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Title: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Wednesday 26 May 10 11:58 BST (UK)

Any information on Sarah Lycett siblings and William Lycett parentage and Wiliam's siblings please.

Information I have is:-

Sarah lycett born March 1869 married Benjamin Smith in 1886.

I have been unable to trace any siblings of Sarah.

Parentage information I have as follows:

William Lycett and Ann Maria Speake who died at 46 America St, Tunstall, Woolstanton in staffordshire on sept 1869 the same place where sarah was born.

William and Ann married in 1869 at St Matthews, staffordshire, William's father is shown as Michael lycett . Ann's father shown as Thomas speake with witnesses of Fenn.

I have Ann's birth cert which shows her parents as hannah fenn and thomas speake.

Hoping someone can help me move on with my tree.
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: EddieW on Wednesday 26 May 10 15:48 BST (UK)
Hi Julie
This looks like the family in the 1891 census
13 Caunon St Wolverhampton Staffordshire
Benjamin Smith 36 born Newport Shropshire  Iron Worker
Sarah 31 Tunstall Staffordshire
John Lycett 15 Heath Town Staffordshire
William 13                do                  do
Eliza 10                    do                  do
Samuel 7                  do                  do
Abigail 3                    do                 do
Maria 6mth Wolverhampton           do

Cheers
Eddie
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: emarbe on Wednesday 26 May 10 16:45 BST (UK)
Hello Julie

I'm rather confused with some of the information you seem to have.
I can find no marriage for William & Ann in 1869, but there is one in June qtr. 1860 at Wolverhampton district. Ref. 6B 664.
Ann Maria died in Sept qtr. 1869 age 30. Reg'n district Wolstanton. Ref. 6b 66, but I haven't found a death for William (this is from FreeBMD).

Can't find them on the 1861 census.

Found a death for a Michael Lycett in Dec 1839. Birmingham.
Found a death for a Thomas Speake in Mar 1838. Shiffnal (Shropshire).
There are 2 other deaths for a Thomas but they are after 1841 and as I can't find him with a daughter Ann on the 1841 census, I assume he's the one in 1838.

Do you have any age or occupation for William?.

Mike
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Wednesday 26 May 10 22:16 BST (UK)
Thank you Eddie, yes that is the sarah I am researching.

Hi Mike I miskeyed the date in for marriage it is as you said 1860.  On William and Ann's marriage cert he is shown as a miner and again on Ann's death certificate, William is shown as a Miner.  All I know is that William is shown as full age on the marriage details with Bride being minimum.  Witness John austin and Louisa Fenn.

Do you have the GRO for the death certificates for Thomas Speake and Michael lycett, so that I can obtaint them.
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: emarbe on Thursday 27 May 10 12:30 BST (UK)
Hello Julie

First the references: Michael Lycett - Dec 1839 Birmingham - 16 200.
                                Thomas Speake - Mar 1838 Shiffnal - 18 148.
 
I've been trying to find the 1891 census that Eddie found and can't find it anywhere. I've searched using the various names he's listed and an address search, still no luck. The reason for doing this is to look at the actual census to seem if there's a transcription error because he has Sarah as being 31, when in fact she would have been 21, so there's no way all those children are hers, possibly only Maria, in which case the others might be Lycetts.

I'm in the process of looking for a 2nd marriage for William and hopefully I've found one, although I want to check several things before I post.

I do like a good puzzle   :o :o ;D ;D

Mike
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Thursday 27 May 10 22:39 BST (UK)
Thank you,

I have sarah lycett 1869 and benjamin smith 1865 children as
John lycett smith 1886, william smith, eliza 1891, samuel 1894, abigail, maria, hilda, dolly and charles.  some of my information has come from an elderly relative who remembers some names of aunts.  It is thought that dolly may actually be a nickname of one of the other sisters.  Some of the children were born in Newport South Wales, others in Wolverhampton areas.

The smith family were pedlers, and the elderly relative says her father told her that her grandfather's family were gypsies and she never got to visit them in Wolverhampton.  She knows nothing about her grandmother;s famility.
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Thursday 27 May 10 22:42 BST (UK)
It is also thought that Ann Maria Speake was known As Maria.
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Thursday 27 May 10 23:23 BST (UK)
I found my information for Sarah Lycett - smith on the 1901 census, 15 Cannon Street Wolverhampton is how I transcribed the information. 

The family i have on the 1891 census are at 19 old heath. heath town, wednesfield, staffordshire.  Sarah here is shown as22 then. 

