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I have traced my ancestors on my maternal grandfather's side up until John Mounser born c 1803. He was married to Amelia and was father to Arthur, John , Thomas and Eliza and died in 1848 in Howden, Yorkshire. I cannot find any information about his birth or marriage and would like to find out who his parents were. I know that there were several different spellings of the surname and it probably derived originally from 'Monsieur'. Can anyone help?

Ruth

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Could be be his marriage ?


JOHN MOUNSOR--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marriages:
Spouse: AMELIA WILLIAMSON
Marriage: 13 OCT 1818 Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

hello Ruth - welcome to the boards

Arthur Mounsor
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

residence: York, England
parents: John Mounsor, Amelia

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Arthur Mounsor
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 24 Feb 1824
baptism/christening place: WESLEYAN,NEWPORT BY HOWDEN,YORK,ENGLAND
father's name: John Mounsor
mother's name: Amelia
indexing project (batch) number: C08808-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 828148

THOMAS MOUNSOR
Event(s):
Birth: 28 OCT 1831

Christening: 21 NOV 1831 Wesleyan, Newport By Howden, Yorkshire, England

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Parents:
Father: JOHN MOUNSOR
Mother: AMELIA

1841 for reference - could that be his mother with them?

MOUNSER, John M 40 1801 Yorkshire < Joiner
MOUNSER, Amelia F 40 1801 Yorkshire
MOUNSER, Aurther M 15 1826 Yorkshire < Sailor
MOUNSER, John M 10 1831 Yorkshire
MOUNSER, Thomas M 10 1831 Yorkshire
MOUNSER, Elizabeth F 60 1781 Yorkshire ?? Mother
MOUNSER, Thomas M 30 1811 Yorkshire

Registration District: Howden
Sub District: Newport
Civil Parish: Eastrington

Address: Brittain Square, Eastrington, Newport County: Yorkshire

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Name: Eliza Mounsor
Gender: Female
Baptism/Christening Date: 17 Jun 1834
Baptism/Christening Place: WESLEYAN,NEWPORT BY HOWDEN,YORK,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1834

Father's Name: John Mounsor
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Mother's Name: Amelia

A son that died


James Mounsor
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 17 Jun 1834
Baptism/Christening Place: WESLEYAN,NEWPORT BY HOWDEN,YORK,ENGLAND
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1834
Birthplace:
Death Date: 10 Jan 1836
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Father's Name: John Mounsor
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Mother's Name: Amelia

John Mouncer
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 18 Dec 1828
residence: 1828 —York, England
parents: John Mouncer, Emelia

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: John Mouncer
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 18 Jan 1829
baptism/christening place: WESLEYAN,NEWPORT BY HOWDEN,YORK,ENGLAND
birth date: 18 Dec 1828
father's name: John Mouncer
mother's name: Emelia
indexing project (batch) number: C08808-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 828148

John Mounsor
England Marriages, 1538–1973

marriage: 13 Oct 1818 —Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, York, England
spouse: Amelia Williamson

record title: England Marriages, 1538–1973
groom's name: John Mounsor
bride's name: Amelia Williamson
marriage date: 13 Oct 1818
marriage place: Holy Trinity,Kingston Upon Hull,York,England
indexing project (batch) number: M10748-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 990832

George Mounser
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

residence: York, England
parents: John Mounser, Amelia

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: George Mounser
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 15 Feb 1820
baptism/christening place: EASTRINGTON,YORK,ENGLAND
father's name: John Mounser
mother's name: Amelia
indexing project (batch) number: C10921-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number:

James Mounsor
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 26 Apr 1834
death: 10 Jan 1836
residence: 1834 —York, England
parents: John Mounsor, Amelia

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: James Mounsor
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 17 Jun 1834
baptism/christening place: WESLEYAN,NEWPORT BY HOWDEN,YORK,ENGLAND
birth date: 26 Apr 1834
death date: 10 Jan 1836
father's name: John Mounsor
mother's name: Amelia
indexing project (batch) number: C08808-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 828148

Thomas Mounsor
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 28 Oct 1831
residence: 1831 —York, England
parents: John Mounsor, Amelia

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Thomas Mounsor
gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 21 Nov 1831
baptism/christening place: WESLEYAN,NEWPORT BY HOWDEN,YORK,ENGLAND
birth date: 28 Oct 1831
father's name: John Mounsor
mother's name: Amelia
indexing project (batch) number: C08808-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 828148

Eliza Mounsor
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

birth: 26 Apr 1834
residence: 1834 —York, England
parents: John Mounsor, Amelia

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Eliza Mounsor
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 17 Jun 1834
baptism/christening place: WESLEYAN,NEWPORT BY HOWDEN,YORK,ENGLAND
birth date: 26 Apr 1834
father's name: John Mounsor
mother's name: Amelia
indexing project (batch) number: C08808-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 828148

Ruth - seems these folks have sorted you out pretty well! If there's anything else you need, I may be able to help as I live in Hull and spend some time researching in the LDS family history centre - they MAY have relevant registers on film. Please let me know if there's anything specific you think I might be able to help you with.
Best wishes

Kim

Marie celeste
Thanks for your information. Yes my guess is that Elizabeth is his mother but can't find her anywhere else.

Ruth

Hi Kim - all the info I posted is off the LDS site :-)

Last name: Mouncher
This rare surname has two possible origins, both French. It may be locational and derive from the pre 10th Century "moncel" meaning a hillock, and found in the placenames Monchaux (Seine-Inferieure) and Monceaux (Calvados), or it may be an Anglicization of the title or form of address "Monsieur", used as a late medieval nickname for a Frenchman. The latter form is also found in the surnames Monsur, Muncher, Mounser, Mancher and Menser, and the dating of the early recordings is the Huguenot period, from approximately 1540 to 1760. The earliest recording in any spelling form is probably that of Agnes Mounser, who married one William Corkar at St. Stephen's Church, Coleman Street, London, on June 19th 1558. The name is also recorded as Mounseire (1684); Monsieur (1688), and Mouncher (1712), see below, whilst Mancher is found later, in 1770. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Anne Mouncher, which was dated February 24th 1712, marriage to Thomas Yard, at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, during the reign of Queen Anne, known as "The Last Stuart Monarch", 1702 - 1714. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Mouncher#ixzz1XjiuCNAU

I've just had a look on Ancestry to see if I could find when your John and Amelia died and note that someone has a public member tree which states that John's parents were John senior and Rebecca Stringer. Unfortunately, there is nothing to say where this information came from and there are a LOT of errors on the Ancestry trees but you might like to bear these folks in mind.

The Mormons have a lot of stuff which has not found its way onto their website, so if they have the films in stock, I hope to be able to find some odds and ends for you when I go.
Best wishes

Kim

Ruth,
If you go to the website www.archive.org and tap Howden registers into the search box, you will find digitised transcripts of the parish registers to about 1770. There's quite a few Mounseys/Mounsers etc.

I'll try and get you back to the time at which the transcripts end.

Best wishes

Kim

Thanks Kim

I'll have a look.