Forum: Cambridgeshire county-wide forum

Merry Xmas All I am seeking the birth of my great grandfather Benjamin David EDMONDS (son of Samuel EDMONDS) who, according to the arithmetic based on his marriage and death certs. and from census entries from 1871 on, was born in 1827. The censuses give his birthplace as Newmarket,...

Hi I am looking for any information on James BARHAM (born 1842 in Walsham Le Willows) and his wife Elizabeth (nee SMITH born @ 1844 in Hull) who from around 1870 - 1872 lived in Upwell, then @ 1874 Outwell and by 1876 Coveney! By 1891 they had moved to Haddenham. I don't know whether this was...

Can anyone give any ideas as to where this is? Regards, Heatha. :confused:

I am trying to trace the parents of my great grandfather Isaac Rose born in Newton Cambs in 1862 but working is Surfleet in 1881. Just my luck that he lives on the edge of 3 counties. I believe they my have been a non conformist family and have had no luck on line finding Isaac's parents. Does...

I am looking for a death certificate for Mary Ann. I believe she died from childbirth just after the 1841 Census maybe in 1842. She was married to James Spriggs in the Church by Banns 31 Jan 1827. She is listed the the 1841 Census in the Hamlet of March in Parish of Doddington, Cambridgeshire...

These are my surname interests for Little and Great Shelford in the 18th century. My direct ancestors moved out of Shelford in the 19c to places like Linton and Haddenham. Happy New Year to all Mark

I am trying to track down Mary who was shown on the 1871 census as being born in SHELFORD, Cambs. She was 63 so would have been born c1808. Her married name by then was BACON and she was living in Saffron Walden - a widow. I think she may have married previously as she has a son called Timothy...

Hello :-)) My Grandfather, Ralph Josling ARNOLD, appears in the 1901 Census index as being a 14 year old student in Cambridge. I can find no reference to any other family after the 1881 Census, which was 5 years before he was born. I am wondering if there is any way of finding out any more...

I am trying to trace the family of Robert Jaggard b.185? who married Ada Jane Pearson. They lived in Brinkley and had six children, Emily Eliza Jane (my grandmother) Augusta Elizabeth, Alfred William, Ada Irene, Robert, and William. Any info on the Jaggard or Pearson families would be welcome....

I'm interested in making contact with anyone researching the PARISH families from the Caldecote or Kingston area of Cambridgeshire. Particularly interested in finding cousins still living in England - cousins are numerous here in Australia. I descend from Smith PARISH and his Irish born wife,...

HI everyone I am looking for any info on Skinner Spencer born cica 1717 in Cambridge and married in Linton cica 1742. Many thanks Peter

Hello Everyone It my Pettit (Pettitt)/ Poulter mystery, Here is what I have & would love to have some thoughts as to what you all think. 1844 Julia Jane Stigwood marries a John Pettit (signed Pettett) he a labourer have marriage cert. it does not state X for mark of mother 1851 Census Gives...

Greetings, I am interested in contact with anyone researching the names Webb and Cater particularly around Great Eversden. My GG Grandparents were Henry Webb and Ann Cater married at Great Eversden 1855. I have quite a lot of information on Cater but not on Webb. Look forward to any contact with...

While researching the "Covell" families in Norfolk, I've noted that the name slipped over the county border into Cambridge, or possibly vice versa, so if anyone else out there is trying to trace movements between the two counties, I'd be willing to help where possible, with exchanges of...

First, apologies if you were confused by my last thread - so was I! I tried to edit before posting, and somehow the text eat some of its own tail!! Here's a tidier version. A disappearing trick: The 1881 census has the following information about Thomas Buckley: 1881 - Motts Close,...

The 1881 census has the following information about Thomas Buckley:1881 - Motts Close, Gamlingay, Cambridge Thomas BUCKLEY, Head, M, Male, 24, Kitcullen Bridge, Ireland, Groom Marianne BUCKLEY, Wife, M, Female, 25, Harlton, Cambridge Elsie M. BUCKLEY, Daur, Female, 2 m, Gamlingay,...

I am trying to trace SAMUEL COULTHARD and his wife JANE. His children were born in Downham with the earliest one I have found being 1811 and the latest 1823. I would like to try and find the date and place of their marriage, JANE's maiden name (possibly BELSON as this appears as an unusual middle...

I'm looking for JOHN FULLER's birth/baptism details. According to various Censuses he was born in Ely around 1791/1792 and in later life he was a stonemason in Gaol Street, Ely and his children were baptised in Ely Holy Trinity. He married ELIZABETH HARRISON in 1814 but she died shortly after the...