Hickmans Sussex

[toni*]

Please can someone help me find more details of my partners paternal line Hickman in Sussex

i went totally off in the wrong direction last time so i am trying again from scratch but i don't have access to the census this time.

this is what i know to be true:~

William Hickman b. 1881 Beddingham (reg at Lewes) s/o Edward Hickman (b. Glynde) & Mary Rusbridge (b.Lewes) m. Edith Verona J Barnett (b. Q3 1886 Cuckfield) Q4 1908 Cuckfield 

i want to work backwards form Edward. i have Edwards father as Richard Hickman. b. 1816 Chiddlingly,  this info. is secondhand and therfore not confirmed according to this sourceof info. Richard married secondly to a Louisa Unknown, i have not been given a name for Richards first wife and therefore Edwards mother.

in a separate branch in my tree i already have a Richard Hickmna b. 1815 Chiddingly s/o James Hickman & Sarah Gander i thought perhaps they were the same person.
Richard b. 1815 crucially had a brother called Edward, and even today the Hickmans are in a habit of naming their children after previous generations.

I have the children for William & Edith ,
Kathleen May
Ivy V S
Leslie I W
Kitty Alice Mary
Donald Edward
Raymond V

I know they were shepherds (at least William was and probably Edward) and lived at Ashcombe House Beddingham which has been demolished to make way for the landfill site.

any help appreciated.

[Tati]

Hi Toni,

If Louisa wasn't Edward's mother then Richard married her very quickly after Edward's birth!

1851
HO107/1638 267 5
Chiddingly, Sussex
Holdens
Richard Hickman, head, 35, Ag lab, b. Chiddingly
Louisa, wife, 30, b. Framfield
Sarah A, dau, 9, scholar, b. do.
William, son, 7, scholar, b. Chiddingly
George, son, 5, scholar, b. do.
Edward, son, 4mo, b. do.
Stephen Furnell?, lodger, unm, 40, Ag lab, b. do.
James White, lodger, unm, 25, Ag lab, b. do.
Walter White, lodger, unm, 23, Ag lab, b. do.
Jasper White, visitor, unm, 20, Ag lab, b. do.

 

[kerryb]

Hi toni

Are you sure that Louisa wasn't the first wife, I had a look at the same family on the 1871 and found a Senga?  Definitely not Louisa.

I will investigate a bit further.

Kerry

[Tati]

Can you see a marriage, Kerry? 

[kerryb]

Scrub that, there is a possible death in 1887, Hailsham District, Jun quarter, 2b, page 59
possible birth year 1821.

Kerry

[kerryb]

No marriage Tati?

Mind you having got Hickmans myself you have to search under Hickmore, Hickmar, Hickmer as well.

Kerry 

[kerryb]

Right think I've found registration of Edward's birth and I was right (see above)

I checked through 1847 to 1854 for Edward Hickman - nothing but then tried Hickmer and found the following:

Hickmer, Edward, 1850 Q - December (which fits with him being 4 months on census)
District - Hailsham, Volume - VII and page 414

Kerry

[kerryb]

Ok now we're getting somewhere

Marriage:

Richard Hickmer 1841 Q - September
District - Uckfield
Volume - 7 page - 603

Spouse - Louisa Bryant

Kerry 

[toni*]

thats great you guys  no i'm not sure if Louisa was the first wife or not, that info. came to me secondhand and i had not checked it i thought it was strange there was no name for the mother.

do you think Hickmer has been mistranscribed?

added: they are definetly called Hickman now