in earlier censuses - hoping it might just lead me back to Sophia ORCHARD (the one who married Thomas PENFOLD in 1866); of course it didn't.
But here are some census details anyway for William ORCHARD's family; it's interesting to see how they move around.
1891, St Cleer, Cornwall.
Fore Down
ORCHARD John, Head, Mar, 55, Licensed Hawker (Gipsy has been added in another hand), b Bristol
Do Sarah, Wife, Mar, 54, b Southampton
Do Harriet, Daur, Single, 30, b Devon Exeter
Do Thomas, Son, S, 26, b Bristol
Do William, Son, S, 22, b Devon Exeter
Do Rachel, Daur, S, 18, b Somerset Widdecombe
Do Sally, Daur, S, 13, b Somerset Williton
1881, Chapel Allerton, Somerset
Killing Lane
ORCHARD John, Head, Mar, 45, Traviling (sic) Hawker, b Somerset Chaffcombe
Do Sarah, Wife, Mar, 44, b Hampshire Southampton
Do Henry, Son, Unmar, 22, Trav Hawker, b Somerset Chaffcombe
Do Harriett, Daur, Unmar, 20, b Devon Culmstock
Do Joseph, Son, Unmar, 18, Trav Hawker, b Devon Culmstock
Do Thomas, Son, Unmar, 16, Trav Hawker, b Somerset Stagursey
Do William, Son, 12, b Somerset Pinhoe
Do Annie Sophia, Niece, 18, b Devon Culmstock
Do John, Nephew, 16, Trav Hawker, b Somerset Pitminster
HOLLAND Rachael, Niece, 7, b Somerset Carhampton
Do Sarah, Niece, 4, b Somerset Bichnoller
PENFUL Percilla, Niece, Unmar, 20, b Dorset Dorcester (PENFUL! - that's interesting)
1871, Crowcombe, Somerset
Crowcombe Red Post
ORCHARD John, Head, Mar, 35, Hawker with Van, b Dorset Kingston
Do Sarah Jane, Wife, Mar, 34, b Dorset Kingston
Do Henry, Son, 14, b Somerset Chard
Do Harriett, Daur, 10, b Devon H??? (Hanwel, Hamuel?)
Do Joseph, Son, 8, Somerset Wellington
Do Thomas, Son, 6, Somerset Crowcombe
Do William, Son, 2, Devon H???
Unfortunately I didn't find John, Sarah or Henry in 1861; nor John in 1851 ...
JAP
