Baptisms, Donington in Holland, 1866-1870

Here's the latest batch of baptisms in Donington in Holland  in Lincolnshire that I've skimmed through trying to find one family.  As I've gone through, looking at the original parish register images on Lincstothepast I've jotted down every surname, to make sure I am doing a proper job in my search - and, then, because it's a shame to waste it, I'm posting the surnames here!

These are simply how the names quickly looked to me as I skimmed down each page looking for one family - so spellings are to be taken with a pinch of salt.  I'm confident of most of them - and so if you can spot something that's close to what you're after, it might just be the baptism you need to complete your set - and you can just go to Lincstothepast and see the parish registers for yourself.

1866

Buttle, Colman, Richmond, Crampton, Smith, Pacey, Rice, Harrisn, Gutteridge, Bardely, Eyeions, Wilkinson, Bett, Cook, Pickworth, Wander, Millson, Bowis, Wight, Newton, Richardson, Dawson, Lawley, Storey, Baxter, Hodson, Growcock, Rawlings, Thornhill, Chessington, Constable, Rowe, Stoyman, Wiyer, Jollye, Hyme, Senior, Barton, West, Horton, Smith, Smith,

1867

Eckerley, Hickinbottom, Goose, Newton, Moore, Boyer, Knowles, Loveday, Manning, Cox, Moore, Motley, Haw, Gutteridge, Rice, Rice, Bothamley, Moore, Key, Flowers Hitchen, Stennett, Newcombe, Johnson, Wander, Spinks, Grayson, Aspland, Breeton, Mellson, Launders, Coy, Hodson, Richardson, Grason, Wander, Kitchen, Woods, Pacey, Kirk, Dods, Cook, Swyman, Cook, Martin, Hempsall, Horten, Stennett,

1868

Staples, Hickinbottom, Burril, Kirk, Barnsdale, Hickinbottom, Jollye, Bett, Haw, Eadington, Jordane, Rowe, Cook, Lumby, Picken, Thornhill, Crampton, Rawlings, Richmond, Gutteridge, Elsam, Senior, Chessington, Hyme, Hyme, Cooke, Knowles, Storey, Boyce, Cook, Vouch, Gleed, Anyman, Hardy, Barnsdale, Barnsdale,

1869 

Constable, Stevenson, Loveday, Pickwall, Thompson, Moulds, Fuller, West, Gutteridge, Richardson, Hooten, Moore, Roberts, Key, Brooks, Hodson, Barwick, Barton, Weathers, Kitchen, Steel, Howe, Watson, Newton, Manton, Manton, Johnson, Jollye, Barton, Bothamley, Everington, Millson, Miller, Cocks, Cocks, Goodacre, Wilkinson, Wander, Pacey, Mowlson, Crampton, Cook, Weathers.

1870

Spinks, Hickinbottom, Stennett, Botley, Harrison, Westland, Weatherhogg, Wanty, Lane, Bothamley, Elsey, Knowles, Elsam, Hodson, Brocklesby, Harrison, Hooten, Austin, Hickinbottom, Clarke, Barnsdale, Rowe, Thornhill, Gibson, Senior, Green, Moore, Rawlings, Rawlings, Gutteridge, Dawson, Steele, Herd,

Parish Register Notes: 

Some of the notes scribbled around the edges of the pages - this vicar does like his notes!
1866: There's a note in the margin alongside the baptism of George Pepe Smith to say he is 3 years old.  Baptised on 6 December, with his sister Lorna Jane. Son/dau of Robert & Martha Smith, labourer of Northorpe.
1867: Note in the margin is unreadable unless you're determined. It is against the baptism of Elizabeth daughter of Proctor and Sarah.  It looks like it says see .... May 9 1869, so I'm guessing the vicar's spotted an error at a later date that needs correcting.
1869: There is a note alongside the baptism of Albert Langton Constable. This error was certified in the presence of ... and the vicar's name's been changed/crossed off on the register.
1869: Note in the entry itself says that Edward Henry Manton, son of Edward & Mary was 3 years old when baptised alongside his brother Alfred Manton who was 11 months old.
1870: There is a note alongside the baptism of Mary Hickinbottom, daughter of James & Mary. NB Mary Hickinbottom was born 14 May 1869.
1870: Note in margins about Chessington. It seems to be a long note about where she'd lived. It's not clear why it's there, but if Chessington's who you are after, you'll be willing to spare the time to fathom it out!

