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Hi Could some kind person please look on Find my Past for the Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations 1721-1865 Transcripts for Joseph Major and Sarah Major (mother & son) 1842 at Kirton in Lindsey Lincolnshire.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

Wendy

This is it, I'm afraid.

Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations 1721-1865
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Year: 1842
Forenames: Joseph
Surname: Major
Occupation: son of Sarah
Age:
Source place: Kirton Lindsey
Source description:
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Born place:
Born county:
Checked: Y
Record source: Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations
Data provider: Lincolnshire Family History Society


Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations 1721-1865
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Year: 1842
Forenames: Sarah
Surname: Major
Occupation: wife of John
Age: 52
Source place: Kirton Lindsey
Source description:
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Born place: Calverton
Born county: Nottinghamshire
Checked: Y
Record source: Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations
Data provider: Lincolnshire Family History Society

Hi ***alviegal***,

Thank you so much, they didn't stay there long was back in Bulwell by 1851 husband John stayed in Kirton he had another family may have been a bigamist.

Wendy :-D

Hi Wendy, was just looking for them. They appear to be back in Bulwell in 1841.

1841 census transcription details for: Royal Forest Street, Bulwell
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107
Piece: 856
Book/Folio: 8/6
Page: 5
Reg. District: Basford
Sub District: Bulwell
Parish: Bulwell
Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Royal Forest Street, Bulwell
County: Nottinghamshire
Name Relation Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
COCKING, James M 40 1801 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Sarah F 50 1791 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Joseph M 22 1819 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Thomas M 15 1826 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Elizabeth F 15 1826 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Sarah F 15 1826 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Mary F 13 1828 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, William M 11 1830 Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Ann F 9 1832 Nottinghamshire


1851 census transcription details for: Buildings, Bulwell
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107
Piece: 2127
Folio: 476
Page: 15
Reg. District: Basford
Sub District: Bulwell
Parish: Bulwell
Enum. District: 4A
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Buildings, Bulwell
County: Nottinghamshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
COCKIN, James Head Married M 51 1800 F W K (Gloves)
Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Sarah Lodger Widow F 61 1790 M
Calverton, Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, William Son Unmarried M 20 1831 F W K (Gloves)
Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Ann Daughter Unmarried F 18 1833 Spinster
Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, Mary Grand Daughter F 6 1845
Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
MAJOR, William Son M 0 (11 MOS) 1851
Bulwell, Nottinghamshire

Hi ***alviegal***,

Yes that's them, i've been going though the marriages of the children and none of them that I've done so far has put John Major down as father and apart from a possible burial for him in 1862 in Kirton and his marriage to Sarah in Radford 1815 I cannot find anything else on him.

Wendy

First name(s): John
Last name MAJOR
Date of burial: 3 Jun 1862
Age at death: 77
Calculated year of birth: 1785
Place of burial: Kirton in Lindsey
Dedication: St Andrew
County: Lincolnshire
Notes:
Kirton in Lindsey St Andrew
Denomination: Anglican
Coverage: 1813 - 1900
Number of entries 3,087
Record source: National Burial Index
Data provider: Lincolnshire Family History Society


Yes, I'm also having a problem finding him. :-S :-S


From freereg.

County Lincolnshire
Place Kirton in Lindsey
Church St Andrew
RegisterNumber 271
BurialDate 03 Jun 1862
Forename John
Relationship
Rel1MaleForename
Rel1FemaleForename
Rel1Surname
Surname MAJOR
Age 77
Abode Brigg Union Workhouse
Notes
FileNumber 18177

Yes that's the one I looked at, found it on freereg site I think he may be the son of Ursula Major christened on 25 Sept 1786 at St Mary's Newark.

