BLOOMFIELD Family

[maggie smith]

I am stuck on the Bloomfields line and wonder if anyone can help me solve the problem.
of James Bloomfield who was Williams father, my queries are
Where was he born?
in 1851. 1861 Census Halesworth
in 1871, 1881 Census Benhall
Probably the latter is correct?

Who were his parents?
It seems to be John Bloomfield and Esther (Batho)
if this is so Ester was about 45 when James was born in abt 1821. Also on his marriage cert 7/4/1844 his father is shown as James Bloomfield.
John was dead by then and the James may have been proxy. or have I missed something.

On the same marriage cert his wife Louisa Watts has parents shown as James Trumpeter I can assume that is a proxy for her parents who were not about or that Louisa's birth mother was unmarried.

[Dave Francis]

Looking at a transcription of the Halesworth PRs I found this...

James Leder BLOMFIELD [sic]
Illegitimate son of Rachel Blomfield, singlewoman
Baptised 14 November 1821

There are no Bloomfields in Halesworth in the relevant period.

James Bloomfield senr (marriage cert) could have been a work of fiction

What do you think?

[findem]

Hi Maggie,

If James is illegitimate, I'm wondering if his middle name Leder is a clue, it has the look of a surname, could it be the surname of his father, was his father perhaps a James Leder!  It's not unknown for the mothers of illegitimate children to include a clue to the child's father in the baptismal names, might be worth looking for Leder as a surname in the 1841 & 1851 census for Benhall and Halesworth, perhaps even some nearby places.

Regards

[Kriywan]

Hi Maggie, Not sure if your query is still current, but I am researching my Bloomfield line back to John & Esther (Batho) 1795 in Benhall:   I have John b. 1796 & a James b. 1813 to John & Esther.   John b. 1796 married Elizabeth Markham 1819 and have a James b. circa 1823 & Charles b. circa 1826.   This James may have married a Louisa?  circa 1845.   
Let me know what you think?
Yvonne

[maggie smith]

Hi Kriywan,
I an sorry it has taken me so long to eply but I ave just returned from holiday.  Yes it is the same Bloomfield family that I am rsearching.  I have much information for you if you wish to email me on (*)

kind regars
magge

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[Kriywan]

Hi Maggie, Look forward to sharing info... the email address has been removed from your note .... when back on line, send me a message & we can pick up

Yvonne

[Yi Win]

Hi Maggie & Kriywan,

If you ever trace where your John B who married to Esther Batho came from then let me know there's a few of us on here who have huge branches of the Blomfield tree that they may be able to link into with your John.

Yi

Kriywan - did you ever get to look at the parish records to see if it gave a birth location on his marriage info?

[maggie smith]

I have him down as Benhall, Suffolk.  He married Esther on 10 Dec 1795 at St Marys Church Benhall Suffolk, and have 11 siblings.

Maggie

[Yi Win]

Hi,

What it needs is maybe for you and Kriywan to get together and look up the record via the Suffolk Records Office - there will be a fee to get hold of the copies for this date but as you have a rough date you do not need to purchase the whole filche - just the period covering his marriage date - it would possibly lead you to his birth location.

IF we can get the birth location of your John then there's a possibility that one of the members on here with Blomfield branches can link into it for you and you can then extend your tree.

if they married in 1795 Benhall it may give thier birth location on the records -once you get stuck there is really no choice but to pay a little out togain a lot more back.

Good luck
Yi