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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Yorkshire (West Riding) => Topic started by: kdviner70 on Friday 21 September 12 14:28 BST (UK)
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ancestry.com shows that Mary Ann was married to Benjamin Lupton in Yeadon 1866. Her maiden name was Burnell.
I am searching for any possible connection to one Jane Wood b. Oct 1840. Miss Wood (mother and father's names not known) eventually married Edward Ivinson (b Sep 1830 Danish West Indies - family from Cumberland). Mrs. Ivinson died in 1915 in Laramie, Wyoming. Her husband had made a fortune in the banking business. Mrs, Ivinson's will indicated that she desired that $5000 be given to Mary Ann (Burnell ) Lupton of Yeadon Yorkshire England. Mr. Ivinson's 1916 will (written after his wife's death) had a similar bequest. However, the bequest was left out of his final 1925 will. Interestingly, when the Ivinsons visited London in 1885, they wrote that they would visit Yorkshire for a week to see Mrs. Ivinson's uncle (not further identified). In the end I am trying to establish where Jane Wood Ivinson was born and raised. I am a volunteer researcher of the Ivinson family for our local museum (housed in the Ivinson's former mansion). The family history gives conflicting information on where Jane was born (either "West Riding" or Bolton,Lancashire). If I can establish a familial relationship between Jane and Mary Ann it would help possibly solve this mystery. If you want to see the museum please go to http://www.laramiemuseum.org/
Thank you for any assistance!
Kim Viner
Commander U.S. Navy (retired)
Laramie, Wyoming, USA
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What an interesting story :)
Do you know when Jane married Edward and where ie was it in England?
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Jane and Edward were married in Jersey City New Jersey USA in April 1854. He came to the U.S. (after his schooling in Brampton Cumberland) in about 1852. She came (separately) to the U.S. in late 1853.
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Right thank you so she should be on census in England in 1841/1851 as a child.
She was very young to get married in 1854 if she was born late 1840 :o
Did she come alone to the US?
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p.s. Edward was actually born in the Danish West Indies in Sept 1830. His father, Thomas Ivinson, had gone there in the early 1820's to manage a sugar plantation. Edward was returned to England at age 7 for his formal education at Croft House Academy in Brampton. I believe he remained in England until he left for the U.S.
Little is know of Jane Wood Ivinson's early history or family. All that can be confirmed with documentation is that she married Edward as noted above.
They moved across the U.S. and eventually settled in Laramie, Wyoming where he made his fortune as a banker.
Of note, at the end of his life he gave all of his fortune away, mostly to benefit the citizens of Laramie with a new hospital, a home for elderly women, a girls school, a WWI memorial and cash to complete the construction of St Matthews Episcopal Cathedral.
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Right thank you so she should be on census in England in 1841/1851 as a child.
She was very young to get married in 1854 if she was born late 1840 :o
Did she come alone to the US?
The family history (which is quite shaky) indicates she was born Jane Wood Oct 22 1840. Her father died when she was young (one source says his first name was John). Her mother remarried and moved to New York, leaving Jane behind to be raised by her grand mother (name not known). She supposedly was sent for by her mother in 1853 and sailed alone to New York.
I have searched the 1841 census, but (as you know) without the mother's first name, doubt about her father's first name and questions about where she was born, it is nearly impssible to determine if any of the Jane Woods (and there are dozens) born in Yorkshire and Lancashire might be the one who is in this story.
It is odd that no one in the family knows what Jane's mother's first name was. It is not recorded in the family bible and no other records list it.
One suspects that there might be a bit of mystery connected with that part of the story!
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Ah that could be useful that she was brought up by her grandmother. If we can find a Jane Wood Yorks/Lancs living with grandmother in 1851 could be a clue.
I agree bit of a needle in a haystack job but that's all part of the fun!
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Ah that could be useful that she was brought up by her grandmother. If we can find a Jane Wood Yorks/Lancs living with grandmother in 1851 could be a clue.
I agree bit of a needle in a haystack job but that's all part of the fun!
True that!
I have searched and searched by what I find seems inconclusive. I don't even know if it was the maternal or fraternal grandmother.
