I'm researching Alice Lillian Arabella Court's family. She was my g grandmother b.1869 in Warwick to Issac Court and Kate Morris of Stratford-on-Avon. Alice had two brothers and one sister, all younger and all b. in Stratford. Issac Court was b.1812 in Stratford and Kate Morris was b.1845 in Haselor. If any one has any info I would be pleased to hear from them.
Heather.

My great, great grandfather was Alices half brother to Issac's first wife Mary Morris. I dont know if kate and Mary were related but I do have info on Issac and his forebears and his ancestors through a lot of research done by many others.
Old family rumours have it that the Court family once owned Anne Hathaways cottage, I hink before she lived in it !
Let me know if you want the rest of the info.

If you are looking for Courts who lived in Shakespeare's house then Thomas Court in this family tree http://www.courtgen.com/pages/brian_thomas.html did just that. The tree is of one of my none Internet contacts, Brian Court, BUT if you have a GenesReunited subscription then look for Courts listed by Rowan. Rowans family tree crosses Brian's family tree and takes it back another generation.
Or if you prefer contact me for info as I am currently finishing the combined tree and I have a copy of Rowan's research on Shakespeare's house and how it came into the hands of the Courts.
I did not respond to the first posting as there are no Alices or Isaacs in the early branches of the tree.
John Court

My 3rd great grandfather, George Court was born in the Hamlet of Drayton, just outside of S-O-A circa 1830. He lists his father as William Court, farmer on his marriage registration. William was located in the 1830 Warwickshire Directory as living in Drayton.

This is the end of my research.
If anyone has come across this family, I would welcome your input.

Thank you.
Gail

Hi Gail,
Have you any data (name and dates of wife, children, name of farm) as the name of William is probably one of the most popular given names in the area. I even have a record of a William known as George in the Drayton area.

John C

Hi John,
I'm afraid the only information I have is that George was born in Drayton and his father is William (providing this information was correct on George's marriage reg). I have made several attempts to locate them in the 1841 Census without any luck. Have even searched under variants of the surname.

There is a William and Sarah in the 1851 S-O-A census. Now if George followed the traditional naming patterns, I don't see a connection with the above family. George is listed in the 1851 Census in Harborne, Staffordshire (with his future in-laws)

Would the S-O-A baptism records be transcribed.

Gail

Thanks for that Gail. I will ask a couple of contacts but as I am off on hols for a week it will be acouple of weeks before I report back.

You can always contact me off board through the message board administrators email address or via www.courtgen.com

John C

I had a very quick reply from a Stratford-Court expert so I think I can complete this before I potter off.

We can find no proveable links to any family but there are a number of circumstantial links to the family of William Ashby Court and his descendants. They farmed in both Drayton and Binton. The Courts farmed on several farms including Lower Binton Farm and Barton Farm. Lower Binton Farm was auctioned off as William Court was 'under distress' (financially embarassed, skint, etc.) in 1822.

I have indications that there are or have been about 4 other people all looking at this particular nexus of Courts.

George Andrew Court, illegitimate son of Sarah Court, baptised on 20 December 1835. The mother was Sarah Court, and this ties up with the story that the daughter of Sarah Court (the daughter of Thomas and Ann Court of Shakespeare's house) had an illegitimate offspring by one of the earliest visitors to the Birthplace when it started as a tourist trap.

Nicholas Fogg's book on Stratford says:

"Mrs. Hornby (who was the tenant of the 'Swan and Maidenhead', as the Birthplace was then known, and AnnCourt great rival in the initial stages of the tourist trade) invective must have gained pungency when her rival's daughter was impregnated by George Skinner, the chaise driver at the 'White Lion'. He absconded but, like a good Stratfordian, was induced to return by the hope of living at the Birthplace after making a decent woman of Miss Court"

No record found of George Skinner marrying Sarah Court, at least in Stratford.

Hello John,
Things are looking up! This information provides some new leads to research.

Thank you, Gail