Blacksmiths in Weymouth Eng. ?

[R.Royal]

Hi, I am told my Great ...Grandfather, Samuel Royal, learned to become a Blacksmith while growing up in Weymouth as a young man. He emmigrated to the US around the age of 16 or so ( was born in 1841) Can anyone tell me where he might have learned his trade ?

[Sandyhall]

Hi, I am told my Great ...Grandfather, Samuel Royal, learned to become a Blacksmith while growing up in Weymouth as a young man. He emmigrated to the US around the age of 16 or so ( was born in 1841) Can anyone tell me where he might have learned his trade ?

Hi
Possible that he learned from his Father or an Uncle someone in the Family.
Not allways but most of the time this is an occupation that was handed down through the Family.

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

Hi
Only 1 Samuel Royal found on the FreeBMD

Births Sep 1841
Samuel Royal, Weymouth, Vol no 8, Page no 127.

Only 1 found on the 1851 Census

John Royal 55, Widow - Halifax, USA
Lettice Royal 24 All children born in Weymouth, Dorset.
Margaret Royal 21
Thomas Royal 14
William Royal 12
Samuel Royal 9
Joseph Royal 7

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1857; Folio: 385; Page: 34

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

Hi
Here they are in the 1841 Census
John Royal 45 - not born in Country - Baker
Lettice Royal 40
Lettice Royal 14
Margaret Royal 12
Henry Royal 8
John Royal 6
Thomas Royal 4
William Royal 2
Nk 2weeks

Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 295; Book: 18; Civil Parish: Weymouth; County: Dorset; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 30; Page: 2; Line: 6;

So that blows my previous thery out of the window

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

Hi
Lettice never Married she is on all the Census with her father untill 1871 when she is with brother John Harris Royal and his wife Eliza & Children and then 1881 with Brother William Robert Royal and his wife Emily and their children. she dies in 1882

Name: Lettice Royal
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Year of Registration: 1882
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 55
District: Weymouth
County: Dorset
Volume: 5a
Page: 226

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

William Robert Royal married Emily Bartlett Weymouth Dec qtr 1862 vol no 5a, page no 705 and had children his occupation was a Baker.

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

Hi
Lettice never Married she is on all the Census with her father untill 1871 when she is with brother John Harris Royal and his wife Eliza & Children and then 1881 with Brother William Robert Royal and his wife Emily and their children. she dies in 1882

Name: Lettice Royal
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Year of Registration: 1882
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 55
District: Weymouth
County: Dorset
Volume: 5a
Page: 226

Sandy

Sorry this should be Joseph Harris Royal that Lettice is living with in1871

Births Jun qtr 1843
Joseph Harris Royal, Weymouth, Vol no 8, Page no 142

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

Joseph Harris Royal married Eliza Symes - Weymouth, mar qtr 1869 vol no 5a page no 473

1861 apprentice to a Jewler then went on to be a Watchman (presume he made watches) & Jewler.

all other census with Eliza and children

Sandy

[Sandyhall]

So far I have John Royal from USA marring Lettica Harris 1 Jan 1826 Wyke Regis, Dorset, John is a Baker.
They have children


Lettice Royal (1827-1882) Not married
Margaret Royal (1830-) Marry to Thomas Samual Wallis (m1852)
Henry Thomas Royal (1833-)
John Royal (1835-) 1 week inprisonment + Whipped for Larceny 1849
Thomas Royal (1837-)
William Robert Royal (1839-) marry to Emily Bartlett (m1862)
Samuel Royal (1841-) Went to America (Your one)
Joseph Harris Royal (1844-) marry to Eliza Symes (m1869)

Did Henry Thomas 1833, John 1835 & Thomas 1837 go to America with Samuel
they are the only ones I cant find on the Census after 1851.

Sandy

[R.Royal]

I have seen some of that other info too Sandy. I had been told some of the men emigrated to Australia and BC in Canada. Other than that...they just seem to have gone POOF !