Sigismund Lane Sutton[Wirral] Cheshire

[Pughy]

Look up for a Sigismund Lane b abt 1759 Sutton Wirral Cheshire
 
Looking for Sigismund's parents.

[peterbennett]

Hi

    Have you tried searching the Cheshire Parish records site http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/, there is a Molly Lane born 1779 with a father named Sigismund, looks as if it may be a lead for you.

    I would also try the IGI for Liverpool which seems to be a favourite with Wirral folks, you never know you might be lucky. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/

hope this helps

peterbennett

[Pughy]

Hi Peter
I am new to  Roots Chat and did not know how much info to put in to start with.I do have 4 children for Sigismund & Elizabeth
Molly b abt 1779 Willaston Parish of Neston
William b abt 1785 Sutton Died 7/6/1787 Willaston
He married a Mary A Mason 20/12/1819 St Peters Parish Church Liverpool.
Ann Lane b abt 1799 Sutton She married Bigland Grundy b abt 1780 Lytham Lancashire.at Parish St Annes Richmond Liverpool.
Susannah Lane b abt 1803 Willaston.
I am aware of the Cheshire Parish Records Site.
Some advice please how much info should I put in to start with.
 Regards
            Pughy

[peterbennett]

Hi

   It is always best to ask for a lookup for one person at once.

   Always state the lookup you require IE birth, marriage, death or census etc.

  Always give as much relevant info that you have for that person IE if looking for a census lookup, state dob, where, siblings and parents and the previous census address, really as much info as you think will help someone identify the person your looking for.

hope you find the above usefull

peterbennett

[Annakin]

Are you still searching for Sigismund Lane information? If so, I think I can help you ... and he is truly remarkable!

[Rosinish]

Hi Annakin, Welcome to RootsChat 

Hopefully Pughy is still receiving notifications & will reply soon as he hasn't been online since 2016.

Annie

[Annakin]

Thanks, yeah, I noticed that. Fingers crossed!

[Ruskie]

Welcome from me too Annakin.

Can you tell us about Sigismund anyway?

In the future someone else researching him might come across this thread. Google searches often lead to rootschat. 

[Annakin]

Pughy was trying to identify Sigismund Lane's parents but he will struggle. Sigismund was a foundling, handed over to London's Foundling Hospital in 1757, probably by a disconsolate mother who was a single parent. From there, he was sent to the Chester branch hospital, aged 7, and handed over for care by a local nurse. He was apprenticed to a weaver in Willaston on the Wirral, aged 11.
The life of many foundlings is hard to trace and those we can trace often had a pitiful life. So Sigismund is unusual in that we know he lived in the same area for many years, married, had several children, had a long life and was described as a 'farmer'. So, from the humblest possible origins, he did well for himself. I'm sure his descendants would love to know!
(By the way - I know this as I'm writing a history of Chester's Foundling Hospital)