Listers We expect the babies to be christened within the first year of life...but they often are not. It seems Bedfordshire people often waited 'till the child was almost in their teens [18th C] before they were christened. I expect that had something to do with the Baptist etc influence in our County? So birth dates cannot be presumed from those christening dates as often kids were christened in 'batches' anyway. Sometimes the original PR will give more info — if the vicar adds an age into the record but that wont be shown on the IGI. If they survive until the census [and I can't get my head around 1841s rounding-up or rounding-down ... whatever was the mad Victorian thinking behind that scheme?] - that might help... Genealogy Frustrated of Wilstead!

Jacqueline I checked the Flitwick Parish records, but the baptism for Robert Parrell is not there. I also checked the surrounding areas including Clophill, Ampthill, Tingrith, Woburn, Maulden, Pulloxhill, Chalgrave, Flitton, Silsoe, Millbrook, Westoning, Harlington, Cranfield, Thurleigh, Riseley, Shillington, Lidlington, Salford, Holcote, Biggleswade, Barton, Streatley and Sundon. Sorry but Robert Parrell was not listed in any of those either. I did find Robert's death listed in Flitwick on July 4th 1793. The entry showed Rob Parrell aged 79 (late clerk of this parish). There was also another entry which showed: Entered on fly-leaf "Robt Parall enter'd upon the office of Parish Clerk on Trinity Sundays ye 17th of June 1764 - Will: Aveling, Vicar" I also found other deaths listed which I will put on an excel file for you if you would like me to? Also I found the baptisms for Robert's children if you would like their names and dates? There were some Tilcock's listed in Clophill if you would like those? Please let me know and I will send the details direct to your email address. Regards Sue Hart Hi, I am searching for information on this name particularly Robert Parrell. Robert married Susan Tilcock on 2 December 1755 in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. They Baptised seven children between 1755-1775 all baptised in Flitwick.I have been unable to find Robert Parrell's baptism, any help would be much appreciated. Thank you Jacqueline

