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Mariann (Bedford) Gilkes (1781 - 1827)

Mariann (Marian) Gilkes formerly Bedford
Born in Old Sampford, Essex, Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 12 Jan 1804 in Folkestone, Kent, England, United Kingdommap
Died at age 45 in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

Marian was a Friend (Quaker)

Mariann was born on 27 November 1781 at Old Sampford, Essex. Her parents are named as Isaac (shopkeeper~) and Mary in the birth record of Thaxted Quaker Monthly Meeting.[1]

On 12 January 1804 Marian (as her name is spelt in the record) married Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes at Folkestone Quaker Meeting House, Kent. The Quaker marriage record describes her as daughter of Isaac Bedford of Plaistow, Essex and Mary, both deceased.[2] They had the following children:

  • Bedford, born at Devizes, Wiltshire on 4 May 1805[3][4]
  • Gilbert, born at Devizes, Wiltshire on 27 December 1806[5][6]
  • Alfred, born at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire on 5 October 1808[7][8]
  • Arthur, born at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire on 21 October 1810[9][10]
  • Oswald, born at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire on 23 May 1812[11][12]
  • Emma, born on 20 June 1813 at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire[13][14]
  • Amelia, born at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire on 10 June 1817[15][16]
  • Edgar, born at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire on 22 February 1821[17][18]

Marian died, age 46, at Nailsworth, Gloucestershire on 17 May 1827 and was buried on 22 May 1827 at Nailsworth Quaker burial ground, Gloucestershire.[19][20]

Sources

  1. The National Archives, ref. RG6/660, ESSEX: Monthly Meeting of Thaxted: Births, FindMyPast
  2. The National Archives, ref. RG6/373, KENT: Quarterly Meeting of Kent: Marriages, FindMyPast
  3. The National Archives, ref. RG6/64, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Wiltshire: Slaughterford: Births, FindMyPast
  4. "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8JM-G9MM : 13 May 2020), Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes in entry for Bedford Gilkes
  5. The National Archives, ref. RG6/64, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Wiltshire: Slaughterford: Births, FindMyPast
  6. "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8VC-14T2 : 13 May 2020), Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes in entry for Gilbert Gilkes
  7. The National Archives, ref. RG6/62, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Nailsworth: Births, FindMyPast
  8. "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQQ6-NHY : 11 December 2014), Benjamin Gilkes in entry for Alfred Gilkes, 05 Oct 1808, Birth; citing p. 114, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.
  9. The National Archives, ref. RG6/62, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Nailsworth: Births, FindMyPast
  10. "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z3-R7Z : 11 December 2014), Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes in entry for Arthur Gilkes, 21 Oct 1810, Birth; citing p. 135, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  11. The National Archives, ref. RG6/62, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Nailsworth: Births, FindMyPast
  12. "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7K1-9B6 : 11 December 2014), Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes in entry for Oswald Gilkes, 23 May 1812, Birth; citing p. 34, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  13. The National Archives, ref. RG6/62, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Nailsworth: Births, FindMyPast
  14. "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z82X-57MM : 13 May 2020), Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes in entry for Emma Gilkes
  15. The National Archives, ref. RG6/62, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Nailsworth: Births, FindMyPast
  16. "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z826-QYZM : 13 May 2020), Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes in entry for Amelia Gilkes
  17. The National Archives, ref. RG6/62, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Nailsworth: Births, FindMyPast
  18. "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8NN-DWN2 : 13 May 2020), Benjamin Gilbert Gilkes in entry for Edgar Gilkes
  19. "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8L2-76W2 : 13 May 2020), Benjamin Gilkes in entry for Marianne Gilkes, 1827
  20. The National Archives, ref. RG6/63, GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Nailsworth: Burials, FindMyPast




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