Howden Marriage - LEIGHTON

[RosemH]

Would anybody be able to look up a marriage in Howden for me please?

William Goulden married Elizabeth Leighton on 17th December 1815 in Howden.  I am trying to determine who Elizabeth's parents were.  Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance
RosemH

[jillruss]

Hi RosemH,

There's an obvious candidate on the IGI:

born 10 Aug, baptised 21 Nov 1794 in Howden
Elizabeth Leighton d/o Thomas Leighton & Dorathy Nixon.

It's an entry extracted from the parish records, so I'm not sure if Nixon was Dorathy's maiden name or if the child was illegitimate.

However, there are also 2 other possibles on the IGI:

baptised 1794 in South Cave d/o Samuel & Johannah
baptised 1790 in Hessle by Hull d/o Frances.

The best idea would be to try and find out if Elizabeth survived until the 1851 census when she should have indicated her birthplace.

Otherwise, were any of William & Elizabeth's children named Thomas, Dorothy, Samuel, Johanna or Frances after their (possible) grandparents?

Jill

[RosemH]

Hi Jill

Thanks for getting back on this.  I had picked up the Elizabeths in the IGI, but as "my" Elizabeth gives her birthplace as Skelton, and as none of her children have any of these possible grandparents' names, I was hoping the parish records of Elizabeth's marriage to William Goulden might show her father's name to settle the issue.

Perhaps the next port of call will be Skelton baptisms.  I don't suppose you have access to these.....?

Thanks again.

RosemH

[jillruss]

As far as I can tell from looking at Phillimore's Parish Atlas and the relevant pages of Genuki -

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Howden/index.html

Skelton wasn't actually a parish in it's own right, but was part of the parish of Howden.

So, I still think the 1794 baptism might be the right one.

I do have some Howden PRs on CD but, unfortunately, they stop at 1776 (marriages stop at 1754).

Next time I go to the East Yorks Record Office, I'll look at the 1815 marriage record to see if it gives any additional info about William & Elizabeth.

Jill

[jillruss]

Sorry - I should have added that I can also look up the Howden 1794 baptism PR for an Elizabeth Leighton to see if there's any mention that the family were from Skelton.

Jill

[RosemH]

Thank you Jill, that is really helpful.  The 1794 Elizabeth does look hopeful.  Thank you for your offer to look them up next time you are in the Record Office - I would be extremely grateful for this.

Thanks again
RosemH

[jillruss]

Hi,

I managed to pop into the Record Office this morning to look at the Howden parish records.

The marriage:
Dec 17 1815 William Goulden alias Demaline of this parish, shoemaker & Elizabeth Lieghton [their spelling] of this parish, spinster.

They married by banns. Both signed their names[William signed 'Goulden']. Witnesses: Thos Richardson, Thos Tyas, Edwd Palmer [the last 2 seem to have been regular witnesses].

The baptism:
Born Aug 10, baptised Nov 21 1794 Elizabeth Leighton daughter of Thomas, a farrier & Dorothy nee Nixon. Abode: Skelton.

I love it when a plan comes together! 

Jill

[RosemH]

You are a star!  That's fantastic - thank you so much for your efforts on this one.

Best wishes
RosemH

[jillruss]

You're very welcome.

Did you know about William's alias? Any idea what it was all about - just curious.

Jill