^5 Peter, I have booth Cobbs and Pollards, All from the Eaton Bray/Totternoe area, Outlines of botth famillies below, let me know if they relate, and I will give you full details. Best Regards Jerry Descendants of Daniell Pollard 1 Daniell Pollard .... +Elizabeth Hogg ........ 2 Ann Pollard 1724 - .............. +Jeremiah Purton 1734 - 1810 ................... 3 Ann Purton 1767 - ......................... +William King - 1832 ............................. 4 [1] William King 1795 - ................................... +Sarah Billington 1797 - 1838 ........................................ 5 William King 1833 - .............................................. +Martha Hutchings 1834 - .................................................. 6 William Charles King 1853 - .................................................. 6 Phoebe King 1855 - .................................................. 6 Frederick King 1858 - .................................................. 6 Sarah Ann King 1861 - .................................................. 6 Arthur Henry King 1864 - ........................................................ +Annie Elizabeth Pratt 1863 - 1901 ............................................................. 7 Lillie Rosette King 1881 - ............................................................. 7 Edith King 1883 - ............................................................. 7 Arthur King 1886 - ............................................................. 7 Nellie King 1889 - 1937 ................................................................... +Percy James Cooper 1885 - 1951 ........................................................................ 8 Violet Ivy May Cooper 1909 - ........................................................................ ...... +George Aurthur Hill 1906 - 1989 ........................................................................ .......... 9 June Doreen Hill 1932 - ........................................................................ ................ +Bryan John SANDFORD 1925 - 2004 ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Janice Mary SANDFORD 1953 - ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Jeremy John SANDFORD 1957 - ........................................................................ ........................... +Jean Helen Wood 1955 - ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Clay Ashley SANDFORD 1981 - ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Timothy George SANDFORD 1963 - 1980 ........................................................................ .......... 9 Barbara Hill 1933 - 1999 ........................................................................ ................ +George Barbour 1930 - 1996 ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Carole Anne Barbour ........................................................................ ........................... +David Molyneux ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Douglas Molyneux ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Sarah Molyneux ........................................................................ ............................... 11 James Alexander Molyneux ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Christopher Barbour ........................................................................ ........................... +Sharon (Unknown) ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Michael Barbour ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Charlie Barbour ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Andrew Barbour ............................................................. 7 Ernest King 1892 - ............................................................. 7 Alfred King 1894 - ............................................................. 7 Leonard King 1897 - ............................................................. 7 Horace King 1900 - .................................................. 6 James King 1867 - .................................................. 6 Herbert King 1874 - ........................................ 5 Rebecca King 1819 - ........................................ 5 Phoebe King 1820 - 1835 ........................................ 5 Bertal (Bartle) King 1822 - 1831 ........................................ 5 John King 1825 - 1833 ........................................ 5 James King 1828 - ........................................ 5 Ann King 1828 - ........................................ 5 Billington King 1835 - ............................. *2nd Wife of [1] William King: ................................... +Elizabeth Dyer 1805 - ........................................ 5 Mary King 1840 - ........................................ 5 Sarah King 1834 - ............................. 4 Hanna King 1789 - ............................. 4 Rebeecca King 1793 - ............................. 4 Phoebe King 1798 - 1819 ............................. 4 Lydia King 1800 - ............................. 4 Bartle King 1803 - 1803 ............................. 4 Thomas King 1805 - ............................. 4 Fanny King 1807 - ............................. 4 Samuel King 1809 - ................... 3 Samuel Purton 1758 - ................... 3 Jeremiah Purton 1760 - ................... 3 Rebecca Purton 1767 - ........ 2 Thomas Pollard 1712 - ........ 2 Thomas Pollard 1713 - ........ 2 Elizabeth Pollard 1715 - ........ 2 Mary Pollard 1718 - 1720 ........ 2 Daniell Pollard 1720 - 1721 ........ 2 Mary Pollard 1721 - ........ 2 Daniel Pollard 1730 - .............. +Mary Gobby ................... 3 Mary Pollard (Twin) 1764 - ................... 3 Ann Pollard (Twin) 1764 - 1764 ................... 3 Elizabeth Pollard 1756 - ........ 2 William Pollard 1734 - ........ 2 Samuell Pollard 1734 - Descendants of John Cobb 1 John Cobb 1720 - .... +Ann Fleckney ........ 2 Thomas COBB 1755 - .............. +Sarah Durrant 1750 - ................... 3 Elizabeth Cobb 1789 - ......................... +William Pratt 1791 - ............................. 4 Thomas Pratt 1813 - ................................... +Charlotte Bliss 1814 - ........................................ 5 William Pratt 1834 - .............................................. +Rhoda Foster 1837 - 1897 .................................................. 6 William Pratt 1855 - .................................................. 6 Edwin Pratt 1857 - .................................................. 6 Lizzey Pratt 1859 - .................................................. 6 Alfred Pratt 1861 - .................................................. 6 Annie Elizabeth Pratt 1863 - 1901 ........................................................ +Arthur Henry King 1864 - ............................................................. 7 Lillie Rosette King 1881 - ............................................................. 7 Edith King 1883 - ............................................................. 7 Arthur King 1886 - ............................................................. 7 Nellie King 1889 - 1937 ................................................................... +Percy James Cooper 1885 - 1951 ........................................................................ 8 Violet Ivy May Cooper 1909 - ........................................................................ ...... +George Aurthur Hill 1906 - 1989 ........................................................................ .......... 9 June Doreen Hill 1932 - ........................................................................ ................ +Bryan John SANDFORD 1925 - 2004 ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Janice Mary SANDFORD 1953 - ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Jeremy John SANDFORD 1957 - ........................................................................ ........................... +Jean Helen Wood 1955 - ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Clay Ashley SANDFORD 1981 - ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Timothy George SANDFORD 1963 - 1980 ........................................................................ .......... 9 Barbara Hill 1933 - 1999 ........................................................................ ................ +George Barbour 1930 - 1996 ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Carole Anne Barbour ........................................................................ ........................... +David Molyneux ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Douglas Molyneux ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Sarah Molyneux ........................................................................ ............................... 11 James Alexander Molyneux ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Christopher Barbour ........................................................................ ........................... +Sharon (Unknown) ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Michael Barbour ........................................................................ ............................... 11 Charlie Barbour ........................................................................ ..................... 10 Andrew Barbour ............................................................. 7 Ernest King 1892 - ............................................................. 7 Alfred King 1894 - ............................................................. 7 Leonard King 1897 - ............................................................. 7 Horace King 1900 - .................................................. 6 Sarah Pratt 1864 - .................................................. 6 Emily Pratt 1867 - .................................................. 6 Louisa Pratt 1865 - .................................................. 6 Arthur Pratt 1868 - ........................................ 5 Alfred Pratt 1837 - ........................................ 5 David Pratt 1840 - ........................................ 5 Elizabeth Pratt 1842 - ........................................ 5 Betsey Pratt 1843 - ........................................ 5 Charles Pratt 1846 - ........................................ 5 Marinia Pratt 1849 - ........................................ 5 Margret Pratt 1852 - ........................................ 5 Owen Francis Pratt 1856 - ........................................ 5 Anne Pratt 1859 - ................... 3 William Cobb 1775 - ................... 3 Ann Cobb 1777 - ................... 3 Sara Cobb 1780 - ................... 3 Abigal Cobb 1782 - ................... 3 Thomas Cobb 1786 - ................... 3 Hannah Cobb 1793 - ................... 3 Susan Cobb 1799 - -----Original Message----- From: Peter Tibbett [mailto:ptibbett@bigpond.net.au] Sent: 06 June 2006 01:41 To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BDF] Researching TIBBETT Family from Eaton Bray Researching the TIBBETT Family from Eaton Bray. Frederick TIBBETT born Edlesboro c1830 Eleanor TIBBETT nee MITCHELL born Eaton Bray c1835 CHILDREN: Ruth TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1864 Jesse TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1867 Jeffery TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1869 Henry TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1873 Other names connected to this family are COBB, MITCHELL, POLLARD, THORNE, WARD, WATTS Would like to hear from anyone that may be connected to this family. Regards, Peter =================================== AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY MEMORIAL ROLL http://gunnersnet.com/gnrs0040.html =================================== SCOTTISH NAMES RESEARCH http://scottishnamesresearch.info/snr.html =================================== ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== The Bedfordshire Family History Page is at http://www.bfhs.org.uk

