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Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Parson Custance Baker
Date and place of birth
6th December 1843 Holt, Norfolk
Names of parents
Charles Baker & Jane (Lambourne)
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
unknown
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
28th February 1867 St Clement, Norwich to Sophia Maria Flatt
witnesses were 2 of his siblings.
Occupation(s) - if any
Pharmaceutical chemist
His father & father-in-law were ironmongers in the same street in Norwich
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1851-61 Market Place, Holt, Norfolk
1869-71 Market Place, Swaffham, Norfolk
1881-83 Magdalen Street, Norwich
1891 119 Grosvenor Road, St George Hanover Square, Belgrave, London
1901 14 Patten Road, Wandsworth
1911 14 Clarence Road, Mottingham, Kent
1920-23 4 Cyprus Road, Finchley, London
Date, place and cause of death
21st February 1923, 4 Cyprus Road, Finchley
1) Cerebral Haemorrage 2) Arterio-sclerosis to P.M.
Date and place of burial / cremation.
unknown
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
yes
Memorial inscription - if any
unknown
County Norfolk
Place Holt
Church St Andrew
RegisterNumber 1322
BaptismDate 07 Jan 1844
Forename Parson Custance
Sex M
FatherForename Charles
MotherForename Jane
FatherSurname BAKER
Abode Market Place
FatherOccupation Iron-monger
FileNumber 2165
Baptism entry from FreeREG.
These sibling entries also appear:
Baptisms 01 Jul 1842 BAKER Charles Thomas Norfolk Holt
Baptisms 21 May 1846 BAKER William Custance Norfolk Holt
Baptisms 01 Aug 1847 BAKER Susanna Fanny Norfolk Holt
Baptisms 18 Jan 1852 BAKER Miles Augustus Norfolk Holt
ooo Thanks Merry!! :)
I had never been to FreeReg before :o
I found another one on there too :D
Parson's cousin:
Martha Parson Baker 1844
her father was John Sales Baker, who must be Charles's brother (I didn't have his middle name)
John & Charles were sons of John Baker & Harriet Sales
The next enigma will be to find out where the 'Parson' bit comes from and also the 'Custance' bit ....
Searching for a John Sales Baker sounds a lot easier than a John Baker! lol
Custance was a well-off Norfolk family, so good luck! lol
Searching for a John Sales Baker sounds a lot easier than a John Baker! lol
ain't that the truth!!! :p
Custance was a well-off Norfolk family, so good luck! lol
So I've heard, but still can't find a blood link....
billeastoe
29-06-10, 11:48
John Baker was born in England, and died date unknown. He married Priscilla Custance in England, daughter of Adam Custance and Elizabeth Parson.
Priscilla Custance, b. 1743, Holt, England, d. Dec 1801, England.
For more information visit:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/u/s/Stephen-Leslie-Custance/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1033.html
From Holt Registers:
1801 : Priscilla wife of John Baker late Priscilla Custance was buried Dec 3rd aged 68
On 18 Apr 1802 John Baker, widower, married Bridget Framlingham at Blakeney - the same John ?
And I just located this
Holt St Andrew Parish Registers
28 Sep 1760 By License
John BAKER of Wells Widower
Priscilla CUSTANCE of Holt Single Woman
Witnesses
Ad CUSTANCE
Wm CUSTANCE
Also found the following baptisms for children of John & Priscilla. Wells, Norfolk, Baptism Register (one of the best registers I have ever had the pleasure of reading)
07 Aug 1761 BAKER William
21 Jul 1762 BAKER Elizabth
30 Oct 1763 Baker Anna Maria
18 Mar 1765 BAKER Margaret
Nothing more in Wells in the following 10 years but the baptisms of four children to a John & Priscilla Baker, at Yarmouth St Nicholas, on FreeReg, may (or may not) be relevant
1772 BAKER Jno
1773 BAKER Adam
1775 BAKER John
1777 BAKER Susanna
LDS/Familysearch has the marriage of what appears to be Parson Custance Baker's parents (cross checked against both individuals)
15 JUL 1841 Saint James, Westminster, London, England
Charles Baker & Jane Lambourn (father Richard Lambourn)
Jane Lambourn & Charles Baker (father John Baker)
GRO Marriage Ref (from FreeBMD)
1841, Sep, Lambourn, St Jas Westr, 1, 112
1841, Sep, Baker, St Jas Westr, 1, 112
As the 1851 census of Holt gives Jane's age as 37 and her birthplace as Ludgershall, Bucks she is probably the (LDS again)
Jane Lamborn Baptised 30 JAN 1814 Ludgershall, Buckingham, England Parents Richard & Elisabeth
Charles' age in 1851 was given as 39, and his birthplace as Holt. A quick check of the registers found
Charles son of John Barker and Harriet his wife late Harriett Sales was born April 11 privately baptised April 12 and rec'd into the church Jun 23 1812.
