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Has anyone through their research come across a JANE GAMMON born in Warborough, Oxfordshire in 1837/8? I first find Janeon the 1851 census aged 13 years living in Warborough as a servant. She goes on to marry a Henry Caudwell and throughout the rest of her life she is living in Warborough and appears on the census giving a consistent age and place of birth as Warborough. However, I cannot find Jane anywhere on the census of 1841 when she would have been 3. I have tried all variations of spelling and nothing. Would love to know if anyone has come across her? Many thanks, Nicky

this could be her

Births Dec 1837 (>99%)
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Gammon Jane Wallingford 6 189


The district Wallingford spans the boundaries of the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire


Warborough
OXF
1837
1932
transferred to Ploughley & Bullingdon district on 1.10.1932

Just in case she was baptised there ,There is this bap; in liverpool on igi i put in jane but this came up and there are no births on bdm for jean

International Genealogical Index - British Isles
1. JEAN GAMMON - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Female Christening: 18 DEC 1837 Saint Peter, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Jane liked em older didnt she..cant find a marriage for them tho

Hi, Yes Derek she did - 30 years in fact! I have just found a marriage between a Jane Gammon and a Henry Candwell in Lambeth, Surrey in 1858 so think I am going to take a gamble and see if that certificate is correct and if so, hopefully it will give the name of Jane's father and potential witnesses...... Thanks for all your replies.

the birth cert will give both parents

Hi Sablon, Yes I know the birth certificate will give both parents, but it won't confirm if she is my Jane Gammon. I will order the marriage certificate first and see what that says and then go for the birth certificate. I'm not convinced she was born in the Wallingford district although future census is recorded as her being born in Warborough which I know falls in this area. Thanks for all your help. Nicky

they may have never got married and pretended: who knows he was 45 and she was 13 when they met so it might not have gone down too well back then doing a wedding with all the family etc so keep an open mind

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if u feel this marriage in london might be them they might have eloped and got married with no family there

Yes, you could well be right Derek. Their first son was born in Holborn, Middex in June 1858 just 2 months after the marriage which I think occurred in April of the same year! Perhaps they thought they had better marry away from any scandal which I am sure there would have been at the time!

wallingford is the reg/distric for warborough

Nicky

Baptism-31 Dec 1837 at Warborough Oxfordshire
Jane GAMMON d William & Sarah lab

they also had
03 jul 1840-James GAMMON s William & Sarah
03 Jul 1842-George GAMMON s Willaim & Sarah......bur 12 Oct 1845 age 3

They then disappear !

No marriage for Willaim & Sarah at Warborough

No other relevant buriels-the Gammon's go back to 1550 at Warborough and adjacent parishes !

Thank you Elizabeth - this is so helpful. Where did you find this information? I have called for the marriage certificate of Jane Gammon and Henry Caudwell and hopefully now it will say that Jane's father was a William Gammon. Thanks Nicky

www.familysearch.org is the website or one of that she used

1841 England Census

in the 1841 people where rounded down so where is says the age was 20 they were actually 20 - 24 years old so can be misleading.


about Sarah Gammon
Name: Sarah Gammon
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Female

Civil parish: Warborough
Hundred: Ewelme
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation: View Image

Registration district: Wallingford
Sub-registration district: Wallingford
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Wm Gammon 20
Sarah Gammon 20
Jas Gammon 3


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Hi Derek, yes, i've just spotted this one myself now that I have had the possible parents namesof William and Sarah. It's possible that this is the family I am looking for and that there was a slight error when entering the children in that James was listed as the 3 year old when in fact it would have been Jane and the baby would have been just 8/9 months old and George would not yet have been born. I am now going to try to track this family through the census to see what happens to them. Thanks again.

Unfortunately, Jane is not with her parents on the 1841 census:


1841 England Census
about Jas Gammon
Name: Jas Gammon
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
Gender: Male

Civil parish: Warborough
Hundred: Ewelme
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

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Registration district: Wallingford
Sub-registration district: Wallingford
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Gammon 20
Sarah Gammon 20
Jas Gammon 3
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 881; Book: 22; Civil Parish: Warborough; County: Oxfordshire; Enumeration District: 22B; Folio: 4; Page: 4; Line: 5; GSU roll: 474574.

Perhaps the parents died when the children were very young...hence why in 1851 Jane was working in service


Deaths Sep 1850 (>99%)
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GAMMON William Wallingford 6 161

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Deaths Dec 1859 (>99%)
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Gammon William Wallingford 2c 206



Deaths Mar 1846 (>99%)
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GAMMON Sarah Wallingford 6 182

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Deaths Jun 1856 (>99%)
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Gammon Sarah Ann Wallingford 2c 195

There are two william and sarah gammons living in Warborough area

1851 England Census
about William Gammon
Name: William Gammon
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Warborough, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: Oxford St Thomas
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Oxford
Sub-registration district: Oxford
ED, institution, or vessel: 9e
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 34
Household Members: Name Age
William Gammon 38
Sarah Gammon 32
Edwin Gammon 12
Elizabeth Gammon 14
Esther Gammon 7
Walter Gammon 5
Sarah Gammon 2
Philip Best 50
Elizabeth Best 51

or


1851 England Census
about Sarah Gammon
Name: Sarah Gammon
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1816
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Hagbourne, Berkshire, England
Registration district: Wallingford
Sub-registration district: Cholsey
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 48
Household Members: Name Age
William Gammon 33
Sarah Gammon 35

1861 England Census
about William Gammon
Name: William Gammon
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1818
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Warborough, Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: Burnham
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

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Registration district: Eton
Sub-registration district: Burnham
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 68
Household Members:
Name Age
William Gammon 43
Sarah Gammon 43

Thanks to everyone for all your suggestions. I guess I will just have to be patient and wait for the marriage certificate to confirm who Jane's father was then I can go delving around a bit more.