Hi, There are two earlier freebmd marriages of a Robert Doughty , to Mary Ann Durrant in the Dec 1/4 of 1842 in the Mitford reg district which is formed of various parishes not too far from the Walpoles . There is a death of a Mary Ann Doughty in the Sept 1/4 of 1846 in the Erpingham reg dist , which is made up of parishes a little further along the coast . There is a March 1/4 1845 marriage of a Robert Doughty to an Elizabeth Abraham in the Erpingham reg dist ......and a death in the Dec 1/4 of 1846 of Elizabeth in the Wisbech reg dist which does cover the Walpoles . By chance in the 1841 census for West Beckham there is a family of Robert Doughty aged 40 , carpenter, Y, with children Robert, 11, Ann, 10, Elizabeth , 9, Lydia , 7, Sophia, 5, Louisa, 3 , and with them is Elizabeth Abraham, 20 , FS , Y. . I think this looks like the second marriage of Robert aged 40 , b c 1800, who may well be a recent widower in 1841 , to the 20 year old Elizabeth Abraham . If Robert Nicholas was born in Walpole there is no absolute reason why he should have been married there . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janice Doughty" <adoughty01@optusnet.com.au> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 11:17 PM Subject: [NFK] UPDATING NAMES DOUGHTY > Hello Listers, > > Updating names:- > > DOUGHTY > SAILER > CHILVERS > GATHERCOLE > GRIFFIN > SEEKING > BURCHAM > > The above families hail from Walpole St Peter, Walpole St Andrews, > Towngreen Wymondham, Terrington St Clements. > > James DOUGHTY > Married Ann STAILER in 23rd Nov 1785 of the parish of Terrington St > Clement, Witnesses were Bona EASTER and John OCKLEY Their son:- > > Robert DOUGHTY > Married Alice GATHERCOLE on 14th May 1807 in the parish of Terrington St > Clement by Vicar Ambrose Goode. Witnesses were Hannah READER and William > READER. They had six known children. Their youngest son:- > > Robert Nicholas DOUGHTY > Born circa 1819 - baptised 19th Dec 1819 at Walpole St Peter by John > Nelson. Robert first married ???? Details of Robert's first marriage > cannot be found, as the parish registers of Walpole St Peter were stolen > with the plate in the 1960s. The stolen chest was presumed to contain > silver and when the thieves found that it was only registers, they threw > it in the Rive Nene. > > Widow Robert Nicholas DOUGHTY 26 married Elizabeth BURCHAM 17 on 25th > December 1846 at Wymondham, Norfolk by John Nelson. Elizabeth BURCHAM was > born 1829 in Wymondham, Norfolk she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth > Burcham, Inn keeper of The Dove and Two Brewers Pubs and he was also a > butcher in Wymondham. The Burcham family originated in Suffolk in > Lowersoft and names such as CRISP, CHAMBERLAIN and CONE are mentioned in > this branch of the family. > > Robert Nicholas and Elizabeth DOUGHTY (nee BURCHAM) had 10 children > between 1849 and 1872. They had only one daughter Elizabeth. The children > were born in Ryburgh and Towngreen Wymondham Norfolk, Tottenham Middlesex, > Plumstead Kent, Farlington Hampshire, Purbrook and Portsea Hampshire. The > family at last settled in Hampshrie after Robert had been a Supervisor on > the laying of the sewer line through England and Robert and his wife > Elizabeth then ran "The George Public House" at 84 Queen Street, > Portsea,using Elizabeth's vast experience working in her father John's pub > back in Wymondham. The George is very historical pub in Portsea. > > Most of the clientele at the Pub were seafarers, and the sons of the > DOUGHTY family would listen to the many stories of lands beyond the seas, > told in the bar over a few beers. The stories so intrigued the boys, > especially the stories of the gold being found Down Under, that five of > them, between the years of 1874 and 1888, immigrated to Australia. One of > the those boys was Robert John DOUGHTY, who married his first cousin, > Hannah DOUGHTY in Portsea and not long after their marriage sailed to > Australia in 1874 to join Hannah's eldest brother John and his wife > Rebecca (nee Griffin), who had settled on the Southern Tablelands of New > South Wales in a town called Tumbarumba. > > It is believed that Robert Nicholas DOUGHTY, may have had sons from his > first marriage before he married Elizabeth BURCHAM and they also > immigrated, however the story goes that they settled in the US. However, > we have never been able to find these sons, or who Robert's first wife > was. > > Hope you all had a wonferful Christmas. > Cheers > Janice > Belrose - Sydney > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >