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George and Charlotte Holmes

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WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 20:29

Well, I don't why I've failed before but I've just found her living in Derbyshire as a school mistress !

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Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 20:22

That 1851 census isn't right. I suspect they didn't have any children.

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Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 20:21

I don't think that's the same family Lostmeboardname, good try though.

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Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 20:14

Buy a certificate I guess ?

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Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 20:05

Hmm, I wonder if they had children pre marriage or if he was married before ?

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Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 20:03

Well done both of you :-)

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Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

safc

safc Report 25 Apr 2018 20:01

1841 Census
4 Records found


Piece: HO107/867 Place: Thurgaton -Nottinghamshire Enumeration District: 25
Civil Parish: Southwell Ecclesiastical Parish: Southwell
Folio: 17 Page: 15
Address: Easthorpe

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
RAWSON Thomas M 48 Basket Maker Nottinghamshire
RAWSON Ann F 49 Nottinghamshire
HOLMES George M 25 Journeyman Basket Maker Nottinghamshire xxxxxxxxxxxx
HARRISON Joseph M 20 Journeyman Basket Maker Nottinghamshire


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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

safc

safc Report 25 Apr 2018 19:43


Nottinghamshire marriages index 1528-1929 Transcription

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First name(s) Charlotte
Last name Siggs
Sex Female
Age Full
Denomination Anglican
Residence Barton
Marital status spinster
Marriage year 1845
Marriage date 27 Jan 1845
Spouse's first name(s) George
Spouse's last name Holmes
Spouse's age Full
Spouse's residence St Margaret Leicester
Spouse's occupation Basket Maker
Spouse's marital status bachelor
Place Barton in Fabis
County Nottinghamshire
Country England
Father's name Charles Siggs
Father's occupation Farmer
Spouse's father's name Henry Holmes
Spouse's father's occupation Game Keeper
First witness Henry Holmes
Second witness Elizabeth Conon
Document type Bishop's Transcripts
Year range 1839-1871
Archive Nottinghamshire Archives
Record set Nottinghamshire Marriages Index 1528-1929
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from England, Great Britain

© Findmypast

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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 19:29

Good work ! Thanks very much !

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

lostmeboardname

lostmeboardname Report 25 Apr 2018 19:26


1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
38, Marts Yard, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

on her own. listed Widow.

Death.
First name(s) CHARLOTTE
Last name HOLMES
Gender Female
Birth year 1815
Age 90
Death quarter 4
Death year 1905
District Nottingham

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Feakes (Worcestershire) Kirby (Worcestershire)

lostmeboardname

lostmeboardname Report 25 Apr 2018 19:22

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
2, Mart Yard, Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire,
just George and Charlotte.
he was a gas lamplighter.

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Feakes (Worcestershire) Kirby (Worcestershire)

safc

safc Report 25 Apr 2018 19:19


1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Willoughby Place, Willoughby Street, Lenton, Radford, Nottinghamshire, England

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First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Holmes Head Married Male 43 1808 Lace Maker Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England
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Charlotte Holmes Wife Married Female 35 1816 Lace Maker Wife Normanton, Nottinghamshire, England
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Henry Holmes Son Unmarried Male 10 1841 Scholar Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England
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Mary Holmes Daughter - Female 8 1843 Scholar Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England
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Emma Holmes - - Female 7 1844 - Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England
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Eliza Holmes - - Female 6 1845 - Lenton, Nottinghamshire, England

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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

lostmeboardname

lostmeboardname Report 25 Apr 2018 19:18

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Willoughby Place, Willoughby Street, Lenton, Radford, Nottinghamshire
with husband George and four children.

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Feakes (Worcestershire) Kirby (Worcestershire)

WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 25 Apr 2018 19:11

Married in 1845 Basford, Nottingham, she was Charlotte Siggs born 1816, I can find no trace of them post marriage date. Found her on 1841 census but nothing thereafter, can anyone help ?

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.