Completed My Visit to Cambridgeshire County Record Office - will do simple Look-ups

[Rosalie Ryan]

Hello Keith

On your next visit or the one after or after that, are you able to have a squizz at this couple

James Glover m Rebecca Fordham (yes that lot again)
Dec Qtr 1852 Whittlesey
Hoping to get a lead on this one

There is this wild card but dont go to too much trouble

James Colbourn/Colborn (b Thorney) m an Ann (b Crowland) sometime btwn 1841-1844 poss Thorney or Whittlesey

Ann is a suspect Fordham as she was Auntie to Joseph Stacey who was son of Sarah Fordham. (sis?). source 1851 census

Ann (if she is Fordham may crack the case of where the Fordhams may have originally come from)

Ann was living with her mother iand Rebecca in Whittlesey source 1841 Census.

Cheers
Rosalie

[wdurham]

Rosalie -

James Glover and Rebecca Fordham married qe Dec 1852 in Whittlesey.

The GRO ref is 3b 1307.

If you go here:

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp

you can order and pay for their marriage certificate online.

That will give you their fathers names and the witnesses.

Best regards
Wendy

[Keith Sherwood]

Rosalie,
I'm ever so slightly perplexed here, but was the first ask for Rebecca FORDHAM and James GLOVER that you said was in 1832, the same query as the marriage for 1852, whose reference Wendy has just given you, if you want to order the certificate now.
I am HOPING to get along to Shire Hall tomorrow, so will look it up along with that COLBOURN/Ann ? (possibly FORDHAM) marriage...
Keith

[Rosalie Ryan]

Sorry    Keith, too much computer! Eek
Overlooked that I had asked before...shall take a break.

James Glover was born in 1831/2 and married 1852


Rosalie

[Keith Sherwood]

Rosalie,
Managed to spend some time at the CCRO this morning.  Firstly, your query about William SWAN/SWANN who died aged 97 in 1831...
Found his two marriages: In Dullingham 11-04-1769, William bac. of Brinkley to Elizabeth RAMPSHIRE (signs RAMSHER); this followed by a baptism of a William SWANN, s. of William SWANN on 20-04-1769 (I may have got the year of his first marriage wrong - might have been 1767...).
Then the second marriage at Burrough Green: William SWANN o.t.p. widower to Unity SHEARMAN o.t.p.
So, armed with the Brinkley indication, I began to search for his baptism circa 1734: first SWANN baptism in Brinkley not until 1822; earliest SWANN baptism in Burrough Green 1771; earliest SWANN baptism in Dullingham was 1769.
Had a look at the parish map for the 18thC then, and tried some of the other nearby parishes, namely Westley Waterless, Stetchworth, Weston Colville, Carlton cum Willingham, even Bottisham, the Swaffhams and the Wilbrahams...
No sign of him, sad to say, the only baptism for a SWAN I came up with was in Bottisham: 03-08-1732: Robert s. of Valentine and Dorothy SWAN; and 15-09-1734 Mary d. of same parents. 
Where are you William...? Be back presently to tell you about those 2 marriages you were after.
Keith

[Keith Sherwood]

Rosalie - back again,
The 1841-1844 search for a marriage for James Colbourn and Ann was difficult.  They got out the original Thorney marriage register, but I looked from 1840-1846 and there was no sign of this entry.
I also looked in the original registers for both Whittlesey St Andrew and Whittlesey St Mary, and the only entry that was anything near it was:
Whittlesey St Andrew: 08-01-1850: James COLBON widower, labourer, father Clapperson COLBON to Ann WEST spinster of Crowland, father John WEST.  Witnesses Ann COLBON and Joseph STACEY.

When I looked again in Whittlesey St. Mary there was:
18th October 1852 James GLOVER(x) aged 22 bachelor, labourer, residence Whitmore St., father John GLOVER labourer,  to
Rebecca FORDHAM(x) aged 20 spinster, servant, residence Whitmore St., father Robert FORDHAM labourer.  By Banns
J.C.Franks curate.  Witnesses: John FORDHAM (x) Jane Sheriff (x)

It was a nice privilege to thumb through the original entries!
Keith

[Rosalie Ryan]

Keith,
You may not realise it but you have unearthed what could be the
unveiling of who the Fordhams were.

The Colburn marriage is jackpot to me.  Joseph Stacey (if all works out) is sister in law to Ann West.  If this proves correct then the
Fordham girls that I have had so much trouble with are of the surname West and that their mother married twice.  This would
explain the name change.

Will let you know of the outcome.
Many thanks
You beauty!!!!

Rosalie

[dollylee]

A beauty or a Prince he is a kind generous man and because of him I have had 3 hits this week alone on a family I have been looking for for six years.

hmmm, wonder if Mrs. Sherwood knows how many women think her hubby is Wonderful.  Perhaps he should tell her 

Thanks again Keith !!!

dollylee

[Keith Sherwood]

I'm beginning to blush...must be the central heating.
Keith