Forum: Norfolk West

I am hoping someone may be able to help me with the Andersons of Kings Lynn James Anderson b 1846 at 61 Chapel Street Kings Lynn (North End) - must have been a fisherman if he came from that area. Died 21.7.1917 Keppel Street, Kings Lynn (South Lynn) - married to Sarah Haywood (Heyward) from...

Hi Everyone , Having a go at the Payne family and have got a few bits missing i would like to find if anybody is intrested in the West Norfolk Area .My first problem item is.. John Payne's marriage to a Alice Maud ? . I would say they were married between 1889 -1891 time , as on 1891 Census they...

Hiya , Yes still being a Payne , I dont expect people to use credits but i am having problems finding ... Abraham Payne in 1911. Born Abt 1873 Setchey Norfolk. He gets married 1899 to Emily Sarah Lowery in West Ham Essex. and is living East Ham in 1901 . But carnt find him on the 1911.. I...

My other mystery is Mary Ann Payne , she appears on the 1881 Census as being 9 years old born Tottenhill .But this is the only time ive found her !, I havent found her birth or her Baptism , all the children ive found for the family so far were Baptised at All Saints Church , North Runcton.. Her...

My next Norfolk mystery is trying to find the Wiffen family in 1901 Census , I havent been able to track them down on Ancestry .Its. Emily Wiffen born 1869 Setchey Husband George born 1868 Magdalen . and there children Mable 1889 , George E 1890 ,Charles 1894 , Flora 1900. I would say they...

Hello, I'm interested in census for 1841, 1851...for the family below. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Heather Wade Vancouver Island, Canada. Husband: EDWARD FITT ————————————————————————————————————————

My mother & I have transcribed all the known surviving Parish Registers for the now redundant church of Wiggenhall St.Peter from the original Register books, not film or fiche. baptisms = 1695-1929 burials = 1695-1995 banns = 1763-1811 marriages = 1700-1927 For a lookup please send to me...

I wonder if anyone can help me, I am trying to trace birth details, and then hopefully get birth certificates of my Gt Aunts and Uncle . I have found one Gt Aunt Alice bn St Anns Fort 1868, and mamanged to get a copy of her birth certificate, but I am struggling with the rest. The 1871 has them...

Hi . Can anybody help me find any information on a George William Sellars , he was born 1915 in Sheffield yorkshire , but im told he ended up in Downham Market , His farthers name is Abraham his mum is Harriet.. He has 3 sisters i know of Rose Ellen , Vera , Ethel... Thankyou :) .. Daz5

If someone has the Kelly's Directory of Norfolk 1912 could I ask for the population numbers for each village please. The 4 Wiggenhall's are - Wiggenhall St.German Wiggenhall St.Mary Magdalen Wiggenhall St.Mary the Virgin Wiggenhall St.Peter Regards Sally

Good morning, and a happy new year to you all. I have come across this forum while I am researching some of my family history, and I was wondering if anybody might be able to help me source some images I am after. I was speaking to my Grandad over Christmas, and he really wants to try and get...

Trying to find information about KL Register Office marriages and who has or where are the records kept? I`m trying to trace a third marriage for an ancestor of mine. William Pepper married his third wife in the December quarter of 1922. There is a record on FreeBMD and I could order a duplicate...

I don't know if anybody has any fresh ideas that might help.|help| It is believed that my 2 x great grandmother worked at Sandringham before it became a royal residence. I have checked with the Sandringham Estate offices and they have no records of her and suggested that I speak to the Norfolk...

Hi, I am looking for Featherstones originating from TERRINGTON ST CLEMENT. Stephen and Mary both born around the mid 1800's had 17 children including, albert, Mac, Elizabeth, susan, stephen, Harold, Flo and Jess. Elizabeth is my Gt Grandmother, she travelled alot to Holland especially during...

I'm trying to find out if my late mother had any brother's or sister's.I know nothing about her parent's and i do believe she was an orphan.I have just found out she was located in King's Lynn at the age of 7yr's in 1910.She was born in 1903 and i feel she may have been adopted by a family residing...

Hello I cannot seem to find any death records for Joseph Henry Bently born 1899 Wiggenhall St. Peter. I know that he and his wife Alice ran a Greengrocers shop on the London Road King's Lynn in the late 1960s. I have search BMD records with no luck could anyone please help, I have found the...

I have joined the forum today. I am looking for the parents & siblings of Isaac William Allen born 1816 in Lynn, Norfolk. This is what he wrote in the census as his place of birth. I have traced Isaac Allen though the 1841-1851-1861-1871 census, he used his middle name William in the census &...

If someone has the cd for the Wiggenhall St.Peter MIs could they PM me please. I do not need a lookup, just a question about the cd you may be able to help me with. Regards Sally

John Robert Loose, born 8/4/1879 & baptised 4/5/1879 in Brancaster; parents Henry Edward Loose & Christiana (various spellings elsewhere). I have found a record of him in the 1881 & 1891 census, but from then on he appears to have vanished! As yet he doesn't appear in freebmd(I realise they"re...