George Hebden (b) 1804

[deemaitch]

George Hedden (b)1804 married Margaret Horseman (b)1794 at All Saints Church York in 1830,nine years after she bore him a son John Horseman (b)1821,he kept his mothers surname.
In 1830 George and Margaret married, the same year they had another so James Hebden..

My problem is that George and Margaret dissapeared off all records i have researched.
They did not live with either son as census records show.
They could have died in one of York's many cholera epidemics and buried in a mass grave,I have looked at emigration, but I assume that they would not have had enough money to afford that.

If anyone can suggest anything that may help me I will be eternally grateful.

If you wonder as to my interest I followed the line of John Horsman but of the Hebden line and have got back as far as 1622.

Kind regards to all who can help,

David Horsman

[craft1948]

I see the Kenley/Kennerley tree on ancestry has Margaret in their tree......is this your tree or can you contact them?

[craft1948]

David do you think Margaret died and George may have been John George.....it's just that in the 1861 census, living next door to each other are..
John Hebden born 1804 with wife Mary
John Horsema born 1821 with wife Hannah

[craft1948]

No scrub that it must just be coincidence or some relative.....John was with Mary on the 1841 census and another tree has them marrying at St Olave's in 1829...doh.

[craft1948]

If you've seen his wedding registration does it give an occupation?

[munchie63]

there's a death record for george hebden on ancestry - born in 1805, died in 1880 in Keighley, Yorks

[dothawkes31]

A margaret hebden married a john boyes 10 apr 1836 at St Mary Castlegate York, could this have been Margaret, now a widow, remarrying?

[dothawkes31]

You could enquire about the MIs for York Pavement here:
http://www.yas.org.uk/content/moninsc.html
it may be possible that there was a gravestone at some point for George or his family.

[dothawkes31]

That site also lists the cholera burial ground as having the MIs recorded and there is a plan ,

[deemaitch]

In reply to Dothawkes31 coincidently George Hebden worked as a linen weaver for a John Boyes.
I must follow that up, if true Margaret was a bit if a lass!

[dothawkes31]

I don't think that margaret would have been a woman of low morals to marry again after the death of her husband. There were 2 choices, marry and be supported or the workhouse. She had at least 2 children by George, though the oldesr, John, would be 15 when she married John Boyes and so probably already working, James would have been 6 and there may even have been another one or two children, If George died, at a realaituvely young age, probably under 40, and matgaret was also in her 40s, she would have to get work to live but with a child that would have been tough. It makes sense she should re-marry and if she's married her late husbands boss then she has secured her furure and her children's, plus, it would be likely John Boyes was also a widower with children in need of a mother, it makes perfect sense.

[munchie63]

that's a good spot by dee.

the employer could well be agood friend of the family and it wouldn't be the first time friendships developed after a bereavement.

[munchie63]

there's a death record for margaret boyes in york, jun 1877.
may be worth a look

[dothawkes31]

14 oct 1836 John and Margaret Boyes had a son William Boyes christened at St margaret's York

[dothawkes31]

that son married Ann and had a son William Arthur Boyes in 1861

[deemaitch]

Thanks a lot too all of you I will follow all the lines suggested, and will give feedback if I get anywhere.

I myself now live in Somerset but was born in York,many years ago