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Looking at Bolton as a possible birthplace.
There is a Jane born Bolton living with grandmother Margaret Wood in Halifax Yorks. She's 12 and the grandmother is 70.
Don't suppose you have access to her marriage record which would name the father - or is that where fathers name John came from?
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The Bolton, does it specify Lancashire?
There is a hamlet/village called Bolton @ 4miles from Yeadon.
Brian
(Currently looking at 1841 census for Yorkshire)
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The family bible does say Bolton Lancashire. But, no one is sure who wrote that in the bible. More confusing is that there are newspaper items written while Jane was alive that cite both Bolton Lanc and West Riding York as her birthplace. I am beginning to believe that it was West Riding and it is possible that Bolton York might have been it rather than Lanc. Amazing how little there is on her compared to him (but I guess that was norm at the time). I had also looked at several other Boltons (or locations with Botlon as part of the name) and found several Woods. The only record of the marriage that we have does not name either of Jane's parents. We have not asked the registrar in New Jersey to search their records. Frankly, over here people are much less likely to help unless one shows up in person. I really thank you folks "over there" for being so kind!
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Looking at Bolton as a possible birthplace.
There is a Jane born Bolton living with grandmother Margaret Wood in Halifax Yorks. She's 12 and the grandmother is 70.
Don't suppose you have access to her marriage record which would name the father - or is that where fathers name John came from?
Is that from the 1851 census? If so that could be the most solid lead to date!
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I just looked at the 1851 census, and it appears that it might be the jackpot. Age wouldn't be quite right at it comes out to 10 year 5 months old (vice 12 years). But, we are all aware that ages on census form can be questionable. And, given that Halifax is not far from Yeadon, it is not out of the question that a relative (Burnell family?) would have been in touch with Young Jane. Unless something more promising shows up, you guys may have just solved the riddle!
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Burnell and Lupton named families are in Guiseley/Rawdon and Horsforth areas in 1841.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Guiseley/index.html
(Sorry for records not being complete, but have a delve in PR for the above down at the bottom of the page.)
Brian
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Burnell and Lupton named families are in Guiseley/Rawdon and Horsforth areas in 1841.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Guiseley/index.html
(Sorry for records not being complete, but have a delve in PR for the above down at the bottom of the page.)
Brian
Yes, the reason that I chose that Mary Ann Lupton is that she gave the middle name "Burnell" to one of her children. She was married to Benjamin Burnell.
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I have just ordered what I believe is a marriage certificate for Edward and Jane from the state of New Jersey. If it has what it should, we then might know the first name of her mother and father and hopefully will lead to a solution to this mystery!
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SO the New Jersey State record did not tell me much about Edward and Jane. BUT...it did list the minister who married them and I tracked down the church he was affiliated with. It appears the LDS may have a copy of the church's marriage records. I will check to see and order it if they do. Perhaps THAT may give the names of their parents.
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Saw the film of the original church record today of the marriage of Edward Ivinson and Jane Wood. Sadly there is no additional identifying information there either. No parents names...nothing. Since I can find nothing concrete on Jane's mother or father, and the trail from her grandmother to the Burnells is a dead end, I am....to use a Navy term....dead in the water. I can say, with an amount of UNcertainty, that Jane Wood lived with her grandmother in Halifax Yorkshire in 1851. That, at least, fits the family history story.
Thanks for your suggestions and help.
Kim
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Well, some additional information has come to light with the acquisition ogf Jane Ivinson's death certificate. Says her father was John Wood and that he was born in Yorkshire, possibly Yeadon. Also says Jane was born in Halifax,Yorkshire (the third one listed in family sources!). Also lists Jane's mother as Elizabeth, but there is an actual had written question mark behaind her name and no birth place listed. A bit more to go on at least....the search for the Lupton, Wood, Burnell, Ivinson connection continues.
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There are too many variables in this family history to successfully determine what the connection is between the Lupton/Burnell line and the Ivinsons is. Only if one starts removing variables is there any headway. Then, the achieved headway usually ends with no firm connection. About time to give up on this quest!