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Wiltshire / Re: Lookup William Mullins
« on: Thursday 27 August 20 12:03 BST (UK)  »
Hi KEwRixon,
I am currently sat in a cottage on Glasses Lane. I am researching it’s history and would be fascinated to hear more about this Mullins Family and any photographs. I believe there are 3 cottages on the Lane but have not been able to definitively identify this one on any census.

Many thanks for any information or help you might be able to provide!


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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: BURBIDGE or BURBRIDGE + SMITH
« on: Wednesday 22 June 16 22:23 BST (UK)  »
No problem - thanks for replying and I hope this is of interest!

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: BURBIDGE or BURBRIDGE + SMITH
« on: Wednesday 15 June 16 14:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi. Still no proof on your 'Smith' name, but I did find a newspaper ad from 1824 from John Burbidge in Westminster saying on no account would he settle any debts incurred by his wife Elizabeth as she had left his house and he was no longer responsible for her. I haven't proved this was him, but since I think the 1818 baptism from Elizabeth jr was correct (since it specifies his profession as draper, which was correct), my theory is:
- John married Elizabeth ???? some time before 1818
- She left him in 1824, taking Elizabeth jr with her.
- Her maiden name might have been Smith, or her she might have married a Smith. Either way, Elizabeth took that name.

I'll let you know if I ever prove any of this.

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: BURBIDGE or BURBRIDGE + SMITH
« on: Friday 13 May 16 13:07 BST (UK)  »
A bit of progress today.
- I found John R Burbidge in the 1871 census by checking the address where he died in 1873. He had been mistranscribed as 'Bunbridge'.  Intriguingly the birthplace was given as Leicestershire, not Northamptonshire
- I struggled to read the place in Leicestershire, but now know it to have been 'Harboro' - as in Market Harborough. This is about 9 miles from Welford.
- Thanks to the marvellous freereg, I have not only a baptism for John, but also baptisms for siblings Thomas (1782) and William Cave Burbidge (1789), along with confirmation that Mary's name was Mary Richards. [still no sign of my GGGG Elizabeth, who I believe would have arrived a year or so before William Cave].

I did separately find what I believe to be a baptism for John R's daughter Elizabeth Burbidge in 1818. There's no Smith anywhere but the father is given as John Richard Burbidge, draper. Mother and daugher are both Elizabeth Henrietta. It's in Hanwell very near where she would marry Mr. Pulford.    Not sure if this can be right.  I guess it's possible they divorced and Elizabeth jr took her stepfather's name.

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: BURBIDGE or BURBRIDGE + SMITH
« on: Thursday 12 May 16 12:31 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ossibus

I'm joining you in your Burbidge search. Not straightforward, is it!
I'm pretty sure John Richards Burbidge (b. circa 1786, d. 1873) was the daughter of Mary xxxx, who later married someone called GRAVATT.  I have a newspaper cutting of a death notice which clearly identifies Mary Gravatt, who died aged 84 in 1843 in Molesey, near Surbiton, as the mother of John Burbidge Esq.  Annoyingly I can't find her in the 1841 census though!

My connection is that this Mary Gravatt is also identified as the mother of my GGGG Grandmother, Elizabeth Burbidge (this identification is on Elizabeth's marriage licence). Elizabeth was born around 1787-8. I had always assumed in Southwark, but will now look for her in Northants thanks to your detective work.

I note that when John died, he also had funds in Ireland. Yet he died in Brighton, and Emsworth is also mentioned as well as Surbiton/Kingston, with his business being at 58 Bread Street in the city of London [I'm 90% all these people are the same person!]

So lots more to unfurl alongside your original mystery of Smith / Burbidge.

Please let me know if any of this seems way off...

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