Genealogy Chat

Graham


you've posted on an old thread,

East Donyland I regard as my ancestral home.

Look out for the book by Margaret Leather called "Saltwater Village".

It wil lell you all you need to know about the place

Regards Graham Taylor
Rowhedge/ Fingrinhoe ancesters over many many generations :-)

Old thread, Graham

y ancestors lived in East Donyland / Fingringhoe, Mersea for several hundred years and were mainly associated with Oysters.

This site is very good for information on Essex Parishes.

http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/placeE/essexe02.html

Some of the Walfords voted in the 1847 election.

1851 England Census
John Walford Age: 63 Estimated birth year: abt 1788
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Hannah Walford
Gender: Male
Where born: East Donyland Civil Parish: East Donyland
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View related Ecclesiastical Parish
County/Island: Essex Country: England
Registration district: Lexden Sub-registration district: Wivenhoe
ED, institution, or vessel: 2a Household schedule number: 81 Piece: 1782 Folio: 171 Page Number: 18
John Walford 63 Fisherman
Hannah Walford 63
Alfred Allen 12
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1782; Folio: 171; Page: 18; GSU roll: 207430-207431.

next door is presumably son from 1841 census, Charles, 23, with wife Emily.

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1841 England Census
: John Walford Age: 50 Estimated birth year: abt 1791
Gender: Male
Where born: Essex, England Civil Parish: East Donyland
Hundred: Lexden (Colchester Division)
County/Island: Essex Country: England
Registration district: Lexden and Winstree
Sub-registration district: Peldon
Piece: 334 Book: 5 Folio: 3 Page Number: 1
John Walford 50 mariner
Hannah Walford 50
Sarah Walford 20
Benjamin Walford 15
Elisha Walford 16
Charles Walford 13
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 334; Book: 5; Civil Parish: East Donyland; County: Essex; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 3; Page: 1; Line: 14; GSU roll: 241372.

Tree on ancestry says the parents are

John Walford 1787 -1860?
Hannah Johnson 1788-1860

Charles whitaker wade 1796-1864
Hannah Woodward 1797 -1884

If you look at the 1861 census image, then Thomas Walford is living next door to a possible brother or other relative.

Sorry Julie, I misread Hannah Louise, her name is Hannah Louisa.

There is a tree on Ancestry with the family on it and a photo of the grave.

Using that tree as a clue, I saw the marriage data on the SEAX site. It is
at Fingringhoe, Essex on 3 July 1840:
Thomas Johnson Walford, of full age, bachelor, mariner of Fingringhoe, father John Walford, mariner.
Hannah Louisa Wade, off full age, spinster of Fingringhoe, father Charles Wade, carpenter.
Witnesses: Charles Wade, Sophia Wade.

Baptisms 06 Mar 1842 WALFORD Thomas George Essex Fingringhoe
Baptisms 29 Sep 1844 WALFORD Louisa Hannah Essex East Donyland
Baptisms 07 Nov 1847 WALFORD Zachariah Charles Essex East Donyland
Baptisms 22 Sep 1852 WALFORD Charles Benjamin Essex East Donyland
Baptisms 26 Mar 1854 WALFORD Benjamin John Essex East Donyland

(other children, from below link)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl


Burial
County Essex
Place East Donyland
Church St. Lawrence Pr
RegisterNumber 454
BurialDate 26 Sep 1852
Forename Charles Benjamin
Relationship
Rel1MaleForename
Rel1FemaleForename
Rel1Surname
Surname WALFORD
Age 1w
Abode East Donyland

Chris :)

Have you not got the marriage certificate of Thomas and Hannah Louise for information about their fathers?

Marriages Sep 1840
WADE Hannah Louisa Lexden &c 12 201
WALFORD Thomas Johnson Lexden &c 12 201

hi all thanks for the info. it would be susannah keeble,i have found there grave in dovercourt cemmetry,i have quite a bit of info on the walfords but would realy like to no a bit about my 3 times great granparents Thomas and Hannah Louise as no one i have spoken to no much about them ie parents and siblings,i got in a bit of a mess as Hannah Louise is only listed as louise on a lot of documents.by the way we still have a lot of walford decendents liveing in harwich nice to hear from you all julie

You can go to http://maps.familysearch.org/ and see the 1850s parishes.
Click on Essex, then list all the parishes and select, say, East Donyland.
At the top of the list there's a "Layers" tab, so you can layer on the civil rego districts.

From the parish records Elisha Walford was baptised at East Donyland on 6th October 1850. He was the son of Thomas, a fisherman of East Donyland, and Hannah Louisa.

A subscription to the SEAX site may be worthwhile (24 hours for £5) for anyone who knows what parish their ancestors came from. You can get a lot of marriage details that way which would cost nearly £10 per certificate via the GRO. Make sure you familiarise yourself with that site first though.

Edit: I should mention that the site contains images only, you have to look at many before you find the ones you want.

The parishes in Essex and the movement of them between registration districts can be found here:

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/ess.html

One thing to be careful of is that the village of Tendring was not in the registration district of Tendring.

Welcome to the boards, Julie.

Could you give us a few dates, please?

Also, have you looked to see if anyone on genes has any of your family in their trees on here, and tried to contact them for more information? (Use Search/Search All Member Trees tab, top right)

Added:
This might be the marriage of Elisha and Susannah, but which Susannah?
Marriages Dec 1870
xxxxKeeble Susannah Tendring 4a 413
MATT George Tendring 4a 413
xxxPIERCE Susannah Tendring 4a 413
xxxxWALFORD Elisha Tendring 4a 413

Hi all if any one has info on the walford family i would be most greatfull my family came from east donyland my 3 times great grandarants were thomas and louisa walford. My2 times great grandparents were elisha and susannah walford who moved from donylamd to harwich and started there family including my great grandmother elizabeth walford she married bemjamin ward hope some one can help or even find some of my family out there would be great julie

I just checked on the map & wivenhoe is just a paddle away from Gravesend where my lot came from.....eureka !!

hooley dooley !!!!! I think I just found out where the rest of the Walfords came from !! Thanks so much Tony!! Now I have a new avenue to research!! cheers Karen