Charles FARRANT

[SWIPPYDO]

hi trying to go further back in time with charles farrant  born abt 1808 in sidbury devon he married elizabeth and had children which i know but i do not know his wifes maiden name. also would like to know who and where he came from, have found lots of farrants in surrounding areas ie branscombe, budliegh, hemyock etc but cannot not find links any help would be great
swippydo

[Mum44]

Hello Swippydo

There is a baptism on the IGI for Charles Farrant, born 20 Dec 1807, baptised 29 Dec 1807.
Parents William Farrant and Anna Maria

There are baptisms for 3 siblings - William 1811, John 1814 and Frances 1820

There is a marriage for William Farrant and Anna Maria Knight 9 Nov 1807.

All these are at Independent, Sidbury, Devon and all are extracted records.

[Mum44]

I can't see a baptism for William in Sidbury, but there is one in Salcombe Regis - a couple of miles away - and there is an extracted baptism for Anna Maria Knight 14 July 1782 in Sidbury, parents Jonas and Sarah

[SWIPPYDO]

thanks for the info, i know charles had a daughter aswell called amelia who was the link to me. i also would like help in finding any siblings of charles, also his father and mothers, i am coming down to devon in a couple of months and am trying to get as much info as i can so i can go to the villages and graveyards etc and to the record offices.
what is IGI ? also the independent sidbury devon
swippydo

[Mum44]

Hello again

There are baptisms for 3 children of Charles and Elizabeth on the IGI - Amelia in 1828, Charles in 1830 and William in 1832.

The IGI is the International Genealogical Index, which is a partial transcription of parish registers.  Not every parish is recorded, most cover only some years, some counties are better covered than others.  There are two main types of record - Extracted, which are fairly reliable (although you should still try and see the originals) and Submitted which may have a grain of reliability but in general should be treated with caution; these are posted there by other researchers and are not always taken from origial records.

The IGI is provided by the LDS at  :   www.familysearch.org
It is free to search.

"Independent" on the records mentioned refer to the church - it will have been methodist, baptist or some other non-Church of England establishment.

Let me know how you get on - you can find those of Charles' siblings whose baptisms are on there, as I said, and also his children as mentioned above.

[SWIPPYDO]

thank you again, i have been on the sites you said and they are very good will be carefull as you said, if you do come across any more info to do with this family i would be very gratefull
thank you again
swippydo

[Mum44]

Do you have census access, or would you like me to see if I can find them on census?

[SWIPPYDO]

i have ancestry and Genes Reunited but they only go back to 1841 so this is where i get stuck with family in dorset i am lucky to be able to look at parish records which helps dont know if there is anywhere else i can go but any help you can give would be great it is really going back to charles when a child his siblings etc and the parents of him etc.
swippydo

[Mum44]

Well - if you belong to Genes you will no doubt have already discovered that there are quite a few people looking at Farrant families in Devon - and quite a few around 1800 in the Sidmouth area.

You might find some help through the Devon Family History Society :

www.devonfhs.org.uk


Good luck!