Is there a subscriber who has access to Perth libraries who would be prepared to check two or three ephemera items on my behalf , and hopefully obtain copies? Stan L. Langley - West Norfolk U.K. Principal Interests; JICKLING; LANGLEY; RICHMOND; WAD(DE)LOW; W(H)ILLOCK. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2710 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Rosie – interesting item! Other newspaper extracts online give David BARTLEMAN’s father as Alexander. David died age 25 and the following baptism would fit exactly (taken from www.Familysearch.org) David BARTLEMAN, father Alexander, baptised 11th February 1756, Christ Church Tynemouth, Northumberland. On the BARTLEMAN family genealogy forum there is a message with the following additional information: Quote: Alexander was born about 1803 and died 1866. He was Mayor of Tynemouth in 1851 and there is a painting of him in the archives....(His son) David 1756-1781 was master of the brigg Alexander & Margaret......Unquote The gentleman who posted the message clearly has additional information. Would have been an even better story in the local paper if one of the journalists had taken the story further....could even have had a present-day BARTLEMAN family member at the unveiling! Diane J. Researching CLARKE COBB SHEPPARD ABSOLON Burgh Castle, Bradwell, Belton, Great Yarmouth Message: 1 Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:12 +0100 From: xpn11 <xpn11@aol.com> Subject: [NFK] Yarmouth Headstone-sea battle with pirate To: Nofolk list <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4E325770.2080309@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Someone might be interested. This is a link to an article in today's Eastern Daily Press about the restoration of a headstone in St Nicholas' churchyard which commemorates a sailor who died after being involved in a sea battle with a pirate http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/yarmouth_gravestone_recounts_tragic_sea_battle_with_pirate_1_977605 The sailor was David Bartleman date 1781 but the ship was of North Shields so he may not have been a Norfolk man. The restoration was paid for by the Pearson family who believe their distant ancestors may have been pirates ( itself an interesting story which the EDP does not seem to have picked up on) Rosie ------------------------------

Someone might be interested. This is a link to an article in today's Eastern Daily Press about the restoration of a headstone in St Nicholas' churchyard which commemorates a sailor who died after being involved in a sea battle with a pirate http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/yarmouth_gravestone_recounts_tragic_sea_battle_with_pirate_1_977605 The sailor was David Bartleman date 1781 but the ship was of North Shields so he may not have been a Norfolk man. The restoration was paid for by the Pearson family who believe their distant ancestors may have been pirates ( itself an interesting story which the EDP does not seem to have picked up on) Rosie

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Thanks Rosie,It is a thought, just one which had never occured to me before. I am sure William would have started off small, working for others and perhaps leasing a small parcel of land until he was able to expand. He had a large family of girls, so needed to be pretty self sufficient in the end. Amazingly, I received my Australian Family Tree Connections magazine today, and in the section for Computers & Genealogy, was a bit saying that Find My Past now has records of men who served in the British militia from 1806 to 1915. These also included men from Australia, New Zealand, Italy, South Africa, Ceylon. This made me wonder if he may have even been a part time member of the militia. Aparently the data even includes physical descriptions of those enlisted. I am not familiar on where to search for Briish Military records, but I suppose it would be the National Archives as well as FMP Thanks for your great suggestions, Regards, Nan On 27 July 2011 17:16, xpn11 <xpn11@aol.com> wrote: > Nan, > It might not be him- like a twit I seached for him ( just because some > of my family came from Upwell . One of the Upwell family shows up on > the 1891 as being in the Army reserve) using Norfolk then remembered > that Upwell was in Cambridgeshire back then. There were about four > William Rawlings/Rawling showing up from Cambridgeshire but I didn't > have time to cross check them all. > Don't forget that unless he was getting capital from his mother or > step father he had to find it somewhere, even if he just took a tenancy > rather than buying the land and being a soldier might have paid better > than being a horseman. He would have needed a cart horse or two and some > machinery to start up with. There was a fine line between labourer and > farmer in the Fens until recently. My 3x great grandfather farmed 250 + > acres by the time he died but his son, my 2x great grandfather was the > eldest of several children and left home to start up by himself before > his father had enough land to support two families. So he was an ag lab > before he managed to farm on his own account. This applied also to my > great grandfather and grandfather in turn. Both were horsemen on other > farms ( including the Scotts of Christchurch near Upwell) before > managing to save/borrow buy farms of their own. There were many many > small holdings in the Fens/Marshland which enabled families to get a > foot on the farming ladder. > Rosie > > >