Researching the TIBBETT Family from Eaton Bray. Frederick TIBBETT born Edlesboro c1830 Eleanor TIBBETT nee MITCHELL born Eaton Bray c1835 CHILDREN: Ruth TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1864 Jesse TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1867 Jeffery TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1869 Henry TIBBETT born Eaton Bray c1873 Other names connected to this family are COBB, MITCHELL, POLLARD, THORNE, WARD, WATTS Would like to hear from anyone that may be connected to this family. Regards, Peter =================================== AUSTRALIAN ARTILLERY MEMORIAL ROLL http://gunnersnet.com/gnrs0040.html =================================== SCOTTISH NAMES RESEARCH http://scottishnamesresearch.info/snr.html ===================================

Jacqueline I know they have copies of old parish records in Flitwick library. I am going there in the next few days, and will have a look for you. Regards Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacqueline Davies" <davies@jreynolds45.fslife.co.uk> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 7:12 PM Subject: [BDF] Parrell/Parrill/Perill > Hi, I am searching for information on this name particularly Robert > Parrell. Robert married Susan Tilcock on 2 December 1755 in Flitwick, > Bedfordshire. They Baptised seven children between 1755-1775 all baptised > in Flitwick.I have been unable to find Robert Parrell's baptism, any help > would be much appreciated. > Thank you > Jacqueline > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To do a search of the Bedford Archives go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Enter Bedford in the box > >

Hi, I am searching for information on this name particularly Robert Parrell. Robert married Susan Tilcock on 2 December 1755 in Flitwick, Bedfordshire. They Baptised seven children between 1755-1775 all baptised in Flitwick.I have been unable to find Robert Parrell's baptism, any help would be much appreciated. Thank you Jacqueline

