Can you help me trace this woman?

[Nell]

1871
Burgh St Peter, Norfolk
Robert Gray 79 abt 1792 widower Head ag lab Topcroft, Norfolk
Maria Pigney 45 servt unmarried housekeeper Burgh St Peter
Laura Pigney 1 granddaughter Burgh St Peter
Robert is a gt x lots uncle of mine. I looked at this and suddenly noticed it said Laura was a granddaughter!!! As far as I know, Robert and his wife Ann didn't have any children. Ann was much older than Robert.

Of course Burgh St Peter isn't on the Norfolk parish register images online on familysearch.

So I looked forward to 1881 (Robert had died 1873) and found Laura here:

Ingales Road Aylsham, Norfolk
John DYBALL Head 40 Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, Ag.Lab.
Harriet DYBALL Wife 30 Burgh St Peters, Norfolk
Laura PIGNEY Stepdaur 11 Burgh St Peters, Norfolk Scholar
William DYBALL Son 7 Aylsham, Norfolk, Scholar
Robert DYBALL Son 4 Aylsham, Norfolk, Scholar
John DYBALL Son 2 Aylsham, Norfolk

I looked for a marriage to get Harriet's maiden name and found a marriage for John Dyball, Aylsham Jul-Sep 1872, but the bride's name is not transcribed.

Any ideas?

[Elderflower]

Looks like you have the right couple. I found Harriet Pigney married in Sep Q 1872 Aylsham 4b 141 on the Ancestry images.

Pat

[JayG]

I guess this is the name you were hoping for

Marriages Sep 1872
Pigney Harriet Aylsham 4b 141

[Elderflower]

There is a Birth reg for a Julia Harriet Pigney Sep Q 1855 Mutford 4a 619

Hope this is of some use.

Pat

[Nell]

~Thanks guys! Now I have to see if I can link Harriet Pigney to Robert Gray.

What a speedy response.

[Joan of Archives]

There's a Harriet Pigney married Aylsham Sept Q 1872, 4b 141. Looks most likely, & there was a mistake on the page number as his is 4b 142

Whoops sorry a bit late lol!

[JayG]

I wonder if the 'granddaughter' refers to the relationship between Maria & Laura, not Mr Gray?

[Elderflower]

This is the Baptism for Julia Harriet Pigney from the IGI

England
parents: Joseph Pigney, Sarah

record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name: Julia Harriet Pigney
gender: Female
baptism/christening date: 15 Jul 1855
baptism/christening place: Burgh Castle, Suffolk, England
father's name: Joseph Pigney
mother's name: Sarah
indexing project (batch) number: I05283-5
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1565793

[Nell]

Jay

I wondered that - though Maria must have been very busy to be a gran by the age of 45!

Thanks for that Elderflower, though I see its in Suffolk?

[Elderflower]

Here she is in the 1861 census
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...206031&recoff=

With parents Joseph & Sarah Pigney. Says she was born in Burgh Castle.