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Many thanks folks, for your suggestions. The idea that William was in the Army at that time is a big surprise, so I must try and follow that up. On his marriage certificate, his profession is labourer, so I always thought of him as a farmer. Regards, Nan On 26 July 2011 20:03, xpn11 <xpn11@aol.com> wrote: > Nan, I found a William Rawlings on the 1881 giving his birth place > just as Cambridgeshire ( which I think Town Street would have been in > 1863 and he does give his birth county as Cambs in 1891) Piece 4727 > Folio 105 page 32 as a soldier in Fulford Road Yorks but you would have > to eliminate the other three or four with Cambs births by looking at the > census records either side I think. > Rosie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Nan, It might not be him- like a twit I seached for him ( just because some of my family came from Upwell . One of the Upwell family shows up on the 1891 as being in the Army reserve) using Norfolk then remembered that Upwell was in Cambridgeshire back then. There were about four William Rawlings/Rawling showing up from Cambridgeshire but I didn't have time to cross check them all. Don't forget that unless he was getting capital from his mother or step father he had to find it somewhere, even if he just took a tenancy rather than buying the land and being a soldier might have paid better than being a horseman. He would have needed a cart horse or two and some machinery to start up with. There was a fine line between labourer and farmer in the Fens until recently. My 3x great grandfather farmed 250 + acres by the time he died but his son, my 2x great grandfather was the eldest of several children and left home to start up by himself before his father had enough land to support two families. So he was an ag lab before he managed to farm on his own account. This applied also to my great grandfather and grandfather in turn. Both were horsemen on other farms ( including the Scotts of Christchurch near Upwell) before managing to save/borrow buy farms of their own. There were many many small holdings in the Fens/Marshland which enabled families to get a foot on the farming ladder. Rosie On 27/07/2011 00:17, Nan Bailey wrote: > Many thanks folks, for your suggestions. The idea that William was in the > Army at that time is a big surprise, so I must try and follow that up. > > On his marriage certificate, his profession is labourer, so I always thought > of him as a farmer. > > Regards, > Nan > > On 26 July 2011 20:03, xpn11<xpn11@aol.com> wrote: > >> Nan, I found a William Rawlings on the 1881 giving his birth place >> just as Cambridgeshire ( which I think Town Street would have been in >> 1863 and he does give his birth county as Cambs in 1891) Piece 4727 >> Folio 105 page 32 as a soldier in Fulford Road Yorks but you would have >> to eliminate the other three or four with Cambs births by looking at the >> census records either side I think. >> Rosie >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Elaine, 1901 Census - Surlingham-Norfolk: Ellen Woodcock, widow, 48, housekeeper (domestic), born Stibbard-Norfolk about 1853 Living with George Morsen, head, married, 57, farmer RG13 1853/106 3 FreeBMD - Ellen Emmerson married William Woodcock, March qtr 1893, Norwich 4b 158 Deaths - a few possibilities to choose from between 1893-1901, but the most likely - William Woodcock, aged 43, died June qtr 1899, Norwich 4b 80 I couldn't see anything obvious for her in the 1911 census index. Possible death - Ellen Woodcock, aged 54, June qtr 1910, Henstead 4b 105 Or, there are two possible marriages of Ellen Woodcock, in 1903 and 1905 on FreeBMD. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW >I am looking for information on Ellen Emmerson, daughter of Thomas & Martha >A Emmerson (nee Parnell). I lost track of her 1891 census which lists her >as servant (b Stibbard) age 37, Cook in the house of Basely Hales-Tooke 118 >Norwich Road , Salhouse Norfolk. I have been searching for a possible >marriage or death notice. Ellen had one son (out of wedlock) Frederick >Augustus Emmerson, who happens to be my great grandfather. I have lots of >information regarding her family line going back to 1700s, but can't find >what happened to her after 1891. > Ellen b 1852 Stibbard > Elaine Robson

