I have a Bulmer family living in Sunderland in the mid to late 1800s. I thought I'd got back to the correct marriage but a Bulmer descendant on GR has thrown doubt on it. Unfortunately I can't find the family in 1871 or 1851, possibly because they've beaten my skills at sniffing out mistranscriptions. Here goes with the definite info. I haven't written down the census refs. but they were quite easy to find.
1901 - 1 Calver Street, Monkwearmouth
William Trotman Head 37 general labourer b. Portsmouth
Elizabeth Trotman Wife 36 b. Sunderland
Thomas Trotman Son 15 apprentice cartwright b. Sunderland
Louisa Trotman dau. 13 b. Sunderland
Joshua Trotman son 13 b. Sunderland
Beatrice Trotman dau. 9 b. Sunderland
James Trotman son 5 b. Sunderland
1891 - 1 Calver Street
Elizabeth Bulmer Head wid. 63 b. Sunderland (she died in 1900)
William Trotman 27 ship plater b. Portsmouth
Elizabeth Trotman 26 b. Sunderland
Thomas Trotman 5 b. Sunderland
Louisa Trotman 3 b. Sunderland
Joshua Trotman 1 b. Sunderland
Thomas Bulmer 30 son cartman b. Hexam
1881 - 1 Calver Street
Thomas Bulmer head 60 b. Easington (he died later in 1881)
Elizabeth Bulmer 55 b. Easington
Joshua Bulmer 29 iron shipwright b. Gilgate, Durham
Thomas Bulmer 23 cartman b. Bishopwearmouth
Elizabeth Bulmer 16 b. Bishopwearmouth (she married William Trotman in 1885)
1871 - can't find any of them apart from William Trotman (I also have him elsewhere in Monkwearmouth in 1881)
1861 - Hodgsons Bldgs. Monkwearmouth
Thomas Bulmer 40 sawyer
Elizabeth Bulmer 34 b. Humshaugh, NLD
Joshua Bulmer 10
Thomas Bulmer 5
William Bulmer 1
I can't find them in 1851
The marriage which I and my GR contact both have is
Thomas Bulmer to Elizabeth Gibbins q4 1842 Sunderland vol 24 page 236.
This is his additional information:
Another contact informed me of a son George born c1842 in Sunderland; died 1877 in Sunderland.
Below are the marriage details found at Sunderland Archives.
Marriage source - St Peter's, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Co Durham.
Reel 162, Page 235, Entry 469.
Groom - Thomas Bulmer, a Full Age Bachelor, a Shipwright,
of Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, Co Durham.
Groom's father - John Bulmer, a Husbandman.
Bride - Elizabeth Gibbons, a Full Age Spinster,
of Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, Co Durham.
Bride's father - William Gibbons, a Mariner.
Witnesses at wedding - Jane Nicholson & Arthur Robson.
Married 18 December 1842.
His beef is that at marriage Thomas was a shipwright and by 1861 he was a sawyer. If he was making wooden ships there's not much change. If we can find him in 1851 and/or 1871 it would help.
So, can anyone find the family in 1871 and 1851, just for complete continuity? Personally I think the 1881 and 1861 families are a good enough match and Elizabeth's age is a good link.
1901 - 1 Calver Street, Monkwearmouth
William Trotman Head 37 general labourer b. Portsmouth
Elizabeth Trotman Wife 36 b. Sunderland
Thomas Trotman Son 15 apprentice cartwright b. Sunderland
Louisa Trotman dau. 13 b. Sunderland
Joshua Trotman son 13 b. Sunderland
Beatrice Trotman dau. 9 b. Sunderland
James Trotman son 5 b. Sunderland
1891 - 1 Calver Street
Elizabeth Bulmer Head wid. 63 b. Sunderland (she died in 1900)
William Trotman 27 ship plater b. Portsmouth
Elizabeth Trotman 26 b. Sunderland
Thomas Trotman 5 b. Sunderland
Louisa Trotman 3 b. Sunderland
Joshua Trotman 1 b. Sunderland
Thomas Bulmer 30 son cartman b. Hexam
1881 - 1 Calver Street
Thomas Bulmer head 60 b. Easington (he died later in 1881)
Elizabeth Bulmer 55 b. Easington
Joshua Bulmer 29 iron shipwright b. Gilgate, Durham
Thomas Bulmer 23 cartman b. Bishopwearmouth
Elizabeth Bulmer 16 b. Bishopwearmouth (she married William Trotman in 1885)
1871 - can't find any of them apart from William Trotman (I also have him elsewhere in Monkwearmouth in 1881)
1861 - Hodgsons Bldgs. Monkwearmouth
Thomas Bulmer 40 sawyer
Elizabeth Bulmer 34 b. Humshaugh, NLD
Joshua Bulmer 10
Thomas Bulmer 5
William Bulmer 1
I can't find them in 1851
The marriage which I and my GR contact both have is
Thomas Bulmer to Elizabeth Gibbins q4 1842 Sunderland vol 24 page 236.
This is his additional information:
Another contact informed me of a son George born c1842 in Sunderland; died 1877 in Sunderland.
Below are the marriage details found at Sunderland Archives.
Marriage source - St Peter's, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Co Durham.
Reel 162, Page 235, Entry 469.
Groom - Thomas Bulmer, a Full Age Bachelor, a Shipwright,
of Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, Co Durham.
Groom's father - John Bulmer, a Husbandman.
Bride - Elizabeth Gibbons, a Full Age Spinster,
of Monkwearmouth Shore, Sunderland, Co Durham.
Bride's father - William Gibbons, a Mariner.
Witnesses at wedding - Jane Nicholson & Arthur Robson.
Married 18 December 1842.
His beef is that at marriage Thomas was a shipwright and by 1861 he was a sawyer. If he was making wooden ships there's not much change. If we can find him in 1851 and/or 1871 it would help.
So, can anyone find the family in 1871 and 1851, just for complete continuity? Personally I think the 1881 and 1861 families are a good enough match and Elizabeth's age is a good link.
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