Help please with the "Raggatt" Family

[Christine53]

Please may I ask a question:
How do I find the Volume and Page Number for the GRO on a Marriage in 1778 and 1809?
Daniel Raggatt married Hannah Farmer 19 Oct 1809 at Westerleigh, Gloucestershire
William Raggatt married Susanna Gardner 22 Jun 1778 at Old Sodbury, Gloucestershire
Free bmd does not start until Sept. 1837

you will not find Volume and Page numbers for pre 1837 events.  You will need to search for parish records , many of which are on line , or visit the appropriate Archives Office if that is an option for you.( Ancestry has good coverage of Gloucestershire records .)

[Capetown]

There is a website


Welcome to the Raggatt website

etc etc


can't seem to do the link.


Ancestry:

Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills

Will of Jacob Raggatt, Blacksmith of Old Sodbury, 14 May 1808

[Capetown]

From the Forest of Dean, Marriage Licences/Allegations etc


22 Jun 1778

William RAGGET, occupation: Horse Driver, residence: Old Sudbury

Susannah GARDNER, residence, St Michaels in the City of Bath


Marriage by Bond.

He marks

Witness 1, The mark of Stephen Rodgers of labourer of Old Sodbury

The groom and Stephen Rogers are bound in the sum of £500.  To marry at Old Sodbury.

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The second transcript if the Licence - the record has been transcribed as RAGGER - but Licences, gives more info.

22 June 1778

William RAGGER, aged 20, Horse Driver, Old Sodbury

Susannah GARDNER, over 21 - residence: St Matthews City of Bath

Marriage by Licence
Event type: Marriage Allegations

To marry at Old Sodbury

Transcriber's notes:

Licence issued by R COATES, any abbreviated forename has been extended to the full name.




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Assume, as William was a Horse Driver, he travelled around quite a bit.

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There are others listed in the Forest of Dean Records and include

2 Mar 1727
William RAGGETT - residence: Sodbury vet

Elizabeth HARRETT - residence: Hawkesbury

By Licence

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Ancestry, has

Gloucestershire, England, Land Tax Records 1713-1833 and results for RAGGATT including quite a number of RAGGATT/RAGGETT/RAGGOTT/RACOTT/ROGGOTT from Old Sodbury (Hundred of Grumfold Ash) and Wm RAGGOTT - Old Somerby etc. etc

This is another source of information.

[Finscar08]

Hi everyone
I would like to thank you all for your information
I have been busy looking up Parish Registers on Ancestry.
thank you once again
Meg

[Tewkesburyboy]

Dear Meg,
I am Peter Raggatt of raggatt2@onetel.net and I live in UK in St Neots which is 20 miles west of Cambridge. raggatt.org.uk is my site but I don't update it much - it's an aid to making contact more than anything. My family came from Chipping Sodbury area.
I sent a reply to you in Aug 2019 but to be honest I'd forgotten it! Then this evening I came across your query again and I wondered how you are getting on and I also wondered if you had been affected by the terrible fires in NSW etc. 
My family in UK has several connections with Raggatts/Raggetts in Australia. Notably there was Thomas Raggatt b 1826 who married Annie Sophia Stevens in 1848 and emigrated to the Strathalbyn area and has many descendents in Oz. This Thomas was a brother of my gt gt grandfather James Raggatt, both were sons of Daniel. Later Fred Raggatt, brother of my gt granadfather Rufus, emigrated and ended up in Alice Springs. Another brother Francis (Frank) emigrated to Wilmington, S Australia. All have descendents. There is also Sir Harold Raggatt b 1809 who was almost certainly of a connected family. His grandfather Edward Claude emigrated to NSW in1870  I think. What confuses things is that in England, Raggatt, Raggett, Raggot and even Rackett were written down in public records and often there was minimum other data. If I can help please ask me.

[Finscar08]

Hi Peter
Sorry for the delay sending you an e-mail
Meg