WYMER, Rev. Edward, Vicar of Westwick

[cmillerhamilton]

My 3G Grandmother, Charlotte Elizabeth Wymer, was the eldest daughter of Rev. Edward Wymer and Elizabeth Whaites.  She was Baptized at Stalham, 1833, married Martin Isham Case 1855, married Thomas Steel ?, left England sometime between 1865-1879 and arrived in Pensacola, FL, USA 1879. 
Seeking any information regarding the immediate family who lived in East Anglia near Ingham, Westwick, Smallburgh, Stalham.  Other family names:  Berney, Petre, Whaites, Varlo

[lizdb]

Not sure what you already have - but 1851 shows here immedaite family ie siblings

1851
HO107 1808 359 5
Chapel Road Ingham
Edward 46 Rector of Westwick bn Keepham
Elizabeth 39 bn Keswick
Charlotte 18
Helen 15
Jane 14
Elizabeth 12
Fanney 10
Edward 5   all children bn Stalham
Catherine Bond house servant

what are you looking for? and whathave you already got?

[cmillerhamilton]

thx for reply
This is the correct family:)  and I do have this record.  Charlotte was married to Martin Isham Case in Lincolnshire 1855 after this Census was taken.  All I can find for Martin Case is an ADMON record in 1857 and I have to assume he died because by 1858 she appears in Exeter as Mrs. Thomas Steel. 

Our family records begin with her life in Exeter.  She leaves England sometime after 1865 and shows up in America on the US Census of Florida in 1880.  She died in Pensacola, FL in 1916.

Her father, Rev. Edward Wymer remained in England, as did all of the other siblings.  I am hoping to find another family member with more information or an account of how and why Charlotte came to America.  I can find no record of her transit. 

[lizdb]

I cant see Martins death either ...nor a marriage of Charlotte Case to Thomas Steel

but this must be her in 1861
RG9 1396 67 17
1 Collaton Place Exeter
Thomas Steel 41 Saw and Bone Mill bn Stonehouse
Charlotte E 26 bn Norfolk(cant make out place)
Florence G 6mths bn Exeter
+ 2 servants

[lizdb]

Possible

Marriage
Jul/Aug/Sep 1856
Aylsham Norfolk 4b 114
Charlotte Case

only one groom transcribed

[cmillerhamilton]

yes, the 1861 Census is her:)  Charlotte and Thomas had three daughters, Florence Isabel 1860, Alice Gertrude Mary 1863, and Fanny Adeline 1864. 

I will follow up on the 1856 Charlotte Case - thx:)

[cmillerhamilton]

Just curious - opinions, please:)
I inquired at the Norfolk Studies Library and the best source they could provide was Norfolk Families by Walter Rye (no version given).  My research via Parish Registers, BMD and Census is a little different than Mr. Rye's.  Which sources would you regard more accurate?

[lizdb]

PR's BMD and census win every time.

Presumably 'Norfolk famlies' is a book written by this Walter Rye chap. What are the sources for what he has written? Peoples memories? Survivng documents? His own imagination?
Unless he can come up with survivng documents to support what he has said, then stick with what you have found from survivng documents.

But dont write off what he has to say without looking at it first. He may be a good historian.

[cmillerhamilton]

Whew...  I was only slightly worried all time spent on other sources was all for naught   Amazing how many "books" have been put out there with erroneous info!