Hello Roger Thank you so much for your reply to my e-mail. My e-mail address is richard.powers@btopenworld.com I received an e-mail, which you may have seen posted, from David which pretty well confirmed that the retired draper William in the 1851 census was not George's father. However, the William that David noted as being 55 in the 1841 census was most probably George's father as Elizabeth, Wiliam and John all tie in with the children of William's 2nd marriage to Elizabeth. I am also v comfortable with William being a blacksmith. This William appears to have died in 1846. He could not find the retired draper in the 1841 census because of a fault on his CD. However, this does not tell me which of the two elder William's was the father of George and which of the two was the son of George and Elizabeth, baptised in Biggleswade 08/02/1782 as both were of very similar ages. If you have any information which may help in settling this matter and indeed anything which may take the family line back further then I would be most pleased to hear about it and I look forward to hearing from you again. Best Wishes Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: <gilbert1133@tesco.net> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] LARKINS in Biggleswade > Hi Richard, > your interest in the Larkins family of Biggleswade has caught my > eye. Some years ago there was a suggestion that my ancestress Elizabeth > Wagstaff was daughter of George & Elizabeth Larkins of Biggleswade. Not > finding the reputed information either in the Parish Registers/Bishops > Transcripts of Biggleswade, this has always been an unsolved problem. > > I am not too sure how I can help but to contact me, and let's see what we > can come up with. Professional research in the 1960s has provided me with > much information on the Larkins family of Biggleswade which may be of help > to you. > > Roger > bookworm1947@tesco.net >> >> From: "RICHARD POWERS" <richard.powers@btopenworld.com> >> Date: 2006/03/19 Sun PM 01:55:29 GMT >> To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [BDF] LARKINS in Biggleswade >> >> Good Afternoon >> >> Researching the LARKINS name back from present day Nuneaton >> (Warwickshire) has led me to Old Warden/Biggleswade and to a George >> LARKINS born about 1806 in Biggleswade. >> >> >> >> >From the evidence of the censuses and IGI I have come to the conclusion >> >that George must have been baptised 01/02/1806 to William and Martha >> >LARKINS (nee HAYNES) who were married 25/02/1805 in Biggleswade. >> >> >> >> I believe that William LARKINS married again (presumably following the >> death of Martha) on 03/04/1809 to Elizabeth RHODES. This couple had >> children who included Elizabeth, baptised 1811, and William baptised >> 1812. The latter two were found in the 1861 census in Biggleswade and I >> have positively linked them to George's son James LARKINS (baptised >> 28/10/1838 in Biggleswade). >> >> >> >> I am now struggling with the birth/baptism of William LARKINS in the >> latter part of the 18th century as there appears to be alternative >> parents for him - either George and Elizabeth or Charles and Sarah. I >> have also found a possible William LARKINS in the 1851 census but, as >> yet, there is insufficient information to either rule him in or out as >> George LARKINS father. >> >> >> >> I am therefore wondering whether there might be someone else researching >> the LARKINS name who might have found out more than myself and who would >> be prepared to assist me in some way? >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Richard >> >> >> ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >> When REPLYING to a message sent to the list decide if this is information >> that all the list members would like to know about or whether it would >> only be of interest to the individual you are replying to. >> >> > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > The Bedfordshire Family History Page is at > http://www.bfhs.org.uk >

Hi to the LARKINS researchers, When you have resolved your Biggleswade folk the best you can I would be pleased to add the family to the Biggleswade History Society web site. The same goes for anyone else researching in Biggleswade of course. I am happy to take Biggleswade-related information in almost any format, Gedcom, RTF, Text etc. A presentation in outline descendant tree is the most compact. Regards, Mike Strange Archivist - Biggleswade History Society www.biggleswadehistory.org.uk