Tracing a family member

[andme]

Hi there Im trying to verify if I have the right family for this person but it is proving hard so any help would be much appreciated. I have traced a Leonard Gibson born 1822 Nacton Suffolk he married a Hannah List in 1847 in Suffolk but im trying to trace Leonards mum & dad . I have looked in the 1841 census but I seem not not be ablr to find Leonard anywhere. I have one family that I found being a dad called John & mum called Charlotte the only reason I think this might be Leonards mum & dad as they have a daughter called Bathsheba b1836. And Leonard called his daughter this laterin 1853 , as normily people carry on names in families and it is a very unusaul name. Any help would be great thanks 

[nanny jan]

Do you have a copy of Leonard's marriage certificate?  That should show the name and occupation of his father.

Have you looked for Leonard's baptism?

[philipsearching]

Greetings.

I found what seems to be Leonard's marriage on FreeBMD https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Dec qtr 1847, Bosmere, vol 12 p613 (on same page Lucy FARROW and Hannah LIST)

Unless you can find a church register online, the best way forward may be to order the marriage certificate from the General Register Office https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ - the certificate should give the father's name and occupation which would narrow down the search.

The name Bathsheba is a good clue that there is a link, but your Leonard could have named his daughter after an aunt, parent or grandparent.

Hope this helps
Philip

[Galium]

Lennard  s/o John Gibson of Nacton, shepherd and Mary Ann his wife born November 7th 1823 baptised March 28th 1824 at Tackett Street Independent, Ipswich.

This couple also baptised a daughter named Susan (born September 8th 1828) at the same place on June 14th 1829.

[Galium]

John Gibson the father of Bathsheba is also a shepherd, but in 1851 he is aged 41 - which would make him a little young to be having a child baptised in 1824.

[jim1]

The above John married Charlotte Finney 1833 Nacton so possibly related.
First sighting of mother in 1861 aged 70:
RG 9; Piece: 1166; Folio: 29; Page: 5

[Galium]

Other children of John and Mary Ann baptised at Tackett Street Independent:
James born 28 March 1817 baptised March 10 1822
William born 10 July 1819 baptised 10 March 1822
Sophia born 28 November 1821 baptised March 10 1822
George born 7 January 1826 baptised 29 July 1827


Sophia (Sophy) aged 20 and Mary Ann aged 53 appear in 1841 as servants of Charles Cattermole, baker, in St Clement, Ipswich.

[Galium]

John Gibson husband of Charlotte gives his birthplace as Thetford, Norfolk.

At All Saints, Winterton, Norfolk,  John  s/o John and Mary Ann (late Stubbs) Gibson, born 10 April 1809, was baptised 21 April 1809.

Winterton is some distance from Thetford, but the wedding of John Gibson, of East Somerton [near Winterton] to Mary Ann Stubbs took place at St Cuthbert, Thetford on 31 December 1807.

Mary Ann Gibson gives her birthplace as Thetford in the 1861 census.

[Galium]

Baptised at Nacton
Henry s/o John and Mary Ann (late Stubs) Gibson 4 February 1814
Mary Ann d/o John and Mary Ann (late Stubs) Gibson 16 June 1815