Hello Karin. In the 1881 UK census, there is an Alfred Smith, age 22; he was born in Maidenhead but lodging at the time in Lambeth. Bridget.

Colleagues The next computer meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 5 October 2009. It will be held at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. The subject of the talk at 7.30pm is "How Much can you do from Home? – An Exercise in On-Line Genealogy" which will be presented by Alan Simpson. The latter is a member of the society's computer group panel. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome to attend the meeting. For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html) For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html) Any queries, please contact me off-list. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

Hi Norma, I suppose a stroke would fit the bill. As far as I have been able to establish, Charlotte's children had either moved to London or died by the time she died, so she was more or less alone. A sad way to go really. Thanks :-) on 1/10/09 5:03 AM, norie@peoplepc.com wrote: > Paralysis was probably stroke ~ They had the same diseases and medical > events we do, probably more as we cure and prevent so many now. They had > funny ways of describing them, you have to use your imagination. > > The cause of death for one of my GGpas was Bright's disease which is a > kidney disease, but with three cases of diabetes among my cousins I'm > convinced he had diabetes and congestive heartr failure and kidney failure. > > Another strange one from 1849 was strangulation of the insane, which > translates to heart attack, one of the major arteries being the insane. > > It is sad that old people with Alzheimers were deposited by their families > in lunatic insylums where they were chained to walls and other horrendous > things. Everybody laughed and called them crazy. > > And the Workhouse was where you went if you had no nest egg to live on in > your old age, so many women outliving their men, or being dropped for a > younger woman. We really don't know how lucky we are. > Norma > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "baldrick" <baldricktheturnip@inspiralmail.com> > To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:00 PM > Subject: [BRK] Furniture, Paralysis & Wallingford Workhouse > >> Hi, >> >> On 3 Dec 1878 there was the following entry in the Wallingford Union >> Guardians Minutes:- >> >> "Credit Common Fund, debit Treasurer by cash from the undermentioned >> Paupers own account Relief, viz: >> Charlotte HARRIS, St. Mary the More, Sale of Household furniture £1" >> >> Charlotte's husband had died in 1870 and she was listed as living in Kine >> Croft in 1871. >> >> Charlotte died, aged 75, on 26 Dec 1878 in the Wallingford Union > Workhouse, >> which compared to some, was supposed to be not that bad. Her cause of > death >> was stated as "Paralysis". I have a vague idea of what was going on here > but >> am not sure and would appreciate input from anyone that knows more about >> Workhouses and medical matters. >> >> Bascially my impression is that she sold her furniture and gave up her > house >> in Kine Croft (which was an almshouse, and not her own) to pay her way in >> the workhouse where she could receive medical attention for some >> debilitating disease which sadly killed her a few months later. >> >> Is this likely to have been what happened? Can anyone explain what a cause >> of death of "Paralysis" means? >> >> Thanks >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

