Martha WOORE/HOAR who married William COLE at Welsh Bicknor

by unknown, Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 04:20 (6011 days ago) @ paulinew

Hi Pauline

It is good to make contact with another distant cousin!

Like you I wonder if James Woore who married Ann Davies in 1804 ( and who is definitely connected to Martha Woore) is the same James who married Ann Howells in 1807 and the James who died in 1853.

I have tried to find James on the 1841 and 1851 censuses. I can't find anything for 1851 but for 1841 I found someone who is transcribed as James Ware but who is more likely James Woore or Wore. He is living in Goodrich and his age is given as 60 and with him is Ann with the same surname age 36 (age looks more like 36 than 56). In the same household are the following all with the surname Howels - Ann age 18, Henry 14, Thomas 9 and Elizabeth 6. This is interesting because of the possible second marriage to Ann Howells in 1807 but the Ann in the census age 36 would be too young to be his wife from that marriage.

I looked for the baptisms of the Howells children at Goodrich and found the following confusing information -
Henry Howells bapt 27 Apr 1828 illigitimate son of Anne residence Copped Wood
Anne Howells bapt 10 Sept 1829 dau of James and Anne of Copped Wood. Father's occ - labourer
Thomas Howells bapt 29 July 1832 mother Ann single woman residence Copped Wood

I'm not sure what all this amount to at the moment but I would really like to find out who James is and what his connection is to Martha!

With best wishes

Rosemary