Imphal Barracks, Fulford Road.... http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/organisation/7581.aspx This has spooked me! Will now have to check my grandfather's army history. David On 26 July 2011 21:19, David Mills <david.mills001@googlemail.com> wrote: > I'm sure that there was/is a barracks on or near Fulford > I seem to recall a Fulford Barracks for some strange reason! > Strange. > Here goes to look up.! > > David > > > On 26 July 2011 11:03, xpn11 <xpn11@aol.com> wrote: > >> Nan, I found a William Rawlings on the 1881 giving his birth place >> just as Cambridgeshire ( which I think Town Street would have been in >> 1863 and he does give his birth county as Cambs in 1891) Piece 4727 >> Folio 105 page 32 as a soldier in Fulford Road Yorks but you would have >> to eliminate the other three or four with Cambs births by looking at the >> census records either side I think. >> Rosie >> >> On 26/07/2011 04:01, Nan Bailey wrote: >> > I am trying to find where William Rawlings was in the 1881 census and so >> far >> > have not been able to find him, even with trying many different >> spellings >> > of his surname. >> > >> > William was born on the 21 Nov 1863 to Frances Rawling /s and unknown >> > father, at Upwell Norfolk. >> > >> > In June qtr 1870, Frances married William Maywood >> > >> > In the 1871 census, William aged 7 was with his Mother and William >> Maywood, >> > under the name William R. Maywood and living at Town St. Upwell. >> > William was no longer with his Mother in the 1881 census >> > >> > William married on the 31 January 1888 to Harriet Spinks In St. Peter >> Church >> > Upwell. >> > In the 1891 Census, William was living with his wife Harriet and family >> at >> > Draw Dyke, Tydd St. Mary, Lincs. He is listed as an Ag Lab. This is >> Harriets >> > birthplace >> > In the 1901 census, William and his family were living at Walton Common, >> > West Walton, listed as a farmer >> > In the 1911 census, he and his family were living at Watlington, >> Downham, >> > listed as farmer, employer. >> > After William retired, he went to live in Kings Lynne, then later with >> my >> > husbands parents at Walpole St. Andrew, where he died on 28 March 1953. >> > >> > Family history says William as a boy worked leading the horses on the >> barge >> > tow paths., before working as a farm hand. When he married, he was a >> > successful farmer, leasing many fields and running a good business. >> > >> > I feel that my being unable to find him in the 1881 census is because >> his >> > name was mis transcribed and wondered if anyone on this discussion list >> may >> > have better luck than I. >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > Nan Bailey >> > Queensland >> > Australia >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >

I'm sure that there was/is a barracks on or near Fulford I seem to recall a Fulford Barracks for some strange reason! Strange. Here goes to look up.! David On 26 July 2011 11:03, xpn11 <xpn11@aol.com> wrote: > Nan, I found a William Rawlings on the 1881 giving his birth place > just as Cambridgeshire ( which I think Town Street would have been in > 1863 and he does give his birth county as Cambs in 1891) Piece 4727 > Folio 105 page 32 as a soldier in Fulford Road Yorks but you would have > to eliminate the other three or four with Cambs births by looking at the > census records either side I think. > Rosie > > On 26/07/2011 04:01, Nan Bailey wrote: > > I am trying to find where William Rawlings was in the 1881 census and so > far > > have not been able to find him, even with trying many different spellings > > of his surname. > > > > William was born on the 21 Nov 1863 to Frances Rawling /s and unknown > > father, at Upwell Norfolk. > > > > In June qtr 1870, Frances married William Maywood > > > > In the 1871 census, William aged 7 was with his Mother and William > Maywood, > > under the name William R. Maywood and living at Town St. Upwell. > > William was no longer with his Mother in the 1881 census > > > > William married on the 31 January 1888 to Harriet Spinks In St. Peter > Church > > Upwell. > > In the 1891 Census, William was living with his wife Harriet and family > at > > Draw Dyke, Tydd St. Mary, Lincs. He is listed as an Ag Lab. This is > Harriets > > birthplace > > In the 1901 census, William and his family were living at Walton Common, > > West Walton, listed as a farmer > > In the 1911 census, he and his family were living at Watlington, Downham, > > listed as farmer, employer. > > After William retired, he went to live in Kings Lynne, then later with my > > husbands parents at Walpole St. Andrew, where he died on 28 March 1953. > > > > Family history says William as a boy worked leading the horses on the > barge > > tow paths., before working as a farm hand. When he married, he was a > > successful farmer, leasing many fields and running a good business. > > > > I feel that my being unable to find him in the 1881 census is because his > > name was mis transcribed and wondered if anyone on this discussion list > may > > have better luck than I. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Nan Bailey > > Queensland > > Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Legally a boy could marry at 14 and a girl at 12 in these years. I am not sure that they needed parental permission seeing they were of legal age. Karen On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Jan Rockett <jan.rockett@ntlworld.com>wrote: > I know this may seem a strange question but what was the age that a man had > to get permission to marry and would this require a licence below 21? Jan > > > >

