Thread: SAXTON hunt from Norwich, Norfolk pre 1841-1871

This has been a 'brickwall' for my ancestry page since I started researching 2 years ago. no matter what I look at I still can't find any census that even has the birth of 'William James Saxton 1852 in Norwich, Norfolk'. and not being able to find a 1841 upto 1881 census that would show his parents, has left me stumped. His parents names are therefore sketchy ie they were '? Saxton born c.1817' and his wife 'Elizabeth C ? born 1817' this was gleamed from a 1901 census where it has William J Saxton (snr), his mother Elizabeth C age 84, and his son William J (jnr), living in Tottenhall, Staffordshire. an 1891 census has 'W.G.Saxton', his wife 'Maria E', 'William James scholar age 11' and other siblings, this is in the parish of St Pauls a district of Walsall. The only other census I have found is from 1881 and has Maria E Saxton age 29 Daughter of James Claxton, William J is 1yr, census from Tottenhall. There are no other censuses I have found that have the Norwich, Norfolk connection. Can anybody shine a light on this brickwall?


my ancestry page is here so you can see the Saxton censuses (all 3 of them!)
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thanks,
Gerry

welcome to AA. am sure once we all start delving for you we will come up with some answers.......

Jan x

yes, no birth certificates at all, we only have photos of the family from the 1900's and what I've discovered from ancestry sites. There are no birth details apart from those I've gleamed from the 1901 census.
I have always thought there could have been a misspelling of Saxton to Sexton as I came across the same link but I still can't find any 1841 - 1871 censuses with the family listed. thanks for your quick response, I'll check out the 'Sexton' 1852 birth.
cheers,
Gerry

Originally Posted by slizzy

Hi Gerry,

Am I right in thinking you don't have his birth cert? I think that should be your first step, and in case you don't have the GRO ref (note spelling of surname) ....

William James Sexton, Jul-Sept 1852, Norwich, 4b/93

**Of course this may not be your William but it does look most likely

yes, yes and yes again!
that's their marriage certificate, fantastic, i'll check it out now.
many thanks for your search noggin28, i almost gave up an hour ago ....but now it looks very promising!

Originally Posted by noggin28

You say that Maria E is his wife so is this his marriage reg:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
Name: William James Saxton
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1878
Registration district: Wolverhampton
Inferred County: Staffordshire
Volume Number: 6b Page Number: 624
Spouse: Maria Elizabeth Claxton

If this is your William the marriage cert should have the fathers name on it.

yes thanks noggin28, I did notice that, but looking at the other 2 censuses 1891 & 1901 on the family they have a 'servant' so I ruled out the ditto bit after Fanny M in the 1881 census. If you didn't come across the link in my first post you can view all of the data/photos on the Saxton family on my website, the link is: Ancestry navigation
and the censuses are at the bottom of the page under Saxton, (it uses flash to load the files).
cheers,
Gerry

Originally Posted by noggin28

Did you notice Fanny M. Saxton 1864 servant on the 1881 census, this might have been William James Saxton sister, worth checking for her on other census.