Born in Binham, Norfolk, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Bilby Mayes
— married
8 Nov 1831 in Blakeney, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Wife of
John Grimes
— married
7 Oct 1835 in Blakeney, Norfolk, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Wisker Grimes, Hubert Alfred (Grimes) Smith, Elizabeth Grimes and John Stephen Grimes
Died
at about age 96
in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 24 May 2017
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Biography
Rebecca Wisker was born 2nd November 1809, and baptised on the 18th November 1809 in the parish of Binham, Norfolk, England; the daughter of Thomas Cooke Wisker and Sarah neé Page. [1]
Rebekah Wisker and John Bilby Mayes were married 8th November1831 in the parish of St. Nicholas, Blakeney, Norfolk, England. John Bowles and Richard Mayes were witnesses[2]
John Grimes and Rebecca Mayes (a widow) were married by banns in the parish church of Blakeney, Norfolk, on the 7th October 1835. Thomas Cook Wisker and M. Ann Dixon were witnesses. [3]
She passed away in 1906 at age 96.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Free Reg Register entry number : 1789 - File line number : 1790
- ↑ FreeReg. Register entry number: 139
- ↑ "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTS9-DD3?cc=1416598&wc=4J8C-C6N%3A29360301%2C29373001%2C29397101 : 25 June 2014), Blakeney > Marriages > 1813-1837 > image 33 of 36; Record Office, Norwich.
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1906 M Quarter in NOTTINGHAM Volume 07B Page 171
- MARRIAGE - "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNNF-9BR : 23 February 2021), John Bilby Mayes and Rebecca Wisker, 08 Nov 1831, Marriage; citing Blakeney, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,951,372.
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