Subject: [NFK] Wendling baptism and marriage From: "Jan Rockett" <jan.rockett@ntlworld.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:46:22 +0100 To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> I know this may seem a strange question but what was the age that a man had to get permission to marry and would this require a licence below 21? I have a chap, Thomas Rockett, marrying at Wendling 3 Sept 1822. In the later census returns he indicates he was born c1805, making him 16-17 when marrying. This is borne out when he dies and his birth year is estimated at 1805. I cannot find his baptism anywhere and have looked at the Wendling baptisms from 1790 onwards to no avail. I can find a chap by that name in Chardstock and know from a surname atlas that there were a lot of Rocketts' from there but can find nothing to indicate he was born there. Can anyone throw any light onto this please?? Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan I have some Rockett ancestors so I thought I would take a look at this. Questions about the age someone had to be to marry comes up a lot. You will find the definitive answer on the UK Parliament website and the adress for the bit you want is here http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/overview/lawofmarriage-/ I then had a prowl about to find your Rockett ancestor. As you have said, the Parish Register does not give the age of either Bride or Groom which is unusual and unhelpful (no sense of history, these 19th century clerics). As to his actual age, the various census records give his year of birth anywhere between 1804 and 1808. I would not take too much notice of that. One of my ancestors who we know was 66 at the time knocked several years of his age when he managed to get pregnant and then marry the neighbours Daughter. It does look as though Thomas has signed the register himself though, at least it doesn't say "his mark" next to his name. Having a look through the Wendling registers, there do not seem to be any Rocketts at all that I could find which suggests that he has arrived from elsewhere. If he has, they would have needed a licence to marry and the register clearly shows they were married by Banns. If he was under 18, who gave their consent? The 1841 census shows them living in Wendling. The 1851 shows Thomas living in Wendling with his Daughter Elizabeth. Wife Elizabeth seems to be visiting the In-Laws at Great Ryburgh. 1861 sees then both back in Wendling but Thomas seems to have forgotton where he was born. There is no sign of them at all in the 1871 census which is a bit of a mystery. In the 1881 they are living in Yorkshire. Elizabeth is shown as "Betsy". I hape you get to the bottom of it but you probably never will, good luck trying though. Richard

Hi, assuming that she did not marry , there is a death in 1914 for an Ellen Emmerson b c 1853 , in Ipswich.......however if she did marry , there is a marriage of an Ellen Emmerson in the March 1/4 of 1893 which might explain why she is in the 1891 but not in the 1901 , and her choice of husbands is Samuel James or William Woodcock . If this is the same Ellen Emmerson , then she is a widow in the 1901 census aged 48 and working as a housekeeper for George Morter , a farmer. Ellen Woodcock is b Stibbard . This is in Surlingham . There is a William Woodcock death reg in Norwich 1899 and he is b c 1856. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Robson" <robson.gunn@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <NORFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:52 PM Subject: [NFK] Ellen Emmerson Stibbard Norfolk >I am looking for information on Ellen Emmerson, daughter of Thomas & Martha >A Emmerson (nee Parnell). I lost track of her 1891 census which lists her >as servant (b Stibbard) age 37, Cook in the house of Basely Hales-Tooke 118 >Norwich Road , Salhouse Norfolk. I have been searching for a possible >marriage or death notice. Ellen had one son (out of wedlock) Frederick >Augustus Emmerson, who happens to be my great grandfather. I have lots of >information regarding her family line going back to 1700s, but can't find >what happened to her after 1891. > > Ellen b 1852 Stibbard > > Any suggestions would be appreciated > > Thanks so much > > Elaine Robson > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am trying to find where William Rawlings was in the 1881 census and so far have not been able to find him, even with trying many different spellings of his surname. William was born on the 21 Nov 1863 to Frances Rawling /s and unknown father, at Upwell Norfolk. In June qtr 1870, Frances married William Maywood In the 1871 census, William aged 7 was with his Mother and William Maywood, under the name William R. Maywood and living at Town St. Upwell. William was no longer with his Mother in the 1881 census William married on the 31 January 1888 to Harriet Spinks In St. Peter Church Upwell. In the 1891 Census, William was living with his wife Harriet and family at Draw Dyke, Tydd St. Mary, Lincs. He is listed as an Ag Lab. This is Harriets birthplace In the 1901 census, William and his family were living at Walton Common, West Walton, listed as a farmer In the 1911 census, he and his family were living at Watlington, Downham, listed as farmer, employer. After William retired, he went to live in Kings Lynne, then later with my husbands parents at Walpole St. Andrew, where he died on 28 March 1953. Family history says William as a boy worked leading the horses on the barge tow paths., before working as a farm hand. When he married, he was a successful farmer, leasing many fields and running a good business. I feel that my being unable to find him in the 1881 census is because his name was mis transcribed and wondered if anyone on this discussion list may have better luck than I. Thanks in advance, Nan Bailey Queensland Australia

On 2011/07/26 07:42, Lesley Day wrote: > No age is given on the marriage register in that time frame. But if he were a minor, it would normally be noted as such. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