Previous surname transcriptions from the same baptism parish registers of Donington:

• Baptisms Donington-in-holland 1849-1855
• Baptisms Donington-in-Holland 1856-1859
• Baptisms Donington-in-Holland 1860-1865

It's very slow and it seems never ending!  I have found few entries of the family I am after.  I've got the "essential" one though, now just trying to collect the set.

Baptisms Donington in Holland, 1860-1865

This is not a full transcription of the Parish Register for Baptisms at Donington in Holland, 1860-1865, but simply the surnames on the pages.  The original images of the parish registers are freely available online for you to look through at the Lincstothepast website, but if you've no clue what might be in there it's difficult to contemplate wading through 40 years' worth.  I was looking through, for myself, for one family name, so jotted down every surname I passed, to ensure I stayed focussed - and it seemed a waste to then bin that list.  I am not a transcriptionist, so didn't spend any amount of time on the spellings of the names, I've simply reproduced here the name as it first appeared to me, without inspection or cross-checking.

This is the third list so far, I've also listed the surnames 1849-1855 and 1856-1859.

1860

Tutton, Gleed, Newcombe, Dods, Wells, Parker, Franks, Wyer, Barnsdale, Harrison, Chessington, Crampton, Crampton, Elsam, Richardson, Elsam, Lumby, Barton, Hempsall, Haw, Staples, Hardy, Wright, Pike, Howard, Picken, Bond, Bools, Duell, Hutton, Bemrose Barnett, Moulds, Horby, Millson, Kirk, Grundy.

1861

Gibbons, Elsam, Woodhead, Baxter, Cook, Pretty, Jackson, Sykes, Hodson, Gutteridge, Newton, Gadsby, Cook, Pick, Hope, Walker, Marshall, Fowler, Holmes, Coupland, Aspland, Kitto, Kitto, Thompson, Gleed, Lawrence, Dansby, Abbott, Ebb, Ebb, Harrison, Spinks, Richmond, Thorogood, Dunn, Barnsdale, Constable, Manton, Elsam, Meads, Smith, Dods, Chessington, Gunn.

1862

Cooke, Tutton, Cocks, Buttle, Woods, Cook, Dawson, Crampton, Thorp, Franks, Staples, Meredith, Molson, Breeton, Moore, Southern, Southern, Pearce, Hempsall, Bothamley, Thornhill, Howard, Smith, Wright, Jolly, Horby, Priestley, Millson, Kirk, Eyeiams, Harrison, Pike, Woodhead, Lumby, Gibbons.

1863

Bacchus, Picken, Barton, Booles or Bools, Tunnard, Bates, Cook, Cook, Seymour, Hitchen, Bell, Spinks, Aspeland, Rowe, Enderby, Priestley, Rawden, Barnsdale, Dods, Elberson, Richmond, Jollye, Harrison, Eckherley, Elsam, Wetherall, Burton, Shaw, Maidens, Staples, Cocks, Crampton, Groose, Partridge, Breeton, Evans.

1864

Barnsdale, Sykes, Robinson, Robinson, Hempsall, Newton, Woods, Smith, Cook, Preston, Rice, Eyeions, Wright, Chessington, Lumby, Eaton, Buttle, Pickworth, Ludlow, Moore, Dawson, Maplethorpe, Moore, Picken, Millson, Bothamley, Horby, Grayson, Fowler, Green, Tunnard, Jaques, Richardson, Hitchen, Woods, Rowe.

1865

Pike, Elsey, Seymour, Tebb, Newcombe, Cox, Rice, Barnsdale, Gleed, Goodyear Thompson, Eckersley, Mason, Knowles, Hooton, Smith, Elsam, Jollye, Enderby, Barton, Waite, Constable, Gibbons, Cork, Wells, Codington, Spinks, Breeton, Rippon, Cook, Moore, Barnsdale, Hitchen, Hempsall, Marshall,

Notes in the Margins of the Parish Register.

