Hannah Holsworth (1791-1879). My 4th great-grandmother. Holsworth is a fairly common surname in Norfolk. Hannah, my 4th great-grandmother, came from the village of Salhouse and was the first by this name to join my family tree. She was born on 12 January 1791 to Thomas Holsworth and Ann Parfrey (see below) and was baptised in […]
Woodbastwick
Rebecca Lock and my other Lock ancestors
Rebecca Lock (1779-1861). 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 and baptised at St Fabian and St Sebastian’s Church on 15 April 1779 – her parents were Stephen Lock […]
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 first of the Roses to join the family tree was Sarah, who married William Stoliday/Stolliday in 1835. Sarah was born in 1817 to farmer Robert Rose and his wife Hannah Holsworth (see […]
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 […]