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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Norfolk => Topic started by: Keith Sherwood on Wednesday 04 January 06 16:38 GMT (UK)
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Hi, Everyone,
My New Year's resolution is to try and discover the origins of my 4-times-great-grandfather Francis DUFFIELD, who married Susanna BALES on 02-05-1778 at Great Melton. He is given in the register as being "of the parish of Barford", which is nearby Little Melton on the modern road map. The happily married couple moved to Taverham, to the north, to raise a family, and there is a burial entry there for a Francis DUFFIELD, aged 82 on 26-06-1836, which would give him a birthdate of c.1754.
The only other Francis DUFFIELD on the IGI I can find is an individual born in Tuddenham Suffolk in 1743, but I feel that it is not the same man.
If anyone comes across a baptism for Francis Duffield in one of the villages in the area I mentioned, I would very much like to hear about it!
Very best wishes,
Keith
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Hi Keith - there were bothe BALE(S) and DUFFIELD's in Tibenham in the 1700's-1800's - let me know if you want their parish register entries.. will need your e-mail address to send them to you in spreadsheet format
Peter
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Peter,
This could be my lucky day! Yes, I would very much like to see those BALES and DUFFIELD entries in Tibenham, and will PM you with my e-mail address...
Keith
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Hi this is George Chapple. I just sent you a message but I am not sure if it got there. I think Francis Duffield is also my g g g grandfather but I am not sure. My gg grandmother Susanna Duffield married a Samuel Miles in Norwich and in the census it said she was born in Taverham. I have came across some of the Duffield being born there with similar names especially Emma which my Susannah also name a child of hers. That name has went down the line and I have now a 4 year old by that name. I wondered in if you have come across Susannah at all. I cant find her getting baptised. She would have been born somewhere around 1797 to 1800. I look forward to hear from you. Cheers George Chapple
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My 4th great grandmother, Emma Duffield was received into Taverham church on 25 Dec 1807, but that's the only link I have found to Taverham so far.
My mum was born in Taverham, and I now only like 10 minutes from the church, and the other day I noticed a headstone of a Robert Duffield laying down by the wall of the church. If this is anyones relation please let me know as I'm more than happy to go and take a photograph of the headstone for you :)
OlleyKe
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Hello Thank you for your response in regards to Francis Duffield. I came across the entries for Francis Duffields children in the Free parish records site. I was wondering what you could tell me about your Emma? My Susannah Duffield married a Samuel Miles in Norwich and had a William Jacob Miles which had an Emma Miles which had my father Sydney Chapple. My Susannah comes up in the Census records as being born in Taverham and I am pretty sure (of course we are never sure are we until we see a record ) that they belong to the same family. Any info on Emma would be greatly appreciated. Are you on GenesReunited? I find it helpful. Cheers gchapple
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Hi gchapple
I came across this on freereg -
County Norfolk
Place Taverham
Church St Edmund
Register Number
Date Of Birth 10 Sep 1799
Baptism Date 20 Sep 1799
Forename Susan
Sex F
Father Forename John
Mother Forename Maria
Father Surname DUFFIELD
Mother Surname
Abode
Father Occupation
Notes Received Into The Church Sept 25 1807
FileNumber 16056
Hope it is of use to you.
Regards
Sue
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Hi, Everyone,
This is very remiss of me not to have responded to quite a lively conversation going on here, on a thread I started over 6 years ago...
I have had a very good look for the notes that I made when I visited the Norfolk Record office then, but have completely mislaid them. I had the feeling that there were two DUFFIELD families producing children at the end of the 18thC, beginning of the 19thC, but only focussed on my own: namely, Francis and Susannah's children Amy, baptised 1780; James 1782, but died 1783; another James 1784; William 1786; Robert 1788; Samuel 1791; and my gt-gt-gt-grandma Mary Ann 1796.
I see now that Sue seems to have discovered that elusive baptism for George, for Susannah DUFFIELD - that sounds a very good fit!
keith
N.B. And Olleyke - is there a date for that Robert DUFFIELD headstone, as I suppose it might just be for the person in my tree who was born in 1788...
Little did I know back in the summer of 1970, when I used to sit in the churchyard at Taverham during my lunchhours when I was doing my first teaching practice at the nearby Primary School, that my direct ancestor Mary Ann DUFFIELD had been baptised, then married in this church with its handsome flintwork, all those years ago...
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Hi there.
Just been to look at Robert Duffields headstone, Although its fairly hard to read, I believe it says he died 1851, aged 61, I can't make out the month but the date is 19th.
