This is a very old thread but everything in it is still relevant. I am stuck on the surname Calborough.
The informant on Lucy's birth certificate is Quote:' X the mark of Mary Pearce Occupier Sampford Peverell'. Birth was 27/8/1849 and reg. on 18/9/1849..3 weeks later.
The 1851 census reveals that Mary Pearce is unmarried 70yrs a pauper weaver living with two other elderly single pauper women, living in higher Town Samford Peverell.
All the B.Certs that I have show the informant as mother or father; and I thought that was the case, so how does Mary Pearce register the birth? Would she have to go to Tiverton or would the registrar travel to Sampford Peverell.
She could not read or write so the details would have to written down for her, and maybe the maiden name was not included, or not understood? I am suggesting that Calborough was a guess.
The parents marriage would have taken place before the eldest child, Julianna was born circa 1830. Because everyone was born in Sampford Peverell I would imagine the marriage occurred there.
Is it please possible for someone to check the parish records for the marriage of James Vickery, Blacksmith to Sarah , both were aged as 30 in 1841.(and 43/40 in 1851)
Thank you very much for any assistance.