Friday, 8 December 2006

William Dolman 1803 Cherhill


Dear Andrew

I confirm that we have continued with your research as follows:


1) Baptisms check

To make sure there were no entries in Cherhill, that the White Horse Index
missed, we searched the following:

CHERHILL
Parish Baptisms
Started search 1805
1805 Dec 25 - Edward, son of Isaac & Mary DOLMAN
1805 Dec 25 - John, son of Isaac & Mary DOLMAN
Stopped search 1810
No further DOLMAN entries
(taken from original registers on fiche)

So this result appears to confirm the White Horse results, using confirmed
sources.

In case you didn't already have this, the following entry was spotted, which
appears to be William's wife:

CHERHILL
Parish Baptism
1804 Nov 18 - Ann, dau of Uria and Sarah POTTOW.
(taken from original registers on fiche)


2) Marriage entry

We checked this marriage entry from 1823:

DATE: 03 APR 1823 PLACE: Cherhill
GROOM: DOLMAN William
BRIDE: POTTOW Ann

The details of this were correct, plus:

Both were of this parish.
Marriage by banns.
He marked, she signed.
Witnesses Samuel ROGERS and Jane POTTOW


3) Calne Baptisms

We checked these IGI-found entries, which proved to be as follows:

CALNE
Parish Baptisms
1802 Sep 12 - William, son of William and Elizabeth DOLMAN, born 3
September.
1803 Dec 28 - William, son of Ann BUTTON, born 4 September, reputed father
is Walter DOLMAN.
(taken from original registers on fiche)

So the second of these was illegitimate, not something the IGI mentioned!
You probably only have to worry about the latter if he was later
legitimised, or if they were in a long term relationship, causing the child
to be brought up as DOLMAN. Walter however, appears as father to another
woman's child too, in 1805.


4) Calne burials

We did check the Calne burials up to the end of 1808, to see if any of these
died in infancy.
We came across a William BUTTON in 1804 but he appeared to be an adult (had
an illegible occupation entered), and then found this burial:

CALNE
Parish Burials
Started search 1802
1806 Oct 28 - Walter, son of Ann BUTTON, reputed father Walter DOLMAN
Stopped search 1808
(taken from original registers on fiche)

As this might have been a confusion over the child's name, and he might
really have been William, we went back to the baptisms and found that there
WAS in fact a son Walter born in 1805, so possibly Ann and Walter senior
were in a long-term relationship after all, but it still looks more likely
that their William remained as Button.
There is a possibility though that Ann was sent away (to relatives in
Cherhill?) to have the child, but brought the child back to Calne for
baptism.


5) Conclusion

So, whilst we have found some nearby baptisms for William DOLMAN (1802 &
1803, Calne), there is no certainty about whether either of these are your
William. We can of course continue the search, looking for possible
marriages or burials for these 2 people.

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