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Messages - Mhairi28

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Worcestershire / Re: Help with Worcestershire death 1845
« on: Thursday 12 June 25 20:57 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for your prompt replies .

Interesting and sad to see the report of Richard's death. Unfortunately it does not mention his wife's name but he did have 5 children so there is every chance this is the right person. I so appreciate this record, thank you 'Comberton' for finding it.

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Worcestershire / Help with Worcestershire death 1845
« on: Thursday 12 June 25 20:19 BST (UK)  »
I have been trying to find a death record for Richard Stait born c 1803 in Worcestershire. There are several versions of his surname which makes his family tricky to trace but the last certain record of him is on the 1841 census.
I have found the following death records which could be Richard:

FreeBMD Richard Stait  Droitwich   March    18  230

GRO record has this death at Droitwich Union
7th March 1845 at Claines  Richard Stait 42   bricklayer's labourer   concussion of the brain
verdict accidental death signed by a coroner.

St Martin's Church, Worcestershire burial 12th March 1845  Richard Stait  age 41
abode Brickyard.

So I would like to know if Droitwich/Droitwich Union mean the same thing and why would a death at Claines be recorded there?
Was there a place in Worcester known as Brickyard?
Would a Christian burial usually take place so quickly after a death?
Would there have been a coroner's report or possibly a newspaper report and can I access it?

I would appreciate any help,
Thank you.


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Northumberland / Re: Missing records for Thomas Bulman
« on: Tuesday 18 March 25 20:34 GMT (UK)  »
If a baptismal record had been available on line it would usually record an illegitimate birth and the mother's name. As there are 2 birth records in the December quarter 1850 I wasn't sure which to order.
However I have now found the correct GRO number and am able to confirm that his mother was indeed Elizabeth.

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Northumberland / Re: Missing records for Thomas Bulman
« on: Tuesday 18 March 25 18:46 GMT (UK)  »
I was hoping to find a baptismal record as I am not sure I have enough information to apply for a birth certificate.
You usually have to give the name of a parent, which is why I have hesitated to apply to Newcastle for one.
I am pleased to have made progress with the Bulman family.

Many thanks for your help.

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Northumberland / Re: Missing records for Thomas Bulman
« on: Monday 17 March 25 20:49 GMT (UK)  »
I think there is good evidence that the 1851 census is my missing Thomas Bulman aged 10 months. Checking the previous census page it shows their address was Forth Bank. Thomas gives Forth Bank as his birth place on the 1871 census.
Following the family in the 1861 census it is possible that Thomas Ridley aged 10 is in fact Thomas Bulman.
However which of the Bulman children is his parent is still uncertain.

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Northumberland / Re: Missing records for Thomas Bulman
« on: Saturday 15 March 25 20:45 GMT (UK)  »
Unfortunately both witnesses were from his wife's family.
Harriet & Thomas have given their place of residence as Gibson Street.
Harriet was 18 but I hadn't considered that Thomas might have needed a parent's consent though I have seen a mother's consent on a marriage record where the father was deceased.

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Northumberland / Re: Missing records for Thomas Bulman
« on: Saturday 15 March 25 20:26 GMT (UK)  »
There is another Thomas Bulman baptism 8th December 1850 to James and Margaret. BMD lists 2 births for this quarter.
If 1851 census is 'my' Thomas then Elizabeth could well be his mother but as I said there doesn't seem to be a record for his baptism.

I agree also that the information on his marriage record is probably false however his wife was also illegitimate and no father recorded so not sure why he would feel the need to invent one. Possibly he didn't know?

Thank you for your interest

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Northumberland / Missing records for Thomas Bulman
« on: Saturday 15 March 25 18:16 GMT (UK)  »
Thomas Bulman aged 20, a moulder, married Harriet Walker 9th September 1867 at All Saints Church, Newcastle.
His father is listed as Thomas Bulman (dec) an iron smith but I have not found any prior census or birth records to confirm this.
To confuse the issue in 1871 he gives his age as 21. He is missing in the 1881 census although his wife & family are listed in Middlesborough. He reappears with his family in 1891 in Stockton aged 40. In 1901 his family are still in Stockton but he seems to be in West Hartlepool as a boarder aged 50.
There is a possible record for 1851 of a 10 month grandson living with his grandmother Ann Bulman. If this is he, then he may have been illegitimate but I have not found baptism records to show his mother. He would have only been 17 when he married.

I would be grateful for any comments.


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Staffordshire / Re: Looking for Robert Howard
« on: Tuesday 24 September 24 18:42 BST (UK)  »
There doesn't appear to be other births to this couple and I haven't traced George Howard further, so he may have died. There are two other Howards producing children in Wolverhampton at this time so they may be related.
However, on the downside, Robert's marriage banns in Wombourne do not say he was a widower.

Kind regards.

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