Helen, Try googling as an aside: 1.Sir Reg Impey (Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader) 2.Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871) Hope this is of aditional interest too you. Kind regards, David > > From: Helen Gunnell <nelliemay@westnet.com.au> > Date: 2006/05/24 Wed AM 04:18:06 GMT > To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BDF] IMPEY surname > > HI All, My name is Helen Gunnell & I am new to the list although was on it > some years ago. > > I am hoping to meet fellow family member to share & hopefully get some help > as well, please. > > My main interest is the following families. > > My 5X GGGrandparents > Thomas Evans mar to Sarah (Sibthorpe alias Butcher ) on 6/12/1764 at St > Mary's, Luton > & descendants. > > My 4X GGGrandparents > Martha Evans mar to Samuel Impey on 12 July 1795 St Mary's, Luton > & descendants. > > Would love to hear from anyone of these or related families. > > Regards Helen G > of Perth, Western Australia > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.1/343 - Release Date: 18/05/2006 > > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > The Bedfordshire Surnames List can be viewed at: > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html > >

I'll bet those families receiving the loads of wood were pleased to get it, in November, in what was still the "Little Ice Age". BBRR Jim Bundy (Date) (Name/Item) (Amount) 1800 Brot Over 19/0/9 Omitted in Lat Months' Disbursements 1/16/8 Oct 29th Pd Thos Clark 2/ W Seamer 1/ 0/3/0 W Ford 3/ G Hopkins 2/ Dean 1/6 0/6/6 W Horton 5/ Eliz Manning 2/6 0/7/6 Matt Gibby 4/6 Jno Cooper 2/6 0/7/0 James Jones 5/6 Jno James 1/ 0/6/6 Wid Durden 2/6 J Stacy 3/ 0/5/6 C Fisher & Daughter 0/5/6 Spen Minney 4/ L James 5/ 0/9/0 Wid Durden 2/6 Crow's Child 1/6 0/4/0 S Emery 1/ T Jarvis 6/ 0/7/0 W Baxter 4/ J Squires 4/ 0/8/0 Pd Thos Pindard 4/6 Do 4/6 0/9/0 W Wiles 4/6 do 4/6 0/9/0 Spen Minney 12/ Jones 2/6 0/14/6 W Teat 2/ T Garves 2/ 0/4/0 Jno Cooper 5/ T Stacy 1/6 0/6/6 Jno Jakes 1/6 W Baxter 5/ 0/6/6 C Fisher & Daughter 0/4/6 Mrs Price 9/ T James 6/ 0/15/0 T Jones 5/ W Bowls 4/ 0/9/0 W Dean 1/6 Wid Goodman's Child 4/ 0/5/6 Jos Curchly 6/ E Manning 2/6 0/8/6 T Harvey 2/6 W Ford 3/ 0/5/6 Geo Boss 2/ W Clark 2/ 0/4/0 W Wiles 2/ W Seamer 1/ 0/3/0 G Hopkins 2/ Jno James 1/ 0/3/0 Wid Durden 2/6 0/2/6 Novr 5 Pd Sar Emery 1/ J Squires 3/ 0/4/0 L James 5/ Crow's Child 1/6 0/6/6 Spen Minney 4/ Jno Cooper 2/ 0/6/0 W Howten 6/ T Harvey 2/6 0/8/6 Jno Jakes 2/6 0/2/6 Caning 3/ Ld of Wood to 3 families 0/7/6 (total) 31/1/11

