I know I've asked before, but I've never sorted this one, so I'm asking again, in the hope that perhaps we can crack it
This is my earlier thread
I've learned nothing new about Pamela in the meantime. However, I do have a note that she married Henry Dix 1 December 1859 at Gimingham and I suspect my source was familysearch ATs/BTs, which now seem unaccessible on the site.
The other couple in the 1859 marriage set were Robert Glister and Elizabeth Middleton. I think I've found them living in Gimingham in 1861 & 1881, but as I can't attribute any children to them, I can't check mmn on GRO index to confirm it was Middleton.
Henry Dix seems to have been a bit of a lad. Tried for theft and acquitted in January 1859, then in bother again for stealing and was in jail in 1861, saying he was single. I think he then married a Sarah Buck in Norwich in 1863 and continued to have brushes with the law. He and Sarah were still together in 1881 census.
I've followed through Pamela's parents and relatives, but there's no trace of Pamela or of a possible husband or children. I think she probably died in childbirth before 1861 census, but I can't find either a death or burial record. From 1853 to 1883 Pamela's parents lived at Gimingham, but as far as I know, the original registers for that parish have not been filmed. I've looked at the Norfolk baptism site and haven't come across anything to suggest that Pamela had children - but it's not indexed and searches have to be done for individual parishes. Nothing for Gimingham though, nor for Scottow, Henry's home village.
I don't seem to have the marriage certificate (unless I've not filed it away where it should be) but don't feel it would help really. Pamela was illegimate (curate named her reputed natural father in the bp register) and as she was the only Pamela Kirk around in Norfolk at the time, then I'd put money on the marriage being for her.
Thanks for reading. All suggestions welcome!
Jay
This is my earlier thread
I've learned nothing new about Pamela in the meantime. However, I do have a note that she married Henry Dix 1 December 1859 at Gimingham and I suspect my source was familysearch ATs/BTs, which now seem unaccessible on the site.
The other couple in the 1859 marriage set were Robert Glister and Elizabeth Middleton. I think I've found them living in Gimingham in 1861 & 1881, but as I can't attribute any children to them, I can't check mmn on GRO index to confirm it was Middleton.
Henry Dix seems to have been a bit of a lad. Tried for theft and acquitted in January 1859, then in bother again for stealing and was in jail in 1861, saying he was single. I think he then married a Sarah Buck in Norwich in 1863 and continued to have brushes with the law. He and Sarah were still together in 1881 census.
I've followed through Pamela's parents and relatives, but there's no trace of Pamela or of a possible husband or children. I think she probably died in childbirth before 1861 census, but I can't find either a death or burial record. From 1853 to 1883 Pamela's parents lived at Gimingham, but as far as I know, the original registers for that parish have not been filmed. I've looked at the Norfolk baptism site and haven't come across anything to suggest that Pamela had children - but it's not indexed and searches have to be done for individual parishes. Nothing for Gimingham though, nor for Scottow, Henry's home village.
I don't seem to have the marriage certificate (unless I've not filed it away where it should be) but don't feel it would help really. Pamela was illegimate (curate named her reputed natural father in the bp register) and as she was the only Pamela Kirk around in Norfolk at the time, then I'd put money on the marriage being for her.
Thanks for reading. All suggestions welcome!
Jay
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