Mary Ann Hill MFMM

[Mary from Italy]

IGI, extracted marriage:

FRANCIS KEMP
Male

Marriages:
Spouse: ELEANOR GODFREY
Marriage: 13 NOV 1776 Belton, Rutland, England

[Mary from Italy]

Ah, FreeReg has the Kemp baptisms in Rutland.

It's Eleanor Esther, not Easter.

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search...ecordID=522441

[Mary from Italy]

From the National Archives site:

[no title] DE 2837/9 17 Sept. 1834

These documents are held at Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Record Office

Contents:
Letter from E.E. [Eleanor Easter] Slater at Preston, Rutland, to her [step] son, Daniel Slater, at school at Wisbech, Cambs.
Relates family news and advises him to attend to his religious obligations.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a...37&cid=2-2#2-2

[anne fraser]

Thanks Mary for all your hard work. I hope you did not loose to much sleep. You have got me back another thirty years on this line.

[kiterunner]

Easter is an old variant spelling of Esther.

[Mary from Italy]

I didn't know that, Kite - that explains why I found what I thought was the wrong spelling in more than one place.

[Mary from Italy]

Anne, you'll find Eleanor Slater in Rutland on the 1841 and 1851 censuses. Haven't found a marriage for her, but I'll leave you the fun of continuing the research

There's also some very interesting Slater family correspondence on the National Archives site.

[anne fraser]

Thanks very much again Mary. I have just found Francis Kemp as joint owner of the rectory in Belton in 1794. I wonder if Eleanor was born at Easter and she was christened on April 26th.http://www.theoldrectorybelton.co.uk/ It looks as though I might be able to do family history research in some style.

[anne fraser]

Re: marriage lookup
« Reply #2 on: Today at 12:57:13 »

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Greetings from Downunder,

From Uppingham Parish Registers on microfiche (DE 1784/12) we have:
No. 240
Daniel Slater of Preston in the County of Rutland and Eleanor Easter Hill widow OTP married by licence on 2 August 1835.
Witnesses Edward Kemp and Mary Ann Hill
Rector J G Dimock

There is a marriage of a Philip Slater to Eleanor Dorman both OTP at Uppingham on ? July 1817 (No.53)
And for interest;
No. 211
William Baines bachelor of St Margaret Leicester and Mary Kemp spinster OTP married by licence on 7 September 1830.
Witnesses Edward Kemp and Mary Ann Hill
Rector J G Dimock

It looks as though you were on the right track Mary. I asked for a lookup on rootschat and got the above reply.

They also found Mary's marriage to Thomas Baines 13 Jun 1835 Preston Rutland.

[Mary from Italy]

Ooh, excellent.

That Slater family correspondence on the TNA site looks very interesting to give some background information about the period.

The Rectory looks very nice - not a bad place to stay while you're researching your tree