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William was born around 1725, supposedly in Stratton Strawless. The first record is his marriage to Margaret 738 Baldwin on 3 Jun 1745 at St Michael at Plea, Norwich. Following the birth of two girls, Margaret presumably died and William married Elizabeth 194 Burrage on 1 May 1757 at Hevingham. They had 7 children that we know of, details of some are below.
Questions are:
Where was he really from? His marriage states he was single of Stratton Strawless, but we can't find a baptism there or nearby.
Who were his parents?
Where was he buried? Elizabeth was buried in Hevingham, but we don't have William's burial.
George was born 1759 in Hevingham, married Anne 102 Howard in 1779 in Honing and raised a family of 10 in East Ruston. These include:
Thomas 200 bp 1779
George 105 bp 1781
John 106 bp 1783
William 107 bp 1786
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Elizabeth 108 bp 1788 m George Davis: See tree #011 for this tree
James 109 bp 1791
Hannah 166 b 1801, had daughter Hannah Maria Springfield 1439 b 1826 Gt Yarmouth, m John Thomas Colman in 1849
Sarah 111 bp 1797 m John Kemp in 1818.
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East Ruston featured well in this family tree, with some 60 members born, died or lived there. The village featured in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s, Sherlock Holmes book, ‘The Adventure of the Dancing Man’. as the site of Abe Slaney's hiding place. Ruston comes from the Old English for ‘Brushwood enclosure’.
Much of the life would be farmwork, with the majority of the occupations of Gottses being agricultural labourers. A few were millers, especially at Dilham. The hard life and low wages caused several to move to other parts of the country: Hull, Middlesborough, Hartlepool, Durham and Tyneside. Others went to America, often via Canada first.
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This picture of Ranworth is representative of how Norfolk villages would have looked 150 years ago