Ancestors of Richard R. Wilson and Catherine G. Stevens:Information about Rebecca Louisa Osborne
Rebecca Louisa Osborne (b. February 14, 1798, d. Bet. 1850 - 1860)
Notes for Rebecca Louisa Osborne:
Rebecca, like her siblings, was christened in St. Sepulchre Church, London.From Churches of London for Genealogists, http://www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk/churches/londonchurchlocation.htm:
St Sepulchre without Newgate
Holborn Viaduct, (between Snow Hill and Giltspur Street)
The church was originally dedicated to Edmund,the East Anglian king and martyr and for some while was known as St Edmund without Newgate. The reason for the name change is unclear but one possible explanation is that, according to Strype, in the 12th century the first crusade led to the foundation of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the name of the church became St Edmund and the Holy Sepulchre. Through the years the name became corrupted to its present form. inside the church is a model of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Another suggestion is that the church was named after a 5th century saint named Pulcheria. Both Swift and Augustus Hare both used St Sepulchre in their writings. In 1308 the church was referred to as St Sepulchre within Neugate. The parish was reduced in size when in 1547 the part of the parish within the gate was combined with the parishes of St Audoen and St Nicholas Shambles to form a new parish Christ Church, Newgate (qv).
It was rebuilt in the fifteenth century by Sir John Popham, Chancellor of Normandy and Treasure of the King's Household. Robert Dowe gave the sum of £ 50 for ringing the great bell on the day the condemned prisoners are executed. It is believed that a tunnel ran between the church crypt and Newgate through which the condemned were lead to receive the last Sacrament.
The church is referred to in Dickens' Barnaby Rudge when the people waited for the condemned to come out for execution 'with impatience which increased with every chime of St Sepulchre's clock.' The is also a reference in Oliver Twist The church has the largest area of any church in the City. The Great Fire is reputed to have burned itself out at Pye Corner, the junction of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane. This did not save St Sepulchre's from being very badly damaged by the fire. The church was rebuilt in 1670 though the money, nearly £5,000, until seven years later as Wren delayed issuing the certificate. According to Cobb the church has been 'terribly restored' and the great tower has bee unspoilt by at least two refacings and now looks top heavy. Blatch considers the 'oversized pinnacles to be crocketed. It survived the Second World War with only minor damage and was redecorated in 1967.
The churchyard was reduced in size in 1760 and again in 1871 when many bodies were exhumed and re-interred in the City Cemetery at Ilford. In 1949 the churchyard was dedicated and opened in the honour of all ranks, past and present, of the Royal Fusiliers.
The parish records and bishop's transcripts for the church are located in the Guildhall Library. There is a partial baptism index in the IGI.
Baptism: 1662 to 1886; Marriages: 1662 to 1901; Burial 1662 to 1857; Later records are retained by the recumbent.
From Elizabeth Jane Graves Gabe, Clements-Morter Family USA Report (November 1986), copy in Records of Richard R. Wilson, p. 4:
"Aunt Ruth Buckley [b. 1 Nov. 1881] wrote:
" 'I can't find anything to tell me which wife was the mother of Mary Morter Clements, but she came twice from England to see Mary and John.' "
More About Rebecca Louisa Osborne:
Christening: March 9, 1798, St. Sepulchre, Shoreditch, London, England.4090
Emigration: 1849, Emigrated to U.S..4091
Residence: 1850, Living in Ashtabula, Ohio.4092
More About Rebecca Louisa Osborne and Charles Morter:
Marriage: March 4, 1820, St. Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.4093
Children of Rebecca Louisa Osborne and Charles Morter are:
- +Mary Ann Morter, b. June 10, 1826, Shoreditch, London, England4094, 4095, d. August 26, 1900, Lyons, Burt County, Nebraska4096, 4097.