Preston (in Holderness) Baptisms - CRAWFORTH

[skarm]

I'd be interested to know how old this William Boys was when he died :

Burial : 27th September 1829
William Boys
Humbleton, Yorkshire

If their last known child, Joshua Crawforth Boys was baptised on 24th July 1829, I wonder if this is their father ?

Pels.

I've predicted Hannah's father was Joshua Crawforth -- there was one born c1768 living in Flinton when he died in 1820.

That would very likely be my William Boys who died -- why on earth could I not find that death record since its plainly right there. Sigh. Thank you so much!

William Boys and Hannah Crawforth had:

Thomas Boyce (born 1825)
Ann Boyce (born 1827)
Joshua Crawforth Boyce (1829)

Thomas and Joshua emigrated to Canada prior to 1855, and likely not too much sooner, given they both married earlier in 1855 to a group of families that intermarried plenty. Peel Co., Ontario, Canada was mostly Methodist at the time so perhaps that's why we can't find Baptisms.

Edit: Yup! I'd seen the William Boys - Hannah Crawforth marriage. I had someone check the original record too. It listed him as a bachelor, her as a spinster, and with consent of parents. Nothing more. I just have to wonder if William really was a bachelor, or this was a second marriage for him. Unfortunately other than "circa 1781" as a theoretical birthdate I know nothing more about him.

[skarm]

I'll add:

The Joshua Crawforth (c. 1768 - 1820) married in 1808 to Mary Godolphin (1774 - 1841) in Humbleton. They are definitely the parents of Robert and Elizabeth (above), but I'm still not sure if Joshua is the father of Hannah and Rebecca given they were born prior to his marriage to Mary.

[Pels.]

William Boys and Hannah Crawforth had:

Thomas Boyce (born 1825)
Ann Boyce (born 1827)
Joshua Crawforth Boyce (1829)

Thomas and Joshua emigrated to Canada prior to 1855, and likely not too much sooner, given they both married earlier in 1855 to a group of families that intermarried plenty.

Nothing concrete, but one worth hanging onto until you can prove different :

Marriage, Mar qtr 1847   
Ann Boyes          
Bradley Burn        
Skirlaugh, Vol 22, page 461

Death, Mar qtr 1851
Bradley Burn
Skirlaugh, Vol 22, page 507

It does explain why I can't find Bradley Burn in 1851, but doesn't help to find Ann to see
if there's even a remote connection with 'your' Ann Boys.

To save you time if you haven't already noticed this, there's an 1838 baptism for a
Wilfred Burn in Bridlington with parents Bradley and Mary Burn. Wilfred is in Hornsea with
his mother and siblings in 1841, his father isn't with them. But, there is a Bradley Burn of
a similar age to Mary staying in Bridlington in 1841 :

HO107/1213/6, Folio 31, Page 9

That might account for both Bradley and Mary Burn in 1841.

Which leads to a possible death for Mary, enabling Bradley to marry Ann Boys.

Death, Mar qtr 1842   
Mary Burn       
Skirlaugh, Vol 22, page 431

Haven't a clue whether any of this is even related, but thought it worth a mention.

Pels.

[Pels.]

After all that I've found the Ann Boyes who Bradley Burn married. The census claims
she was born in Pocklington, how disappointing but I'll post the details anyway :

1851 census :
HO107/2365, Folio 254, Page 20

Yorkshire, Hornsea
Southgate

Ann Burn, h. widow, 30, Proprietor of Houses, b. Pocklington
Thomas, son, 14, b. Barlington
Wilfred, son, 12, b. Barlington
Elizabeth Dresser, sister, mar, 32, Dock Porter's Wife, b. Pocklington
Edward Dresser, nephew, 4 mths, b. Hull
John Boyes, nephew, 6, b. Pocklington

Completely different family, but at least you know not to make the same mistake, unless
of course you already have at some point.

Pels.

[skarm]

Hi Pels,

Thanks for your continued efforts on this! I really appreciate it.

It would make sense if the 1829 burial of William Boys was the one who married Hannah Crawforth. That leads to the possibility that Hannah remarried or passed away herself -- reasons why I might not be able to pinpoint her in Canada or later England census records.

Even if Hannah was in Canada with her adult sons (and perhaps daughter as well) she might very well have a new married name. Early records in Canada aren't nearly as helpful as the earlier English records so its tough going on this side of the pond.

Time to start looking if Hannah Boys/Boyce/Boyes married after 1829 methinks.