According to your information the furniture was sold on the 3rd December and she died on 26th December - not sure where you get the "debilitating disease which killed her a few months later"?  Unless you have more information as to the date of her entry into the workhouse.  It sounds more likely from the information you give that she had some sort of stroke, causing paralysis, which meant that she was taken into the workhouse and died fairly shortly afterwards - weeks rather then months. The workhouses had fairly Draconian rules and they stuck to those rules to the letter.  This would have meant that they would have had the power to sell her furniture and to put the proceeds towards the costs incurred in looking after her.  I am afraid that this is what would have happened.  The records of the workhouse ought to give a date that she was admitted and her death certificate should state how long she had had the paralysis.  Wallingford Workhouse may have been better than many, but I'm afraid it would not have compared to a modern hospital. Tomas Christie. ________________________________ From: baldrick <baldricktheturnip@inspiralmail.com> To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 21:00:54 Subject: [BRK] Furniture, Paralysis & Wallingford Workhouse Hi, On 3 Dec 1878 there was the following entry in the Wallingford Union Guardians Minutes:- "Credit Common Fund, debit Treasurer by cash from the undermentioned   Paupers own account Relief, viz:   Charlotte HARRIS, St. Mary the More, Sale of Household furniture £1" Charlotte's husband had died in 1870 and she was listed as living in Kine Croft in 1871. Charlotte died, aged 75, on 26 Dec 1878 in the Wallingford Union Workhouse, which compared to some, was supposed to be not that bad. Her cause of death was stated as "Paralysis". I have a vague idea of what was going on here but am not sure and would appreciate input from anyone that knows more about Workhouses and medical matters. Bascially my impression is that she sold her furniture and gave up her house in Kine Croft (which was an almshouse, and not her own) to pay her way in the workhouse where she could receive medical attention for some debilitating disease which sadly killed her a few months later. Is this likely to have been what happened? Can anyone explain what a cause of death of "Paralysis" means? Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Paralysis was probably stroke ~ They had the same diseases and medical events we do, probably more as we cure and prevent so many now. They had funny ways of describing them, you have to use your imagination. The cause of death for one of my GGpas was Bright's disease which is a kidney disease, but with three cases of diabetes among my cousins I'm convinced he had diabetes and congestive heartr failure and kidney failure. Another strange one from 1849 was strangulation of the insane, which translates to heart attack, one of the major arteries being the insane. It is sad that old people with Alzheimers were deposited by their families in lunatic insylums where they were chained to walls and other horrendous things. Everybody laughed and called them crazy. And the Workhouse was where you went if you had no nest egg to live on in your old age, so many women outliving their men, or being dropped for a younger woman. We really don't know how lucky we are. Norma ----- Original Message ----- From: "baldrick" <baldricktheturnip@inspiralmail.com> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 1:00 PM Subject: [BRK] Furniture, Paralysis & Wallingford Workhouse > Hi, > > On 3 Dec 1878 there was the following entry in the Wallingford Union > Guardians Minutes:- > > "Credit Common Fund, debit Treasurer by cash from the undermentioned > Paupers own account Relief, viz: > Charlotte HARRIS, St. Mary the More, Sale of Household furniture £1" > > Charlotte's husband had died in 1870 and she was listed as living in Kine > Croft in 1871. > > Charlotte died, aged 75, on 26 Dec 1878 in the Wallingford Union Workhouse, > which compared to some, was supposed to be not that bad. Her cause of death > was stated as "Paralysis". I have a vague idea of what was going on here but > am not sure and would appreciate input from anyone that knows more about > Workhouses and medical matters. > > Bascially my impression is that she sold her furniture and gave up her house > in Kine Croft (which was an almshouse, and not her own) to pay her way in > the workhouse where she could receive medical attention for some > debilitating disease which sadly killed her a few months later. > > Is this likely to have been what happened? Can anyone explain what a cause > of death of "Paralysis" means? > > Thanks > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, On 3 Dec 1878 there was the following entry in the Wallingford Union Guardians Minutes:- "Credit Common Fund, debit Treasurer by cash from the undermentioned Paupers own account Relief, viz: Charlotte HARRIS, St. Mary the More, Sale of Household furniture £1" Charlotte's husband had died in 1870 and she was listed as living in Kine Croft in 1871. Charlotte died, aged 75, on 26 Dec 1878 in the Wallingford Union Workhouse, which compared to some, was supposed to be not that bad. Her cause of death was stated as "Paralysis". I have a vague idea of what was going on here but am not sure and would appreciate input from anyone that knows more about Workhouses and medical matters. Bascially my impression is that she sold her furniture and gave up her house in Kine Croft (which was an almshouse, and not her own) to pay her way in the workhouse where she could receive medical attention for some debilitating disease which sadly killed her a few months later. Is this likely to have been what happened? Can anyone explain what a cause of death of "Paralysis" means? Thanks

Caroline, Reading would have been a good place to be anonymous and was quite a flourishing place at this time, so those reasons might well have played a part. I suppose you have researched both cases thoroughly?  It seems strange that Edward S.White should have been sent to Dartmoor in 1875 and have been free in time to have a child in Reading in 1877.  Such a short period compared with the vicar who received seven years, but perhaps if I had read the original cases I might understand the difference. Did both serve their full sentences?  Reading was also home to the well-known Reading Jail / Gaol, though I don't suppose that has any bearing on the matter. Tomas Christie ________________________________ From: Caroline Bagshaw <carolinebagshaw@yahoo.co.uk> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 13:36:22 Subject: Re: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict Maybe it's as simple as that.  He had to go somewhere where he wasn't known, and the bigger the place the more chance he had of being anonymous.  Maybe it was just a pin in the map. I wish I knew. Caroline ________________________________ From: CandROverson <overson12@btinternet.com> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 12:16:31 Subject: Re: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict Hello Caroline We have often wondered why my husband's Great Grandfather moved his family from Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Reading some time in the 1880s. The OVERSONS had lived in Norfolk for many generations (many still do).  His Great Grandfather was a coal merchant in Reading and had been a "coal dealer" in Kings Lynn.  Perhaps Reading was an up and coming place in the late 1800s. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Bagshaw" <carolinebagshaw@yahoo.co.uk> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:15 AM Subject: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict I'm back on a quest I started some time ago. My great grandfather, Edward Stickley WHITE lived in Reading for a large part of his life, though he was born in Smethwick in 1847, and went to work in Yorkshire as a company secretary in 1871. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Walter I would try again All three links given work with no problem Perhaps your settings are a little over zealous ? Try <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Something wrong?? > this is the message I get when using your link > > Sorry, the page you were looking for can’t be found. > > can you please provide correct link > thanks > walter > guildford > Researchers > > Last evening, eighty or so members of Oxfordshire FHS were privileged > to > hear a talk by Sharon Hintze entitled "The resources of the London > (Hyde > Park) Family History Centre". > > Those who could not attend the presentation can learn more about the > centre > by visiting its website :- > > _http://www.londonfhc.org/_ (http://www.londonfhc.org/) > > The website of The National Archives also contains a "podcast" by > Sharon > Hintze entitled "Using the London Family History Centre". This can be > downloaded free of charge from :- > > _http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm_ > (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm) > > Enjoy ! > > Paul Gaskell