Vicars write notes in the margins that are sometimes quite useful, here are some I spotted when I was writing the above names down:

1860: There is a note in the margin by the vicar. NB Isaac was eight yrs of age when he was baptised and christened. This note refers to 30 September 1860, Isaac Bools, son of Edward & Eliza. Fen End, Donington. Labourer.

1861: There is a note at the top of the page. NB Mary Pretty was baptised at the age of 17. NB Frank Hodson wa baptised at the age of 20.

1861: Note beside Maria Holmes, daughter of Elijah & Ann. A relative of Dunn the ... (teacher?)

1862: Note from vicar re Buttle. In ... christian name is given Jeremiah... is it William Jeremiah. See Jan 4 1866.

1862: There i s an asterisk against Walter, son of Nathaniel Clark & Ann Southern that says born January 1861

1862: There is an asterisk against Charles Woodhead, son of John & Mary, in the bottom margin saying born July 9th.

1863: There is a note, it's unclear who about.  Born after the death of his father who died in ... (there's a place name I can't read).

1864: Note at the bottom Buttle see 1862 and 1866.

1865: There is a note alongside Caroline Elizabeth Rippon, daughter of Edwin & Eliza, to say she was 7 months old when baptised on 21 October

Baptisms Donington in Holland, 1856-1859

This is not a transcription, it's just me jotting down the surnames as I search through the images of the original parish registers of Donington in Holland for baptisms that Lincstothepast have made available on their website.  The volume covers 1849-1889 in total.  For 1849-1855 or an explanation of why I've done this, see my other post: Baptisms Donington in Holland, 1849-1855.

1856

Cook, Churchill, Duel, Parkin, Marshall, Cocks or Cox, Wanty, Wright, Leedle, Jazzaman, Jackson, Heard, Hackforth, White, Haw, Barton, Bannister, Pearson, Hope, Cocks, Enderby, Bacchus, Dawson, Southern, Walker, Smith, Gunn, Hutchesson, Woods, Bradley, Evans, Hollingsworth, Buffam, Sykes, White, Moore, Newton, Hutton, Hutton, Hutton, Hisset, Gadsby, Holmes,  Gibbons,

1857

Lunsby, Weathers, Worden, Johnson, King, Baxter, Baston, Pell, Childs, King, Elsam, Wright, Rowe, Mold, Lawrence, Richardson, Evans, Dasby, Elsam, Farrow, Dolby, Dolby, Dolby, Smith, Gunn, Southern, Bothamley, Wonsdale, Sykes, Brown, Constable, Barnsdale, Hitchen, Clarke, Bemrose, Baley.

1858

Stanshall, Pearce, Hutchesson, Wanty, Pretty, Pretty, Grundy, Steele, Haw, Fawn, Bowles or Bools,  Cocks, Cherrington, Donsby, Holt, Simpson, Simpson, Hope, Duell, Pearson, Rice, Priestley, Holland, Kid, Hackforth, Wright, Bromley, Dods, Hempsall, Enderby, Oates, Oates, Gadsby, Richardson, Hutton, Lumby, Leedle, Newcombe, Lane, Gibbons,

1859

Newton, Bardney, Harrison, Cox, Thornhill, Rippon, Picken, Fowler, Davey, Dixon, Lawrence, Hunt, King, Bacchus, Coupland, Cocks, Thompson, Hardy, Evans, Baxter, Cook, Constable, Walker, Jackson, Martin, Woods, Dunn, Marshall, Knowles, Dawson, Richmond, Smith, Sykes, Elsam, Rice, Beemrose, Garner, Waite, Barnsdale, Cocks, Dykes, Harmes Rowding, Cook, Hunter Rowe, Bothamley,

Oddities in the Parish Registers:

There are some notes in the margins, made by the Vicar: 

1857: On 6 September Thomas and Anne Dolby had three children baptised.  Margaret, Anne Jane and Elizabeth.  All daughters of Thomas and Anne.  The vicar has scribbled some birthdates in the margin.  They look like: Margaret, infant born 31 July 1857 abode Uppingham; Anne Jane born 2 November 1854 at Wisbeach; Elizabeth born 15 October 1859 at Wisbeach. 

