Jemima Aver

[coelmar]

Hello, on a glorious (?) wet day
   I am trying to trace the story of Jemima Rickard, nee Aver.      She lived at Towcester, Northants from about 1845 until her death in 1877.     
   I think she was baptised at Kenwyn in 1820, and the 1841 census gives her as a single person in Probus workhouse.      Ancestry gives her discharge from Bodmin Prison as 1844 regn no. 9845: and 1845 regn no. 10198.
    She had a son James at Towcester Workhuse in 1850, giving her as Jemima Rickard nee Aver.
    The 1851 census gives her as born Truro, married, head of household with one child, living at Towcester.       
    Her Settlement Examination at Towcester 1854 says she married James Rickard "years ago", but he left her on 13 March 1850, she has no contact with him or her parents.and she has no contact with her mother and father.

     I would like to know why she was in Bodmin Prison, was she there once or twice (or more?), and why she had rejected her parents.

      Can anyone offer any help to brighten up a pretty nasty day here in East Anglia?
Coelmar

[Milliepede]

Maybe her parents rejected her if she was a naughty girl. 

[CaroleW]

She was single in 1844 on discharge from prison but there is no marriage for her after that date

[Milliepede]

Did she have more children after James in 1850? 

In 1861 there is a daughter 3 and a son 1 month which is pretty good going considering her age is down as 57!

Can't find birth registrations for them however 

[trish1120]

There is a possible Father for James,
James RICHARDS born c 1826-28 Towcester. He married 1848 to Louisa Evans ADAMS.


1861 Jemima has 2 more children;

RICKARDS, -    no mmn   - 
GRO Reference: 1861  M Quarter in TOWCESTER  Volume 03B  Page 24

[Milliepede]

Well done for finding the birth registration.  He seems to change his name from the 1861 and is thereafter Samson and he names James as his father when he marries. 

Samson also has a spell in prison.

[Brentor boy]

Check out Cornwall OPC. "Person Search". Gives details of Jemima Aver in Bodmin Bridewell  1844 and 1845. (Sorry, I do not know how to give you the link)

[Milliepede]

Just looking at a family tree for her and it gives the marriage 29 Apr 1834 Stoke Dameral Church Plymouth.

There is a copy of a printed statement she made whilst in the workhouse with details which you may be quoting from in your original post. 

Says she doesn't know where she was born or where her parents belonged or their names   

[Milliepede]

Sorry this isn't answering your questions about Jemima but she mentions in the statement James was last heard of in Halifax and the tree says born Plymouth which leads to this 1851 census in Halifax.

James Rickard 35 born Plymouth carpet weaver
Ann Rickard 25 born Banbury

That couple have a daughter Mary Ann baptised Halifax 29 Jun 1851.