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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Gloucestershire => Topic started by: rayUK on Tuesday 23 February 10 17:25 GMT (UK)
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Seeking birth & marriage of William Legg born about 1784, married to Elizabeth. First child John born1809 at Duntisbourne Rouse. Could he be the same William Legg born in Kempsford to parents Thomas & Anne ?
Ray.
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Ray,
Welcome to the best place there is.
You ask, "Could he be the same William Legg born in Kempsford to parents Thomas & Anne ?".
We all ask that sort of question at some time or other and it's about the hardest there is :'(
I dare say you've found the three WL's in the IGI which were extracted from church records at Winchcomb, Kempsford and North Nibley during 1785 +/- 5 - take no notice of submitted entries and search the places at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyGloucester_(A-M).htm#PageTitle you never know, a bell might ring :D
Your reasons for suspecting the Kempsford William might help to find the answer to your question.
Regards
Chas
P.S.
From my limited records of North Nibley burials comes, "September 22 1790 William Legg Infant" so as the parents of an earlier William had a child christened William in 1791 . . . . .
Chas
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Ray,
Might reduce the odds on finding an answer - there was a WL married to a Martha Hewes in Kempsford - see the HW site.
Regards
Chas
P.S.
See also marriages at Charlton Kings!
Hope he wasn't a serial bigamist :D Difficult question wasn't it?
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Ray,
Finally - from me anyway - one can also consider distances. Not very reliable nowadays but can become more significant the further back one travels in time.
At http://www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/parlocdl.html one can download a free parish locator programme which has a variety of facilities which you will find useful
Good hunting
Chas
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Bear in mind Kempsford is near both the Oxon, Wilts and Berks borders so don't get bogged down just on Gloucs.
Burford had Leggs going back to at least the early 1600s.
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Hi ChasH
Many thanks for the reply on this search. WL of Winchcomb seems worthy of keeping in view.
The distances you mention were in my mind when I eventually considered Kempsford, today's walking route is quoted as14.6 miles to Duntisboune Rouse, but I reckon that a mile or two could be knocked off that by using the Drovers route. The distance from Winchcomb is quoted as17.3--I don't think that could have been much shortened.
You indicated a WL/ Martha Hewes marriage, I have notes of that 1826 event & their children & some grandchildren.--Also a family with itchy feet! What is the 'HW' site?
Back to itchy feet, WL 1784's son William,born 05 May 1822 at Daglingworth, M. at Stratton
to Hannah from Caldicot. They then had chidren in West Challow, - Berkshire, Daglingworth
and four more in Sapperton!
Regards
ray
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Ray,
HW site? You've used it, it was in my first reply - Hugh Wallis.
Chas
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Hi Ray,
I believe that William is my gggggg grandfather.
cheers
R
ps probally the wrong number of g's
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Hi Ricjudo,
Pleased to hear from you. As you might have guessed from my post 7 MAR'10
my descent is from William Legg 's Son - William, Born 1822, my G. grandfather.
I would be interested to know which child is your ancester?
Regards,
Ray.
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Hi Ray,
My connection is John Legg 1809.
I have been bogged down trying to find leads and this is great as I was at a dead end.
Any questions please ask....
cheers
Richard
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Hi Richard,
I have 3 John Legg's in my slip index who where born around the same time.
John Leg(g) b- c1808 at Whelford.
John Legg b- 1809 Shoemaker at Dollar Street,Cirencester.
John Legg b- 15 DEC 1809 at Duntisbourne Rouse.
Does one of these seem a likley candidate? Also does the middle name MORGAN
mean anything to you, it was first mentioned to me in the early 1980's by a lady
from BRISTOL who wrote to me and said that she was related to Paul Morgan Legg
and his Emma (nee Wiseman)?
Regards,
Ray.
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Hi Ray,
John Legg b- 15 DEC 1809 at Duntisbourne Rouse is my 2nd great grandfather.
Paul Morgan Legg is my great grand uncle.
Richard
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Hi Richard,
Pleased to learn of our connection! Sorry about the delay, I've been looking for the letter mentioned earlier, well it did date from 1984 !!! It was written by V. Lloyd-Jones who later told me that her father -Henry George, had six brothers and sisters.
There are a few matches for the Birmingham branch on other sites although John has been shown as b.1811, my index shows;- b. 15 DEC 1809, bapt. 24 DEC 1809. Found
Seven children for John, any more? I now don't think that Emma Wiseman married
Paul M, do you know who did?
Regards,
Ray.
PS, any Q's?
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Hi Ray,
I don't know a lot about the family history apart from somebody was a very big glove manufactuer in Birmingham.
Emma married Joseph Legg in 1877 my grat grand mother.
Paul Morgan married I have the detaials somewhere.Some records have him as Paul Harry Legg ........
Richard
ps do you know anything about the family past ????
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Hi Richard,
I didn't know anything about the B'ham. branch of the family until Vera wrote to me in 1984. My father, as far as I can recall never spoke of it - he may not have known about it.
My grandfather Charles b1863, may have followed his cousins to B'ham. or the Black Country, or at least had a point of contact here.
So it was not until 2008 that I followed the line of John b1809 to see where it led. His siblings are;-Rebecca b1812, Thomas Miles b1813, Elizabeth b1815, Mary b1819, William b1822 my Ggf. & Edmund b1825.
John, it seems had 7 children. Of these George b1839 ,had 12 children, Thomas b1840 one child, James 2,Charles, NK, Paul, 9 & Joseph, 6.
I can understand John 1809 moving out of the family home at Daglingworth,-eldest boy,-making your own way, but he seems to moved about a lot, I wonder why that came about?
Occupations in B'ham:-House & sign painter,Boot & shoemaker, Artist ( Painter), Paper Hanger, Telegraph Employee
Pawnbroker Assistant, Sewing machinist, Cycle fitter.
Occs. in Cotswolds;- Woodman, Wood cutter, Hurdlemaker, Leather worker, Cooper
Some contributors to another site have some "Hot Matches" with my tree, numbers ***183 &***900 & ***711etc.
- ring any bells?
Ray.
PS. Paul was just Paul in the 1851 Census at Suffolk Road, Cheltenham. Which of his children came back to B'ham?