John Nobes, Standlake, Oxfordshire 1775-1815

[andynobes]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find information on my great(x4) grandfather John Nobes (about 1775-5/3/1815). I've been playing with Ancestry.co.uk which is ok, but John is a dead end, unlike other family lines which go further back. Ancestry insists he was born in Standlake but without any evidence I can see to back this up. Frustratingly, 'John Nobes' seems to be a strangely popular name at that time, and I've found some records which suggest there was a John Nobes born in the same year in Fyfield and one in Steventon (some of his grandchildren ended up in Steventon), but I don't have enough information to make the connection to either of these people.  John married a Jane Nelson or Jane Beesley about 1797-1799 (or maybe both!).

I guess I should be looking for baptism records in Oxfordshire in the 1700s?

Any help appreciated.

Thanks
Andy

[garstonite]

Hiya Andy - and a warm welcome to Rootschat - there is also a John Nobes born Clanfield ,Oxfordshire in that period

do you know the year he died    could this be him ?  if so - there is a photograph of his headstone

Name   John Nobes
Death Date   10 Jun 1827
Event Type   Burial
Event Place   Standlake, West Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England
Cemetery   St. Giles' Churchyard
Photograph Included   Y

ask an Administrator to move your thread to OXFORDSHIRE - and you might be lucky enough to have a member close to St Giles Churchyard in Standlake ??...good luck mate ...

[garstonite]

see if anyone can enlarge the photo to see if Jane is on there ?  - if it is your John

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238721292/john-nobes

I can make out John and Harriet Nobes - I wonder if they are his parents ??

[garstonite]

OK - could this be his son born 1807 ?

Name   John Nobes
Sex   Male
Age   54
Residence Note   Pig Market
Birth Year (Estimated)   1807
Birthplace   Standlake, Oxfordshire
Marital Status   Widowed
Occupation   Gardener
Relationship to Head of Household   Head
Relationship Code   Head
Event Type   Census
Event Date   1861
Event Place   Abingdon, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original)   St Helen, Abingdon, Abingdon, Berkshire, England
Registration District   Abingdon
Household Identifier   999984
Line Number   5
Page Number   18
Piece/Folio   731 / 105
Registration Number   RG09
Other People on This Record

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John Nobes
M
22
Shippon, Berkshire

Charles Nobes
M
17
Shippon, Berkshire

Keziah Nobes
F
14
Shippon, Berkshire

[andynobes]

Hi there! Thank you! The John who I think is my relative died in 1815 (according to Ancestry.co.uk suggestion anyway), so that doesn't quite match, although it does seem strange to have two John Nobeses (at least one of whom had a son, John) in a small place like Standlake! and I will have to go back to the evidence that Ancestry has that this is the correct John Nobes.

Thank you for finding the record of his son John in Abingdon - I'm sure that is my great (x3) grandfather and Keziah Nobes is my great great grandmother. I didn't know he was a gardener though! 

[rosie99]

see if anyone can enlarge the photo to see if Jane is on there ?  - if it is your John

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238721292/john-nobes

I can make out John and Harriet Nobes - I wonder if they are his parents ??

It mentions Levi son of John & Harriet who died in 1855
Death registration -
Nobes,  Levi        Witney    3a   363

1841
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQRW-NXB

1851
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGVB-WDV