Thank you for all your help

Wendy :-D

If you've been on freereg, you'll have seen the records for his children. eg

County Nottinghamshire
Place Bulwell
Church St Mary
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 20 Mar 1831
Forename William
Sex -
FatherForename John
MotherForename Sarah
FatherSurname MAJOR
MotherSurname
Abode
FatherOccupation Fwk
Notes
FileNumber 15080

Hi ***alviegal***,

Yes I've got all the christenings for his children with Sarah at Bulwell but someone on another site says he had children with someone else at the same time but I'm not sure yet, but something went off with him and Sarah she put on the 1851 says as unmarried and the children did not put his name down on their marriages, maybe he used another name as well. Sarah died in 1855 in Bulwell.

Wendy

Wendy, I'm probably miles out here, but going by his occupation on William's baptism record (FWK), and by his death in the workhouse in 1862, have a look at these.


From http://www.wirksworth.org.uk/A11-FWK.htm

To anyone who has delved into their family tree, and whose ancestors come from the East Midlands, the initials FWK will have appeared on many census records. The letters stand for Framework Knitter, an occupation almost unique to the counties of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. The legacy of the Framework Knitters, spanning some 250 years, is evident today in the Hosiery, Knitwear and Cut and Sew Trades of the East Midlands.


Now in the 1861 for the Workhouse, there is this man.


1861 Census transcription details for: Union Workhouse, Glanford Brigg, Wrawby, Brigg

National Archive Reference:
RG number RG09
Piece: 2398
Folio: 73
Page: 21
Reg. District: Glanford Brigg
Sub District: 1 Brigg
Parish: Wrawby
Enum. District: 11
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Union Workhouse, Glanford Brigg, Wrawby, Brigg
County: Lincolnshire


100 EMPRINGHAM, George Head Married M 49 1812 Master
Barton on Humber, Lincolnshire VIEW
100 EMPRINGHAM, Eliza Wife Married F 50 1811 Matron
Kingston on Hull, Yorkshire



>>100 MALIP, John Pauper Widower M 79 1782 Stocking Widower
...Stone, Derbyshire


He is a stocking weaver not widower, from Illstone ? Derbyshire and I think the surname could possibly be Major/Majer.
Have a look and see what you think.



This is him on ancestry.



1861 England Census about John Mahe
Name: John Mahe
Age: 79
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1782
Relation: Pauper
Gender: Male
Where born: Illstone, Derbyshire, England

Liz

From http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LIN/poorhouse.html

All paupers were supposed to approach the Relieving Officer of the district in which they resided if they were in need of relief - that relief could be outside the Union (Out relief) if they had a medical certificate from a medical officer of the Union, or if they had been entered in the Medical Officer's book. I suspect that, as there were only two relieving officers for the whole of the Stamford Union, the very first approach would have been to the overseer of the poor of the parish in which they resided, and he would have then contacted the relieving officer.

No-one could enter the workhouse without an "order", I've seen this called a "ticket" in settlement examinations, with the exception of vagrants (people travelling who "put up for the night" in the workhouse and had to perform some kind of work before leaving the next morning).

Once in the workhouse:

If their settlement was in one of the parishes within the Union [by Union I mean the group of parishes covered by a particular Poor Law Union - the same parishes incidentally as in the registration districts of the same name] their maintenance was paid for by the parish to which they belonged, in other words the parish in which their legal settlement was.

If their settlement was unknown, they would be sworn to their settlement [i.e. examined by a magistrate - settlement examination] and once this had been done the clerk of the Board of Guardians for the workhouse in which they were residing would write to the clerk of the Union in which their settlement was thought to be stating the particulars (I'm learning workhouse speak!!) of the case.

That Union would then investigate the case and if the pauper was "acknowledged" i.e. the pauper was accepted as one of theirs, they could either be removed to that Union or their maintenance/out relief would be paid by that Union.

If the abovesaid Union did not think the pauper was "one of theirs" they would usually ask for an order of removal for the pauper(s). This would then enable the case to come to court through an appeal against the order, and the case would be finally settled at Quarter Sessions (hence all the removal orders in the Quarter Sessions files).

Hi Liz,

Thank you, yes I will look into that one but I think he was born in Newark.

Wendy