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  • A new mystery in my family, any ideas....!

    Hi all,

    Anyone who knows of me already will be pleased to know that this particular conundrum has nothing to do with the names Henry or Alfred or Cresswell or Selwyn hee hee! It is, however, just as perplexing!!

    My g-g-g-grandmother, Emily Rawlins, was born in approx 1834. The first I see of her is the 1841 census where she appears as follows:

    1841 census transcription details for: Bevois Street, St Mary, Southampton
    National Archive Reference: RG number: HO107 Piece: 417 Book/Folio: 3/15 Page: 24
    Reg. District: Southampton Sub District: Southampton Parish: St Mary Enum. District: Ecclesiastical District:City/Municipal Borough: Southampton
    Address: Bevois Street, St Mary, Southampton County: Hampshire

    Sex Age Birth Year Where Born
    RAWLINS, Cornelious M 49 1792 Hampshire
    RAWLINS, Elizabeth F 42 1799 Hampshire
    RAWLINS, Jane F 24 1817 Hampshire
    RAWLINS, Emily F 7 1834 Hampshire
    (plus some lodgers)
    FRIER, William M 40 1801
    RAYNARD, Timothy M 29 1812
    HARRIS, James M 28 1813
    BULL, Jacob M 24 1817
    MEAD, Felix M 23 1818
    PRESTON, James M 23 1818


    They also appear in the 1851 census:

    1851 census transcription details for: 20, Houndwell Garden, St Mary's Southampton, Southampton
    National Archive Reference: RG number: HO107 Piece: 1669 Folio: 418 Page: 7
    Reg. District: Southampton Sub District: Southampton Parish: St Mary's Southampton Enum. District: 1T Ecclesiastical District:City/Municipal Borough: Southampton
    Address: 20, Houndwell Garden, St Mary's Southampton, Southampton County: Hampshire

    RAWLINS, Cornelius Head Married M 56 1795 Lab Portsmouth Hants
    RAWLINS, Elizabeth Wife Married F 54 1797 Sussex
    RAWLINS, Emily Daughter F 17 1834 Upholstress Chichester Sussex


    By 1861, she was living with her husband in Blackwater, Surrey/Hants.

    I can't find any trace of Cornelius or Elizabeth other than these two entries. I think I have found Jane Rawlins marrying a Peter Carroll on 3 July 1849 in Southampton: ancestry

    That is literally the full extent of my knowledge about Cornelius, Elizabeth, Jane and Emily..... if anyone can find anymore I would be so grateful!

    Thanks in advance
    Rachel
    Last edited by Rachandgarry; 08-11-09, 11:53. Reason: colouring!

  • #2
    There are a couple of deaths which could be the parents

    Q/E Dec 1853 Southampton Hugh Cornelius Rawlins

    Q/E June 1854 Southampton Elizabeth Rawlins

    Problem is this is before ages were put in the GRO registers so there's no way of knowing if they're right without buying the certs - unless anyone has access to burial or parish registers
    Jackie

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    • #3
      There are some RAWLINS names which show up on the Hampshire OPC site Welcome to Knightroots but I didn't find a Cornelius RAWLINS transcription - yet. It might be worth keeping an eye on the site in case they turn up anything useful for you.

      Christine
      Researching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...

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      • #4
        The IGI has the marriage of


        CORNELIUS RAWLINS and
        ELIZABETH SYMONDS
        16 APR 1817 Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire, England

        The date is about right.
        Last edited by Elizabeth Herts; 08-11-09, 16:15.
        Elizabeth
        Research Interests:
        England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
        Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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        • #5
          I wonder if this is the father or relative of Cornelius:

          CORNELIUS RAWLENCE
          Spouse: JANE ADAMS
          Marriage:
          02 NOV 1777 Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire, England
          Last edited by Elizabeth Herts; 08-11-09, 16:15.
          Elizabeth
          Research Interests:
          England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
          Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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          • #6
            Christening of Jane Elizabeth Rawlins:

            Christening:
            19 OCT 1828 Saint Marys, Portsea, Hampshire, England
            Parents:
            Cornelius Rawlins and Elizabeth


            FamilySearch.org - Search

            My ancestors were christened in St Mary's Portsea at roughly the same time! (Purkis)
            Last edited by Elizabeth Herts; 08-11-09, 17:52.
            Elizabeth
            Research Interests:
            England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
            Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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            • #7
              Thanks for those bits Elizabeth, definitely very interesting and a step in the right direction. The interesting bit, is that on the 1841 census, Jane was apparently born in 1817, which would put her at age 32 for the marriage to Peter Carroll I found, in July 1849. The marriage record says she was 20, i.e. born around 1828/9 which fits nicely with the baptism date.

              I'm smiling again for the first time in days!

              R

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