William & Elizabeth COWMEADOW & Family, Ruardean c1780s (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 11:54 (4873 days ago) @ Carole Lewis

Hi Carole,
I'm sorry to hear you've been ill, I know the feeling which is how I took up this hobby and found this site 8 months ago, I hope you start feeling better soon. The Mary Cowmeadow I researched above is indeed the wife of James as surely the numerous Baptism Records show?. I suspect James to indeed be William's brother; certainly within the Ruardean PRs of that 1830s period I did keep seeing another family headed by William (and his wife Elizabeth if I recall correctly ??) who I took to be closely related. As I said, there's so many different James's & Marys & Williams etc within the area and time period discussed so its easy to get them confused perhaps, however by methodical research they can be untangled, as I believe I have done correctly for James & Mary. It's also interesting that you mention her Court appearances, what was this for and how did you discover this ?, most intriguing, and the Workhouse which I touched on too. I presumed she found herself there after James' passing especially with so many mouths to feed ?.

I'm sure that some more carefull and leisurely study of the PRs by your good self will confirm this probable link.

Perhaps this is brother William, father also William(grr).
(Please note this is a suggestion after only a VERY quick look at the PRs):

Record_ID: 55329
Entry_Number:
Year: 1786
Month: Apr
Day: 16
Parents_Surname: COWMEADOW
Child_Forenames: William
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: J H BEESTON - minister
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 4
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530

William's parents:

Record_ID: 15811
Entry_Number:
Year: 1785
Month: Jul
Day: 2
Grooms_Surname: COWMEADOW
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age:
Groom_Condition:
Grooms_Occupation:
Grooms_Residence: Ruardean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname:
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames:
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation:
Brides_Surname: COWMEADOW
Brides_Forenames: Elizabeth
Brides_Age:
Brides_Condition:
Brides_Occupation:
Brides_Residence: Ruardean
Brides_Fathers_Surname:
Brides_Fathers_Forenames:
Brides_Fathers_Occupation:
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns:
Signature_or_Mark: both signed
Witness_1: Tho[ma]s DOBBS
Witness_2: Joseph HARPER
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: John H BEESTON - minister
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes: Jul 2 not Jul 4
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/4
Page_Number: 34
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex_Groom: C530
Soundex_Bride: C530

"our" James, William's brother ?

Record_ID: 55419
Entry_Number:
Year: 1788
Month: Jul
Day: 27
Parents_Surname: COWMEADOW
Child_Forenames: James
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: J H BEESTON - minister
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/6
Page_Number: 8
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530

Judging from the dates I think this must be yet another similarly named, yet different, William & Elizabeth !!

Record_ID: 53586
Entry_Number:
Year: 1732
Month: May
Day: 14
Parents_Surname: COWMEADOW
Child_Forenames: Hannah
Fathers_Forenames: William
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: [not stated]
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/2
Page_Number: 7
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: C530