Beatrice LAUGHTON

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 66DD47883BB74F458BFDB61A24252A2F92CC
• Census: 8 Apr 1871, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 9 Apr 1881, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Marriage witness: 15 Sep 1884, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

Christened:
Beatrice was baptised at age 15.

Census:
Beatrice was living with her parents, Maria and James Laughton, at Woodfield Farm, Renhold. She was aged 2, and born in Renhold.

Census:
Beatrice was living with her parents, Maria and James Laughton, on Village Road, Renhold. She was aged 12 and born in Renhold. She was a lacemaker.

Marriage witness:
Beatrice was a witness to the marriage of her sister, Rosa Laughton, to Charles Henry Sims.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 32.32
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• _UID: A04635ABA98A4D38B5BBEAB1764936E7653F
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Salph End, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: Apr 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 26 Aug 1853, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 12 Jun 1859, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 26 Apr 1861, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 8 Apr 1871, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 9 Apr 1881, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 31 Jan 1884, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Marriage witness: 15 Sep 1884, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 15 Sep 1884, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

Christened:
James was baptized at age 11 weeks of age.

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Was James baptised on 20 April 1834 or 20 September 1834? Item # 6 : Baptisms 1813 to 1867. He was the son of Thomas and Ann Laughton.

Census:
James Laughton was enumerated as a male, age 7, and born in Bedfordshire. He was living with his parents, Thomas Laughton (30 rounded) and Ann Laughton (30 rounded), and his sister Sally (9) in Salph End, Renhold.

Census:
James was aged 17, a labourer, living with his widowed father, Thomas Laughton, and born in Renhold.

Occupation:
James was aged 19, a bachelor, a sawyer, son of Thomas Laughton, and living in Renhold at the time of his marriage.

Occupation:
When his son Dan was baptized, James was a sawyer.

Census:
James was living with his wife, Maria, at Brook Farm, Renhold. He was aged 26, born in Renhold, and a sawyer.

Census:
James was living with his wife, Maria, and family at Woodfield Farm, Renhold. He was aged 37 and born in Renhold. He was a carpenter.

Census:
James was the head of the family on Village Road, Renhold. He was living with his wife, Maria, and family. He was aged 47, and born in Renhold. He was a carpenter.

Occupation:
James was a carpenter at the time that his son, Dan, married Mary Jane Clarke.

Marriage witness:
James was a witness to the marriage of his daughter, Rosa, to Charles Henry Sims.

Occupation:
James was a carpenter at the time that his daughter, Rosa, married Charles Henry Sims.

James married Maria SHARPE on 26 Aug 1853 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. Maria (daughter of John SHARP) was born in 1836 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; died on 19 Sep 1896 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 19 Sep 1896 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Researcher: Clophill, Bedfordshire, England
• Reference Number: 32.32*
• _UID: 2507F87CFF064C7290F341A24EB15A3759D0
• Residence: 26 Aug 1853, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 26 Apr 1861, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 8 Apr 1871, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 9 Apr 1881, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

Researcher:
On March 29, 2000, Judy Yates sent an email about her great great grandfather's family "SHARP" from Clophill, Bedford.

Residence:
Maria was aged 18, a spinster, daughter of John Sharp, and living in Renhold at the time of her marriage.

Census:
Maria was living with her husband, James Laughton, at Brook Farm, Renhold. She was aged 25, born in Renhold, and a lacemaker.

Census:
Maria was living with her husband, James Laughton, at Woodfield Farm, Renhold. She was aged 35 and born in Renhold.

Census:
Maria was living with her husband, James Laughton, at Village Road, Renhold. She was aged 45 and born in Renhold. She was a lacemaker.

Died:
Maria died aged 61 years.

Notes:

Marriage Banns:
The marriage banns were read on July 31, August 7, and August 14 by William Ussher, Vicar, at All Saint's Church.

Marriage witnesses:
The witnesses were William King and Eliza King.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 32.3
• _UID: D0CB1647C19149CE96E32F5D501582AFFC15
• Occupation: 10 Jun 1832, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Salph End, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1 Apr 1843, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: Apr 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Marriage witness: 15 Sep 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 26 Aug 1853, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1854, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: Apr 1861, Goldington, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

Occupation:
Thomas was a labourer at the time that his daughter, Sally, was baptised.

