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Hi,
I am a decedent of a family of Framesmiths and small Lace Manufacturers from, Coleorton, Shepshed and Loughborough. I have been researching my family for most of this year and have found out quite a bit that we didn't know. My 4xG grandfather and his brother were born in Coleorton between 1785 and 1789. Isaac, the young brother, married Sarah Cooke of Shepshed in 1807. By 1816 they had 3 or 4 children and he was working in Loughborough for John Heathcote. It is very likely that Isaac and Sarah were on the Tiverton march in 1816 as their next children were born in Tiverton and there are documents with Both Isaac and John Heathcotes signature for 1818. Isaac stayed in Tiverton until about 1822 and then went to Paris for Heathcote. By 1829 they were back in Leicester and were small Lace Manufacturers and Framesmiths. It has been suggested that the two brothers, Isaac and John are the "Mssers Warners" referred to by William Felkin and who developed Cartwright and Warner's power loom in 1829, being the only Mssers Warners that can be located in the Loughborough/Leicester area at this time.
I have reached that point in my research where I am not sure where to go next. I have been told that Sheila Mason's book Nottinghamshire Lace contains a reference to them but I have not yet located a copy. I have also been told they are mentioned in the "Restriction of Hours Deed - 1829" but I have failed to locate this document so far. I cannot locate anything on Diane Birks - The Loughborough Exodus of 1816. The University of Leicester history department deny all knowledge of this dissertation.
I think that John and possibly his wife Sarah are living in Nottingham by 1841. Sarah (if she is his wife) runs/owns a boarding academy at 19 Stoney Street, Nottingham and that John is a 'Lace Agent'. Both John and Isaac disappear from the records after 1843 (Isaac) and 1846 (Sarah/John) and I can find no death record for any of them. The BMD records are very patchy and the IGI information contains tantalizing contradictions.
What I like to do next is find if there could be information anywhere for their earlier lives and parents Thomas Warner (c1757 Colorton) and Ann (c1759 Coleorton). I suspect that they were probably Framework Knitters/Framesmiths.
If anyone knows of books, archives, documents, societies etc that may have records for this period and area then I would be very grateful for the information/pointer.
Thank you - Mark
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