COZENS - Drayton Norfolk

[Janed]

I am new to research in Norfolk and wonder if somebody could set me in the right direction.
My family come from Drayton and when I search directly on the LDS Family search I do find relevant individuals but cannot find a link for Drayton on the batch site searches. Does Drayton come a under a different parish?

Thanks
Jane

[Sally P]

Hi Jane

Drayton does not seem to be on Hugh Wallis's site so presume the registers have not been included on the IGI. If someone knows different perhaps they will correct me.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/

Regards
Sally

[Janed]

Thank you for your reply.

[Geoffers]

Thankfully not everything is online.

What records to suggest that you use, very much on the period of time which you have reached in your research. Are you still post-1837, or prior to then? Some detial may help to give specific advice.

Geoffers

[Janed]

Thank you for the reply.

I am new to Norfolk research so still trying to locate places properly along with the appropriate churches etc.

My gggrandfather Richard Lewis of Glamorgan married an Elizabeth Cozens(born about 1848) somewhere in the early to mid 1870s.
Elizabeth calaims to come from Drayton in Norfolk and I believe their eldest child Elizabeth Mary Elmira Lewis was born there according to BMD.

Richard was a private in the Royal Welsh Fusilliers and moved around. My great grandfather was born in Gibraltar. ( very useful fact in tracing Richard Lewis' in Wales) The next child was born in Plymouth and then he left the army in 1881.

I am trying to find a means of connecting Elizabeth Cozens to a family in Drayton as I cannot find a marriage and therefore a father's name.

I think I may have located the correct one but was looking for more than co-incidenes to be certain.

There is a family with a father Benjamin and mother Eliza. One of Richard and Elizabeh's children was called Benjamin and another Amelia which could be named after one of her sisters.

After leaving the army the family returned to Glamorgan and I have had no other connections wit Norfolk.

Any suggestions of confirming Elizabeth Cozens family would be gratefully received.

Jane

[Aniseed]

Janed, this is a little late, as I've only just joined the board. I'm interested in the name Cozens as a variant of Custins or Custance, which I why I looked at your message.

Drayton seems to be next door to Taverham, and both are near to Norwich. I typed Taverham "Elizabeth Couzens" into Google, and came up with a web page which showed that family's entry in the 1851 census. It's the only webpage which shows up, and it looks like it could well be your Elizabeth. I'm not sure if copyright rules allow me to copy here what's written, but it's very easy to find. PM me if you have difficulties.

[Geoffers]

My gggrandfather Richard Lewis of Glamorgan married an Elizabeth Cozens(born about 1848) somewhere in the early to mid 1870s. Richard was a private in the Royal Welsh Fusilliers and moved around. My great grandfather was born in Gibraltar. ( very useful fact in tracing Richard Lewis' in Wales) The next child was born in Plymouth and then he left the army in 1881......I am trying to find a means of connecting Elizabeth Cozens to a family in Drayton as I cannot find a marriage and therefore a father's name.

If he was in the army, have you tried the Army Chaplains' Returns of marriages 1796-1880? The index is online on the pay-per-view site www.1837online.com if you find an entry you can apply for a certifiacte via the GRO.

If the marriage is not there, try the regimental returns of marriages, these are not indexed as the births are. You have to know the regiment to request a search. This used to be available at St.Catherine's House so presumably is now available via the FRC (thankfully I haven't had to go anywhere near London in many years).

If you have his service record (from TNA), and he married whilst in the army, the service record should record his marriage (when, wehre and to whom) as a way of updating next-of-kin - again this may help in tying down where to look for a certificate.

As regard Elizabeth COZENS, Drayton is a parish with its own registers. Do be aware that this is a fairly regularly occurring surname with several variant spellings, so confirming that you have the correct Elizabeth may not be that easy; but apart from that have you tried the GRO index for her birth?

Geoffers
Charlbury, Oxfordshire

[room101]

Hi there .

Are you still looking to trace the Daroche line? Alice Daroche (nee Lewis) was my great grandmother.

It seems Alice's children did not carry the true surname forward. My family use the name Roche and some of her other children took it forward as Roach, hence perhaps you not being able to trace the Daroche line post 1916.

I am very new to searching my familiy history would love to hear  what you have found out about Alice Lewis's ancestors.

Many thanks