Comfort Burgoyne (nee:Hayne) last mentioned in 1839

[lizdb]

Women and children might be together. Or 11 might be old enough to be with the adults
Though, in 1841 I seem to remember the list was a mixture.

Looks like something happened to Comfort before 1841.

Maybe clutching at a non existant straw, but I do wonder about this death -
Apr/May/Jun 1839 Brackely - Joseph Burgoyne
With an unusual name like Comfort, it wouldnt be the first time a name has changed on its way to the GRO registers!

But first thing would be to see what workhouse records survive - your answers may well all be there.

[carol8353]

That's not her Liz 

Joseph Burgoyne buried at St Peter with St James Brackley on 13 Apr 1839 Age 8 Months.

Carol

[lizdb]

Thanks Carol, at least it is ruled out.

[seahall]

Hi.

Welcome to Rootschat lilpurplepearl. 

The Northants Record Office have a list of collections here.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0l6m/

There does not seem to be much coverage for the time period for Brackley
at the Northants Record Office in the Poor Law Records.

Brackley Poor Law Union. Reference: PL1
Guardian’s minutes 1835-1930
Correspondence 1897-1927
Financial papers 1835-1930
Workhouse building 1835-1888
Workhouse master's records 1836-1935
Including Register of apprentices 1882 - 1927
Register of admission and discharge registers 1914 - 1927
Medical Officer of Health papers 1869-1932
Including register of births 1910-1932
Register of deaths 1910-1931
Religious creed register 1890-1934
Outdoor relief records 1837-1930
School attendance committee minutes 1897-1907

The Record Office is having so many requests for information that there
is a backlog as I have had an e-mail reply to a request I made at the beginning
of April stating so, and I am still waiting a reply.

Sandy

[seahall]

As to Elizabeth Burgoyne baptism there is no record of it in Northants.

Here are her marriage details from the N.M.I.

Brackley
31-Jan 1859
William WARR otp, bachelor, age 22, labourer, father William, labourer to
Elizabeth BURGOYNE otp, spinster, age 20, servant, father John, basketmaker

Sandy   

[seahall]

Also Alan Clarke has indexed the Northampton Mercury Articles
from 1833-1846 which are added to all the while.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0tl3/

It can be dowloaded as a pdf file.

It mentions John and Comfort.

Sandy

[seahall]

Not that this helps but the N.M.I. has Comfort as Wayne.

Brackley
12-Dec 1836
John BURGOYNE otp St Peter bachelor to Comfort WAYNE otp St Peter spinster

Still no baptism in the County. Maybe Oxon.

Sandy      

[lilpurplepearl]

Thanks for being helpful everyone.  I'll do a last ditch effort & send off a research service application form to the Northampton Records Office & sit back & wait patiently, although by Sandy's comment it could be a long while before someone gets back to me with a "I'm sorry but we can't help you" email.

Would anyone know if the name Comfort was a popular name around the beginning of the 18th century or a name that was used more in certain  areas?  My 2x Great Gran Elizabeth Warr (nee: Burgoyne, Comforts daughter) went on to have at least 2 living children while living in the UK & one was named Alfred Colimer Warr. I could never understand where she got the name Colimer from, maybe it was what she remembered of her mother.

Yeah Sandy, I've seen that, I think it's a transcribing error. I have a pic of the microfiche & it definitely says Hayne, although it hasn't stopped me from searching using Wayne just in case 

Christine

[JaneyCanuck]

I wonder whether that Joseph Burgoyne was a child of Comfort's though? It's not like there was a glut of Burgoynes there!

Joseph birth reg Sep Q 1838 Brackley, death Jun Q 1839 Brackley
Then there is a Mary death in 1848.
And then Elizabeth's marriage in 1859.

Some years ago I was in touch with a person who was trying to identify a Comfort with the same surname as one of my ancestors (born c1804 in Gloucestershire, apparently). She had the idea that it was a traveller name. I wonder whether that might be consistent with the basket-maker occupation. And be a reason for not finding traces of your Comfort.

It's also mentioned as being a Quaker name, not that your Comfort sounds very pacifist!