James WOORE born c1776 - place of residence

by unknown, Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 06:24 (6047 days ago) @ admin

My thought with James was that he might be Martha's brother as he was a witness to her marriage and also Martha and William Cole were witnesses to James's marriage to Ann Davies in 1804. It looks as if Ann may have died and James then remarried in 1807 but I would need to wait for the Goodrich burials for that period to come on-line to check for Ann's burial.

On the 1851 census there is a James Woore age 73 who seems to be the widower James who married Ann Howells in 1807 (but see my posts to Pauline) and he gives his place of birth as Welsh Bicknor. Interestingly on the 1851 census there is also a Matthew Woore age 70 at Goodrich who gives his place of birth as Welsh Bicknor but I can't find a baptism for either him or James even though the relevant dates are online. I thought it might be useful to look at earlier baptism at Welsh Bicknor to see if there were any more clues.

However it is also possible that James who married in 1804 is a different James from the one who married in 1807 and that the Marstow records might show his baptism and help in establishing his relationship to Martha. I hope all this makes sense!

Rosemary