1858: In 1858 the Vicar's written a note at the bottom of the page: NB Sarah & Ann Pretty were baptised as adults. Sarah lived servant with myself and ... with Wm Dods Esq of Donington. These two baptisms were performed on 7 February 1858 by John D Greenside and the parish registers recorded the same information for both Sarah and Ann: Pretty, daughter of Samuel & Ann. Abode Gosbarton. (father's) occupation  Cottager. 

1858: The entry for two Simpsons has notes in the margin saying "one month" and "12 months".  There's also the letter "C" dotted around quite a few entries and I think this indicates the mother was churched one month after the birth and the child was baptised on the same day. The "C" is most likely the Vicar's indication that he performed a churching. George and Anne Simpson brought their two children in for baptism at the same time, the notes in the margin indicate Alice is 1-month old and Martha Justina is 1-year old. 

1859: There is a note by the vicar in the bottom margin, dated two years after the baptism as he wrote the wrong mother's name in the parish register.  This note refers to the baptism of 10 July 1859 of Charles Henry Dunn, son of Edward & Elizabeth. Abode Donington, Brazier. NB The wife of Edward Dunn is entered by mistake under the name of Elizabeth, her name is Rebecca. 29 May 1861. 

1859: There is a note in the margin, NB Frederick William was 16 months. This is for the baptism of Frederick William Cocks, son of Thomas & Sarah, baptised 22 September 1859. Abode Donington. Trade/profession Shoemaker. 

E&OE

Baptisms, Donington in Holland, 1849-1855

I set out to look through the Baptisms Parish Register for Donington 1849-1889, seeking any baptisms by one particular family, but I realised that it's easy to get distracted and daydream, then not be sure what you've actually checked and if you were thorough, before wandering off for a coffee and not getting back to what you were doing!

Lincstothepast have put scanned images of the original parish registers for Donington in Holland online - and you can go through, image by image, looking for what you're after.  While this is fabulous, I do find the interface tricky to use, it's like trying to paint your hallway through your letterbox!  You can view the originals here: Donington Baptisms 1848-1889

So, I needed a way to stay focussed and to not skimp and give up, so I decided that if I wrote down the surnames from each baptism, then I'd at least know I'd checked and done a thorough job.  And, if I'd written them down, I might as well publish the list, in case in benefitted others who were daunted by the task - not knowing "IF" somebody "MIGHT" be in there, it's tough to get motivated to start some days.

What is below is not a transcript of the parish registers for the baptisms at Donington, it's just the surnames as I've seen them as I quickly scanned through.  I have not attempted to get every name 100% perfect, nor spent any time viewing tricky ones from 100 angles to get it right. I am not a transcriptionist, so wasn't trying to create a definitive data set for formal public viewing and publication, simply waymarkers and clues.

But, if there's anything that looks vaguely like the name you're after, then it might get you the baptism you're after!  Where it says "... or ..." that is what the Vicar wrote, they are his alternative suggestions for the name he thought he was hearing.

This volume commences with baptisms on 7 September 1849.

1849

Hackforth, Thorndon, Thomson, Cook, Dickinson, Mold/Moulds, Spring, Ashden, Woodford, West, Clare, Woods, Abel, Bulmer, Metcalf, Houghton or Hooton, Broughton, Cooper, Jackson, Higginbottom or Hickinbottom, Middlebrook,

1850

Clifton, Holmes, Cousins, Haw, Teedale, Smith, Cox or Cocks, Jonge, Clements, Lamb, Haw, Rose, Hubbard, Smith, Bowles, Banister, Barnsdale, Fox, Hector Rowe, Stennett, Fairweather, King, Gibson, Thyme, Ward, Willson, Bacchus, Luesby, West, Marshall, Bates, Smith, Davy, Slight, Hutchesson, Donsby, Clifton, Sheffield, Beadley, Mettam, Rippon, Croft, Heard, Story, Basford, Brookes, Foster, Kettleborough, Cook,