As my subscription has expired I am unable to reconnect but have these 2 census saved to be my desktop, sorry no idea how to attach them here.

Regards

Julie
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Friday 18 June 10 22:55 BST (UK)
I have obtained both death certs for Thomas Speake and Michael Lycett, not sure if I am any closer to solving my puzzle.

Details are :

Thomas Speake, DOD 4/3/1838Shifnall, aged 64 Labourer, Signature of informant the mark of Frances Speake, wife
Michael Lycett 28/10/1839 Workhouse Birmingham, aged 45 Taylor, Signature Thomas Alcock, Master of the Workhouse Birmingham

Can anyone help me connect these 2 to the information above please?
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: emarbe on Saturday 19 June 10 18:56 BST (UK)
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Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Monday 21 June 10 07:57 BST (UK)
Certificates I have are as follows:

Birth - Sarah Lycett March 1869,  father William Lycett, mother Maria Lycett formerly Speak, father occ coal miner, The mark of William lycett, father America Street Tunstall.

Marriage - Sarah Lycett to Benjamin Smith, Sarah aged 20, october 1886, residence Coventry Street, Stafford, Father William Lycett, coallier.

Marriage, William Lycett age shown as full, Bachelor, miner, Willenhall Road, father Michael Lycett - Deceased
to Ann Maria speake - aged minor, spinster, Willenhall Road, father Thomas Speake, deceased.

Death certificate, Sept 1869, Ann Maria Lycett, 30 years, Wife of william lycett coal miner, - the mark of Mary Ravenscroft present at the death 46 Americ Street, Tunstall.

Plus the 2 death certs below.

Regards

Julie

Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: emarbe on Monday 21 June 10 19:08 BST (UK)
Hello Julie

These families take some finding on the census returns, but I might have found an opening or two!.

Would you post the year of birth of Ann Maria Speake. I know it says she was 30 when she died in 1869 but I suspect she was a little younger.

With some new information I've found, I know that the death I gave you for Thomas Speake is wrong, I did have my doubts when I saw it was Shropshire, but even more so when you showed that his wife on the death certificate was Frances.

Mike
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Monday 21 June 10 22:22 BST (UK)
Havent been able to trace birth certificate but do have a baptism record

St Peters, Wolverhampton, 23/5/1842 
Maria - Father Thomas, Mother Hannah Speak - Abode horsely Fields, father's occupation miner, information taken from

freereg.org.uk

Really appreciate your help to solve my puzzle.
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Wednesday 23 June 10 08:42 BST (UK)
Can you help with the GRO reference for a deat cert for Thomas Speake I have found the following details which doesnt include the GRO reference.

Thomas Speake, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, St Peters

Register number 90432

burial date 1 Oct 1847

Age 41

Abode Horsley Fields
File number 6599

I dont believe that these details provide the GRO reference for me to obtain birth cert, maybe wrong?
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Wednesday 23 June 10 08:49 BST (UK)
Also just found on Freereg.

Baptism record for

Sarah, 14/2/1844, father / mother = Thomas and Hannah Speake, Horsely fields, father occ miner

Regards

Julie
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: emarbe on Wednesday 23 June 10 09:43 BST (UK)
Hello Julie.

You beat me to it!.

Thomas Speak death. Dec qtr. 1847. Wolverhampton. Ref 17 284.
Sarah's birth. Sep qtr. 1843. Wolverhampton. Ref 17 313 (there is also one with ref. 17 315- the transcriber probably couldn't read the number).

Also found:

1841 census
Willenhall Road, Wolverhampton.
 
Thomas Speak. age 35. Iron Miner.
Hannah (wife). age 30.
Thomas (son). age 1.
Abraham Wise. age 50. Labourer.
Matilda Wise. age 40.

Found Thomas Speak birth. Dec qtr. 1839. Wolverhampton. Ref 17 343.

Also found these which may be relevant:
Harriet Sep qtr. 1847. Wolverhampton. Ref 17 344.
Edmund Sep qtr. 1848. Wolverhampton. Ref 17 400.

Have had no luck tracing William and Sara Lycett before 1891, so am wondering whether William had another name, although did find a William in 1841 age 6.
Mother Hannah, age 30 and sister Elizabeth, age 1, living in Wolstanton.

Will keep persevering, they're out there somewhere.

Mike
Title: Re: Look up wanted on Lycett/Speake/Fenn family
Post by: julie25 on Wednesday 23 June 10 09:48 BST (UK)
Looks like sarah Speake died as an infant Wlall St, 27/10/1844, 08/0780, buriel St Peters.