St Mary's Redcliffe - Fortune Randolph

[turnerjr]

Hi,

I was looking for details on Fortune Randolph who was meant to have been born around 1774 in Redcliffe, Bristol, I also believe she married Nathaniel Gifford at some point between 1774-1830 when she died.

I can find her burial and an obituary listing her father as William Randolph and her husband as Mr Gifford, but that is it.

I was hoping someone might be able to find a baptism or a marriage. I have had no luck online.

Does anyone know if all the baptisms/marriages for this area have been put online, or whether you would still need to visit the actual archive for some records?

Thanks for any help.
John

[solidrock]

FamilySearch has her Married to  Nathaniel Gifford   21 January 1795 Bristol St Mary Redcliffe, Gloucestershire.
Her birth 1774, father William, mother Elizabeth.

www.familysearch.org    LY72-Q7J

[turnerjr]

Hi,

Thanks so much for that.

Is that a batch number? I don't see any records when I use it.

Thanks
John

[solidrock]

Go to  search - records - family tree - find by ID - LY72-Q7J

[solidrock]

You will find mention of Fortune here....

The Family of William Randolph of Bristol, England, Second ... - Jstor
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245069

[turnerjr]

Thanks a lot for the help.

I wonder where they got the information though. I couldn't find an actual record of the marriage anywhere.

Maybe one day I'll visit the Bristol Archives. Unfortunately I'm on the other side of the world haha.

[Capetown]

If you just

Google:

Fortune Randolph and Nathaniel GUILFORD

There is a Geni.com tree which gives the parents of Fortune RANDOLPH as

Elizabeth (nee LITTLE)  Born 1735, England and death: 23 September 1811 aged 76

William RANDOLPH - born 1727 Bristol and death 27 June 1791 aged 64  ***

who was the Son of Col. Isham RANDOLPH and Jane LILBURNE RANDOLPH


This lists Fortune's siblings et etc


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**** The Will of William RANDOLPH, Merchant of Bristol 1791 - can be downloaded on Ancestry

England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury

It seems he wanted to be buried in the Church Yard of Saint Mary Radcliffe in the vault  - plain and private matter, to be buried just in the sheet he died on and as plain a coffin as can be made without any ornaments.

[turnerjr]

Thanks a lot for the response. All interesting information.

I was hoping to prove she married Nathaniel. I am a decendant of Nathaniel and his second wife Ann, who had a daughter called Clara "Fortune" Gifford.

[Girl Guide]

You probably already have this as you will be descended from her:-

Marriages Jun 1864   
Gifford    Clara Fortune        W. Ham    4a   27    
Turner    Thomas        W. Ham    4a   27