Ward Northamptonshire Pre 1837 Advice

[seahall]

Hi All.

There is a baptism for an Ann Woodford on the 28 05 1798 at Kilsby which is very close to Ravensthorpe, parents John and Elizabeth. Might be worth looking at. Sandy

[seahall]

Charles Buswell (of Clipston) and Mary Ward married by license in 1822 noted on Anc* Ravensthorpe
Parish Registers 1813-1838 on page 16. Sandy

[seahall]

There does not seem to be a burial for Joseph or Ann in Kingsthorpe C of E or in the Local Cemetery in Northampton. Northampton Registration District covers all these areas.  https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/northampton.html

There are 2 trees on Anc* and both have Joseph marrying Ann Smith at Boughton which is close to Brixworth.

Therefore I think it will be hard to prove who is the correct Ann at marriage of Joseph born in 1793 i.m.o.

Sandy 

[ColC]

When Joseph Ward married Ann Smith in Broughton 1831, no marital status recorded, Joseph signed but it does not match earlier marriages to Ann.
The tree on Ancestry for Ann Smith has Susanna as their only daughter but there is this baptism below.

Emma Ward    baptism   13 Apr 1827   Boughton   Joseph Ward and Ann Ward

Joseph is a Butcher, Susanna’s father was a Carpenter. Then just to confuse the issue further we have this.

Amy Warde Baptism 6 Nov 1831 Boughton, Northamptonshire, Mother Ann Warde,  Joseph Warde, Baker

As far as I can see these are the only three baptisms for a Joseph and Ann in the County 1825 +/- 10 years, on Ancetry

Colin

[ColC]

His marriage to Ann Gibbs in Rugby 1849 names his father as Joseph Carpenter

Joseph Ward Age in 1911: 87 (1824) 28 Cowper St Northampton
Birth Place: Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
Widowed, Late Bricklayer

In 1901 there a number of Ward’s in Cowper St Northampton, including Joseph and his wife Ann,
All the males were Bricklayers.

This is the family in 1861 Northampton St Andrew
Joseph Ward   38   Head   
Ann Ward   30   Wife   Rugby, Warwickshire.
James Ward   12   Son   
Ann Ward   9   Daughter   
Emma Ward   5   Daughter   
Rose Ellen Ward   2   Daughter   
Jose Ward   1   Son   

Colin

[djw]

Thanks for your input as well Sandy.

Yes, I had the Kilsby Ann as the most likely one but couldn’t understand why in all the census she gave her place of birth as Overstone.

I haven’t seen these trees on Ancestry, I’ll try and work out how they came to the conclusion that it was Ann Smith in Boughton. Maybe I’m missing something, as I say I’ve got very little experience with PR’s and it feels like a minefield at the moment!

Joseph died on 23/7/1866 in Kingsthorpe (possibly 202 High Street, Kingsthorpe, which was his address in the 1861 census).

Ann died on 2/4/1876 also in Kingsthorpe (in the 1871 census she is living with her daughter in Welford Road).

I haven’t tried to locate their graves yet but I would like to. I haven’t any experience of locating graves in Northampton - I don’t even know where all the cemeteries are yet. Do you have any advice on where they might have been buried if they weren’t buried in Kingsthorpe?

My experience of locating graves has all been in east northants and I know it’s not easy especially with unmarked graves. Are there any online records for Northampton? Are the  original records held centrally or are they in different places?

Thanks again to everyone for the advice

[seahall]

Hi djw.

As ColC mentions above the son Joseph (1823)  and Ann was at 28, Cowper Street in 1901.
There is burial below for Ann, sadly no remaining headstone.

Billing Road Cemetery
Ann Ward aged 76 years of 28, Cowper Street, died 6th August 1907 and was buried on 9th August in Sec 40-3-2 grave A2 1880.

Most of this area was bombed in WW2.

Sandy

[seahall]

That then lead me to Joseph's death in the same grave in the same Cemetery.

Billing Road Cemetery
Joseph Ward aged 89 years of 28, Cowper Street, died 14th November 1912 and was buried on 19th November in Sec 40-3-2 grave A2 1880.

Sandy

[djw]

Thanks Sandy - that’s great to know where they are buried. Can I access these records or is it a private source? Have you experience of locating graves with the local cemetery office?