William Tuckwood 1806 (Bap 16 November 1812)

[johnxyz]

Wendy

Similarity of signatures proves it is likely to be the same person, but does disimilarity prove it's not ?

John

[Annie65115]

Can someone with a clearer head than me do another brief summary? I think I've lost sight of what it is we're trying to find ------

(it doesn't help with at least 3 Williams - one who married in Lincs in 1779, one who married Elizabeth Granger and had a string of children in St Marys and one who was bapt 1812. Which one of these are we now trying to confirm? It would be helpful to state which William we're referring to when it's not immedatiely clear - maybe W1, W2 and W3!))

(and what about Iluleah's post on the first page? This suggests a different pathway altogether)

[iluleah]

We  do have in 1841 William Tuckwood of Greetham, aged 30. However wife given as Jane aged 20, children Elizabeth 4 and Mary Ann 11 months. Given the wife's name and age of eldest child I don't think this could be the 1829 marriage.

If for nothing else but to eliminate/clarify her age and name
From the real parish records in Exton:
William Tuckwood, married Sarah JANE Royce at St Peters and St Pauls Exton 15 Dec 1835 both didn't read/write and Sarah JANE Royce was baptised in the same church on 6 Feb 1818
She was known as Jane in 1841 census in Greetham Rutland U K and 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 census in Janesville Rock County, Wisconsin USA she died 20 Oct 1893 buried 23 Oct 1893 and in her orbit it calls her Mrs Jane Tuckwood

[maggie.mae]

Hello Annie,
William 1 - Married Amy Dring 13 July 1779 Welby Lincs
William 2 - Son of the above born 17 October  1779 Welby Lincs Possible marriage to Elizabeth Granger but can't prove the same William. Trying to find a Nottinghamshire born William but no luck.
William 3 - Son of William Tuckwood and Elizabeth Granger  bap 16th November 1812.

Maggie

[larkspur]

"Trying to find a Nottinghamshire born William but no luck."
So to Recap........

As previously mentioned, if your William declares he was born in Willoughby on all the census's, I cannot see the problem with this one.
Willoughby baptism
5-5-1805 William son of Joseph and Elizabeth Tuckwood.
With siblings
25-11-1804 Willm.
19-11-1806 Isaac
25-8-1811 Elizabeth

Marriage Willoughby
12-2-1827 William Tuckwood and Eliza Widdowson.
7 children baptised in Willoughby with parents William and Eliza, the father listed on all as a farmer.

Marriage Wysall (2.7.miles from Willoughby)
22-10-1804 Joseph Tuckwood and Elizabeth Bosworth

and burials also at Willoughby
9-1-1877 William Tuckwood aged 72 abode Burton on the Wolds
24-7-1888 Eliza Tuckwood aged 82 abode Burton on the Wolds

[johnxyz]

This is probably a silly question, and it is undoubtedly clutching at straws, but has anyone looked at the original PR for the burial of John in 1835? It is just about possible that a badly written Wm is read as John.

[Annie65115]

Marriage Wysall (2.7.miles from Willoughby)
22-10-1804 Joseph Tuckwood and Elizabeth Bosworth

I would be interested to know more about this Joseph.

He also had a son called Isaac bapt Wysall 1806. Isaac was a cordwainer too; and in the 1841 census, was living in East Leake, where another cordwainer called John Tuckwood also lived - I think John, from his age, was probably the one bapt 1814 in St Mary.

A cordwainer was a skilled trade and as we've seen, it was not uncommon for sons to follow fathers in this. And Tuckwood was not a common surname. It seems very coincidental to me that Isaac and John should share the same surname and carry out the same trade in the same village.

Isaac's father Joseph is listed as a property owner in East leake through the 1840s but I cannot find him on the 1841 census. (of course he may not have been living in E Leake himself). I would like to see if Joseph was a cordwainer, and if he was born in county (there are no suitable baptisms in Notts on the CDs). I just wonder if Joseph and William 2 were brothers.

[maggie.mae]

1834 Deardens Directory -
Tuckwood Wm - Beck Lane Notts
Tuckwood C.   - Beck lane Notts

Maggie

[johnxyz]

Annie

Re John Tuckwood of East Leake - he's in Loughborough in 1851 and gives his birthplace as Leake. 1841 has another John Tuckwood, Butcher in St Marys. See reply 36 for detail.

John