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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: cpercival on Friday 27 October 23 11:55 BST (UK)
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I am in possession of a handsome leather bound book about polar exploration. I inherited it from my mother and in the front it is inscribed "Edward William Bick, Rushden House, March 26th 1879."
Edward (His actual name was William Edward) was my Mother's great uncle and he would have been 16 in the year in question. (born 1863). I have been trying to find Rushden House without success. I thought it might have been a school prize and a very handsome prize it would have been, but that might explain the mistake with the order of his name. The family would not be likely to make such a mistake. Any suggestions?
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Have a look at this link
https://rushdenmuseum.co.uk/2021/12/rushden-house/
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What county or country are we looking at? You have posted on the Beginners board so no clues there but there is a Rushden in Northampton
No 1863 birth on free bmd & I can’t see any 1871/1881 entry in England that matches the profile
EDIT
re above link - Edward Campbell Browning - death reg Northampton
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His birth is on GRO, 1862, Camberwell, MMN, Organ
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Good find - freebmd shows his surname as Bink
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Edward William Bick, christening, 17th March 1878, Rushden, Northants
Added. Father John & mother, Sarah. Cannot find a Bick birth on GRO.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYMT-452
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1871
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFXY-VTG
The address prior to this is 'Rushden National School (no school house)'
1881
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27C-72Q2
Debra :)
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Edward William Bick, christening, 17th March 1878, Rushden, Northants
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYMT-452
That was an 'adult' baptism. I'm not sure what the lower age would be to be considered an adult at baptism.
Debra :)
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This is Wm E Bick with parents, John, Gardener, mother, Sarah, & 2 siblings in 1871, Westhumble, Surrey.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRNK-Q3C
His mother, Sarah, died, 1874, Dorking. May explain why he was sent away to school.
Added. Also possible that he was a servant to the Currie family & that the book was a leaving gift.
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Thank you all for the interest you have shown in my project. I have looked up the website recommended by Kloumann and sent an enquiry to the Rushden Museum by email. I now await a response. I will update when/if I receive any information.
C
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Just an update on the book enquiry. The Rushden Museum have been very keen to help but have not turned up any Bicks at Rushden House. However I have been doing some digging and have turned up the same child as Kloumann. According to local Baptism records Edward William Bick was born in 1878 and baptised 17 March 1878 the son of John and Sarah Bick. My problem now is that my Sarah died in 1874 and by the time of Edward's baptism John had remarried. This time to Mary Harris. They had a daughter Amy in 1877 and there is no recorded birth after that. SO, - Edward William Bick is not a member of my Bick line. This begs the question "How did my family come by the book?" I can find no records of Edward William Bick in census records, or birth registration to discover what became of him.
Any ideas?
C
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Referring to reply #7 by Dundee. The 1878 baptism was an 'adult' baptism. I think the christian names have been transcribed in reverse.
It is more than likely that he was employed by the Currie family. Both his sisters were in service at that time. The 1871 & 1881 census show they had several servants from various parts of the country.
Do you know when he died? There is a death in Hampshire, 1880, of a William Edward Bick, age 17.
https://billiongraves.com/grave/William-Edward-Bick/26593803