Stanton - Willingham Cambs

[robbo43]

OTP simply means that they were living in the parish, or said they were, for the three weeks when the banns were being read.  You had to pay to have the banns read, and if they were read in two parishes you had to pay twice.  At one stage the cost of banns was 5/-, so 10/- if in two parishes, but a licence, which meant banns didn't have to be read, only cost 7/6 hence a lot of marriages by licence.

A later 19th century & 20th century trick was to rent a room for 3 weeks in the parish you wanted to get married in, simply leave a suitcase of clothes in the room to establish residence even if you never lived there.  Explains a lot of addresses on marriage certificates which doesn't seem to make sense.

Robert

[niallhowe]

Hello
David Stanton was my Great Great Grandfather.
I have just started researching & so am pretty new to this.
The only documented information I have found is on census records from 1841 through to 1901 - but I have no birth or death information.
I am keen to research further - any help is welcome! Likewise if I can share any infomation I have...
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Niall Howe

[Redroger]

Hi Niall and welcome to Roots chat. Hope we can help you solve your mysteries. To assist us is there anything that you can post now to give the researchers something to go on that they don't know already?

[niallhowe]

Hello - I don't think that I have new information on David Stanton
I believe the timeline is approx as follows:
Born +/- 1814 in Willingham Cambrs
1841 living Hermitage Farm Haddenham, Cambs
1844 Married Sarah
1851 living Willingham Cambs occupation Horsedealer
1861 living Cottenham Cambs occupation Dealer
1871 living 10 Thomas St, Whitechapel, London, occupation Hay & Straw dealer
1881 living 29 Thomas St, Whitechapel, London, occupation Hay & Straw dealer
1890 wife Sarah died
1891 living with daughter Sarah in Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambs, retired
1901 living with daughter Sarah at Trinity College Farm, Swavesey, Cambs
1903 I believe he died (but not sure)


I can find no birth or death records - but I believe that his father was William Stanton a farmer.

The only other information that I know is that David Stanton's business was called D Stanton & Sons and was continued by his younger son, Frederick. The business was originally hay & straw supplied to horses in London, but later on was involved with wartime salvage (I don't know if 1st or 2nd world war ) and operated from St Marks Street near Aldgate in London.

Another observation is that Thomas Street Whitechapel was right in the heart of Jack the Ripper terroitory and he was resident at that time!

Regards

Niall

[Redroger]

I suspect that unless a definite link can be found in the 18th century with John Stanton of Rippingale, these Stantons are a different branch to the one with which I am connected.

[niallhowe]

Hello

Thanks redroger - I too suspect that you are right.

From reading back through the forum, I have pieced together what I think seems the most logical scenario to arrive at David Stanton. I attach a copy "tree" of my version and would welcome any comments or corrections or other ideas on it.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Niall

[Redroger]

Intriguingly I have 2 John Stantons, and no doubt several other Stantons with different Christian names, who could fit the bill as your John's father. They were all born around 1700, and they come from Lincolnshire, the part within 30 miles of Cambs. I will keep a copy of this tree, and if anything more substantial comes up i will post it here.

[niallhowe]

Thanks Redroger - likewise, I will do the same. Good luck! Niall