John CAWTHORN born 1849- Wisbech m Martha JONES 1890

[janir]

My great grandmother Was Alice Jones born 1/4/1872 -Wicklewood Workhouse , Norfolk. I know very little about her or who her parents were. Her mother could be Martha Jones born 1845 Colton , Norfolk, who married John  Cawthorn , Wisbech 1890. I would be grateful of any information regarding, John Cawthorn  & his family . Thankyou.

[groom]

My great grandmother Was Alice Jones born 1/4/1872 -Wicklewood Workhouse , Norfolk. I know very little about her or who her parents were.

Have you got her birth certificate - I presume there is no father shown?

[groom]

An on line tree has his birth as 3 rd Sept 1849 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire and his parents as Freeman Cawthorn ( 1823 – 1876) and Caroline Skeels 1819.

Here is the family in 1861   RG 9; Piece: 1048; Folio: 139; Page: 37   Wisbech

Freeman Cawthorn   38   Labourer                  Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Caroline Cawthorn   40   charwoman               Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
John Cawthorn           11   errand boy                Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Richard Cawthorn   9                                    Chatteris, Cambridgeshire
Caroline Cawthorn   4                                    Wisbech
Mary Ann Cawthorn   1                                    Wisbech

[groom]

This looks like him in 1881 - names fit with the 1891 when he is with Martha.

RG11; Piece: 1696; Folio: 89; Page: 8
Wisbech   3 Cooks Passage

John Cawthorn   31  Bargeman          Chatteris
Maria Cawthorn   29                          Wisbech
Walter Cawthorn   5                            Wisbech
Albert Cawthorn   3                            Wisbech
Fred Cawthorn   1                            Wisbech
Ethel Cawthorn    1 month                 Wisbech
Edith Cawthorn   1 month                 Wisbech

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Maria's death

Deaths Jun 1890
   
Cawthorn    Maria    38   
Wisbeach    3b   343

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So he didn't hang about did he?

Marriages Sep 1890 
 
Cawthorn    John          
Jones    Martha       
Wisbech    3b   1121      
 

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Possible first marriage

Marriages Jun 1875 
 
CAWTHORN    John        
HOWARD    Maria       
Holbeach    7a   677

[trish1120]

John CAWTHORN age 25, Father FREEMAN Cawthorn Married Maria HOWARD age 23, Father ABRAHAM Howard, 22 June 1875, Sutton-Bridge, Lincoln

John CAWTHORN age 41 , Father FREEMAN, Married Nartha JONES age 47, Father WILLIAM Jones,  14 September 1890, St. Peter, Wisbeach, Cambridge

Both on Familysearch.Org


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[trish1120]

ALICE Jones Baptised 30 January 1876, St Andrew, Colton, Norfolk, Mother MARTHA Jones
Birth 1 April 1872
(FreeREG)

1881 Alice Jones age 10 is a Scholar in the Forehoe Union Workhouse, born c 1871 Wicklewood
1891 she is a Servant in Wisbceh, Cambridgeshire in the Bothamley Household, age 19 born 1872 Wicklewood, Norfolk.

1891 Census Martha CAWTHORN is born c 1844 Coulton (sic), Norfolk

MARTHA Jones Baptised 14 Feb 1844, St Andrew, Coltonn, Norfolk
Parents WILLIAM/MARY
Fathers Occp Labourer
(FreeREG)

1881 Census
14 Sandy Land, Wisbech St Peter, Cambridgeshire
Martha Jones, 36, Head, Unm, Charwoman, born Coulton, Norfolk
John Jones, 12, Son, Scholar, born Whittle Wood, Norfolk
George Jones, 4, Son, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Florence E. Jones,1, Daug, born Wisbech

There a several John Jones c 1868/1869 lodging with Families in 1871 so cant pin him down.
Also cant find Martha.

JOHN HENRY Jones Baptised 30 Jan 1876, St Adrew, Colton Mother MARTHA Jones
Birth 12 November 1868
(FreeREG0
So Baptised same day as Alice***

1891 Census Florence is under FLORRIE Janes;
John Cawthorn, 41
Martha Cawthorn, 47
Walter Cawthorn, 15
Albert Cawthorn, 13
Fred Cawthorn, 11
Ralph Cawthorn,   5
Mabel Cawthorn,   1
Florrie Janes, 11