Norton Subcourse - Honour Gostlin

[Irish Connections]

Hi - I'd be grateful if there's anybody out there who could help me find birth/baptism details of my 4xgr. grandmother, Honour Gostlin.  In the 1851 Census she put her place of birth as 'Norton, Suffolk'; in the 1861 Census she put 'Norfolk' as her place of birth.  I have details of her marriage, in 1879, in Lound, Suffolk but there is nothing to suggest that she was born there - Norton Subcourse is the nearest 'Norton' to Lound and so am taking a wild guess that she was born there!  I have the rest of Honour's history but am stuck on this piece of information.

I also have evidence that she had a twin sister, whose name I believe was Charlotte.  Charlotte also married in Lound, in 1792.  I'd be grateful for any pointers/help that's available - thanks for reading.   

[CaroleW]

Hi

Can we have her birthyear and details of who she married

I have details of her marriage, in 1879, in Lound, Suffolk 

I also have evidence that she had a twin sister, whose name I believe was Charlotte.  Charlotte also married in Lound, in 1792

Either 1879 is incorrect or 1792 is

[Irish Connections]

Hi -

If only I had a brain....

The birth year I'm looking for is 1760/61.  Honour was married in 1789 to James Leest.  They had a child in 1791, George, and he was born in Gt. Yarmouth where his surname was recorded as List.  Honour's sister (or who I believe to be her sister) married in the same church in Lound in 1792 - she married a Robert Parker.

Sorry for this error and wasting your time, but thanks for replying.
Chris

[CaroleW]

Hi

The birth year I'm looking for is 1760/61

in the 1861 Census she put 'Norfolk' as her place of birth

That would make her 100yrs old - is that correct?

Can you give the 1851 and 1861 references please as I cannot find an entry in either census for that profile.  Which county was she living in

[Irish Connections]

Yes, that's correct - she died in 1861 aged 100 years and eight months - although there is another theory that she was 99 years old.  Either way the birth year was 1760/61.  Even more amazing than that was the fact that I have a report which says that her twin sister was still alive when Honour died!  Haven't got any further with that, though.....

To further complicate things, Honour married 4 times in total, so in 1851 her surname was Dyer, having married George Dyer in 1824 in London.  On the 1851 Census return she was down as 'Ann' Dyer on the record I have, but that may be down to being wrongly transcribed.  Her address at that time was Cliffords Inn No. 14, St. Dunstan's in the West, London.

In the 1861 Census she was still living in Cliffords Inn No. 14, was the head of the household, was correctly listed as 'Honour' and had with her her great grandson, Henry Thomas List aged 4.

Hope this is helpful. Thanks again,
Chris