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Merry · #21 10-09-20, 07:00

Robert is the only Norman of John and Sarah baptised at that church, but having looked 10 years either way from 1816 in Exeter only and no variable spellings I have:

17 Apr 1814 Matilda Palace St carpenter (Holy Trinity)

05 Feb 1815 Eliza Cowie St basket maker (St Thomas)

29 Sep 1816 Robert Milk St carpenter (St Mary Major)

13 Oct 1816 Mary Ann Cowie St basket maker (St Thomas)

23 Aug 1818 Elizabeth Cowie St basket maker (St Thomas)

27 Jun 1819 Samuel Quay Gate grocer (Holy Trinity)

12 Nov 1820 George Henry Cowie St basket maker (St Thomas)

07 Jul 1822 John Cowie St basket maker (St Thomas)

13 Jun 1824 John James Cowie St basket maker (St Thomas)

14 May 1826 Georgiana Cowie St basket maker (St Thomas)

Phoenix · #22 10-09-20, 07:09

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Originally Posted by Merry

That's typical - solve one bit only for something else to make the scenario less likely!

At marriage, what did Robert say for his father's occupation?

If we are talking the Robert Norman who married Catherine Griffiths, the wretched man could not wait to get married: 12 May 1837. Witnesses both had Welsh surnames.

But the 1861 census found on an Ancestry tree gives his birthplace as Exeter.

Robert was a mariner.

Phoenix · #23 10-09-20, 07:12

There are also Edwin and Eleanor, possibly twins bp 13 Sep 1829, children of John basket maker and Sarah.

But I'm not sure we now know who Robert's father is. His DOB looks nearer 1813

Merry · #24 10-09-20, 07:22

Erm, you said the children of the basket maker were bap in Tiverton, but they were baptised in Exeter!

Now I'm wondering where your Robert said he was from. I briefly looked in Wales, but didn't know which one he is!

Merry · #25 10-09-20, 07:28

Sorry, didn't see you there Phoenix!

Having looked at other threads here, this is def the right man:

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bi...try&h=13803967

as his son, James, marries Selina Protheroe (sp?) and there's a thread about her.

Merry · #26 10-09-20, 07:31

So, as you said, Phoenix, he married too soon to give his father's details. I suppose we need to know his age from all available censuses.

Merry · #27 10-09-20, 07:33

In 1871 his dob is 1808/9.

Merry · #28 10-09-20, 07:36

There's a burial of a Robert Norman that could easily fit the 1816 baptism, but would need further investigation is that proves necessary. It's at the same church as the bap but in 1852.

Phoenix · #29 10-09-20, 07:49

There is a Robert bp Uplyme, son of John, labourer and Grace who marries Miriam Eliza in Exeter (Miriam often calling herself Eliza) bp 3 March 1813.

I mention him, simply to demonstrate a wild goose I've been chasing.

Merry · #30 10-09-20, 07:59

Oh, is he the fish dealer? He could be the one who was bur in 1852 if he isn't on the 1861 census (I've not looked). In 1851 he is living in the correct parish for the burial.