1851

Forster, Worsdale, Richardson, Cox, Bankes, Baxter, Garrett, Moose, Recott, Grayfield, Marvin, Smith, Banton, Bulmer, Hickinbottom, Hutchinson, Wilder, Woodcock, Haw, Creasey, Wilson, Haw, Haw, Holt,
Hanwell, Gibbons, Hicksworth, Wigelsworth, Fox, Moles or Moulds, Sleight, Bowyer, Smith, Wilson, Cox or Cokes, Storey, Metcalf, Johnson, Hackforth, Leedale or Leedle, Clifton, Gunn, Ward, Marshall, Buffam, Hutchesson, Pell, Houghton or Horton, Gunn, Abbott,

1852

Cox or Cocks, Dawson, Storey, Hollingsworth, Martin, Holmes, Gibson, Gibson, Woods, Barnsdale, Rowe, Bacchus, Bilton, Bannister, Singleton, Holt, Rippon, Beecham, Southern, Hubbard, Wanty, Elsam, Foster, Knowles, George, George, George, George, Aspiland, Walker, Elsam, Buggels, Wiggelsworth, Donsby, Moxon, Walker, Bradley, Dexter, Hyme, Cheeseman, Reams, Davy, Hague.

1853

Fountain, Ward, Woodhead, Wander, Fowler, Sykes, Worsdale, Hickinbottom, Cook, Cocks, Sleight, Bell, Barton, Hutchinson or Hutchesson, Richards, Grundy, Walker, Haw, Willson, Nodd, Cook, Fanshall, King, Head, Gibbins, Hurter Rowe, Gunn, White, Jacklin, Hickinbottom, Wright, Holmes, Thompson, Steel, Baley, Constable, Rippon, Leedale or Leedle, Johnson,

1854

Wigelsworth, Sykes, Martin, King, Abel, Moles, Donsby, Hutchinson, Houghton or Hooton, Brown, Bardney, Southern, Holt, Saunders, Flowers, Bannister, White, Slackforth, Hague, Dawson, Pearson, Elsam, Marshall, Flint, Woods, Hollingsworth, Evans, Hutchenson or Hutchesson, Churchill, Wright, Hubbard, Gadsby, jacklin, Bromley, Pell, Slight, Constable, Foster, Gibson, Wanty, Tebb, Adcock, Slope,

1855

Fowler, Baston, Dexter, Moore, Thorpe Holland, Richardson, Steel, Cook, Grundy, Blanchard, Fryer, Roe, Sykes, White, Hempsall, Bools, Harrison, Ric, Knowles, Houghton or Hooton, Taylor, Baxter, Cox, Stainton, Jacklin, Thompson, Barndey, Baley, Constable,

At this point I was on page 20/105 and hadn't found who I was after, so, to be frank, I was a bit bored of it.  I will be returning to scan/transcribe the rest of the surnames in that volume.  Hopefully it'll help somebody who is running out of steam!

1856-1859 I've done here: Donington 1856-1859

Funny Things Found in Parish Registers:

Sometimes vicars make notes in the margins, I found the following notes and curiosities in this volume:

• 1853: In 1853 there is an * against Hunter/Rowe.  It looks like it might be indicating a child out of wedlock between Jeremiah Hunter and Elizabeth Rowe, but there's no explanation for the * on the page. 
• On page 11 there is some handwritten stuff in the bottom margin: NB Mary Singleton was not living with her husband. I think that's a polite way of saying the baby is illegitimate!
• 1852: In 1852, Harvey & Susannah George brought in four babies to be baptised at the same time.  24 August 1852, Sarah Ann, Mary Ann, Susannah and Elizabeth Ann.  Harvey George is a labourer, from Donington. John D Greenside, the vicar, didn't make any note about ages, or anything else though. 
• 1851: Hutchesson caught my eye - I wasn't looking at the parish, but it suddenly seemed to say to me that the couple were from Histon.  Well, I know Histon Cambs, so wondered if that was what it said. The whole entry appears to say: Baptised on 26 December 1851.  William Walton, son of Henry Gee & Elizabeth Hutchesson of Histon. Blacksmith.  Of course, it could say they are from Hinton!

From mid 1855 people are beginning to have addresses put into the abode box, not just the village name, but identifiers such as "Back Lane", or "Fen End".

So, I hope that helps somebody.  At least I am confident that for what I was looking for I have checked 1849-1855 thoroughly and didn't find the John (and potentially others) I was after.  They must've lived elsewhere the cheeky monkeys.