1818: on 26th January William married Elizabeth Farrington at St Mary's church, Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Later in the year, their first child Sarah was baptised in the same church.

1821: Elizabeth and William's daughter Jane was baptised at St Mary's church, Bourn, Cambridgeshire.

1824: On 22nd February, Elizabeth and William's daughter Frances, my great-great-grandmother, was baptised at St Mary's church, Bourn, Cambridgeshire.

Between 1824 and 1831, the family moved from Bourn to Comberton.

1831: Elizabeth and William's son John was baptised at St Mary's church, Comberton, Cambridgeshire. He was buried in Comberton churchyard in 1833 at the age of 2.

1835: Elizabeth and William's daughter Emma was baptised at St Mary's church, Comberton, Cambridgeshire.

1841 Census:

William is not apparent on the 1841 census.

His wife Elizabeth was fifty-five years old at the time of the 1841 census. The Huckel family were living on Green Street, Comberton, Cambridgeshire. There were three children living in the household at the time of the 1841 census: Jane was 20, Frances was 15 and William was 2.

All the household were born in Cambridgeshire. The transcript for their entry is here.




1842: William's daughter Frances married William Cornell of Histon on the 4th July at St Andrew's church, Histon, Cambridgeshire. The register gives her surname as Huckle. William is shown as being of full age and his occupation is given as labourer. Frances is shown as being under age (that is to say, not yet 21). Her father William is shown as a soldier. He was not one of the witnesses.



1848: in September, William died. He was buried in Comberton churchyard on 21st September.

1851 Census:

William's wife Elizabeth was sixty-five years old at the time of the 1841 census. The census enumerator appears to have recorded her as 'married', although this is not clear. She was living in the household of her son-in-law Richard Marshall in Cambridge Lane, Comberton, Cambridgeshire. Richard Marshall was a 37 year old agricultural labourer. His wife Sarah, Elizabeth's daughter, was 32. Elizabeth's relationship to the head of the household is shown as nurse (there were six children aged 12 and under in the household, none of them Elizabeth's). She describes herself as married rather than widowed, and her status as a pauper.

Elizabeth was born in Bourn, Cambridgeshire, and the rest of the household were born in Comberton, Cambridgeshire.

1862: In March, William's wife Elizabeth died. She was buried in Comberton churchyard on 23rd March. Her age was given as 75, but she was probably 63.