BOORMAN Ardeley /Walkern/Cromer

[Maggott]

I am trying to trace members of the Boorman family. 've got info about  them from the mid 19th century, but I've not had much success with the earlier people

 I know that William Alfred Boorman was a blacksmith & miller  & he was born about 1820. However the suggestion (from Ancestry) that he was baptised in Lewisham seems  a bit dodgy as the family were strict Baptists & WAB was buried in grounds of the Baptist chapel  in Walkern & the minister was one of his executors.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions-
Maggott
 

[CaroleW]

What birthplace is given on censuses for him?  Ancestry hints are just that - hints - not facts.  You need to carry out your own research

There are 4 William Boorman's on the 1851 in that birthyear range - which one is yours?

[softly softly]

Could he possibly be the William BARMAN baptised 10th March 1822 in Hatfield, the son of William & Elizabeth.

John

[softly softly]

There are 5 non-conformist baptisms between 1811-19 in Bishops Stortford with parents William and Mary BEARMAN, no William though.

John

[jonw65]

He is living in Ardeley in 1871 and born there.
Wife Emily is head in 1861, William absent.

In 1841  Ardeley is Yardley.
Alfred Boman 20 (Journeyman??) Smith, Born County
With
James Long 50 Smith
Maryannn Long 40
and a 12 year old, all born county

Bornan here
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQYZ-9NP

[jonw65]

baptised in Lewisham

2 Sep 1821
Parents William and Mary Boorman
Abode Village
Father Gardener

Marriage, 13 Sep 1820, St George the Martyr, Southwark
William Boorman + Mary Long

I looked up that marriage many years ago, out of interest, as I have Boormans from Southwark!
But is there any connection between Mary Long and James Long in Ardeley?
Or is it all a red herring?

[softly softly]

have you the marriage cert for William Boorman in 1851, it should name his father and occupation.


Marriages Dec 1851   
Boorman    William Alfred        Hertford    6   929   
ENSOM    Emily                Hertford    6    929

John

[jonw65]

In the 1851 census, Ardeley
James Long Head Married 60 Blacksmith employing one man, born Herts Baldock
Wife Maryann is 52, born Herts Gravely.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGR4-848

Possible baptism?
11 Oct 1789, Baldock
James Long
parents William and Sarah

Then, 14 Aug 1791
Mary Long
parents William and Sarah

Is that going to lead anywhere?

[jonw65]

have you the marriage cert for William Boorman in 1851, it should name his father and occupation

John, there is a tree on ancestry that says it was at the "Registery" Office, Hertford, 15 November 1851.
Does not have a copy of it on there. Says his father is also William Alfred Boorman.

The only census they have for William Alfred the blacksmith is 1871 in Ardeley.