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Title: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Wednesday 10 October 07 14:40 BST (UK)
Hi Lynn, I saw on the notices that you could do look ups for Bruisyard, Suffolk. Could you look up a baptism for a Hannah Spall born Bruisyard 1809. With thanks Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: lyn48 on Friday 19 October 07 16:30 BST (UK)
Hi

The records that I have for Bruisyard are from 1813 to 1900, there are quite a few Spall's listed if you would like them.

regards  Lynne
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Friday 19 October 07 17:46 BST (UK)
Dear Lynne, I d be interested in the early stuff especially any Spall with a father called Robert Spall. My Hannah left Bruisyard and went up to Doncaster so I don t know anything about the rest of the family. Thanks Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: lyn48 on Saturday 20 October 07 00:41 BST (UK)
Hi
DATE      FORENAME   FATHER   MOTHER   NOTES

11.4.1813   WILLIAM      ROBERT   ELIZABETH LAB
21.11.1813   SARAH      JOHN   SARAH   LAB
20.11.1814   ELIZABETH   ROBERT   ELIZABETH LAB
7.4.1816      ELIZA      JOHN   HANNAH   
21.4.1816   MARY      ROBERT   ELIZABETH
4,5,1817      EDWARD      ROBERT    ELIZABETH
26.7.1818   WILLIAM      JOHN   HANNAH   
29.10.1820   ELIZABETH   JOHN   HANNAH   
14.6.1823   SARAH      ROBERT   ELIZABETH LAB
13.4.1823   JEREMIAH      JOHN   HANNAH   LAB
9.10.1825   LOUISA      JOHN   HANNAH   LAB
19.4.1843   MARY ANN      CHARLES    MARIA   LAB
25.8.1844   ROBERT      WILLIAM   CAROLINELAB
10.11.1844   WILLIAM      CHARLES   MARIA   LAB
10.2.1850   MARY      WILLIAM   CAROLINELAB
9.10.1859   EDWARD CHARLES      MARIA   2y  sp
17.10.1869   ALICE      WILLIAM   HANNAH   LAB
26.11.1871   ROBERT      WILLIAM   HANNAH   LAB
16.2.1873   GEORGE      WILLIAM   HANNAH   LAB
29.3.1874   JANE      WILLIAM   HANNAH   HORSEMAN
12.8.1877   ELIZA      WILLIAM   HANNAH   LAB

Hope this helps  Lynne
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Saturday 20 October 07 13:14 BST (UK)
Thankyou Lyn those were fantastic, do you have marriage records too? Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: lyn48 on Saturday 20 October 07 14:54 BST (UK)
Hi

I dont have the marriage records for Bruisyard but I have the Suffolk Marriage Index.  Is there anyone in particular you are looking for, and what year.

regards  Lynne
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Saturday 20 October 07 21:10 BST (UK)
Thanks Lynne, wondered if you could look up Robert Spall and Elizabeth, for year I d guess between 1800 and 1810, I d be interested to know where they got married and if its given what his occupation was. Thanks again Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: lyn48 on Saturday 20 October 07 23:56 BST (UK)
Hi

There are no records for a Robert and Elzabeth, and, as far as I can see there are no male marriages for Spall listed at Bruisyard.

sorry i couldnt help.

regards  lynne
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Sunday 21 October 07 13:18 BST (UK)
Thanks for looking for me anyway Lynne. Good Luck Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: suffolk*sue on Sunday 21 October 07 14:49 BST (UK)
From Boyds marriage index

Rob SPALL
Elz BLOOMFIELD

1808 - Brandeston
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Sunday 21 October 07 16:21 BST (UK)
Thanks Sue, is Brandestone nr Bruisyard? I m not familiar with the area. Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: suffolk*sue on Sunday 21 October 07 16:41 BST (UK)
I would say approximately 6 - 8 miles between the two.
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Sunday 21 October 07 19:02 BST (UK)
Thanks for that, I also think there may be a Woodbridge connection, is that near the two places? Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: suffolk*sue on Sunday 21 October 07 20:35 BST (UK)
Yes, very close to Woodbridge.
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Monday 22 October 07 16:12 BST (UK)
Wonder why they moved around so much. Are they largely rural places? I looked at Woodbrige on a map last night, hope I got the right one - maps aren t my strong point! I think Hannah Spall may have gone into service in Doncaster Yorks, would you know if that idea makes sense? this would have been some time between her birth 1809 and 1832. Sorcha p.s. would you know if there was any immigrant community around that area?
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: suffolk*sue on Monday 22 October 07 16:25 BST (UK)
Its quite surprising how people did move about. We generally think that they may have stayed in the same village or town, all of their lives, but this was not always the case.

I believe there were army activities in Woodbridge and surrounding area, but I am sure someone more knowledgeable will be able to tell you in more detail.

Maybe Hannah got to know someone regarding these circumstances and she went with them, when they left Suffolk.

 ;)
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Monday 22 October 07 20:34 BST (UK)
Thanks Sue, that is an interesting possibility. Maybe I need to do some more reading bout the area. A lot of my family are from Liverpool/Manchester, where they moved about into the cities with work, but I m a bit ignorant of this area. Thanks for the ideas anyway. Sorcha
Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: Suffolk Mawther on Thursday 25 October 07 12:47 BST (UK)
Brandeston and Bruisyard are still largely rural farming communities.
Woodbridge is a bustling Market Town and has always been linked with sea faring jobs and boat building  too.  There have been soldiers stationed there back in the days of the Napoleonic wars.

Often people would advertise in Suffolk newspapers for servants as they considered strong, healthy country girls would work well.
Many northern employers advertised in our county.

There were also more job oppotunities in the north in the cotton mills and the mining industry - Suffolk was and is still largely dependent on farming.  Farming was a precarious life in the 19th century (today's farmers would say it still is), but for the Ag Lab so much depended on the weather and if work would be available. We now have huge fields of wheat and barley, and oil seed rape in the summer - we are known as the bread basket of England  ;D

If you know the name of the family in Doncaster, it might be possible to find they had links with Suffolk.  You often find that Suffolk girls who became servants in grand houses in London, for example, on further investigation you find that the London family have a country home in the county.

SM ...


Title: Re: Bruisyard Look up - SPALL
Post by: sorcha65 on Thursday 25 October 07 21:56 BST (UK)
Thanks Suffolk that a good point. My Hannah married a chap from Lincolnshire who was a groom - hence my mind jumping to the idea of them both being in service. However what you ve put has given me another idea. Her hubby was 31 when they got married so either he was pretty hideous or perhaps he may have been in the militia in the Suffolk area? I have had so much trouble with this side of the family, and this was the side I wanted to trace most to solve a little family mystery! which is just typical really! Sorcha