Woodham, Savill and Trustrum, Gamlingay

[Margaret Hodder]

I am doing some research for my mother-in-law who is 94.

Her grandmother's name was Mary Trustrum WOODHAM. She believes there is a connection to Gamlingay via the Woodhams and Savills, as Savill is a family name, and she was shown a photo of a house and told that was where they lived in Gamlingay 

Mary Woodham married a man named Hastings and was widowed young. The Hastings came from or moved to Spalding. We are assuming that Mary was born somewhere around 1870, as she died in the 1930s, and her son, Raymind William Hastings, was born in the 1890s.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Thanks,

Margaret H

[avm228]

Hi Margaret

To start with, it would be wise to get your "known" information as specific as possible so as to provide a secure base for your further research.

So here are the index details for Raymond's birth registration from GRO Online:

Raymond William Hastings, mother's maiden name Woodham, Dec qtr 1888 Gainsborough vol 7a p713.

[CaroleW]

Mary Trustrum Woodham married John Henry Hastings Dec qtr 1885 Gainsborough 7a 1316

[CaroleW]

Mary Trustrum Woodham birth Dec qtr 1858 Peterborough 3b 221

[avm228]

Mary Trustrum Woodham was born in Peakirk (Peterborough district) registered Dec qtr 1858.

Parents: William Woodham and Caroline Savill, who married in 1844 in Caxton district. Both were born in Gamlingay, according to the 1851 census when they were both aged 29 and settled with 4 children in Cock St, Gamlingay.

[CaroleW]

Mary's mothers maiden name was Savill and there is an interesting marriage entry in March qtr 1844
Caxton 14 41.  All names on the same page

Caroline Savill
Eliza Savill
William Trustrum
William Woodham

[avm228]

Mary's mothers maiden name was Savill and there is an interesting marriage entry in March qtr 1844
Caxton 14 41.  All names on the same page

Caroline Savill
Eliza Savill
William Trustrum
William Woodham

Yes, an online tree says that Caroline Savill was a daughter of Joseph Savill and Mary Trustrum - there may have been a double wedding of related couples. Not necessarily a double wedding though - may just have been close in time.

[chempat]

Think Mary died in 1944, age 86 in Spalding.
she is recorded as Mary F Hastings.

from Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
Mary Trustrum Hastings
Burial or Cremation Date:  15th December 1944

Added: Probate in 1945 to Raymond, and think they are together in 1939.

[Margaret Hodder]

Thank you all for this. My Mother-in-law will be delighted to learn all this, as she only had the sketchiest of details. What I need to do now, is to find out more about John Henry Hastings. He died when his son Raymond was six according to my mother-in-law, Mary Savill Hastings Hodder. We think he had something to do with the railways.

Margaret H