billows/bellows/bellowes

[marionjean]

looking for help for john billows/bellows born about 1775 in poole i believe he married a ann lacy on 17/9/1798. i am trying to find his parents etc. can anybody help please.
i believe he died 23/10/1850 at north street poole and he was a ropemaker/mariner

[rosie99]

looking for help for john billows/bellows born about 1775 in poole i believe he married a ann lacy on 17/9/1798. i am trying to find his parents etc. can anybody help please.
i believe he died 23/10/1850 at north street poole and he was a ropemaker/mariner

Do you have him or his wife on census if so where/when.  Why do you think he was born in Poole

What information does the death certificate give regarding the informant.


Sorry it is all questions 

Rosie

[nanny jan]

Hi,

This is a very useful site for those with Dorset connections; a great variety of records are available :

http://www.opcdorset.org/


Nanny Jan

[marionjean]

i have  a copy of 1841 census where john is living with ann his wife. he was living in north street st james parish he was a ropemaker. i say he was born in poole because most of all his family were born in that are by family i mean children and grandchildren etc until they moved to southampton i do not have his death certificate

[marionjean]

nanny jan - yes i have looked at opc for dorset by they do not go far enough back i need more parish records etc or somebody that has already traced their tree back. thank you for your advice though.

[rosie99]

The 1841 census has his age as 70 and Ann's as 60 both born in Dorset.

As ages were rounded down 70 would put his age as 70 - 74 ie born c1766 -1770.
In 1851 Ann is age 73.  I presume this is her christening
Ann Lacy
birth   14 Mar 1779   OLD MEETING HILL STREET-PRESBYTERIAN,POOLE,DORSET
parents Thos. Lacy & Ann
Did they marry at the same church?  The marriage could give some clues to the origin of John.

Rosie

[marionjean]

there marriage on 17/9/1798 just give the names of john bellows and ann lacy as it was pre 1837 that seems to be all the information you get. the copy i have is from dorset marriages 1538-1812 people present were a william jenkins and sarah turner. it is a shame that their fathers names were not given

[rosie99]

Sometimes the witnesses help but obviously not on this occasion.    Early marriages sometimes have the parish of residence.  He could have moved to the coast to live to follow a career as a mariner. 

Rosie

[marionjean]

that it why i have got stuck now no more info found