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Louth / Re: Rebecca Price
« on: Monday 18 November 13 15:18 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for your reply, Pat.
I see that in the 1911 census your great grandmother is shown as born in Co, Louth and as there weren't many Prices in Co. Louth and no other Rebeccas appear, I think it's very likely she was the Rebecca who gave birth to John James in 1865. I've just got copies of the certificates for his birth and death. The birth cert confirms that Rebecca was an unmarried mum (no father named); the informant was Jane Price (present at the birth, her mark). JJ's death cert says he was a "labourer's child". (Another clue may be that in the 1911 census, where Rebecca Glover has amended the number of children she had had from 9 to 10, as if she didn't include JJ at first.)
I've also got a copy of Christopher Price & Jane Reinard's marriage cert. Bride and groom are both shown as servants, so that would tie in with Rebecca's father being a butler later in life. The groom's father is also shown as a servant; Jane's father was a process server, which I think means he served writs and summonses.
The only thing that doesn't quite fit is Rebecca's ages in the English censuses and at death which variously suggest she was born between 1842 and 1846 rather than after the 1847 marriage. I wonder if she added a few years to her age when she married the older Henry Glover in case he thought she was too young??
I still haven't found a definite connection between my Price ancestors in Drogheda and yours in Castlebellingham. If I do, I'll let you know.
Best wishes,
Lionel
I see that in the 1911 census your great grandmother is shown as born in Co, Louth and as there weren't many Prices in Co. Louth and no other Rebeccas appear, I think it's very likely she was the Rebecca who gave birth to John James in 1865. I've just got copies of the certificates for his birth and death. The birth cert confirms that Rebecca was an unmarried mum (no father named); the informant was Jane Price (present at the birth, her mark). JJ's death cert says he was a "labourer's child". (Another clue may be that in the 1911 census, where Rebecca Glover has amended the number of children she had had from 9 to 10, as if she didn't include JJ at first.)
I've also got a copy of Christopher Price & Jane Reinard's marriage cert. Bride and groom are both shown as servants, so that would tie in with Rebecca's father being a butler later in life. The groom's father is also shown as a servant; Jane's father was a process server, which I think means he served writs and summonses.
The only thing that doesn't quite fit is Rebecca's ages in the English censuses and at death which variously suggest she was born between 1842 and 1846 rather than after the 1847 marriage. I wonder if she added a few years to her age when she married the older Henry Glover in case he thought she was too young??
I still haven't found a definite connection between my Price ancestors in Drogheda and yours in Castlebellingham. If I do, I'll let you know.
Best wishes,
Lionel