I'm looking for the parents of my 2Xgreat-grandmother, Frances Turner. She married James Wilson on 9 Dec 1832, in York (St Mary Bishophill Jnr). James was born in Hovingham, North Yorkshire, and he lived and worked there all his short life (1807-1845). Frances was born in York, in about 1805, according to the 1851 Census, and although she lived in Hovingham after she got married, I assume her parents lived in York.
James worked as a butler at Hovingham Lodge, and later (probably after the death of the old lady of the Lodge) worked as an agricultural labourer and gardener. It seems probable to me that Frances worked in service at Hovingham Lodge when James was there.
James and Frances had four children that I know of, all born and baptised in Hovingham: Frances (b.1835); Margaret (b.1837); Ann (b.1839) and James - my great-grandfather (b.1843).
James Wilson Snr. died in 1845, and the 1851 Census shows his widow now living as an "Almswoman" with her four children in Hovingham. I think Frances Snr. died in 1859. The death of a woman of that name was registered in Malton (Oct-Nov-Dec 1859).
Returning to the question of who were the parents of Frances Turner, I have found a few possible candidates, but no evidence that any of them are right. I wonder if anyone here can find any real evidence as to who her parents were?
