Ancestors and Descendants of Adams and Mann and Others

  Hannah Sheldrake At the age of about 48, Nelson Wooltorton (1805-1870) married a very young (18) bride, Hannah Sheldrake, who was herself one of 16 children from the neighbouring village of Alburgh. In 17 years of matrimonial bliss Nelson and Hannah had 9 children!  [ James Wooltorton was born in 1855 and died at age 6 months ]  Nelson appeared in 1861, aged 56, with Hannah his 26 years old wife and 4 children aged 8 and under; 10 years later and poor Hannah Wooltorton at age 35 was a widow with 4 more children added to the 4 she already had! Her husband, agricultural labourer Nelson had died in January 1870, aged 65. In the 1871 census Hannah was described as a pauper-- not too surprisingly with 8 children  in the household, only one of whom was bringing in a wage.   Hannah’s oldest son William Wooltorton, the lad who was bringing in the only family income in 1871, was born 9 months prior to the marriage of Hannah and Nelson. He was baptized on September ...

  George Burkin Murrell (1818-1870) was one of 7 children born to Jonathan Murrell (1776-1855) and Sarah Canham (1782-1848) .  Jonathan was a Worstead Weaver and his wife Sarah was a glover, by trade.  Jonathan and Sarah were married in Norwich, Norfolk, England between 1802-1805.  They are known to have had 7 children during their 40+ years of marriage.  Their children were: Hannah “Anna” born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England in 1805; Sarah born in Norfolk in 1815; George Burkin born in Norwich, Norfolk, England in 1817; William born in Norwich in 1819; Mary Anne born in Norwich in 1820; James Canham born in Norwich in 1821; and Rose born in Norwich in 1824. George Burkin married Sarah Basham on 26 Dec 1837 in Norwich.  George Burkin, began his career as a wool comber, but by 1861 he was working as cordwainer in the shoe industry and his wife Sarah was a weaver.  The transition in trades was most likely due to the loss of trades in the wool indus...