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My grandfather was born in Somerset around 1856 would like to find his parents or any ancestors. Thanks :-)

Is this him? Name has been corrected:


1881 Wales Census
Name: Weden Wedlock
[Weden Wedlake]
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Wedlock
Gender: Male
Where born: Porlock, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Llanwonno
County/Island: Glamorgan
Country: Wales

Street Address: No 2 Dock Cottages
Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Railway Guard

Registration district: Pontypridd
Sub-registration district: Pontypridd

Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Weden Wedlock 25
Ann Wedlock 20
Alfred William Wedlock 1

Oh dear!!

1861 England Census
Name: Wedden Widlake
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Relation: Grandson
Gender: Male
Where born: Porlock, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Porlock
Ecclesiastical parish: Bath and Wells
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Registration district: Williton
Sub-registration district: Minehead
ED, institution, or vessel: 5

Francis Tame 57
Fanny Tame 58
Wedden Widlake 5

Name: Wedden Widlake
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1861
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Relationship to Head of Household: Grandson
Birthplace: Porlock, Somerset
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Williton
Sub-District: 1 Minehead
Ecclesiastical Parish: Bath And Wells
Parish: Porlock
Residence County: Somersetshire

Have you got his marriage cert?
Jan

Grandparents 1851:

1851 England Census
Name: Fannie Tame
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Francis Tame
Gender: F (Female)
Where born: Cutcombe, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Porlock
County/Island: Somerset

Registration district: Williton
Sub-registration district: Minehead

Francis Tame 47
Fannie Tame 48
James Tame 14
Ann Tame 11
Elizabeth Tame 8
William Tame 6

His baptism? http://www.freereg.org.uk/


County Somerset
Place Porlock
Church St Dubricius
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 11 Jan 1856
Forename Wedden Popham
Sex -
FatherForename
MotherForename Mary
FatherSurname
MotherSurname WIDLAKE
Abode Bossington
FatherOccupation
Notes
FileNumber 12240

An Ancestry tree has parents mary Tame and U Wedlake?

Name: Wedden Popham Widlake
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1856
Registration district: Williton
Inferred County: Somerset
Volume: 5c
Page: 378

not much help
nt: Marriage
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Name: TAME, Frank

Registration district: [?] Williton

County: Somerset

Year of registration: 1861

Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun

Spouse's last name Not available before 1912

Volume no: [?] 5C

Page no: [?] 521
MarriageFinder™: [?] Frank Tame married one of the following people Transcript
GOULD, Fanny VIEW

Grandparents marriage. Again from FreeREG.



County Somerset
Place Porlock
Church St Dubricius
RegisterNumber
MarriageDate 22 Dec 1835
GroomForename Francis
GroomSurname TAME
GroomAge
GroomParish
GroomCondition
GroomOccupation
GroomAbode
BrideForename Fanny
BrideSurname WIDLAKE
BrideAge
BrideParish
BrideCondition
BrideOccupation
BrideAbode
GroomFatherForename
GroomFatherSurname
GroomFatherOccupation
BrideFatherForename
BrideFatherSurname
BrideFatherOccupation
WitnessOneForename
WitnessOneSurname
WitnessTwoForename
WitnessTwoSurname
Notes
FileNumber 12242

Name: Wedden Popham Widlake
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Feb 1879
Event Place: St Mary, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Gender: Male
Age: 23y
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Wedden Popham Widlake
Spouse's Name: Ann Welles
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Father's Name: William Welles
Digital Folder Number: 004174217
Image Number: 00093

I think you need his birth cert!
Jan

Given the name he gives for his father on his marriage........... could, of course be a red herring but i don't think so. As Jan says the birth certificate may help.