^5 again all, Having drawn a blank on the "Hide line" last month, I have moved my attention to my paternal Gt G-Mothers other branch, the Robinson's. Why?, I don't know !, because this seems to be another brick wall. As shown in the outline decadency below, my information dries up in the 1770's, with "William Robinson & Mary Weatherhead", both seemingly natives of Toddington (both passed away before the 1841 census, so based only on the IGI). I Can find no clue to the parentage of Mary, and only a VERY tentative link to "Edward Robinson and Ann Bunker" for William (based solely on a guess, fuelled by their marriage date being similar to Williams DoB ??). Again earnestly hoping there is a lister with a vested interest, that has already crossed this bridge on either of the pair, that can point me in the right direction. Warm Regards Jerry Descendants of William Robinson 1 William Robinson 1774 - .. +Mary Weatherhead 1778 - ........ 2 Thomas Robinson 1814 - ............ +Ann Hide 1818 - ................... 3 Sarah Robinson 1852 - ....................... +Unknown ............................. 4 Lilly Robinson 1870 - ................................. +George Fowler 1867 - ........................................ 5 Minnie Fowler 1887 - ........................................ 5 Linda Fowler 1889 - ........................................ 5 Edith Fowler 1892 - ............................................ +John SANDFORD 1883 - 1964 .................................................. 6 Bryan John SANDFORD 1925 - 2004 ...................................................... +June Doreen Hill 1932 - ............................................................. 7 Janice Mary SANDFORD 1953 - ............................................................. 7 Jeremy John SANDFORD 1957 - ................................................................. +Jean Helen Wood 1955 - ........................................................................ 8 Clay Ashley SANDFORD 1981 - ............................................................. 7 Timothy George SANDFORD 1963 - 1980 ........................................ 5 Mabel Annie Fowler 1897 - 1982 ................... 3 William Robinson 1836 - ................... 3 Joseph Robinson 1839 - ................... 3 Elizabeth Robinson 1842 - ................... 3 Mary Robinson 1843 - ................... 3 Susanna Robinson 1849 - ............................. 4 Alphonso Robinson 1869 - ................... 3 George Robinson 1846 - ................... 3 Ann Robinson 1853 - ................... 3 Thomas Robinson 1853 - 1858 ................... 3 Sarah Robinson 1850 - ........ 2 Sarah Robinson 1800 - ........ 2 Anne Robinson 1802 - 1803 ........ 2 Mary Robinson 1805 - ........ 2 William Robinson 1806 - ........ 2 Elizabeth Robinson 1811 - ........ 2 James Robinson 1809 - ............ +Mary Fopey ................... 3 Sarah Robinson 1835 - ................... 3 Jeremiah Robinson 1835 - ................... 3 Hannah Robinson 1837 - 1837 ................... 3 Samuel Robinson 1838 - ........ 2 Hannah Robinson 1817 -

HI BETTY MARIE HERE. ARE YOU DOING SEARCHING ON THE ODELL'S, FRENCH, ANSELL(VAR SP.), STONEBRIDGE, LITCHFIELD,YOUNG, JONES,DALLEY(VAR. SP),ALL OF WHOM HAVE MARRIED OUR WOODLANDS PLUS OTHERS.. I HAVE FOUND SOME ODELL'S WHO HAVE MARRIED DEVEREUX'S CONNECTED TO THE WOODLANDS. SORRY FOR THE CAPS, I AM SEARCHING THE ANSELL'S, I KEEP FORGETTING TO TAKE THE CAP LOCK OFF, WHEN TYPING OTHER DOCS/EMAILS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE I COULD EMAIL WHAT I HAVE SO FAR. On 24/05/06, Betty Lark <lark.nelson@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > Hello Listers, > > I have been trawling through the Lidlington Parish Film when I cam across > this entry. > > Bapt. 1 June 1834 Francis ODELL - "an old man aged 76yrs." > > If there is someone searching the ODELL name please can you confirm that I > have the correct wife/wives for this man > > 1. Francis ODELL m. 2 Nov. 1780 Mary GOBBY both made there mark and the > witnesses Richard GOBBY & Thomas COOK the Clerk. Did this Mary ODELL nee > GOBBY then have a daughter Ann ODELL bap. 23 Dec. 1781 Lidlington ? > and did Mary ODELL then die? > > 2. Francis ODELL m. 9 April 1787 Lidlington Martha WEBSTER Is this a 2nd > marriage for the Francis ODELL? > > Why was Francis ODELL getting bapt. at 76yrs. - wonder if he was ill and > did not want to die before being baptised? > > Is there a burial for him in Lidlington please around 1834? Burials are > not on this film I have been searching grrr. > > Thanks for any help > Betty Lark > Richmond, Nelson, NZ > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving > the messages > individually or want them individually) > > or > > Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving a > digest of multiple > messages or want this mode) > > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe > or unsubscribe. > >

