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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Cornwall => Topic started by: coelmar on Wednesday 19 August 20 14:50 BST (UK)
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Hello, on a glorious (?) wet day
I am trying to trace the story of Jemima Rickard, nee Aver. She lived at Towcester, Northants from about 1845 until her death in 1877.
I think she was baptised at Kenwyn in 1820, and the 1841 census gives her as a single person in Probus workhouse. Ancestry gives her discharge from Bodmin Prison as 1844 regn no. 9845: and 1845 regn no. 10198.
She had a son James at Towcester Workhuse in 1850, giving her as Jemima Rickard nee Aver.
The 1851 census gives her as born Truro, married, head of household with one child, living at Towcester.
Her Settlement Examination at Towcester 1854 says she married James Rickard "years ago", but he left her on 13 March 1850, she has no contact with him or her parents.and she has no contact with her mother and father.
I would like to know why she was in Bodmin Prison, was she there once or twice (or more?), and why she had rejected her parents.
Can anyone offer any help to brighten up a pretty nasty day here in East Anglia?
Coelmar
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Maybe her parents rejected her if she was a naughty girl.
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She was single in 1844 on discharge from prison but there is no marriage for her after that date
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Did she have more children after James in 1850?
In 1861 there is a daughter 3 and a son 1 month which is pretty good going considering her age is down as 57!
Can't find birth registrations for them however :-\
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There is a possible Father for James,
James RICHARDS born c 1826-28 Towcester. He married 1848 to Louisa Evans ADAMS.
1861 Jemima has 2 more children;
RICKARDS, - no mmn -
GRO Reference: 1861 M Quarter in TOWCESTER Volume 03B Page 24
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Well done for finding the birth registration. He seems to change his name from the 1861 and is thereafter Samson and he names James as his father when he marries.
Samson also has a spell in prison.
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Check out Cornwall OPC. "Person Search". Gives details of Jemima Aver in Bodmin Bridewell 1844 and 1845. (Sorry, I do not know how to give you the link)
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Just looking at a family tree for her and it gives the marriage 29 Apr 1834 Stoke Dameral Church Plymouth.
There is a copy of a printed statement she made whilst in the workhouse with details which you may be quoting from in your original post.
Says she doesn't know where she was born or where her parents belonged or their names :(
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Sorry this isn't answering your questions about Jemima but she mentions in the statement James was last heard of in Halifax and the tree says born Plymouth which leads to this 1851 census in Halifax.
James Rickard 35 born Plymouth carpet weaver
Ann Rickard 25 born Banbury
That couple have a daughter Mary Ann baptised Halifax 29 Jun 1851.
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She was in prison under the name of Aver 1844 if that is her
LM
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1861, has many name alterations but there is a son looks like Emmanuel Record born 1860 along with widowed mother and 2 other siblings
By the way, there is a family tree Ancestry, her parents shown as Michael Aver 1775-1836 and Elizabeth Hattan died 1878
WHAT DO YOU THINK ?
LM
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1841 entry for St Dominick Cornwall - all born in county
James Rickard 30 occ tailor
Jemima 30
James 5
Samuel (?Samson) 4
Mary 2
unknown male 2 wks
HO107 piece 133/3 folio 23 page 8
The 1820 baptism must have been a late baptism
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Thank you all very much indeed.
I have a lot of details of the family's goings on in Northants, and know some of her descendants. The family know of Samson's frequent brushes with the law, but had no real knowledge of Jemima. I have been unable to find a marriage in Plymouth area which fits.
Again, thanks for all the details.
And it is still raining!
Coelmar
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Hi CaroleW.
I think that Jemima Rickard may have died 1842 age 33 (CornwallOPC)
Trish :)
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S/S Marriage 1834 Devon James RICKARD/Jemima DOIDGE (no other details)
James Courtis RICKARD, Tailor, Widower, remarried 1852 (CornwallOPC)
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that is interesting Trish, SO, Jemima in prison might be a different one?,
LM
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Jemima Aver, 22, of Kenwyn. Admitted Bodmin Bridewell. 8 March 1844. 14 days Hard Labour. Breaking 6 squares of glass at St Clement Workhouse.
Single, height 5'3"". Lame left leg. No previous.
Jemima Aver, admitted Bodmin Bridewell 21 June 1845. 21 days Hard Labour. Disorderly in Truro Union.
Linked to previous event
(Source- Cornwall OPC)
Jemima in Probus Workhouse in 1841. Probus and St Clement both in Truro.
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As I previously mentioned she was in prison under her maiden name
LM
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Hi Trish
You are right so another one bites the dust😳. Thought it was odd that she was single in 1844 on prison records
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As I previously mentioned she was in prison under her maiden name
LM
In original post Coelmar mentioned s/he did not why Jemima was in prison. Just thought I would oblige.
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Hello again, and thanks for the lovely weather you organised for today.
I think I have sorted out the main points in Jemima’s life now
1820 baptised Kenwyn
1841 Census Probus workhouse as single person
1844 Bodmin Bridewell for offence at St Clements
1845 Bodmin Bridewell for offence at Truro
1845 to 1851 ALLEGED marriage to James Rickard at Stoke Dameral
1845 to 1849 Became “Settled” in Towcester area
1850 13 Mar James left her
1850 2? Mar James Henry born to James and Jemima Rickard nee Aver
1851 Census Towcester as Married, head of house
1854 Settlement Examination Towcester
1858 Illegitimate daughter Mary Jane baptised Towcester – no GRO birth record
1861 Illegitimate son Samson birth cert and baptism
1861 Census Towcester
1871 Census Towcester
1877 Death and Burial Towcester
So Thanks again
ps Brentor Boy – Coelmar most definitely a Saxon chieftan – my dragon is Saxon, not Welsh!
Coelmar
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1845 to 1851 ALLEGED marriage to James Rickard at Stoke Dameral
That was a Jemima DOIDGE who married James and she died 1842 age 33
It look to me that your Jemima never married a James Rickard.
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Jemima was my great great great grandmother. Her maiden name of Aver was on James' birth certificate. I posted a copy of it on ancestry. I am descended from her youngest son Samson.
Jemima was jailed in Bodmin for smashing the windows in Truro workhouse. On her release she is described as 5 foot 3, brown hair, grey eyes and walks with a limp. I have not found any evidence of a marriage although Samson claimed to be the son of James when he got married. Samson had 21 convictions, mainly for poaching (and 21 children) There is an interesting story about him on line when he and James got drunk and had a falling out. James was tried at Northampton for trying to kill him , first by cutting his throat with a penknife and then shooting him. He was found not guilty as apparently the brothers were well known for fighting. The transcript is really funny in places.
My grandmother knew many of Samson's children, although her own father Samson died in his early twenties. He was a stone mason and he died of pneumosilicosis.
There is much about Jemima that remains a mystery and I have pretty much reached a dead end with it. One question is why James was baptised at Southam in Warwickshire where I can't find any connections at all.
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Re discharge from Bodmin gaol. 1844 breaking six panes of glass in St Clements workhouse, 1845. drunk and disorderly in Truro union workhouse.
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She was sent to Bodmin jail twice, once for breaking the windows in the workhouse and once for being drunk and disorderly. No idea why she was in the workhouse although her discharge from priison records that she walks with a limp. They also describe her as 5 feet 3 inches tall with brown hair and grey eyes.