James and Harriet Golding
Looking for any information on James and Harriet Golding.- born appprox 1804/5,and their children William, George, Eliza, John, Sarah, James, Isaac and Emma in Foxearth,Essex. Contact Jeanette through me (SC)Many thanks
Jeanette TherinLabels: Golding
Goldings of Glemsford; Morlings of Leiston
I'm always happy to help with research if I can. I only have available the sort of resources that anyone can find online, but I do enjoy the search!
Sandra sent me this query:
I am looking for any information on the Morling family from Glemsford. Ephriam Morling, born 1820, married an Elizabeth, he was a tallow chandler. Any information at all would be most helpful.
In an initial hunt, I was able to find out this (with the usual health warnings about not jumping to conclusions):
In 1841, Ephrem and Elizabeth Morling were living with the family of Philip Golding, on Brook St, Glemsford.
Ephrem is recorded as a Chandler.
Ephrem (sic) and Elizabeth seem to have married in the second quarter of 1841 - it must have been just about the same time as the census was taken - I'm almost certain Elizabeth was born a Golding.
In 1851, Ephraim and Elizabeth Morling were in Leiston, with their children Alfred (9), Edgar (6), Emma (4) and Eliza (10 months). Ephraim is described as a Tallow Chandler. Ephraim and Eliza were both born in Leiston; Elizabeth and the other children were born in Glemsford, so the family possibly moved back to Leiston round about 1850.
In 1861, Ephriam (sic) and Elizabeth were living at Prospect Place, Leiston, with their family, now including Celina and Charles (8 and 5) both born in Leiston. Ephriam was still a Tallow Chandler.
At the moment I can't find Ephraim and Elizabeth in 1871, but I suspect they were still around - I have found death registrations for Ephriam in 1872 and Elizabeth in 1880. But in 1871 they seem to have evaporated!
Possibly this is because someone has misread the names on the online census material - they are shown as Marling in 1851, for instance.
However, in 1871, their son Edgar was living on Sizewell Road, Leiston with his wife Alice, and their daughters Anne and Alice. Significantly, Edgar was a Tallow Chandler.
That's as far as I've got so far, although I have begun to trace the other children of Ephraim and Elizabeth, who seem to have moved around a bit!
It also looks as though there were a number of Morling families in Leiston. Two at least make it into the mid- to late-century business directories.
As usual, if anyone else has anything to add, you can add it as a comment here, or email me and I will pass it on to Sandra.Labels: Golding, Morling
Who Do You Think You Are?
I've been a fan of the programme since its first instalment, and have enjoyed some of the most unlikely people's discoveries. For instance, I detest Clarkson and everything he stands for (except his loathing of caravans on the road), but his programme was fascinating.
Conversely, I have always enjoyed Robert Lindsay's work (and "Citizen Smith" in particular) but I thought his programme in the new series of WDYTYA this week was a major let down.
If the BBC really are trying to encourage people to get into Family History, surely they should be showing how to do it properly. Robert Lindsay was allowed to get away unchallenged with every mistake in the Family History handbook - mostly putting 2 and 2 together and making something in excess of 73.
No cross referencing, no correlation, just "it must have been grandad's boat." We've all done it, but I don't think it should be shown as an example of research on tv - unless of course it's another example of dumbing down for some imaginary BBC1 audience: then, even more so, it shouldn't be shown.
Simply, it was Bad History and moist-eyed television. Which is more important?
Which brings me to Barbara Windsor, or "Deeks" as she should be called.
Now, that was a good programme. And there we were back in the Suffolk Record Office in dear old BSE.
And did you catch the fleeting reference to Glemsford? Home of both Golding and Deeks of course, and now, it seems, an ancestral homeland for dear Barbara.
So: "Carry On Up The Family Tree". Great Stuff.Labels: Deeks, Golding
