Helen Mary Baker

[lozaras]

Name
Helen Mary Baker

Date and place of birth
8th May 1869 Market Place, Swaffham, Norfolk

Names of parents
Parson Custance Baker & Sophia Maria (Flatt)

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
14th July 1869 St Peter & St Paul, Swaffham

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
1st October 1895 Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common to Wallace Henry King
Witnesses wer the bride's father & the groom's mother

Occupation(s) - if any
'Gouverness' in Belgravia, London 1891 before her marriage

Military service - if any

Addresses where they lived
1871 Market Place, Swaffham
1881 Magdalen Street, Norwich
1891 119 Grosvenor Street, St George Hanover Square, Belgravia
1895 Cheshham(?) Dean, Barkerville Road, London
1901 209 College Road, Norwich
1911 26 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich

1938-1949 Framingham Pigot, Norfolk
1949-1957 19 Eaton Road, Norwich

Date, place and cause of death
1957Q2 Norwich at 19 Eaton Road

Date and place of burial / cremation.
Framingham Pigot with her husband (cert on order)

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
unknown

Memorial inscription - if any
unknown

[kiterunner]

Hope this doesn't spoil the surprise when the marriage certificate arrives, but it's in the LMA records on ancestry - 1st October 1895 at St Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common.

[lozaras]

LOL! thanks Kate!! :D

what's LMA?? *admits ignorance* :(

[kiterunner]

London Metropolitan Archives.

[lozaras]

ah ha!! I was sure that at some deep level I knew what it stood for.... thanks Kate!! :)

[lozaras]

Marriage cert arrived on Saturday :)
confirming what Kate found ;)
Just waiting for the death cert now..

[marquette]

Ooh Sarah - I also have a man with CUSTANCE/CUSTINS as his middle name, and he is from Norfolk too. Great-great-great gran's brother-in-law (now that's stretching, but he was a VERY interesting man) was Samuel Custance Brazill (1794-1838).

Di

[lozaras]

Hello Di,

I have never found out where the 'Custance' bit comes from. This chap's family is from Holt.

I guess I shoud get digging to see if there was anyone in the village with that name...
Let me know if you find anything & I'll do the same.

4 times in my tree:

Parson Custance Baker 1843 and his brother William Custance Baker 1843

Parson's 3rd son : Louis Custance Baker 1874

William's son : Alan Custance Baker 1885 (the second son got mmn as his second name so 'Custance' is pretty important in the family I'd guess)

I haven't got anything on William's family after 1891 so there may be more.
Parson's family is my direct line and I haven't seen any more there.

[marquette]

Hi Sarah

Samuel Custance Brazill was the son of Jacob Brazill and Mary Custance, and their daughter was Harriet Custance Brazill. Both were baptised in Great Yarmouth. The Brazills are my line, so I have not researched the Custance line, but I might have a bit of a dig around.

An ancient name in north-east Norfolk maybe


Di

[Merry]

If you are lucky you may find a connection to John Custance of Weston Longville (he lived there, but not sure where he was born - baptised in Norwich) who is one of the main 'characters' in the diaries of Parson James Woodforde (1740-1803). John's dates are 1749-1822 and he married Frances Beauchamp in 1778. If you come across the names Press or Hambleton as first or last names, then you are likely to get to John eventually! From the comments made by Parson Woodforde in his diaries, John sounds like a very nice man to have in your tree.

[lozaras]

Thanks Merry,

Parson Woodforde... hmm

my 1st chap is Parson Custance Baker....

I think I'll have to get my detective hat on...

[Merry]

Yes, but P J Woodforde's P is his job title rather than his name! lol

[lozaras]

lol!!

:eek: oh ******!!

and damn!!