Thread: Hannah Bulley born about 1809 Smallburgh Union Workhouse Norfolk

Looking for Hannah BULLEY of Norfolk, ENGLAND
I do hope that you can help me to find a christening record for my ancestor
Hannah BULLEY, who consistently claimed that she was born in the Smallburgh
Union (Workhouse). From her ages in various census records and her age at
death in 1892, Hannah appears to have been born in 1809. Unfortunately,
birth records for the Smallburgh Workhouse are very patchy with many gaps.
Some time around 1829, Hannah had an illegitimate son at Catfield, whom she
named Robert. Young Robert would have been about five years old when his
mother married Christopher OSBORNE (a farm worker from Catfield) on 19 May
1834, at St Martin at Oak in Norwich.
After the birth of their first child (a daughter named Maria), Christopher
and Hannah had her christened at the Catfield church on 7 Feb 1837. However,
Hannah evidently decided that she should also christen young Robert who may
have been passed off as an OSBORNE since her marriage.
Presumably to correct this perception, Hannah had young Robert christened
first as "Robert son of Hannah BULLEY, Spinster of Catfield" which entry was
immediately followed by baby "Maria, daughter of Christopher & Hannah
OSBORNE, of Catfield", which latter entry noted Christopher's profession as
a labourer. Unfortunately, the vicar of the Catfield church did not record
the birth date of young Robert BULLEY.
For many years, I have tried to discover a possible connection between
Hannah (mother of Robert BULLEY) and the only other BULLEY family I can find
from Smallburgh - that of Edward BULLEY and his wife Elizabeth (nee
BUCKENHAM) who had 13 children at Smallburgh in the 1770s and 1780s - but
alas, to no avail.
I have hit a very HARD brick wall and would really appreciate some help.

I'm hoping that some of this will resonate with your research so far -
entries from DILHAM Parish Registers (NB: Dilham, Smallburgh and Worstead and most of the other places mentioned in these 'threads' are all within a few miles of each other); I have kept to the spelling in the Registers.
Marriage
Buckingham BULLEY (otp / singleman) = Hannah BAKER (otpo Worstead) 12 December 1808
(both 'signed' by their marks, in other words the names were as heard by the clerk)
Infant baptisms
Susannah BULLEY - daughter of Buckenham & Hannah (late BAKER) born 31 March 1809, baptised 2(?) April 1809
[A 'baseborn' son of _____ BULLEY, was 'done' in 1810 (the child had been born in 1799) ]
Susannah BULLEY - daughter of Buckenham & Hannah (late BAKER) born 22 September 1811, baptised 6 October 1811
Mary Anne BULLY - daughter of Buckenham [blacksmith] & Hannah (late BAKER) [of Dilham] born 10 November 1813, baptised 14 November 1813
Buckenham BULLEY - son of Buckenham [blacksmith] & Hannah [of Smallborough] baptised 21 April 1816 (date of birth not given)
Burials
Judith BULLEY, wife of Edward - buried 28 June 1809, aet.51
Susan BULLEY, daughter of Buckenham & Hannah - buried 2 July 1809, aet.? (presumed ob.inf.)

My guess is that your 'Hannah' was either the 1811-born Susannah, or that she simply does not have a christening record and could have been born a twin of the 1809-born Susannah, but that Edward BULLEY was probably the paternal grandfather to your Hannah.