I've also been looking for information on the ‘elusive Samuel Wolves’ and others for many years, with little success. He’s my GGGG grandfather via John Hounam then Margaret E. Hounam.
Recently, an internet search produced an interesting text, possibly an OCR version of some historical document but thinking it would be easily found again, I only took a screenshot, so unfortunately can't name the source. Anyway, I joined Rootschat to offer the following :
“In Langholm, on the 5th instant, at an advanced age, Mrs Wankly” (yes, really), “mother-in-law to Mr Samuel Wolves, Sheriff Officer, Langholm.”
Needless to say, ‘Mrs Wankly’ was nowhere to be found, but a recent visit to Scotlands’ People produced the following burial information with a birth year of 1745:
“Mary Wanklin, mother-in-law to Mr Wolves, buried 3 Aug 1823, age 78, Parish of Langholm and Staplegorton”
So might Mary Wanklin be the mother of Mary (or Margaret) Blackmere / Blackmore, and grandmother to Mary Anne Wolves?
So far, the only close online surname match (from Find my Past) seems to be :
“Mary Blakemore, married Richard Wanklyn on 6 Feb 1787, church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Aston Juxta, Birmingham, Warwickshire”,
which would fit with others’ view of Warwickshire origins.
This would be quite a late marriage to produce Mary / Margaret Blackmere / Blackmore, maybe hints at either an earlier illigitimate birth or a second marriage to Richard Wanklyn
Will we ever know? While we're all beavering away searching for clues, someone out there might be in possession of the family bible !
