Webb - parish registers

[carrielovesfanta]

Hi all,

I'd be very grateful if someone could look up the christening of Paramus Webb (may be spelt otherwise - Parowmus, Parrowmas etc). I have his place of birth down as Barnwell, Cambs in about 1836.

Many thanks in advance

Caz

[bedfordshire boy]

Cambs FHS has a baptism index 1801-37 on http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html

There's a Paradise Webb in 1834 at Caldecote, which is the nearest I can find. As he was 26 in 1861 the age fits.

Regards

David

[carrielovesfanta]

Hi David,

Thanks very much for looking. I had already seen that website but I was hoping that someone could look at the fiche for me if they were going to the records office.

Best wishes

Caz

[johnP-bedford]

Is there a Barnwell in Cambs ? I have that being in Northants - just south of Oundle. Could it be Burwell. ?

I assume you've found on FreeBMD his marriage in 1858 to Mary Ann Luck in Halstead Essex.

 
regards John

[carrielovesfanta]

Yes i've got the marriage thanks

The place name is down in the 1861 census as Barnell but my parents live near Cambridge and my dad says that Barnwell is now an area of Cambridge about a couple of miles out from the city centre. i figured that in 1861 the urban creep might not have caught up with it yet.

I'm going to order the marriage cert when I get paid as I think it might help a bit!

Caz

[bedfordshire boy]

Barnwell was also known as St Andrew the Less

I've been through the CDrom but still nothing for a Para* (no surname) other than Paradise. I've noticed that Paradise Webb was a daughter so I think you can rule her out!

Regards

David

[carrielovesfanta]

The spelling of Paramus is highly variable. i've seen:

Paramus
Parowmus
Parowmas
Parromus
Porromas

etc etc etc.

Could you try searching with Parr* please?

Thanks very much for all your help

[bedfordshire boy]

No Parr* in Cambs at all.

Even though Paramus is easily spelt in a variety of ways there are only a very limited number of variations of Webb, and there's nothing that even resembles Paramus.

David

[carrielovesfanta]

Fair enough - thanks very much for trying

There's a good chance that he wasn't baptised because he was a gypsy - although he did get married in church so I thought there was a chance.

Thanks again for your help

Caz