(Date) (Name/Item) (Amount) 1800 Brot Forwd 6/0/3 Octr 18 Pd Thos Pindard Coll 0/4/6 W Wiles 4/6 Do 4/6 0/9/0 Spenr Minney 4/6 Cooper 7/ 0/11/6 Sar Emery 1/ T Garves 2/6 0/3/6 James Jona 1/6 0/1/6 Pd Jno Sterton p Shelton's, Pindard, & Prices Rent 2/17/0 22 Thos Baxter 1/ James Jones 4/ 0/5/0 Geo Boss 3/ C Fisher 3/ 0/6/0 W Teat 3/ Wid Goodman's Child 4/ 0/7/0 Jos Curchly 6/ Jno James 1/ 0/7/0 W Dean 1/6 T Story 3/ 0/4/6 T Harney 1/6 W Bowls 4/ 0/5/6 Pd Jno Cooper 3/6 W Ford 3/ 0/6/6 Ma Price 9 of Hopkins 2/ 0/11/0 W Seamour 1/ G Boss 2/ 0/3/0 Thos Clark 2/ W Wiles 2/ 0/4/0 W Baxter 4/ Wid Deardon 2/6 0/6/6 Spen Minney 4/ L James 5/ 0/9/0 T Jarves 5/ Wid Gibby 4/9 0/9/6 Eliz Carter 2/6 Sar Emery 1/ 0/3/6 Crow's Child 1/6 Squires 4/ 0/5/6 Jno Jakes 1/6 Pindard 1/ 0/2/6 Pd Pindard a Wheel 0/4/0 W Wiles 4/6 T James 2/6 0/7/0 W Teat 1/6 James Jones 1/ 0/2/6 Minney 8/ Pindard 8/ 0/16/0 W Wiles 4/6 T Harney 3/6 0/8/0 T Stacy 2/ Jno Cooper 5/ 0/7/0 Pd Jno Jakes 1/6 Mol Price 9/ 0/10/6 Thos Harney 1/6 W Bowls 4/ 0/5/6 Jos Cantslely 6/ Goodman's Child 4/ 0/10/0 W Teat 3/ G Boss 2/ Wiles 2/ 0/7/0 Card over 19/0/9

Further Helpful info????? There appears to be a shop called Spong & Son(I think) close to it. Any help??? Many thanks Clive Sandon ----- Original Message ----- From: Clive Sandon To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:54 PM Subject: Swan hotel/pub at Biggleswade? Hi I have been given a photo of supposedly a shop front of one of my ancestors in Biggleswade. The name Sandon is on the shop front. However, I'm trying to find the name of the street. One clue opposite this Sandon shop is a pole with a picture of a white swan at the top. I was just wondering if this might have been a pub sign and maybe there was a Swan pub/hotel in Biggleswade. The things in the photo look quite old, maybe early 1900s??? One thing may help to date and label the street, is that there appears small piles of concrete/brick? squares(about 60cm along each side) along the dug up kerb as if they are replacing old squares. There is a man in a penny-farthing riding down the street. I also heard there is an informative website for old English pubs???? Any clues would be very helpful to establish the name of the street. Cheers Clive Sandon

Hi I have been given a photo of supposedly a shop front of one of my ancestors in Biggleswade. The name Sandon is on the shop front. However, I'm trying to find the name of the street. One clue opposite this Sandon shop is a pole with a picture of a white swan at the top. I was just wondering if this might have been a pub sign and maybe there was a Swan pub/hotel in Biggleswade. The things in the photo look quite old, maybe early 1900s??? One thing may help to date and label the street, is that there appears small piles of concrete/brick? squares(about 60cm along each side) along the dug up kerb as if they are replacing old squares. There is a man in a penny-farthing riding down the street. I also heard there is an informative website for old English pubs???? Any clues would be very helpful to establish the name of the street. Cheers Clive Sandon

