St Bridget Beckermet churchyard

[Tickettyboo]

I am researching my OHs 4x G Grandparents William WILSON and his wife Mary (nee CURWEN).
I've done ok with them and their children and it all seems to be adding up.

A tree on Ancestry has a photo of a headstone in St Bridget which marks their grave but the photo is not the best and is too blurred to make out properly It seems to have been photographed looking down at it and though I can make out Nursery House and a couple of names the rest is undecipherable.

If anyone is near enough, is visiting the churchyard and is able to take a photo I'd be very grateful.

I do have a MI barebones transcript from Whitehaven Archives but as the archivist pointed out that the transcriber noted names, relationships and dates and all other wording has been omitted.

Wilson
William, of Nursry Houses             Jan 8th 1871 - 73
Mary, w                               Feb 8th 1847 - 48
Isaac, s lost at sea                  Jul 13th 1845 - 19
Ann, d                                        Jul 19th 1851 - 29
William, s                            Jul 15th 1853 - 22
Thomas, s                             Feb 1st 1866 - 23
Ann, wife of William                  Jan 18th 1875 - 32

Note that last name, Ann, was his second wife who he married post civil registration and that record tells me William's father was Andrew, a farmer.

 Boo

[Ruskie]

I haven’t looked for contact details for St Bridgets, but you could contact the parish office, who may be willing to take some clearer photos for you.

I did this recently for a headstone in a Hertfordshire churchyard, and was kindly sent several photographs of the stone and transcriptions for related family.

Added:
Most churches seem to have their own websites these days, but a very quick look didn’t easily find one for St Bridgets, but there seems to be a contact form here:
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/12435/

[Tickettyboo]

Thanks Ruskie, I'll have a firkle and see what I can come up with.

Boo

[BushInn1746]

If anyone is near enough, is visiting the churchyard and is able to take a photo I'd be very grateful.

I do have a MI barebones transcript from Whitehaven Archives but as the archivist pointed out that the transcriber noted names, relationships and dates and all other wording has been omitted.

Wilson
William, of Nursry Houses             Jan 8th 1871 - 73
Mary, w                               Feb 8th 1847 - 48
Isaac, s lost at sea                  Jul 13th 1845 - 19
Ann, d                                        Jul 19th 1851 - 29
William, s                            Jul 15th 1853 - 22
Thomas, s                             Feb 1st 1866 - 23
Ann, wife of William                  Jan 18th 1875 - 32

Note that last name, Ann, was his second wife who he married post civil registration and that record tells me William's father was Andrew, a farmer.

 Boo

Hello Boo

A "firkle"  has found this ...

Published, Carlisle Journal 22 Nov 1845

"At Sea, on the 13th of July, on board the Nile, of Whitehaven, on her passage from Liverpool to Valparaiso, Isaac Wilson, apprentice, son of Mr. John Wilson, Nursery House, near Calderbridge."

An informative Death notice!
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Carlisle Journal, 16th June 1848
"At Calderbridge, on Sunday, the 4th instant, by the Rev. Sharpe Mossop, Mr. Joseph Bingham, butcher, second son of Mr. Henry Bingham, Calderbridge, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. William Wilson, Nursery House, near Calderbridge, wood-monger."

I hope someone can get you a clear photo of the headstone.

Mark

[BushInn1746]

Whitehaven News, 11th April 1861

Wilson William, Nursery House

In a list of Subscribers paying 7s 6d toward the Egremont Fire Engine.

Mark

[BushInn1746]

Cumberland Pacquet, 16th February 1847

"On Monday last, at Nursery House, near Calderbridge, very suddenly, Mrs Wilson, wife of Mr. William Wilson, wood-monger, aged 48 years; much respected."

Mark

[Tickettyboo]

that was kind of you Mark and appreciated. I'm sorry but I have all those- I've got wills, newspaper snippets, census returns, details of all the children, their spouses and offspring.
I still have to suss out which are the most important to start ordering the images from the Whitehaven archives - no full transcripts online e.g. FreeReg but I have index entries from FS to work from.

The firkling left for me  to do is to find someone (maybe at the parish, maybe in here) who is willing to get me a clear photo face-on of this headstone.
I wish I could do it myself, but distance and current family stuff means I am not able to.

Boo

[BushInn1746]

Carlisle Journal, 22nd July 1853

At Nursery Houses, near Calder Bridge, on Friday last, after a long illness, William Wilson, eldest son of William Wilson, woodmonger, aged 22 years.

Added:
I did wonder, if you might have been through the papers 

I hope you are able to get someone to take a clear photo of the Headstone Memorial.

Mark

[Tickettyboo]

Been through the papers? I spent days firkling through them!
I'm always wary of the OCR, so I do a first go through using a search term and pick off the obvious ones. Then, having sussed out the most likely newspaper I go through each edition in the time frame using the details I can find for a 'possible' entry in FS.

Its time consuming, hard on the eyes but I want this stuff and I can sit on a comfy chair with a cuppa to do it - and it often turns up entries the search terms don't :-)

Boo