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Charles POPE 1771-1818 (Wraxall)
published by on Sat, 15/10/2016 - 13:17

I have been researching the POPE family of Wraxall for some time and have been unable to find any reference to Charles POPE other than his marriage to Sarah RUSSEL in Nailsea 1798 which references his birth place as Wraxall.

Any help or indications of where to look to find information on his registration of birth or parents etc. would be very much appreciated.

Unfortunately a visit to the area is not an option at this present time.

Thanks in anticipation.

Richard Pope

Comments ..

Submitted by Pat Hase on Sat, 15/10/2016 - 15:26

First of all the record of his marriage says he was "of the parish of Wraxall" not that he was born there. It means that he was living there at the time of his marriage. There are trees on Ancestry that suggest that he might have been born in Culbone, Somerset but I can see no proof for this assumption.

Submitted by on Sun, 16/10/2016 - 5:11

FreeREG has a transcript of a parish register at Culbone of a baptism of a Charles Pope in 1772. This must be what people in the Ancestry trees are referring to:

http://freereg2.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5510915be937900ae869e079?search_id=5802fd5a33045b59606b395d

Nathan

Submitted by Pat Hase on Sun, 16/10/2016 - 16:01

Yes, that's the one they are referring to but what proof is there that he was the one who married in Nailsea?

Looking at our transcriptions of Wraxall baptisms for Charles POPE's children I see that there was Robert & Jane POPE having a child christened in Wraxall as well. When Robert POPE married Jane at Backwell he was also said to be of Wraxall - perhaps they were brothers? I had hoped that Robert might have survived until the 1851 census so that we could find out where he was born but unfortunately he died in 1849. The 1841 cnesus states that he was born in Somerset. Jane, Robert's wife, died in 1807 and he remarried a Sarah WILCOX (a widow) in Bristol in 1813. It might be useful to compare the names of Charles's and Robert's children to see if there are any similarities.

Of course Charles POPE could have been a non-conformist - between 1754 and 1837 everyone except for Quakers and Jews had to be married in the Church of England - which could be why you can't find a christening.

There is a chance that Charles POPE might be mentioned in the Church wardens' or Overseers' accounts for Wraxall which are at the Somerset Heritage Centre in Taunton - perhaps even saying where he came from.