See also

Family of William Ransom

Husband: William Ransom

  • Name:

  • William Ransom1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • seaman / mariner1 3

  • Birth:

  • 1806 (app)2 4

  •  

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 34-35)

  • Albion Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 30, mariner living with his wife, a step daughter and mother-in-law. Born in Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Aug 1849 (age 42-43)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England6 4 7 3

  •  

  • died of cholera

  • Burial:

  • 14 Aug 1849

  • St. Helen's Church, St. Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • aged 43

  • Inquest:

  • 14 Nov 1849

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 8

  •  

  • he was a mariner on the brig Port Packet of Ipswich which had previously sailed from Gravesend and Rotherhithe on the Thames, where there was talk of cholera. He was given brandy and tincture of rhubarb and along with three other crew succumbed to cholera.

     

    The Port Packet was lost at sea with all hands near Sunderland on 23rd January 1863

Child 1: Cassandra Elizabeth Lee

  • Name:

  • Cassandra Elizabeth Lee9 10 11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Henry Palmer (1831-1917)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • house servant12

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • Need to check surname, Smith on marriage certificate and birth index for Cassandra

  • Birth:

  • 1833 (app)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England5 13 14

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Apr 1833 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9 10 11

  •  

  • daughter of John Lee (labourer) and Cassandra of White Elm Hill

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 7-8)

  • Albion Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • aged 8, living with step father, mother and a grandmother. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 17-18)

  • Church Street, Harwich, Essex, England12

  •  

  • servant aged 18 unmarried, house servant, living with Charlotte Chapman and another servant. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 28)

  • South Town, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • married wife as Cassandria (sic) living with her husband Henry, son Henry, and daughters Julia and Cassandria (sic). Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 25 Apr 1869 (age 36)

  • Hordle Street, Dovercourt, Essex, England14

  •  

  • Cause: of a diseased liver some months, peritonitis, bilious vomiting 3 days

    wife of Henry Palmer ?? merchant service, Cassandra Lee present at death

  • Burial:

  • 28 Apr 1869

  • All Saints Church, Main Road, Dovercourt, Essex, England4 15

  •  

  • aged 36

Sources

1.

Marriage Certificate. of Henry Palmer & Cassandra Smith 17/10/1852 at Ipswich. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

2.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

3.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Ipswich Journal Saturday 18 August 1849 page:4.

4.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

5.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1043 folio:65 page:28.

6.

Kathy Przeniczny personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 22 January 2006.

7.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1849 quarter:3 volume:12 page:313.

8.

Paula Hadgraft's Family tree, (on-line at members.optusnet.com.au/~phadgraft/familytree/pafg40.htm#16099).

9.

Kathy Przeniczny personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 20 January 2006.

10.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). Ipswich St. Clement. Cit. Date: 4 February 2021.

11.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Ipswich St. Clements fiche:46 of 88. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

12.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1780 folio:57 page:12.

13.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1189 folio:167 page:40. Cit. Date: 4 February 2021.

14.

Death Certificate. copy supplied by Kathy. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

15.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Dovercourt All Saints burials 1851-1878 ref:D/P 174/1/8 image:37 entry:546. Cit. Date: 3 February 2021.