FRETWELL - 1871 /1861 census

[KimFretwell]

Hi
Any help appreciated.
Looking for my g.g.g.g. grandparents, John & Ann (nee Watson). Born c. 1823 & 1826 respectively.    John was born in Denver, Norfolk but on 1881 census was living in Stuntney, Cambs.  Ann died in 1874.
Thank you
Kim

[PaulineJ]

Looks like we may have hit lucky for you.

RG10/1605     Ely  Folio   35 .  No street address.
 
John Frickwell/Fretwell 48  Denver, Norfolk, England Head    FARM LAB
Ann Frickwell/Fretwell 44  Stuntney Ely, Cambs Wife     
 
William Frickwell/Fretwell 21  Stuntney Ely, Cambs Son  FARM LAB
John Frickwell/Fretwell 19  Stuntney Ely, Cambs Son   FARM LAB
Sarah Frickwell/Fretwell 18  Stuntney Ely,  Dau   LABOURER'S WIFE (dau-in-law?)
Hanah Frickwell/Fretwell 17  Stuntney Ely, C Daughter FIELD WORK
Rebecca Frickwell/Fretwell 15  Stuntney Ely,  Dau FIELD WORK
Samuel Frickwell/Fretwell 12  Stuntney Ely,  Son    FIELD WORK
Elizabeth Frickwell/Fretwell 9, Stuntney Ely , Dau, SCHOLAR
Charlotte Frickwell//Fretwell 7  Stuntney Ely,  Daughter  SCHOLAR

Pauline

[bedfordshire boy]

But totally out of luck in 1861, where the records for Ely including Stuntney were lost in a flood at TNA and are therefore missing from the filmed copies.

But the excellent Cambs FHS website - http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html
has indexes for 1851 and 1841 and the full entry for the family in 1851 is as follows:
HO107/1764/478B
Stuntney, Ely Holy Trinity
John Fretwell H M 30 ag lab b Denver Norfolk
Ann Fretwell wife 24 b Stuntney
William Fretwell son 1 b Stuntney
Hannah Fretwell visitor unm 26 house servant b Denver
William Fretwell visitor's child 1 month b Stuntney

Also in Stuntney was another Fretwell family where the head also came from Norfolk, from a village 5 miles from Denver so there may be a connection

HO107/1764/480A
William Fretwell h m 37 ag lab b Wretton Norfolk
Lydia Fretwell wife b Coveney Cambs
William Fretwell son 15 b Stuntney
John Fretwell son 13 b Stuntney
Matthew Fretwell son 10 b Stuntney
Eleanor Fretwell daughter 7 b Stuntney
Thomas Fretwell son 2 b Stuntney
Samuel Fretwell son 4 mths b Stuntney

Let me know if you need 1841 details

Regards

David

 

[KimFretwell]

Hi
Thank you both for that. I'd really hit a dead end!
And the info for William & Lydia who are also my g.g.g. grandparents on the other side (my g.grandparents were both Fretwells but luckily came from completely different families!)
Thank you once again - it's really appreciated.
Regards,
kim

[KimFretwell]

The 1841 census would be great too!
Thank you
Kim

[bedfordshire boy]

1841
HO107/83/2 folio 12B
Chance Fen, Manea cum Coveney
Hannah Fretwell 15 female servant, not born in Cambs, in household of William Stokes, 60, farmer

HO107/88/17 folio 3B
Hamlet of Stuntney, parish of Ely Trinity
William Fretwell 27 ag lab not born in Cambs
Lydia Fretwell 27 born in Cambs ("biC")
William Fretwell 5 biC
John Fretwell 3 biC
Joseph Fretwell 3 biC
Matthew Fretwell 2mths biC

HO107/88/17 folio 7A
Thorney Farm, Stuntney, parish of Ely Trinity
John Fretwell 20 (no occupation quoted) biC
in household of William Barker 40 agricultural bailiff

There is an Ann Watson baptism in the Cambs FHS baptism index in 1827 at Ely, Stuntney, parents Robert and Susan, hence:

1841
HO107/88/17/6A
Stuntney, parish of Ely Trinity
Robert Watson 45 ag lab biC
Susanna Watson 39 (overwritten 35) biC
George Watson 18 (overwritten 15) biC
Ann Watson 14 biC
William Watson 12 biC
David Watson 10 biC
John Watson 8 biC
Sarah Watson 6 bic
Robert Watson 2 biC


1851
HO107/1764/482B
Stuntney, parish of Ely Holy Trinity
Robert Watson head marr 54 ag lab b Stuntney
Susanna Watson wife 49 b Stuntney
Elizabeth Watson dau unmarr 27 b Stuntney
William Watson son unm 22 b Stuntney
David Watson son unm 19 b Stuntney
John Watson son unm 17 b Stuntney
Sarah Watson dau unm 16 b Stuntney
Robert Watson son 11 b Stuntney
James Watson son 8 b Stuntney

Regards

David