Lookup Request of Parish Records for William Walton.

[maureeno138]

Is anyone able to assist in finding more information on the family of William and John Walton? Below is the information i know and have thus far, but i can only go back as far as arrival to Australia.

William Walton Came to Australia on the 31st of May 1841 with his brother John on board the vessel "MOFFAT." Both were 18 and 19.
On the Assisted Immigrant arrival record, the answer to the "native of "question was Brampton, Huntingdonshire.
William Walton resided in the Rylstone Area in New South Wales, Australia and married Margaret Leighton and went on to have 6 children. (2 died as infants)
William died on the 27th of March 1859 and according to the NSW BDM Index listing reference 4929/1859 his parent where Mark and Mary. William's and John's arrival record also list their parents as Mark and Mary.
William Walton is my Great Great Great Grand father and i can only get as far as to know that his parents where Mark and Mary and that the family may have lived in Brampton, Huntingdonshire.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou, Verls

[bedfordshire boy]

Hi Verls

Welcome to Rootschat

I'll start with the bad news. The LDS was refused permission to film Brampton parish register so there are no extracted  entries on the IGI; nor is a transcript available from Hunts FHS. So to find details of the baptisms of the brothers you'll need to contact Huntingdon Records Office, which runs an efficient and reasonably priced research service.

The slightly better news is that all Hunts marriages are included in Hunts Marriage Index, a fiche set. And there's a marriage in 1798 at Brampton between Mark Walton and Mary Peace, both resident of Brampton at the time of their marriage,so that part of the Australian records is born out.

There's also a burial of Mark Walton age 56 at Brampton on 29 March 1830, and of Mary Walton age 53 on 6 Sept 1833.

But for the exact date of the marriage, and for their baptisms in c1774 and c1780 to find their parents I'm afraid there's no alternative for anyone who can't make it to Huntingdon but to shell out hard cash

Huntingdon is not the easiest county in England to research!

See an online tree at http://awt.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robynwalton&id=I19&ti=5538

David

[maureeno138]

David,

Thankyou so much. It is unfortunate about the records but the link to the family tree was amazing and will help greatly.
I failed to mention the maiden name of Mary - it is in fact Peace. So this was confirmed.

I am so grateful to sites such as this one that can assist whilst keeping costs down as it can all add up in the end.

Once again Thankyou for your help.

Verls

[fionanevell]

Hi Verls

I hope you may be interested to learn the Rylstone Historical Society has set up a wiki for the recording of information which relates to the greater Rylstone area, its people, places and events. It’s free to join and is open to anyone. The page for William Walton can be found at:

http://rdhsrwgroup.wetpaint.com/page/Walton%2C+William+%281820-1859%29

The main index to the wiki can be found at:

http://rdhsrwgroup.wetpaint.com/page/Index+to+all+pages+on+the+wiki

To search the content of the pages go to Google and use the following search parameters:

site:rdhsrwgroup.wetpaint.com your search term
 
E.g., site:rdhsrwgroup.wetpaint.com Walton

Regards,

Fiona

[maureeno138]

Thanks Fiona,

I will have a look at the site. I enjoy researching the place as well as my family.

Cheers

[Sal.lowe]

Hi,

I am the great great grand daughter. I live in Sydney and my aunt has spent decades researching the Walton family tree. Her email address is ^(*)

She is more then happy to send you any information you require.

Regards
Sally




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