Census:
Thomas Laughton was enumerated as a male, age 30 (rounded), an agricultural labourer, and born in Bedfordshire. He was living with his wife, Ann Laughton (30 rounded), their daughter Sally (9) and son James (7) in Salph End, Renhold.

Occupation:
Thomas Laughton was listed as a Parish Constable for Renhold. He was a substitute for Thomas Joyce and Martin Long. Since Thomas would have been 33 years old and his father, Thomas, would have been 65 years old, I have concluded that it is the younger one who is the Parish Constable.

Census:
Thomas was aged 41, a publican, a widower, and born in Renhold.

Marriage witness:
Thomas was a witness to the marriage of his nephew, Thomas Goodliffe, to Harriet Groves.

Occupation:
Thomas was a woodsman at the time that his son James married Maria Sharpe.

Occupation:
In the 1854 Kelly's directory, Thomas was listed as a farmer.

Census:
Thomas was aged 51, a woodsman, married to Sophia, and born in Renhold.

Died:
Thomas was 53 [possibly 58] when he died. His residence was Goldington.

Thomas married Ann PESTELL on 1 Oct 1831. Ann was born in 1811 in England; died on 3 May 1850 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 3 May 1850 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 32.3*1
• _UID: 6B926EBE23C0421EA5FE9440520AE8749BEA
• Residence: 2 Oct 1831, Willington, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Salph End, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

Residence:
Ann was "of the parish of Willington" at the time that the banns for her marriage to Thomas Laughton were read.

Census:
Ann Laughton was enumerated as age 30 (rounded), and born in Bedfordshire. She was living with her husband, Thomas Laughton (30 rounded), their daughter Sally (9) and son James (7) in Salph End, Renhold.

Died:
Ann died aged 39.

Notes:

Marriage Banns:
The banns were read at All Saint's Church by A. J. Crispin on October 2, October 9, and October 16, 1831.

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Name: Thomas Lawton
• Reference Number: 64.0
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• _UID: CE6A17DF736D4A178D7193CF5136937E67F7
• Census: 1782, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 7 Dec 1815, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 11 Jul 1819, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 1830, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Land: 1832, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Occupation: 13 Sep 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: Apr 1851, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Burial: 7 Feb 1858, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

_TODO:
Read about wills in England in 1858. Thomas died in Feb 1858.

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microfilm # 1595630 item 5. Bedfordshire, Renhold? land - tax assessment. Names of proprietors & occupiers, description of property, amount. # 1595630 item 5 (1797-1832). Also, # 1595742 item 13 (1930-1949).

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microfilm # 0087676 for Renhold Bedfordshire census 1851 - see page 72. PHOTOCOPY

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microfiche # 6905906 - births - 1 fiche. Index to Cardington Cotton End Chapel (Independent and Baptist) births & christenings for 1784 to 1837; check for any Laughtons. Extracted from microfilm # 583982 item 11 (PRO RG-4 series no. 274). Not in FHC, Calgary, 9 March 2002

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Renhold, Bedfordshire. Deposited documents: PO Howbury Estate Muniments - see items 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 56, 68, 69, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 and 129. Ref: Finding aid for Howbury Estate Muniments FHL microfiche 6085327. Manuscripts at BLARS.

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See report in Family History binder

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microfilm # 0241190. Renhold 1841 census. See database source # 59, Legacy source A00049. Check surnames of other families. PHOTOCOPY Laughton family entries - pages 4, 5, 15 and 16.

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From BFHS. SURNAME INTERESTS BFHS. 2003. Bedfordshire Family History Society. Cost ?2.50. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 14, No. 6, June 2004, pages 44 & 45.

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microforms room?, 1 copy of 19 microfiche U of C call number DA600.V5 A18 - Volume 1 index, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3. THE VICTORIA HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD. Edited by Arthur Doubleday and William Page. Publication: Washington: Brookhaven Press, repr. 1978, c. 1904. Originally published: London: Constable, 1904-1914. Ref: U of C online library catalogue, September 1, 2004.