OlleyKe
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Olleyke,
That's really nice to think of someone strolling to the churchyard to look at some long-forgotten headstone! But I reckon that's just about the right one for the Robert DUFFIELD, baptised in 1788. I'd love a photo of it, if it's not too much trouble, and I'll PM you with my e-mail address to send it to.
I still have the photo of myself with the class I inflicted myself on in April/May 1970 for 2 brief weeks - I think it was a class of 8-9 year-olds, and their class teacher was a Mr Burt. I wonder whether any of your family went through that school at that time.
About 6 years ago I visited Taverham again and was amazed by how much it had grown since then - it's almost a small dormitory town for Norwich now...
regards, keith
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I'm more than happy to get a photo of it for you. Ill take another trip down there when the weather is better :)
Both my mum and uncle were born 1962, in Taverham and went to the Taverham Primary. My uncles been delivering milk around Taverham since around 1975 and said Taverham has changed massively over the years.
OlleyKe
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Olleyke,
Now, wouldn't that be just extraordinary if either your mother or uncle were in that class I took - or recognise people they were at school with then. I'll PM you this afternoon, and shall make a scan of that 1970 photo to see whether either of them recognise anyone it...
keith
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Hi
Re. Robert Duffield
Have you seen the Norfolk Monument Inscriptions site
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0rz3/
bottom of the page
regards
yokel
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Hi again, Yokel,
Entry 27a, Robert Duffield buried 19th January 1851, aged 61. Perhaps he would have reached 62 if he'd lived a bit longer into 1851, so a birth date of 1789 is pretty close to a 1788 baptism.
I'd better look in the 1841 Census of Taverham for him, though there's never much detail on there, it all depends on the enumerator..
Thanks very much for spotting that for me,
keith
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Hi again, Yokel,
Entry 27a, Robert Duffield buried 19th January 1851, aged 61. Perhaps he would have reached 62 if he'd lived a bit longer into 1851, so a birth date of 1789 is pretty close to a 1788 baptism.
I'd better look in the 1841 Census of Taverham for him, though there's never much detail on there, it all depends on the enumerator..
Thanks very much for spotting that for me,
keith
Hi Keith,
I know this thread is what, 18 years old now, but I've just started researching my paternal side again and Francis Duffield and Susanna Bales are my 6th great grandparents! I haven't researched them both much yet, so I'm going to sit and read through these replies. I'm not very confident researching pre-census ancestors as I always worry I may go wrong.
Also, I have to apologise incase I didn't reply to your e-mail regarding the class photograph you e-mailed me. Neither my uncle or mum are in that class photo, but my uncle, Glenn Bushell who passed away in 1980 is. He is the third child on the back row from the right. I wish I had the chance to meet him. I will show my mum and uncle the photograph and get back to you on whether they recognise any other faces.
Kirsty
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Hi again, Kirsty, and does it really matter if another dozen or so years have flown by and we're all that much older now😀!
But reading between the lines, that sounds like a tragically early death in the family of your uncle Glenn in 1980, with my Maths informing me that he would only have been 18 or 19 years old then...
Haven't looked at my DUFFIELD family branch for a while, but will revisit it now to refresh my memory...
Keith
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That's very true!
Unfortunately Glenn was involved in a motorbike accident in February 1980, he was 19. He left a massive hole in the family but my mum and uncle often talk about him.
I've got Francis and Susannah as the parents of my 5th great grandfather, John, and baptised in Great Melton 21 June 1778, but I'm not 100% sure where I got that baptism from ??? I will need to double check that!
Kirsty
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The 1778 marriage was by licence.
The bond and allegation are on FamilySearch (free, but need to be registered and logged in)
Francis a Husbandman. Both parties single, age 21 years and upwards.
Bond here, allegation next image (the images are not great!)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYH3-GYL
Second bondsman was Edward Roberts, a Blacksmith
FreeReg has an Edward Robbarts as one of the marriage witnesses.
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58183099e93790eb7f55c51f
Another Duffield, Mary, of Great Melton, in the bonds/allegations shortly after
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYH3-YH7
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there is a burial entry there for a Francis DUFFIELD, aged 82 on 26-06-1836, which would give him a birthdate of c.1754.
A possibility perhaps, a baptism at Great Melton, 13 September 1755
Francis Duffell
Parents James and Rachel
Born 7 September 1755
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5818f413e93790eca323cde8
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Where did Francis DUFFIELD, married in 1778 in Great Melton, originate from?
Great Melton?