Hi Clive Kelly's Directory for Beds, Hunts, and Northants 1898 is accessible in facsimile on the free Historical Directories website (www.historicaldirectories.org) and lists Sandon & Son, plumbers, glaziers & painters, Market Sq Swan Commercial Hotel (Joseph Trueman prop.), High St Spong & Son, (estab. 1836), family & dispensing chemists, stationers & printers, agents for W & A Gilbey Lim, wine & spirit merchants, also proprietors of the Bedfordshire Pig Powders, High St; & at Sheffurd The lists of Private Residents lists a Miss H Sandon living in the High Street, likewise a Douglas M Spong. I hope this helps. I couldn't resist transcribing the whole entry for Spong & Son in full! Best wishes Peter Peter B Freshwater MA MCLIP FSAScot Edinburgh, Scotland peter@hillfoot.demon.co.uk Researching BRUCE, FOLWELL, FRESHWATER, PERKINS, SWINGLER (Beds, Leics, Northants) HAUGHAN, JOHNSTONE, RICHARDSON (Cumberland, Durham) DOW, FINDLAY, GRAY, JACK(SON), KENNEDY (Angus, Glasgow, Perth) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clive Sandon" <csandon@ozemail.com.au> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 8:15 AM Subject: [BDF] Fw: Swan hotel/pub at Biggleswade? Extra info > Further Helpful info????? > > There appears to be a shop called Spong & Son(I think) close to it. Any help??? > > Many thanks > > Clive Sandon > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Clive Sandon > To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:54 PM > Subject: Swan hotel/pub at Biggleswade? > > > Hi > > I have been given a photo of supposedly a shop front of one of my ancestors in Biggleswade. The name Sandon is on the shop front. However, I'm trying to find the name of the street. One clue opposite this Sandon shop is a pole with a picture of a white swan at the top. I was just wondering if this might have been a pub sign and maybe there was a Swan pub/hotel in Biggleswade. The things in the photo look quite old, maybe early 1900s??? One thing may help to date and label the street, is that there appears small piles of concrete/brick? squares(about 60cm along each side) along the dug up kerb as if they are replacing old squares. There is a man in a penny-farthing riding down the street. > > I also heard there is an informative website for old English pubs???? Any clues would be very helpful to establish the name of the street. > > Cheers > > Clive Sandon > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving the messages > individually or want them individually) > > or > > Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving a digest of multiple > messages or want this mode) > > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe or unsubscribe. >

Hi Steve, I don't have a Barry or Bruce in my Endersby family tree, but that doesn't mean that they couldn't be a relation to me. I would just have to go back on their lineage to see if they connect to mine. ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve martin" <stevegmartin@msn.com> To: <BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:31 PM Subject: RE: [BDF] Endersby >I know an Endersby family that still live in the Bedford area, Barry is the >father and Bruce a son, any relation? > > >>From: "Scott Dorschner" <sdorschner@new.rr.com> >>Reply-To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com >>To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [BDF] Endersby >>Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:36:09 -0500 >> >>Hello everyone, >> >>I am looking for any information on John and Eleanor (Rowson) Endersby who >>might have lived in Bedford during the early to mid 1700s particularly >>their parents and any siblings names. I am trying to connect my line of >>Endersbys from the US with the line that is in Australia and finding >>John's parents and siblings will help in our search. >> >>Thank you, >>Scott Dorschner >> >> >>==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >>The Bedfordshire Surnames List can be viewed at: >>http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >> > > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE send a message to: > Bedford-L-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in mail mode i.e. receiving > the messages > individually or want them individually) > > or > Bedford-D-request@rootsweb.com (if you are in digest mode i.e. receiving a > digest of multiple > messages or want this mode) > In the BODY of the message (not the subject line) type the word subscribe > or unsubscribe. >

ELIZABETHAN YEAR The number of the year did not change on New Years Day. The English calendar had come down from the Romans, for whom January 1 was the first day of the year. Accordingly this was called New Year�s Day and was observed as an official holiday as the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ. However, the number of the year did not actually change until March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation. England differed from the Continent in this respect. The day that a sixteenth-century Frenchman (and a modern person) would consider January 1, 1589 would be called January 1, 1588 in sixteenth-century England. Educated Englishmen sometimes dealt with this problem by writing the date as 1Jan1588/9. On March 25 the year would be written as 1589, and England would be in line with the rest of Europe until January 1 came around again. England was using a slightly different calendar from most of Western Europe (the exceptions being the other Protestant countries and certain Italian city-states). This was the Julian Calendar, so names by Julius Caesar. This calendar had leap-years, which actually made the Julian year slightly longer than the actual solar year. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII established the Gregorian Calendar, which we still use today, by which three out of four years ending in �00 (e.g. 1900, are not leap-years). This calendar was much more accurate, but England was so fiercely anti-Catholic that it did not follow the Pope�s lead until 1752. Sandee

