Looking for James PALMER birth/death Melton Mowbray COMPLETED

[blueowl]

I am trying to track a James Palmer possibly born in Melton Mowbray around 1791 and died between 1841 and 1851.

He married a Frances Pears at Great Dalby on 14/1/1813 (marriage record show him coming from the Parish of Melton Mowbray. In 1841 he was living in Melton Mowbray (aged 50).  In 1851, Frances was a widow. They had 2 children that I know of Elizabeth (aged 20 in 1841) and Frances (aged 15 in 1841).

Many thanks.  Blueowl

[diddymiller]

Hi & welcome to RC & the Leics board.

there are 2 deaths of a James Palmer in Melton registration between 1841 & 1851:

Dec 1842 melton Mowbray 15/149
Sept 1850 Melton Mowbray 15 /133

no way of knowing which is him at this point. maybe Mike will find the burials and there may be a clue if buried with family.

haven't found a baptism yet

Diddy

[diddymiller]

old family search site has other children for James & Frances
all melton:

James      28/2/1814
Ann          27/5/1815
Elizabeth  21/3/1817
Edward      3/9/1819
Frances    22/2/1822

Diddy

[diddymiller]

Lots of Palmers in Melton on the freereg site:

http://freereg.rootsweb.com/cgi/Search.pl

James 1814 baptism - they are down as living in Eyekettleby,Melton

burial:
James 22/3/1814 aged 3m Eyekettleby
James 8/9/1850  aged 63  (b.1787) Melton  - think this is the sept 1850 i gave you. -this could be yours as ages on the 1841 census were rounded.

Diddy

[blueowl]

Hello, and thanks for the quick responses.

Yes I found records from FreeBMD of the two deaths in 1842 and 50. 
Thanks for the 'extra' three siblings of Frances which I hadn't looked for - is that a searcheable site you can tell me or is it the one in your later post?
I had seen some Eye Kettleby Palmers, but wasn't sure of any link. Could be my James ! Will check out the freereg link.

Many thanks.
Blueowl.

[diddymiller]

Hi old family search site:

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

new one now available but i find difficult to use so sticking to old one until it disappears!!

Diddy

[Mike from Leicester]

Greeting’s Folks . …..

I can only find Burial details for just one of those Death Indexes

St; Mary’s Parish Church.
Melton Mowbray.

1850.
Parish Burial Register Entry. No’. 410.

James Palmer.
Abode. ….Melton Mowbray.
8th. September.
Aged. ….63.

No sign of the other one and not even Frances ……Sorry.


MIKE. …….

[blueowl]

Mike,

many thanks for the last post. I'm fairly new to this lark, so apologies if these are dumb questions !

Assuming this is 'my' James, I've checked the following for his birth/christening (as I have no idea of the names of his parents) :
freereg
the Church of LDS www.familysearch.org site which Diddy referred me to. This one lists a James' baptism on 22/4/1789 at St Marys Leicester. Date not bad, but Leicester, not Melton or nearby.

Any other suggestions to locate his birth/baptism record? His 1841 census record says he was born in Leicestershire. He lived/possibly died in Melton but married in Gt Dalby.

What in your experience is the chance of his gravestone being present & legible if I visited Melton? It may contain some family member information ......

Are the burial records available in image form anywhere on the www?

Regards Blueowl

[diddymiller]

you could try contacting Melton Library direct as they seem to have a good FH section:

Melton Mowbray Library
Wilton Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0UJ
Map with location of Melton Library
Tel: 0116 305 3646
Fax: 01664 410199
E-mail: meltonmowbraylibrary at leics.gov.uk

also the Melton museum:

Contact : Melton Carnegie Museum
Telephone : 0116 305 3860
E-mail : meltonmuseum at leics.gov.uk

Diddy