I have been researching this branch of my family for more than 4 years now, without success. At first, I didn't think my Christopher Bousfield was from Westmorand and tried to find him in London, but I had no success at all. I have paid subscriptions to several genealogy websites and have analyzed every Bousfield family in London and still could not find him, so now I would like to explore Westmorland in depth. I already searched for him on a few of the websites, but due to the lack of complete information on the websites and several Christopher Bousfields, could not located him. Thank you for any help or tip you might be able to give it to me. Here is what I know:
The only record I have is a marriage bann, between Christopher Bousfield and Eleanor Curtis published at St. Brides Church on Fleet Street, London, in 1825. There are no records of a Christopher Bousfield being in London before that, what leads me to believe he was born someplace else, most probably in Westmorland.
Christopher and Ellenor migrated to South America sometime between 1825 and 1830. Their first daughter was born in Uruguay in 1830, and their son, Christopher Bousfield Junior, in Brazil a few years later. So it can't be a Christopher Bousfield that has records in England after 1830.
Christopher was a successful businessman, he was the founder of a wood-mill in Brazil and had several other business, what leads me to believe he was somewhat educated. He had American investors as his partners on the wood-mill.
The Bousfield family today has many members and continues to live in Brazil, mostly, with a few exceptions, like me (I moved to the U.S. 20 years ago and now I am on a work assignment in Dubai for a few years).
Thank you, this group is my last hope.
Silvia Pierson