John Baker & Harriett Sales had married at Holt on 18 Dec 1806. Both were single and the witnesses were Charles Sales and Margaret Baker and Sarah Scott.
FreeReg has four more children of John & Harriett
24 Dec 1813 BAKER Anna Maria
29 Jul 1815 BAKER Anne
02 Nov 1816 BAKER Margaret
12 Jul 1818 BAKER Frances
FreeReg again
40 year old Harriett Baker was buried at Holt, on 9 July 1821
As for John Baker --- He's all yours!!!!!!!! Good luck
:eek: Wow, WoW and WOW!!!!!
Thank you Bill :D
I had kind of despaired of ever finding the Custance link. I've got lots of things to follow & check now... the link you gave me goes back to a will dated 1473!!!!
Wow again - .....
I've also got Eastaughs in my tree.... any link to you?
billeastoe
29-06-10, 21:30
Glad I could be of assistance. We would appear to be related.
The "Custance of Bolton Sands" site has the family of Adam Custance and Susan Hollenpriest with one child missing, Robert Custance, the one I'm descended from.
It was his brother Adam who married Elizabeth Parsons.
So far I've not got any Eastaughs in my own family, but you never know.
billeastoe
30-06-10, 03:23
Problem solved
John Barker and Priscilla Custance are last seen in Wells at the baptism of daughter Margaret in 1765. No idea where they were from 1765-1772, when they turn up in Yarmouth and have four children baptised at St Nicholas (FreeReg).
Bapt 1772 BAKER Jno
Bapt 1773 BAKER Adam
Bapt 1775 BAKER John
Bapt 1777 BAKER Susanna
John Baker bapt Yarmouth 1775 marries Harriett Sales in Holt, in 1806, & had nine children baptised in Holt
1807 Harriett
1809 John Sales
1811 Mary Anne
1812 Charles
1813 Anna Maria
1815 Anne
1816 Margarett
1818 Frances
1820 Henry
Harriett dies in Holt in 1820
In 1851 in Lakenham, Norwich we have
John BAKER Head Widower 76 Retired Ironmonger born Yarmouth
Mary A BAKER Daur Single 40 Annuitant born Holt
Sarah WHITE Serv Single 15 Servant born Mattishall
We now appear to have a confirmed link between Custance, Parson and Baker
It's 4:25 AM and I'm now going to bed
Goodnight all
billeastoe
30-06-10, 08:58
Just for good measure, all as one household, and all born in Norfolk
1841, Holt, Market Place
John Baker 60 Ironmonger
Charles Baker 25 Iron Merchant
Mary Baker 30 no occupation shown
And on FreeCen, 1861, 16 Victoria St, Lakenham, Norwich
John Baker, Head, age 86, Gentleman, born Yarmouth
Mary Ann Baker, Dau, age 50, no occupation shown, born Holt
The death of a 93 year old John Baker, in the Norwich RD in 1867, may be relevant
It's Christmas in July!!!
*skips happily off thread to delve into all the lovely documents that Bill has sent me*
It may be a little premature to say I love you, Bill - but you have certainly made me a happy bunny today!
:D:D
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