Good afternoon Listers, I must apologise that is has taken more time to get back to everyone to thank them so much for all the wonderful information and suggestions on researching the Walpole family. Please accept my gratitude to all of you, who took they time the assist me. I have been spending days entering all the information into Family Tree Maker and on the way, exploring those who married into the family and their history. Once you start branching off, you can go on for ever, ending up on twigs on the branches. It becomes so interesting, not only finding extended family, but where they lived and then looking up the village or town they came from. I have covered in Australia the Miscamble family, Eva Victoria Beatrice Miscamble married John Thomas Walpole, the Gall family, Mary Ann Gall married John Thomas's Walpole's father John Walpole in 1877 in Wisbeach. The Bridges family, Catherine Mary Bridges married John Walpole's father Robert, in 1852 in Salthouse in Norfolk. We know that Robert Walpole was born in 1828 in Walpole, Norfolk and that is where we come to a full stop. If below is the birth of Robert, there is no father mentioned. Family Search has a baptism in Walpole St Peter for Robert Walpole on 27 Jan 1828 mother Mary Walpole - no father given. Then these are the questions. Is Mary a Widow or separated from a Walpole? If so, why has she not given the father's name? Or is Mary a Walpole and had Robert out of Wedlock? Until we can break down this brickwall, this is as far as I can go. Can anyone give any suggestions how to move on from here? Again, I really enjoyed the input, whcih was given to my enquiry, especially describing the places that came up, where the families were living. One day my husband and I will definitely visit the UK to walk in the footsteps of the Ancestors. We have so many places to go, Manchester my husband's convict and my Nadin family (yes, Joseph Nadin of Peterloo fame is my ggg grandfather). Also, Lancaster Castle (ancestor tried and imprisoned there before transportation), Clothe Fair and Middle Street in London, The Old Bailey (another rellie tried there), Newgate prison (where they were held with their two young children), then Eling, Farlington, Purbrook, Portsmouth, Portsea and The Great Hall in Winchester (another ancestor tried there) in Hampshire. Terrington St Clements Ryburg, Walpole, Wymondham in Norfolk and then off to Scotland to trace the McDonalds, Lamonts and the Buchannans and then Eyre, where my convicts hail from. Lots of places to see on our Bucket List. Cheers Janice Belrose - Sydney

Hello Janice To find out Mary Walpole's 'condition' you really need to see the original PR entry which is not as easy as it sounds. The original registers were stolen in the 1960s and the only records remaining covering 1828 are the BTs. These are available online at Familysearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14848-37048-25?cc=1823613&wc=9020285 but this does mean plowing through each page from T onwards and no guarantee that Walpole st P will be there. The NRO does have a copy of BTs if you you want to pay a researcher or if some local person is feeling magnanimous! Good luck Jean On 9 December 2011 02:03, Janice Doughty <adoughty01@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Good afternoon Listers, > > I must apologise that is has taken more time to get back to everyone to > thank them so much for all the wonderful information and suggestions on > researching the Walpole family. Please accept my gratitude to all of you, > who took they time the assist me. I have been spending days entering all > the > information into Family Tree Maker and on the way, exploring those who > married into the family and their history. Once you start branching off, > you > can go on for ever, ending up on twigs on the branches. It becomes so > interesting, not only finding extended family, but where they lived and > then > looking up the village or town they came from. > > I have covered in Australia the Miscamble family, Eva Victoria Beatrice > Miscamble married John Thomas Walpole, the Gall family, Mary Ann Gall > married John Thomas's Walpole's father John Walpole in 1877 in Wisbeach. > The > Bridges family, Catherine Mary Bridges married John Walpole's father > Robert, in 1852 in Salthouse in Norfolk. We know that Robert Walpole was > born in 1828 in Walpole, Norfolk and that is where we come to a full stop. > > If below is the birth of Robert, there is no father mentioned. > > Family Search has a baptism in Walpole St Peter for Robert Walpole on 27 > Jan > 1828 mother Mary Walpole - no father given. > > Then these are the questions. Is Mary a Widow or separated from a Walpole? > If so, why has she not given the father's name? Or is Mary a Walpole and > had Robert out of Wedlock? Until we can break down this brickwall, this is > as far as I can go. Can anyone give any suggestions how to move on from > here? > > Again, I really enjoyed the input, whcih was given to my enquiry, > especially > describing the places that came up, where the families were living. One > day > my husband and I will definitely visit the UK to walk in the footsteps of > the Ancestors. We have so many places to go, Manchester my husband's > convict and my Nadin family (yes, Joseph Nadin of Peterloo fame is my ggg > grandfather). Also, Lancaster Castle (ancestor tried and imprisoned there > before transportation), Clothe Fair and Middle Street in London, The Old > Bailey (another rellie tried there), Newgate prison (where they were held > with their two young children), then Eling, Farlington, Purbrook, > Portsmouth, Portsea and The Great Hall in Winchester (another ancestor > tried > there) in Hampshire. Terrington St Clements Ryburg, Walpole, Wymondham in > Norfolk and then off to Scotland to trace the McDonalds, Lamonts and the > Buchannans and then Eyre, where my convicts hail from. Lots of places to > see > on our Bucket List. > > 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 >

Thank you Jean for this information. I am plodding along and think with all the help, suggestions and sharing of family research, we maybe be getting close to solving Robert's line. Fingers crossed. I will follow up on your suggestions and see what I find. Cheers Janice Belrose - Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Greenwood" <jeangreenwood@virginmedia.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [NFK] WALPOLES OF NORFOLK > Hello Janice > > To find out Mary Walpole's 'condition' you really need to see the original > PR entry > which is not as easy as it sounds. The original registers were stolen in > the 1960s > and the only records remaining covering 1828 are the BTs. These are > available online > at Familysearch > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14848-37048-25?cc=1823613&wc=9020285 > but this does mean plowing through each page from T onwards and no > guarantee that Walpole st P > will be there. > > The NRO does have a copy of BTs if you you want to pay a researcher or if > some local person > is feeling magnanimous! > > Good luck > Jean > >