Sophia Goulty (1811-1895) and Emerson Manbey / Tidy (1809-1873). My 3rd great-grand aunt and uncle. Sophia Goulty was born in Woodbastwick, Norfolk, on 3 January 1811 and named at at the Particular Baptist Church in Salhouse, Norfolk. Her parents were Charles Goulty and Rebecca Lock. Sophia grew up in Norfolk but she was living in Queen Charlotte […]
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Hannah Holsworth and my other Holsworth ancestors
Hannah Holsworth (1791-1879). My 4th great-grandmother. Holsworth is a fairly common surname in Norfolk and is a variation of Holdsworth. ‘Worth’ is an old English word for enclosure, suggesting the surname was a habitional name deriving from a particular place. Hannah, my 4th great-grandmother, came from the village of Salhouse and was the first by […]
Rebecca Lock and my other Lock ancestors
Rebecca Lock (1778-1861). My 4th great-grandmother. Rebecca was the first of the Locks to marry into my family, when she wed Charles Goulty in Woodbastwick, Norfolk, on 17 May 1796. She’d been born in the village on 25 April 1778 and baptised at St Fabian and St Sebastian’s Church on 15 April 1779 – her […]
Sarah Rose and my other Rose ancestors
Sarah Rose (1817-1886).My 3rd great-grandmother. Rose is a common surname in Norfolk, which is where my branch of the family come from. The surname’s derivation is hard to pin down but may have related to people who lived near a notable rose bush or in a property covered with a rose. It may also have […]
Henry Goulty (1804-1876) – American farmer
Henry Goulty (1804-1876) and Mary Mortar (1804-1866). My 3rd great-grand uncle and aunt. Henry Goulty was born on the 22 May 1804 and baptised on the 27th at St Fabian & St Sebastian Church in Woodbastwick, Norfolk. His parents were Charles Goulty and Rebecca Lock. He grew up in the village and married Mary Mortar at […]
Richard Goulty (1801-????), transported for bigamy
Richard Goulty aka Henry Lock (1801-?). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Richard was born on 13 November 1801 in Woodbastwick, Norfolk, to parents Charles Goulty and Rebecca Lock, but as an adult he was transported to Australia for bigamy under the alias Henry Lock. His parents had Richard baptised at St Fabian & St Sebastian in […]