Breakspear - Stanton Harcourt around 1840+

[lisauk]

 I am trying to find out where Ann Breakspear or Ann Breakspeare lived in 1861 and where she lived when she was about 9 years old in 1951, I am looking for her family. She was born at Stanton Harcourt.

She may have been called Alice not Ann.

She had a son James Alexander Breakspear born c1868 and she lived in Oxford as Ann Breakspeare with her son in 1881 and in 1891 she was still living in Oxford but called Ann French although she was not married.

She died at St Giles fair in 1892 due to a Merry-go-round accident and Mr John French who she lived with at the time said her name was Alice Breakspear but she is on the 1981 census as Ann Breakspear.

If you can find any information about her I would appriciate it as I am trying to find her family and also tring to find out maybe who James Alexander Breakspear's father was.

Cheers Lisa

[DebbieG]

Hi Lisa

Not sure this helps - but these are the Breakspears from Stanton Harcourt in 1851

1851 census

 Stanton Harcourt 2
William Breakspear Head Mar age 63    Farmer 188 a 2 men born Stanton Harcourt
Ann Breakspear Wife Mar age 50 born Stanton Harcourt
Sarah Breakspear Dau u age 26 born Stanton Harcourt
William Breakspear age 25 farmers son born Stanton Harcourt
Thomas Breakspear age 20 born Stanton Harcourt
Alfred Breakspear age 13 born Stanton Harcourt
James Breakspear age 11 born Stanton Harcourt
Joseph Breakspear age 8 born Stanton Harcourt

further on

Rebecca Breakspear Head  Wid age 45 Frock Maker born - Not Known
Ann Breakspear dau  age 13      Frock Maker      born Stanton Harcourt
Eliza Breakspear dau age  6 born Stanton Harcourt


Debbie

[lisauk]

Is it possible to find out who Rebecca Breakspear married and what her maiden name was?

[lisauk]

To add more confusion to my research I have now received a copy of James Breakspeares and Selina Bridgwaters marriage certificate which was on May 17th 1902 at St Mathews in Oxford.

The certificate says Alexander James Breakspeare age 31 married Selina Bridgwater age 23.

So I guess everyone new him by his middle name James.

Anyway it says that his Father was Henry Breakspeare Deceased but I know of no Henry and can find no trace of Henry on Ancestry.co.uk

So to recap I have found James Breakspear which i guess is my Alexander living with his mother Ann in Oxford in 1881 and the Clacks in 1871.

Ann was living in Oxford during 1871 if this is the correct Ann Breakspeare, and Oxford in 1881 and was called Ann French in 1891 also living in Oxford but unfortunately was killed in 1892 as one of my other posts tells the story.

If anyone can find my Henry and Ann Breakspeare connection or can find a connection with Henry in the Hardwich/Stanton Harcourt, Witney area around 1860's and 1870's this would be great.

I am not ruling out the possibility that Ann was not married and that maybe Henry was a Breakspeare relation but by blood.

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Lisa

[DebbieG]

Hi Lisa

the transcripts of the registers for Stanton Harcourt arrived this morning - these are the entries for the Breakspeares you were asking about

Baptisms from Stanton Harcourt

1823 Set 14th Sarah d/o Thomas & Rebecca - farmer of Sutton born sept 9th
1825 Apr 5th Ann d/o Thomas & Rebecca - farmer of Sutton b March 30
1826 Sep 17th Thomas s/o Thomas & Rebeca - farmer of Suttonb Sept 10th
1831 Jan 2nd Emma d/o Thomas & Rebecca farmer of Sutton (b May 12th 1830)
1833 May 5th James illig s/o Rebecca of Sutton b Apr 2
1838 Sept 30th Ann d/o Rebecca of Sutton illig b Aug 14th

marriage
1850 Nov 27th Thomas Breakspear bach otp s/o Thomas farmer to Elizabeth Juggins fa sp serv otp d/o William Lab
   wit Kimber & Hedge


burials
1830 Dec 23rd Thomas Breakspear aged 49 of Sutton
1834 Apr 30th Ann aged 9 of Sutton
1864 Aug 3 Rebecca aged 66 of west End



James Clack baptised Aug 30 1801 Stanton Harcourt s/o William & Mary born Aug 4
married Hannah Buckingham 1823 Eynsham

Thomas Breakspeare of Stanton Harcourt = Rebecca Ayers Feb 5 1822 Southleigh

do not confuse (like I did) with
Thomas Breakspeare who married Rebecca Harris at North Leigh 30th Dec 1824

I think this is the James Breakspear that appears in the National reg for 1870 witney district

from Stanton Harcourt
baptism 1870 June 5 James s/o William & Elizabeth lab Sutton
burial 1870 June 6 James inf of Sutton

There are no Breakspeare entries for this period in the registers for Hardwick
   
As you will see not mention of a Henry - the only one I saw was a son of a William & Ann and died young

Not sure if it helps

Debbie