Hi
I am seeking the following and any assistance is appreciated. It seems that my relatives lived, loved, procreated, married and died in Somerset, especially in the Taunton area.
a)
Birth details for George Deem ( circa 1800) and Esther Cox. (Circa 1811) and parental details for both people. They Married Taunton St James Jul 24 1826. This is in the transcripts on
http://www.wsom.org.uk. There is record of the baptisms of their sons William b. 1831 and George 1834 and the death of George in 1835 (aged 35). Taunton, St James. I have found a record of an Esther Cox being baptised in ST. DECUMANS BAPTISMS 1786 TO 1812 but this was in December 1808. Esther isn't a common name. This doesn't marry with the census of 1841 when she states she is 30 and Arthur is 10 (William Arthur?)
b) Life details, Spouse and Children of the above mentioned William Arthur Deem.
c) Parental details for Arthur George Deem b. Taunton 1881. I know that he married a Lena Voysey in 1903 in Taunton. He would be the grandson of William Arthur above, I think. There are no census details for him before 1911. In that he was overseas. I have traced him to the commissioning crew on HMS Pyramus which sailed out to Australia. He settled in Australia and divorced Lena in 1922.
d) Birth details of Henry Arthur Deem's wife Emily Ridgway possibly born 1865 Nynehead???
They married in Taunton in 1883. He may have been the grandson of William Arthur as well.
e) Details of the children of Arthur and Emily. Unfortunately, they were living at 12 Paradise Row, Whitehall in 1891 and were neglecting their children. A trial happened. (Found an article) Children were sent to the 'Union' or workhouse. The names of the children are Arthur John (My great great grandfather) b. 1884, Eva Ellen circa 1885, Laura Circa 1887, Rosina Elizabeth circa 1889 and Frederick William Henry 1890.
I know bit about my GGF. I have found traces of Rosina Elizabeth in 1901. She was still at a Bristol workhouse. Census says: Bishopston St Michael and All Angels. Gloucestershire. She was living in a boarding house in 1911 and married in 1917 to a Broomfield. Have found traces of Frederick too down to his modern day relatives who I hope to find to ask they more information.
BUT cannot find any trace of Eva Ellen or Laura and cannot locate workhouse records or census info to confirm anything.
Anyway,
Any help would be appreciated
Yaz
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Seems in 1887 Emily was charged with theft and pawning of clothing of a neighbour...In the article there was reference to, 'Was the baby with her' Affirmative and 'seems happier there than at home.' Wonder if she had another??? Another path to follow.