Nan, I found a William Rawlings on the 1881 giving his birth place just as Cambridgeshire ( which I think Town Street would have been in 1863 and he does give his birth county as Cambs in 1891) Piece 4727 Folio 105 page 32 as a soldier in Fulford Road Yorks but you would have to eliminate the other three or four with Cambs births by looking at the census records either side I think. Rosie On 26/07/2011 04:01, Nan Bailey wrote: > I am trying to find where William Rawlings was in the 1881 census and so far > have not been able to find him, even with trying many different spellings > of his surname. > > William was born on the 21 Nov 1863 to Frances Rawling /s and unknown > father, at Upwell Norfolk. > > In June qtr 1870, Frances married William Maywood > > In the 1871 census, William aged 7 was with his Mother and William Maywood, > under the name William R. Maywood and living at Town St. Upwell. > William was no longer with his Mother in the 1881 census > > William married on the 31 January 1888 to Harriet Spinks In St. Peter Church > Upwell. > In the 1891 Census, William was living with his wife Harriet and family at > Draw Dyke, Tydd St. Mary, Lincs. He is listed as an Ag Lab. This is Harriets > birthplace > In the 1901 census, William and his family were living at Walton Common, > West Walton, listed as a farmer > In the 1911 census, he and his family were living at Watlington, Downham, > listed as farmer, employer. > After William retired, he went to live in Kings Lynne, then later with my > husbands parents at Walpole St. Andrew, where he died on 28 March 1953. > > Family history says William as a boy worked leading the horses on the barge > tow paths., before working as a farm hand. When he married, he was a > successful farmer, leasing many fields and running a good business. > > I feel that my being unable to find him in the 1881 census is because his > name was mis transcribed and wondered if anyone on this discussion list may > have better luck than I. > > Thanks in advance, > Nan Bailey > Queensland > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Have you tried searching 1841 and 1851 census index on Ancestry and just entering in Rockett Norfolk to see where there are clusters of the families with the earliest births ? Although there are post 1805 Rockett births at Scarning Wendling and Longham there are earlier ones living/born at Ovington, Wretham, Bunwell Tivetshall, Shipdham, and Carleton in Breckland/ South Norfolk which are early enough to have produced your 1805 birth. Ovington is the closest, just a bit south of Wendling near Saham Toney- you could work up the records from Ovington towards Wendling using google maps as your village guide. If it was me I would start with Fransham and Scarning Also wondered if this being read as Rickett or Pockett on some transcriptions or even Lockett . Good luck Rosie On 26/07/2011 07:13, Karen Hodges wrote: > Legally a boy could marry at 14 and a girl at 12 in these years. > > I am not sure that they needed parental permission seeing they were of legal > age. > > Karen > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:46 AM, Jan Rockett<jan.rockett@ntlworld.com>wrote: > >> I know this may seem a strange question but what was the age that a man had >> to get permission to marry and would this require a licence below 21? Jan >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am looking for information on Ellen Emmerson, daughter of Thomas & Martha A Emmerson (nee Parnell). I lost track of her 1891 census which lists her as servant (b Stibbard) age 37, Cook in the house of Basely Hales-Tooke 118 Norwich Road , Salhouse Norfolk. I have been searching for a possible marriage or death notice. Ellen had one son (out of wedlock) Frederick Augustus Emmerson, who happens to be my great grandfather. I have lots of information regarding her family line going back to 1700s, but can't find what happened to her after 1891. Ellen b 1852 Stibbard Any suggestions would be appreciated Thanks so much Elaine Robson

It gave no age on the records, normal for that time, and he said 'of this parish' which was Wendling. I found it unusual as his wife, Elizabeth Farrar, was baptised in 1793 in Wendling, making her 12 years older than him. Jan -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 12:04 AM To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NFK] Wendling baptism and marriage On 2011/07/26 00:46, Jan Rockett wrote: > I know this may seem a strange question but what was the age that a man > had > to get permission to marry and would this require a licence below 21? I > have > a chap, Thomas Rockett, marrying at Wendling 3 Sept 1822. In the later > census returns he indicates he was born c1805, making him 16-17 when > marrying. This is borne out when he dies and his birth year is estimated > at > 1805. I cannot find his baptism anywhere and have looked at the Wendling > baptisms from 1790 onwards to no avail. > I can find a chap by that name in Chardstock and know from a surname atlas > that there were a lot of Rocketts' from there but can find nothing to > indicate he was born there. > Can anyone throw any light onto this please?? Officially, the age at which parental consent was not required to get married varied, but was normally taken to be 21. There again, if the man lied about his age, how was the priest supposed to know? Unless he was known. You don't say what age he gave on the marriage entry, and where he claimed to come from. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message