Surname interest SIMKIN

[Pandad]

Just dropped into Suffolk via my Great Grandmother Mary Ann SIMKIN
If anybody else is researching the SIMKIN family any information or connections would be greatly appreciated.

Mary Ann SIMKIN b. 1839 Chevington, Suffolk. d. ? >1881
m. 1 Nov 1862 Rickling, Essex - John DELLER b. 1827 Quendon, Essex. d. ? <1881
Issue: Edmund 1865 - 1885: Walter George 1868: Lela 1871: John 1875(Grandfather)

Parents: (tracked on Cowlinge census from 1841 to 1881)
James SIMKIN b. 1811 Chevington d. ?
Emily ? b. 1815 Straddishall d. ?
m. ?
Issue:
Mary Ann b. 1839 Chevington
James b. 1842 Chevington
Lela b. 1848 Straddishall
Harriet Sophie b. May 1850 Cowlinge m. Hezethan CHOAT (from 1871 Cowlinge)
William Robert b. 1851 Cowlinge (on 1871 Ipswich St Stephens)
Emily Geoginia b. 1855 Cowlinge
Edmund Alfred b. 1860 Cowlinge

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That should be Stradishall

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Burial

Emily
SIMKIN
Date of burial: 19 Sep 1890
Age at death: 76
Calculated year of birth: 1814
Place of burial: Hundon All Saints



James
SIMKIN
Date of burial: 18 Mar 1891
Age at death: 80
Calculated year of birth: 1811
Place of burial: Hundon
All Saints

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Possible marriage, after starting to have children.


James Simkin
1845
Jun qtr.
Risbridge
County: Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk
Volume: 12
Page: 583


lady on same page

Emily Ives

[Pandad]

What a star you are Suffolk Sue, and thank you very much indeed.

I did notice in the 1841 census that 'Amey the Housekeeper' was listed after Mary Ann, the first child, and wondered if that was the case.

[suffolk sue]

I wonder if James was married before, from Suffolk Marriage Index.

James SIMKIN of Chevington
Maria DOWNS

29th September, 1836 - Bury St. Edmunds, St. Mary


and the following burial



Maria
SIMKIN
Date of burial: 19 Mar 1841
Age at death: 35
Calculated year of birth: 1806
Place of burial: Chevington
All Saints




All speculation I'm afraid.

[suffolk sue]

There is a William and Amy Howe in Chevington in the 1851 census, have found the following marriage.

Amy Simpkin
1847
Dec qtr.
District: Thingoe
County: Suffolk
Volume: 13
Page: 1251


William Howe


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So possibily the "housekeeper" Amey in 1841 could be James sister.

[Pandad]

Once again Sue, thank for your help and 'speculation', which is a distinct possibility. But first things first. I have just ordered the birth cert for Mary Ann SIMKIN and that should confirm her mother’s name. If her mothers name is Maria DOWNS, I will then have to order birth certificates for the next two children James b.1841 and Lela b.1848, because Maria died in 1841. James, the second child’s birth, was registered in Thingoe/13/491 in Jun 1841. If this was a late registration, the possibility exists that Maria DOWNS was the mother of the first two children, and Emily IVES the mother of the remaining children. Hopefully the certificates should prove the ‘speculation’ one way or another.

Until the certificate arrives I will start the search for the parents of James SIMKIN. A tree on Ancestry UK indicates Robert SIMKIN b. 1775 d. 1846 Bury St Edmunds and Sophia RANSOM b.1751 Chevington d. 1866 Newmarket are possibilities. Any help in this direction would be most appreciated and very welcome indeed.

Happy hunting.

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Well, if Robert and Sophia do turn out to be James parents, the following was on Boyds marriage index.


1804 / SIMKIN ROB / RANSOM SOPHIA / CHEVINGTON / SUFFOLK

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Armed with Robert & Sophia I went back into 1841 census for Chevington and found:

Robert SIMKIN 65, Farmer
Sophia 60
John 25
Joseph 20
Harriet 15
Ann 15
Mary Ann TWENETT(?) 25
All born in county.

Checked family search and found all the children above, plus James, with parents of Robert SIMKIN and Sophia RANSOM(E)

James b. 13 Jan 1811 bapt. 10 Feb 1811 Chevington
John bapt. 19 Oct 1815 Suffolk County Bts
Joseph bapt. 29 Sep 1818 Chevington
Harriet b. 10 Jun 1821 bapt. 21 Jan 1822 Chedburgh
Ann b. 26 May 1824 bapt. 03 Jul 1824 Chevington

I think I have some more children to uncover if marriage was in 1804, which is looking good to me. Off to rearch for more children and also look in 1851/61 for Robert, Sophia and kids, but not holding my breath with Robert at 65+ and Sophia 60+.

This little gigsaw has a few more pieces yet to come out the box. But it is fun trying to find the little blighters