1851

Name: Widdon Popham
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Servant
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Carhampton, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Minehead
Town: Minehead
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street Address: PARADE

Occupation: HOUSE SERVANT

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Williton
Sub-registration district: Minehead
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 116
Piece: 1920
Folio: 118
Page Number: 28
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Radford 51
Elizabeth Radford 50
Mary Radford 18
Alan Chapple 22
Harriet Popham 22
Widdon Popham 17

1881

Name: Weddon Popham
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Popham
Gender: Male
Where born: Carhampton, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Taunton St James
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street Address: 8 Coal Orchard Rd
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View image
Occupation: Retired Publican

Registration district: Taunton
Sub-registration district: Taunton St James
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 2368
Folio: 85
Page Number: 42
Household Members: Name Age
Weddon Popham 48
Mary Popham 45 b. 1836 Kingston Seymour



Deaths Sep 1896 Popham Weddon 62 Taunton 5c 201


1871

Name: Weeden Popham
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Popham
Gender: Male
Where born: Carhampton, Somerset, England
Civil parish: Taunton
Town: Taunton
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England
Registration district: Taunton
Sub-registration district: Taunton St James
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Household schedule number: 235
Piece: 2374
Folio: 25
Page Number: 42
Household Members: Name Age
Weeden Popham 35
Mary Ann Popham 34
Eliza Hollands 18

Address: Ring of Bells Inn, 16 St. James's Street.


Marriages Mar 1867

Popham Wedden Bedminster 5c 1053
Tilley Mary Ann Bedminster 5c 1053
Tilly Mary Ann Bedminster 5c 1053

Mary's baptism? http://www.freereg.org.uk

So born before Fanny's marriage to Francis Tame.

County Somerset
Place Porlock
Church St Dubricius
RegisterNumber
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 09 Mar 1834
Forename Mary
Sex -
FatherForename
MotherForename Fanny
FatherSurname
MotherSurname WEDLAKE
Abode Porlock
FatherOccupation Servant
Notes
FileNumber 12240

1841

Name: Wedden Popham
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836
Gender: Male
Where born: Somerset, England

Civil parish: Carhampton
Hundred: Carhampton
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Williton
Sub-registration district: Dunster
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 936
Book: 1
Folio: 8
Page Number: 8
Household Members: Name Age
George Popham 35
Harriot Popham 12
Edwin Popham 10
Jesse Popham 7
Wedden Popham 5
Mary Popham 4



1841

Name: Fanny Tame
Age: 35
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806
Gender: Female
Where born: Somerset, England

Civil parish: Porlock
Hundred: Carhampton
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Williton
Sub-registration district: Minehead
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 936
Book: 10
Folio: 14
Page Number: 20
Household Members: Name Age
Francis Tame 35
Fanny Tame 35
Mary Tame 7 <<<<<<<<<<<
James Tame 4
Ann Tame 1
Henry Tame 1

Mary may have been Fanny's daughter before she married Francis and therefore had the surname Widlake / Wedlake.

Name: Weddon Popham
Probate Date: 17 Aug 1896
Death Date: 27 Jun 1896
Death Place: Taunton, Somerset, England
Registry: Taunton

Wedden Popham of Taunton retired licensed victualler died 27 June 1896. Probate to George Denham retired merchant. Effects £2,203. 15s. 6d.

Looks like Mary Wedlake/Tame was born in the same parish as Weden Popham.

From FreeCEN...... http://www.freecen.org.uk


1841 Census

Piece: HO107/936 Place: Carhampton -Somerset Enumeration District: 5
Civil Parish: Porlock Ecclesiastical Parish: Porlock
Folio: 14 Page: 20
Address: Bossington

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
TAME Francis M 35 Ag Lab Somerset
TAME Fanny F 35 Somerset
TAME Mary F 7 Somerset
TAME James M 4 Somerset
TAME Ann F 1 Somerset
TAME Henry M 1 Somerset

Well found Christina. Certainly looks like he may have been the illigitimate son of Mary and Weedon Popham.

Oops. I should have refreshed the page, rootgather. You'd already found her on the 1841 census. :-)