Found the following yesterday, have not completed the film, but maybe this may help a bit. LDS 0826481 SANDY, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND PARISH RECORDS Bap/Mar/Bur NOTE: During this time frame, England did not count 1Jan as the new year Vol 9 1538-1552, 1690-1739 ALBONE 1680 Mary, dau Edward and Dorothy Albone baptized..illegible 1693 Mary, dau Edward Albone buried 22Jan 1695 William Armitage and Bridget Albone married 29Dec 1695 Sarah, dau William and Bridget Armitage baptized 31Jan 1696 Ann, dau Edward Albone buried 20Nov 1704 Edward Albone buried 29Jan (Adult) 1709 Dorothy Albone, widow, buried 11Dec 1710 John Cupis and Judith Albone married 12Feb Sandee

Found this yesterday, have not completed the film, but it may give you some clues at least, and perhaps you can link some of your known information to this. LDS 0826481 SANDY, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND PARISH RECORDS Bap/Mar/Bur NOTE: During this time frame, England did not count 1Jan as the new year Vol 9 1538-1552, 1690-1739 ENDERSBY 1539 Joan Endersby, fil John, baptized 23Oct. 1539 Joane Enterby, fil Jo.., baptized 18Mar 1630 Robert Richard, son of John and Elizabeth Enderbee baptized 28Sep 1630 Robert, son of John Enderbee buried 8May 1643 Joan, dau Samuel and Annis? Enderbee, baptized 4Nov, Pg 43 1697 Thomas Endersby buried 9Jun 1698 Joan Endersbee, widow, buried 8Mar 1700 Thomas, son of William and Elizabeth Endersbee baptized 18Aug 1700 Thomas, son of William Endersbee buried 10Dec 1704 William, son of William and Elizabeth Endersbee baptized 28May 1705 Elizabeth, wife of William Endersby buried 3Aug 1710 William Endersby buried 12Jul (Adult) hope it helps some Sandee

I know an Endersby family that still live in the Bedford area, Barry is the father and Bruce a son, any relation? >From: "Scott Dorschner" <sdorschner@new.rr.com> >Reply-To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com >To: BEDFORD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BDF] Endersby >Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:36:09 -0500 > >Hello everyone, > >I am looking for any information on John and Eleanor (Rowson) Endersby who >might have lived in Bedford during the early to mid 1700s particularly >their parents and any siblings names. I am trying to connect my line of >Endersbys from the US with the line that is in Australia and finding John's >parents and siblings will help in our search. > >Thank you, >Scott Dorschner > > >==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== >The Bedfordshire Surnames List can be viewed at: >http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedf.html >

Hello Listers, I have been trawling through the Lidlington Parish Film when I cam across this entry. Bapt. 1 June 1834 Francis ODELL - "an old man aged 76yrs." If there is someone searching the ODELL name please can you confirm that I have the correct wife/wives for this man 1. Francis ODELL m. 2 Nov. 1780 Mary GOBBY both made there mark and the witnesses Richard GOBBY & Thomas COOK the Clerk. Did this Mary ODELL nee GOBBY then have a daughter Ann ODELL bap. 23 Dec. 1781 Lidlington ? and did Mary ODELL then die? 2. Francis ODELL m. 9 April 1787 Lidlington Martha WEBSTER Is this a 2nd marriage for the Francis ODELL? Why was Francis ODELL getting bapt. at 76yrs. - wonder if he was ill and did not want to die before being baptised? Is there a burial for him in Lidlington please around 1834? Burials are not on this film I have been searching grrr. Thanks for any help Betty Lark Richmond, Nelson, NZ