Newport M--Marriage

[Kiki1958]

I have a marriage request look up for Newport M.

The name is John Dimond

Volume is 11a page 319

Date:  June 1873

I'm hoping to get information on the Groom as well as the bride

[shirl100]

Hi there

From freebmd there were 2 possible females so I checked the free 1881 census which shows John's wife was called Mary - so the bride was Mary Jane Hignall/Hignell. From that census they were living at 5 Globe Cottages, St Woollos, Newport

John Dimond head aged 30, general labour born Batune(?) Devon
Mary wife age 28 born Newport
Mary Eliz daughter age 5 born Newport
Charlie son age 0 born Newport
Steven Pritchard boarder age 38 general labourer, Hereford

Shirl

[CaroleW]

Hi

To lookup a marriage entry in the parish register - you have to know where the marriage took place (ie) which church

This is the area covered by the Newport Registration District
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/newport2.html

I am not familiar with the St Woollas area but somebody may know which church would be the likeliest

[CaroleW]

Do you know an Elizabeth Hignell as she has notified an 1851 census transcription error to the Hignell family

1851 for Millbrook Cottage St Woollas

Henry Hignell 25 labourer b Dursley Gloucestershire
Mary Ann   22 b Monmouth gold??
Mary Jane  6 mths b St Woollas
HO107 Piece 2452 Folio 242 Page14

1861 census for St Woollas

Mary Hignell 30 unmarried b Dursley Gloucs
Henry 39 brother married wharf labourer b Dursley
Mary 11 niece b Newport
Sarah 8 niece  ditto
RG9 Piece 4020 Folio 75 Page 1

Mary jnr was a servant in St Woollas in 1871

[Kiki1958]

I don't know Elizabeth Hignell, but I would really like to correspond with her.  Since I am living in Brooklyn, NY and Grandma never talked about her family, that's why I started this research. 

As to where John Dimond and Mary Jane Hignell were married, I have only one supposition.  In the 1881 census, her Aunt, Mary Hignell is listed as the Sexton of Holy Trinity Church--her brother Henry lived with her.  Any chance Holy Trinity Church was the Hignell family church?

[CaroleW]

I have sent an email to Elizabeth via the Ancestry website giving her the link to this post.  Hopefully - she may get in touch

[CaroleW]

In the 1881 census, her Aunt, Mary Hignell is listed as the Sexton of Holy Trinity Church--her brother Henry lived with her

Not on the 1881 census see reply above with 1881 details

[Kiki1958]

Carole, i'm fairly new at genealogy, but on ancestry.co.uk, I found the following in the 1881 Wales Census

Schedule 132, page 33

Civil Parish:  St. Woollos; Municipal Borough:  Newport; Municipal Ward:  Central Ward; Parlimentary Borough:  Newport; and Town:  Newport

Mary Hignell, spinster, Sexton of Holy Trinity Church
(also head of household)
Henry Hignell brother, 55, general laborer
Henrietta Hignell: 16, niece and scholar

[CaroleW]

Hi

I read it as though her aunt and her brother were living with her (Mary)  in 1881 hence my confusion - apologies.