Lacock Marriage 1787 - BUTCHER and GINGELL

[DRH123]

Please can anyone confirm this marriage, which I only have from a member submission to the IGI?

Thomas BUTCHER and Elizabeth GINGELL  at Lacock, 27 Dec 1787.

There are at least three candidates for Elizabeth, born in the area at a suitable time, so any further details, especially the witnesses, could be useful.

Thank you for looking

David

[gingealogy]

Hello David,

I have this couple on my Gingell family tree. The information was provided by Brian Butcher, the GtGtGtGrandson of Thomas Butcher and Eliza Gingell. It reads :

Thomas Butcher married Eliza Gingell at St Cyriac's, Lacock, Wiltshire, England on 27th December 1787. Married by licence. Both stated as Local. Bondsman Samuel Barnes a Lacock shopkeeper. Witnesses Emanuel Barnes and Henry Tayler. They had nine daughters and four sons. They lived at nearby Bowden Hill.

This information comes from my website at :

http://www.gingell.com/familytree/?indi=07795

(You can contact Brian using the link above)

Kind regards

Craig
http://www.gingell.com

[DRH123]

Wow, what a lot of Gingells!

Thank you for the info, Craig, and thank you for your wonderful Gingell site.

The couple from Lacock are ancestors of a friend of mine. Remarkably, I've found her husband has Gingell ancestors as well. He is descended from a George Gingell of Hullavington, born in Stanton St. Quintin to John and Susannah in 1784. I've found three possibilities for the Eliza(beth) who married Thomas Butcher, two from Christian Malford and one the daughter of the same John and Susannah! So possibly my friends are related to each other apart from being married - fifth cousins if I've counted right.  You have George and some of his children on your site but not his parents. I'll send you the details when I've got them sorted out.

One last question - which I'm sure you've met many times - how do you pronounce Gingell?

David

[gingealogy]

Hello David,

I just updated the tree for Eliza and Thomas to include their children -

http://www.gingell.com/familytree/?tree=07795

If there is any further information you would like to add, please let me know. You can write to me direct at the page below -

http://www.gingell.com/familytree/?email=00001

Pronunciation is always a contentious topic. I've met several members or my not so immediate Gingell family and there have been several variations -

1. Guin (as in Guiness) jell (as in hair gel)
2. Guin (as in Guiness) jewel (as in jewellery)
3. Guin (as in Guiness) goul (as in goulash)
4. Gin (as in Gin and Tonic) jell (as in hair gel)
5. Gin (as in Gin and Tonic) jewel (as in jewellery)
6. Gin (as in Gin and Tonic) goul (as in goulash)

Personally, I favour the way my grandmother used to say it, Guin (as in Guiness) jell (as in hair gel).

Kind regards

Craig
http://www.gingell.com