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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cumberland => Topic started by: BSBS on Thursday 05 January 12 16:12 GMT (UK)
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My grandfather Mark Turner married Betsy Longmire (Howe) in Watermillock in 1905 and in 1906 they emigrated to Canada. I am trying to see how far back I can go with my family history. My grandfather, Mark Turner was born in 1883 in Hardendale. His fathers name was Andrew Turner and his mother's name was Ruth Willan. My grandmother Betsy Longmire (Howe) was born in 1886. I know very little else. Apparently, her mother died when she was a child. On her marriage record, no father is listed. I would like to find out what connection she has with the Howe family. Did they raise her after her mother died? Are they relatives? On her marriage certificate the witnesses are John Howe and Annie Jane Woof. Can anyone help me wiith my search?
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Hullo and welcome to rootschat. :)
Sorry I don't have access to data bases for lookups but if I were you I'd start getting census llookups working backwards from what you know. This may reveal family connections/relationships, places of bith etc.
charlotte
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1891
RG12/4326/38/21
andrew turner age 34. b. appleby,westmorland. occ. farmer. head
ruth age 33. b. orton,westmorland. wife
thomas.r. age 11. b. shap. son
william.a. age 10. b. orton. son
mark.w. age 8. b. ditto. son
caroline.r. age 4. b. orton. daughter
septimus age 1. b. shap. son
living at;yew tree,hardendale,westmorland
reg.dist; west ward
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birth index
name; mark william turner
y.o.r. 1882
qtr;jul/aug/sept
dist; west ward
vol;10b
page; 681
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For elimination purposes :)
Annie J Woof is the daughter of Thomas E Woof and Hannah E.
Annie is bn c1888 Watermillock, Cumberland
RG13/4856 f101 p1
Her parents marriage
Marriage September qtr 1885
Nixon Hannah Elizabeth
Woof Thomas Edward
Penrith 10b 579
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cannot find andrew in 1881
his wife is with her parents robert/elizabeth willan in 1881 along with her son thomas robert turner
1881
RG11/5203/11/16
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A possibility, I need to investigate further :-\
1891
The Lane, Temple Sowerby
John Howe 25 bn Skelton, Cumberland
Isabella 26 bn Morland, Westmorland
Betsy Dtr 5 bn Morland
John Son 2 bn Kirkby Thore, Westmorland
Rebecca Dtr 7Mths bn Bongate, Westmorland
RG12/4323 f134 p9
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Marriage for John Howe ;D
Marriage June qtr 1886
HEBBLETHWAITE Jane
Howe John
LONGMIRE Isabella
WILSON John
E. Ward 10b 972
Possible birth for Betsy
Birth June qtr 1886
Longmire Betsy
W.Ward reg dist ref 10b 728
Could this be her born possibly born before her parents married ;)
Rosie
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andrew is with his mother mary in 1871
RG10/5269/22/37
in 1861 he is with his parents thomas/mary aged 5
RG9/3956/16/26
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will continue with the turners tomorrow
mick
p.s. will post the full entries of 1871,1861 tomorrow
mick
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Hi BSBS and welcome,
There are various free sites that you can use to look for the family. The 1881 census is available on several sites. www.familysearch.org is one of them and that also has many baptisms and marriages from parish registers. www.freebmd.org.uk has civil registration records after 1837. FreeCEN has some census records.
They should keep you busy for a while!
Regards
Andrea