Robert Hough

[Kelly1]

Hi,

I am currently trying to trace Robert Hough through the census records but I am not having much luck. It doesn't help that I only know his name and approx year of birth.

Here is all the information I have:

My 4x Grt Grandmother was Sarah Hough born c1829 North Scarle Lincolnshire, baptised 30th August 1829 North Scarle Lincs, parents Robert and Ann.

Robert Hough married Ann Radley 17th Feb 1824 South Hykeham Lincs, witnesses were William and Lettice Moodey.

Robert and Ann had the following children:

Robert Hough 1824 South Hykeham
Ann Hough 1826 South Hykeham
Sarah Hough 1829 North Scarle

On the 1841 parents Robert and Ann with Daughter Sarah are living in North Clifton Nottinghamshire. Roberts birth year is c1801 and Ann's is C1791.

On the 1851 Ann senior is living with her son in Catcliffe Yorkshire and both Ann and Robert are listed as married but their husband and wife are not with them on the census.

Sarah Hough is living in St Swithin Lincoln on the 1851 and she is listed as a lodger.

Robert senior died August 1857 in Grantham, his address on the death cert is given as Westgate Grantham and his daughter Sarah Ward was the informant. Robert was buried at Grantham cemetery on the 1st Sept 1857.

I have tried to find Robert on the 1851 but I can't seem to find him, I was hoping to find him as this may give me his place of birth.

I have also tried to trace William and Lettice Moodey on the census records but I can't find anything for them, I was hoping that they may have been related to either Robert and Ann senior. I did find a William and Lettice Hoff on the census.

I was wondering if anyone could me some help or ideas to try and trace Robert?

Any help would be truly appreciated.

Kelly

[beady]

Most of the Hough's/ Hoff's appear to be in parishes along the Lincs/Notts border.
I can find only the marriage of Robert, so I would suggest that you hunt in Nottinghamshire.

[Kelly1]

Hi Beady,

Thank you for your reply.

Robert married and died in Lincolnshire, on the 1841 census he is in Nottingham but he states he wasn't born in the county.

[dcbnwh]

Although the census says that Robert wasn't born in Nottinghamshire, it might be worth looking at Robert Hough who was born just over the border from Lincolnshire in Coddington, Nottinghamshire, in1801.

He had a brother, Thomas, who married and had children in North Clifton, although he had moved to Whiston, Yorkshire by 1841. He was still there in 1851, only a few miles from Catcliffe, where Ann was living.

Regards,
David

[Kelly1]

Hi David,

Thank you for the reply.

Can I ask where you found the details for a Robert Hough born Coddington, I can't seem to find anything?

Kelly.

[dcbnwh]

Hi Kelly,

go to http://www.familysearch.org

Leave first and last name blank and enter British Isles as the region, Stephen Hough as father and Ann as mother

The results should all be Coddington with a couple in Lincolnshire

There is a tree on http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Search initially on Robert Hough and then add Coddinton as extra criteria when the results appear.

There are also several trees on http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ but you might need a subscription to see them.

Hope this helps,

David

[Kelly1]

Hi David,

Thank you for your help.

I have now found the Robert Hough baptism, I always forget to check the older version of family search I normally use the new pilot search.

I have a subscription to ancestry so will have a look at the trees on there.

I am wondering if the witnesses to Robert and Ann's wedding were actually William and Lettice Hough. I cannot find a William and Lettice Moodey but there is a william and lettice Hoff.

[dcbnwh]

Hi Kelly

I have looked at the image of the marriage on Lincstothepast and it looks as though William Moody signed his own name. A person of that name was baptised there in South Hykeham in 1806 and appears on the 1851 census, having married Sarah Dowse in 1836.

I wonder if Lettice was his sister, although I can't find any records?

There is a marriage between William Hoff and Lettice Marrot in Strubby in 1823, near to Withern, where they were living in 1841.

Unfortunately, Robert Hough seems to have escaped the 1851 census and I am not sure how you can confirm his origin. Robert from Coddington is the only suspect at present but it is difficult to be certain.

Regards,
David

[Kelly1]

Hi David,

Thank you for your reply.

I will go and have a look at the William Moody you found.

I can't find any trace of a Lettice Moodey, but I did find the Lettice Marrot marriage you found.

I was hoping that I could find Robert on the 1851 to confirm his place of birth. I agree that the Robert born in Coddington is the most likely suspect but I don't know how I am going to prove this. I think I will try and trace this Robert's siblings to see if I can find any connection.

Kind regards

Kelly