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Title: Waterson - Blofield
Post by: wetpawprints on Friday 07 October 11 20:27 BST (UK)
Would be grateful of any help regarding my 4x great grandparents.

I have William Edward Waterson born abt 1819 Blofield, Norfolk. I have found the following marriage on the IGI:

groom's name: William Edward Waterson
bride's name: Caroline Lummens
marriage date: 06 Jun 1842
marriage place: Norwich, Norfolk, England
groom's father's name: George Waterson
bride's father's name: John Lummens
indexing project (batch) number: I02576-5
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1526323

On ancestry Caroline's surname is shown as Summons.

Would anybody have access to parish records to confirm details.
Title: Re: Waterson - Blofield
Post by: youngtug on Friday 07 October 11 22:27 BST (UK)
Try here;  

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0fgg/
Title: Re: Waterson - Blofield
Post by: Yorkslass on Saturday 08 October 11 14:03 BST (UK)
Hello,

Don't know if you've managed to use the link that Youngtug gave.

Found both of their baptisms in Blofield, and Caroline is listed as Simmons, parents John and Patience.  So I think maybe the Caroline "Summons" on the 1841 census might be wrong.  That Caroline's father is shown as Robert, whereas the marriage gives your Carolines father as John.

The IGI gives only Norwich as the marriage place - bit difficult to find, as there were goodness knows how many churches there!

Yorkslass
Title: Re: Waterson - Blofield
Post by: Ruskie on Saturday 08 October 11 14:42 BST (UK)
The capital letters "L" and "S" are often confused.  ;)
Title: Re: Waterson - Blofield
Post by: junev on Saturday 08 October 11 17:56 BST (UK)
hi,

There is also a marriage on FreeReg

St Martin at Palace, Norwich
William Edward Watersom, batchelor, farming man
Caroline Summons, spinster

his father George waterson a shoemaker
her father John summons a farming man
witnesses: William Augustine Browne & Hannah Waterson

1841 Caroline Symons Blofield Union  HO107 piece 753 folio 12 page 17 age 20 charwomwn born in county

Junev


Added:

Patience Simmins burial Blofield 30 nov 1831 age 44 abode Hemblington
John Simmons burial Blofield  11 feb 1834 age 56 abode Hemblington at time of decease but late of Blofield
Title: Re: Waterson - Blofield
Post by: Yorkslass on Saturday 08 October 11 19:24 BST (UK)
Oh well done Junev.

Here it is on the FamilySearch site.  Saved a lot of looking.  And looking at the writing, the "S" does look like an "L", but there again, the "S" in Spinster looks the same as the "S" in Caroline's surname, if you get my drift.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11578-93214-48?cc=1416598&wc=659543

Yorkslass
Title: Re: Waterson - Blofield
Post by: wetpawprints on Sunday 09 October 11 17:31 BST (UK)
Wow, thank you all so much for this information.

I didn't even know that some actual parish records were shown on family search, just goes to show how fantastic this forum is for helping to point people in the right direction.

Once again, thank you all  ;D