Odd name

[Necromancer]

Here she is with her parents and siblings back in 1841

HO107/202/7; Burlescombe; District: 6; Folio: 4; Page: 2 (Note that this is the WELLINGTON Regn District)
Ehe?? House


Thomas Wawmen [sic]    50 Farmer - NOT born in County
Ann W?    35
Elizabeth Wa?    18
Mary W?    15
Caroline Wa?    13

Ann Tottingham    16 Dress Maker
William Candy    12 Lab

[Necromancer]

Burlescombe has Baptism Registers in the IGI, but not marriages - and I cant see Caroline in the relevant batch ...... you can search these in www.familysearch.org

 
 C168471   1579-1689     
 C168472   1689-1736     
 C168473   1667-1687     
 C168474   -1785     
 C168476   1800-1812     
 C168477   1813-1822     
 C168478   1822-1838     
 C168479   1838-1855   

[mooncatsmum]

Thanks again to everyone. Iwas intersted in t e reply that Wawman comes from Somerset because back up the family tree is a connection with Blackler which appears to be a Devon surname.
So far I've been working on the freebies on the net, can anyone recommend a good and value for money site? I looked at ancestry and they seem very expensive-are they worth it?
I live in N Ireland so have no chance of going to any records offices!
Thanks again

[akilpatrick]

Hi, mooncatsmum:

I may be interested in your connection to Caroline Wawman and John Hissey. Caroline was our 4G-aunt. She married John in 1849; then they appeared in the 1851 census at Thatcham, Berks.; then they disappear. I've had no success in tracing them afterward.

Is there an Irish connection for this couple? or do you know whether they went farther afield?

Regards,
Alison Kilpatrick
Nova Scotia, Canada

[mooncatsmum]

Hi Alison,
Thanks for your reply. So far I've found that Caroline and John had at least one son, Charles. Born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1851, he went on to be a schooltacher and then a head teacher at Church Lane, Tooting in London . the building is still there and being used as a mosque.
He married Frances Mary Blackler in 1885 and had two surviving daughters- Violet de Clare and Kathleen Maud Sarah Wahab (my grandmother)
Frances was married twice and came from Drogheda, Co Meath in Ireland. Her father was related to the De Clares (we think one of the Old Norman families-don't get excited, there's no money!)
Charles Hissey, before he married lived with his aunt, (also a schoolteacher) Sarah Anne Hissey born 1843 in Greenham Berkshire (shown in 1881 census, but no further references)
Family rumour says Charles came from quite a large family, but there are a lot of Hisseys around Newbury and it's very difficult to sort out who is who It is quite likely someone emigratedbut no trace yet. Hope you found all this interesting I do go on a bit!

[trish1120]

Here is Charles in 1861 with his Grandparents and Aunt Sarah;

1861 Census
Sandleford, Berkshire
RG9/720/177/15

Charles HISSEY, 58, Head, Mar, Coachman (Domestic Servant) born Midgham, Berks
Sarah Hissey, 60, Wife, Mar, born Harpole, Northamptonshire
Robert Hissey, 26, Son, Unm, Brick Layer, born Sandleford, Berks
SARAH Hissey, 21, Daug, Unm, Seamstress/Own Employ, born Greenham, Berks
CHARLES Hissey, 9, Grandson, Scholar, born Newbury, Berks

1871 he is Charles H Hissey, Lodging in Ipswich, Suffolk , and a Pupil Teacher/National School, born Newbury, Berks
RG10/1753/49/4

Trish

[trish1120]

Could this be him With a Canadian connection!

1881 Census
7 Dennetts Road,
Deptford St Paul, London
RG11/716/53/2

John HISSEY, 49, Head, Mar, Railway Wagon Maker, born Newbury, Berks
Elizabeth Hissey, 44, Wife, Mar, born Barnstable, Devon
Blanche Hissey, 16, Daug, Unm, Dressmaker, born CANADA

They appear on the 1881/1891 Census as above and by 1901 only Elizabeth and Blanche are together.

[akilpatrick]

I wondered if that were him, too, but cannot find a death for Caroline (even with spelling variations on both fore- and surnames) to account for Elizabeth.

I am in the process of sorting out the various John Hissey individuals born in Berkshire c.1830 +/- 2 years through the various censuses.

By the way, FreeBMD shows an index entry for the death of Caroline Hissey, age 73 (which is twelve years off from the birth year of 1828/9 given by the 1841 and 1851 censuses) in the 3rd quarter of 1913, in Rochdale R.D., vol. 8e, pg. 71. When I run a search in FreeBMD for a marriage between Hissey and any woman named Carol* (wild card), the only marriage that pops up is between John Hissey and Caroline Wawman.

Will post more as I try to sort this out.

Cheers,
Alison

[teaurn]

Could the death and second marriage have taken in Canada