> Hi Roy, > > The surname CANDY and reference to Burlescombe caught my eye. > > My possible 4x great-grandparents, James NORMAN and Mary CANDEY, were > married at Burlescombe, Devon on 30th. May 1803. > > My 3x great-grandparents were Henry NORMAN, a mason, born in Holcombe > Rogus c.1805 and Charlotte OSMOND, born c.1811, in Sampford Peverell, > Devon > > They were in Bristol , when their daughter Charlotte, my 2x > great-grandmother, was baptized on 11th. March 1832 at the church of > St. Philip and St. Jacob. Abode was St. Philip and father's occupation > was mason. > > The NORMAN family was in Westleigh, Burlescombe at the time of the > 1851 census. > Hi Josephine Elizabeth Candy was baptised at Burlescombe on 13 Feb 1820, daughter of James Candy and Mary (wife's surname not known) which is found on the IGI, batch no. C168477). This accords more or less with Elizabeth's stated age in the censuses. She was very probably the same Elizabeth who had a daughter, Mary Ann Candey [sic] baptised at Burlescombe on 25 Aug 1839 (batch no. C168479). FreeBMD then has a potential marriage for a James Palmer and Elizabeth Candy in the Dec quarter of 1843 (Wellington, vol 10 page 733). I say "potential" because there is another male name on the same page. James must have died before 1851 because Elizabeth is shown as a widow in that census, with a son, James Jr, 5, with her. Also in the household is Mary Ann Candy, 11, described as a lodger born at Burlescombe, but in 1861 she appears as Elizabeth's daughter. It would seem quite possible there is some connection to your Candys (or Candey) at Burlescombe but I haven't found a marriage for James Candy and Mary. Perhaps James Candy and your Mary Candey were brother and sister? I e-mailed you separately about the more recent connection! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE