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Grantham, Barrowby lookup: BONNETT please
« on: Wednesday 06 October 04 22:11 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Could someone help please?  I'm trying to find out the parents of Thomas Bonnett, of Barrowby, Lincs. He was born 29th Sept 1838 according to LDS, and had (at least) four children: Henry, Clara, Emily and Alfred (from 1881 census).

There is a christening record from LDS shows Thomas's mother as "Ann Bonnett" with no father's name and no mother's maiden name.

If you have access to any records which show details of Thomas's parentage, or any siblings, I'd be very grateful.

I don't have a direct link in my tree to Thomas yet. However, I have an Emmanuel Bonnett (born in Leicester) marrying Sarah Frost (born in Birmingham) 31 August 1951 in Grantham, and Emmanuel's son John also born in Grantham. I'm trying to find out if there is any link between Emmanuel's father John (Barrow on Soar, Leicester) and Thomas Bonnett of Barrowby. (Trying to understand why they'd marry in Grantham, and family there is the logical answer.)

Thank you!  :-)

Alison
LEICESTERSHIRE: TOON, CARVELL, BONNETT, GASK, COOK, RILEY
KENT: STROUD, ELLIS, SPITTLES
CANADA, ALBERTA and WALES, PEMBROKESHIRE: HUGHES

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Re: Grantham, Barrowby lookup: BONNETT please
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 17 October 04 13:40 BST (UK) »
Hi Alison,
Had a look at the 1841 for Barrowby for you. The only Bonnett family were as follows (HO107 piece 615)

Thomas Bonnett 70 cottager Y
John Bonnett 45 ag lab Y
Eliza Bonnett 45 Y
Thomas Bonnett 13 Y

I then had a look for a 2 year old Thomas with mother Ann and found only one in Barrowby

Henry Taylor 45 ag lab Y
Ann Taylor 35 Y
Henry Taylor 12 Y
Thomas Taylor 2 Y
Martha Taylor 6 months Y

There is a marriage for an Anne Bonnet Dec 1839 Grantham ref. 14 657. However no spouses names are listed. Could this be a possibility as it's not unusual for children to take the names of their mother's new partner until they marry themselves. Not a lot of help I know but it narrows it down!

Heather
Nottinghamshire: Willmott, Williams, Oldham, Padgett, Burden, Stokes, Huskinson, Tuckwood, Morley, Barnett
Lincolnshire: Foster, Dennis, Mowbray
Leicestershire: Mowbray,Hudson, Tuckwood
Derbyshire: Starbrook
Somerset: Willmott, Elliott
Cork:Driscoll, Murphy
London Surrey:Driscoll, Cheesman
London Kent:Cheesman
Kent:Cheesman, Davis, West, Hills, Kneller, Bones, Eastup

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Re: Grantham, Barrowby lookup: BONNETT please
« Reply #2 on: Monday 18 October 04 22:41 BST (UK) »
Thank you Heather! :-)  More pieces for the jigsaw puzzle... much appreciated

:-)

Alison
LEICESTERSHIRE: TOON, CARVELL, BONNETT, GASK, COOK, RILEY
KENT: STROUD, ELLIS, SPITTLES
CANADA, ALBERTA and WALES, PEMBROKESHIRE: HUGHES