Hello everyone, This is my first post so I hope I have put it on the right Board. I could really do with some help with the Blackman branch of my family.
On the 1841 census my GGGG Grandparents Richard & Ann Blackman (spelt as Blachin on that census) were living at Pheasants, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. Richard was 54 years - Ag Lab and Ann was 27 years. The only child recorded is Solomon 3 months. Richard Blackman died in 1849 in the workhouse at Henley in Oxfordshire.
On the 1851 census Ann Blackman is living at Little Frieth, Hambleden, Buckinghamshire. She was aged 38 years and it was recorded she was a 'Pauper - Soldiers Widow'. Her place of birth is recorded as Ireland. On the 1851 census Anne's children are listed as Solomon 10 years, William 7 years, John 4 years and Eliza 9 months. All the children were born in Hambleden, Bucks.
Given the age difference between Richard and Ann, I think it highly likely that Richard was married previously. I did receive info from another researcher that they thought Richard may have married an Ann Patey on 29/12/1811 at Caversham, Oxfordshire, that Ann later died and Richard remarried another Ann but I have yet to confirm this myself. I dont know where Richard was born or when he married his second wife Ann. Since Ann is recorded as a Pauper on the 1851 census, would there be any Poor Law records still in existence for the Hambleden area where she and her children may be recorded. I'm hoping it may give me some clues as to where Ann was born in Ireland and also give me some details on what life was like for Ann and her children during that time. Also as Richard died in the Henley Workhouse in 1849, do any records for that Workhouse still exist. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I just don't know where to go from here.
Thanks
Lizzie (from Australia)