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Buy book "Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire: County Sources at the Society of Genealogists. Interlink does not have this one. None at Global. Order from SOG website: www.sog.org.uk

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Book 942.565 B4b v. 50. Samuel Whitbread's notebooks, 1810-11, 1813-14. Edited by Alan F. Cirket. With some early Nonconformist Church books. Index. 152 pages. Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, 1971. The Publications of the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society v. 50. Microfilm # 990095 item 13. [Is this series at U of C Library or U of A Library?]

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BEDFORDSHIRE PARISH POOR LAW PAPERS 1622-1834. This is a reprint. "The index includes all parish poor law papers included in or traceable through the Archives Service's lists of deposited parish records." Sterling cheque made payable to BFHS. Price: ?8.75 including P&P. Ref: Bedfordshire Family History Society Journal, Volume 15, No. 2, June 2005, pages 34 & 35. ARE THESE THE SAME AS THE MICROFICHE THAT I HAVE?

Census:
Thomas was living with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Hopkins Laughton, and his sisters, Susanna, Mary and Sarah. Although he would have been only 3 years old, he was 'at school by Mr. Howard'.

Occupation:
At the baptism of his son, William, Thomas was recorded as a labourer.

Occupation:
At the baptism of his son, Joseph, Thomas was recorded as a "cottager".

Occupation:
Was Thomas the Parish Clerk of Renhold before his son, Samuel?

Land:
Thomas was not listed in the Poll Books for 1832 (Family History Library microfilm # 416152), so it is unlikely that he owned land.

Census:
Thomas Laughton was enumerated as a male, age 60 (rounded), a farmer, and born in Bedfordshire. He was living with his wife Mary Laughton 60 (rounded) and youngest son, Joseph Laughton 20 (rounded) in Renhold. His married daughter, Susan Goodliffe and her family were also living with them.

Census:
Thomas Laughton was the enumerator for Renhold, enumeration district # 14.


Occupation:
Thomas was the parish clerk when his son, Joseph, married Sarah Hopkins.

Census:
Thomas was aged 73, a farmer and labourer, a widower, and born in Cardington.

Burial:
The Bishop's Transcripts of Renhold confirm that Thomas was 80 years old and from Renhold when he died. William Ussher was the vicar.

Died:
Thomas died aged 80 years.

Buried:
Thomas' burial service was conducted by William Ussher, Vicar.

Thomas married Mary KEMP on 29 Dec 1801 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. Mary (daughter of William KEMP and Mary ROBERTS) was born in 1781 in England; was christened on 24 Jun 1781 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; died on 16 Jul 1841 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; was buried on 18 Jul 1841 in Renhold, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: F
• Reference Number: 65.0
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• _UID: B873619E585E4D60846A897B8F1BBB2206E5
• Birth: Abt 1778, Bedfordshire, England
• Baptism: 24 Jun 1781, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Census: 12 Jun 1841, Salph End, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England
• Death: 16 Jul 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England; of dropsy, age 63 years, wife of Thomas Laughton,
• Burial: 17 Jul 1841, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Notes:

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Bedford 1841 September quarter Vol 6 page 13.

Birth:
Since she died on July 16, 1841 age 63, her birth year was calculated as circa 1778.

Baptism:
Mary's baptism was recorded in the Bishop's Transcripts of Renhold. She was the daughter of William and Mary Kempe.

Census:
Mary Laughton was enumerated as a female, age 60 (rounded), and born in Bedfordshire. She was living with her husband, Thomas Laughton (60 rounded), and their son Joseph (20 rounded) in Salph End, Renhold. Her married daughter, Susan Goodliffe, and family were living with them.

Death:
The attendant was Rebecca Hopkins.

Burial:
Mary is "of Renhold, aged 61." In the Bishop's Transcripts, the burial date is recorded as 18 July 1841.

Died:
Mary was aged 61 when she died.

Buried:
Mary's burial service was conducted by A. J. Crispin, Vicar.

Notes:

Marriage Banns:
The banns were read in All Saints Church on November 29, December 6, and December 13 by A. J. Crispin, Vicar.

Marriage witnesses:
The witness was Joseph Cooper. There may be another witness, but the record is obscure.