Hi everyone,
I usually confine my research to my Warriner heritage, while my sister tackles our maternal Campbell side, but she has hit a bit of a brick wall so I'm posting on her behalf today
We know that Hannah CAMPBELL had an illegitimate son, John CAMPBELL in Legsby, 1819. She also had an illegitimate daughter, Mary CAMPBELL in Legsby in 1827. At the birth of both of her children she is listed as a servant (or 'servant girl' more precisely), and no father is listed. Neither child seems to appear in the bastardy records of the LFHS. After the birth of Mary, our Hannah seems to do a disappearing act!
The IGI shows a Hannah CAMPBELL being baptised in 1797 at Kirton in Lindsey, to a John and Jane CAMPBELL (batch C029643, film 1450445). We couldn't find a marriage which corresponded to this Hannah, but don't know how complete the records are so can't rule her either in or out.
We found a death record on FreeReg for a Hannah CAMPBELL in 1882, aged 85 (making her born 1797) at "Wrawby (Brigg Union)", but ruled her out as follows...
There is a Hannah CAMPBELL on the 1841, 51, 61, 71 & 81 censuses, but she is a CAMPBELL by marriage and a little sleuthing traced her birth as Hannah HORNER in 1798, and her marriage to George CAMPBELL in Winterton, 1830. This Hannah is therefore not our gal, but the Hannah who died in 1882 could be? (but then again, she could be Hannah HORNER as well as the ages are so close, and Hannah HORNER/CAMPBELL was listed as a Pauper on the 1881 census, which would tie in with the 'Brigg Union' comment on the burial record. Unfortunately, records for Glanford Brigg workhouse do not exist for this period!)
If anyone could shed any light on where Hannah CAMPBELL, mother of John & Mary got to after Mary's birth, my sister and I would be grateful
Many thanks,
Leah.