Hello Caroline We have often wondered why my husband's Great Grandfather moved his family from Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Reading some time in the 1880s. The OVERSONS had lived in Norfolk for many generations (many still do). His Great Grandfather was a coal merchant in Reading and had been a "coal dealer" in Kings Lynn. Perhaps Reading was an up and coming place in the late 1800s. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Bagshaw" <carolinebagshaw@yahoo.co.uk> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:15 AM Subject: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict I'm back on a quest I started some time ago. My great grandfather, Edward Stickley WHITE lived in Reading for a large part of his life, though he was born in Smethwick in 1847, and went to work in Yorkshire as a company secretary in 1871.

Hi Thanks to all for the replies I managed to link to the website and downloaded and listened to an excellent lecture thank you love the podcasts regards walter -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:50 Subject: Re: [BRK] Podcast and website of talk given to Oxfordshire FHS Hi Walter I would try again All three links given work with no problem Perhaps your settings are a little over zealous ? Try <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Something wrong?? > this is the message I get when using your link > > Sorry, the page you were looking for can’t be found. > > can you please provide correct link > thanks > walter > guildford > Researchers > > Last evening, eighty or so members of Oxfordshire FHS were privileged > to > hear a talk by Sharon Hintze entitled "The resources of the London > (Hyde > Park) Family History Centre". > > Those who could not attend the presentation can learn more about the > centre > by visiting its website :- > > _http://www.londonfhc.org/_ (http://www.londonfhc.org/) > > The website of The National Archives also contains a "podcast" by > Sharon > Hintze entitled "Using the London Family History Centre". This can be > downloaded free of charge from :- > > _http: //www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm_ > (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm) > > Enjoy ! > > Paul Gaskell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sentencing seems to have been inconsistent as now, except the sum of money involved was different.  Edward got 12 months hard labour.  The vicar got 7 years.  I don't know whether either of them served the full sentence.  Edward was convicted in June 1875, and his next child was born in May 1877.  For Edward Stickley White I have local newspaper reports of the case at the time, plus the court records, and I have studied a prison ledger at Kew, so I can be sure of the facts in his case.  Vivyan Moyle is not my relative, so I have been less thorough, but I have seen several newspaper reports of his case too. I think the vicar was more scheming, as it involved false shares and such like, and he had a copy of a seal made to authenticate false documents.  Also the sum of money was much greater - £11,000, a vast fortune in 1873.  Edward also wrote a very penitent confession letter, which may have helped him.  In that letter he said he didn't know how much it was, but he thought £800 to £900.  But he was only prosecuted for £160.  I think possibly it started with a little pilfering, and then got worse and worse.  He may have had a gambling habit.  He certainly tried to win the money back by betting on the Derby, but his "hopes were blasted in a most decisive manner." He was missing for ten days, trying to win the money back.  His brother tracked him down, and brought him back (after dark, as he couldn't face returning to shame in daylight). The letter got there before he did, and his employers called him to a meeting at work .  He went, and after questioning they let him go home.  He was arrested the next day, and granted bail at the first hearing.  It seems very rapid after that.  Just a week later he was convicted, remanded in custody, given leave to appeal, and a fortnight later the appeal was rejected.  Meanwhile he had been declared bankrupt, and he had to face a meeting of his creditors before they carted him off to Dartmoor.  So he had a very rough month. My grandmother, his daughter, was a prim and proper lady, and this being her dad is completely off the wall.  But there always was something hush hush, which is partly why I got into family history.  I can't say I like having a convict great grandfather, but it does yield information. I have a copy of a letter he wrote, his words and his handwriting, after he recognised it was hopeless, and his brother had tracked him down.    When you get used to the shameful aspect, it's exciting.  Caroline ________________________________ From: Tomas Christie <tomas_christie@yahoo.co.uk> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 14:00:58 Subject: Re: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict Caroline, Reading would have been a good place to be anonymous and was quite a flourishing place at this time, so those reasons might well have played a part. I suppose you have researched both cases thoroughly?  It seems strange that Edward S.White should have been sent to Dartmoor in 1875 and have been free in time to have a child in Reading in 1877.  Such a short period compared with the vicar who received seven years, but perhaps if I had read the original cases I might understand the difference. Did both serve their full sentences?  Reading was also home to the well-known Reading Jail / Gaol, though I don't suppose that has any bearing on the matter. Tomas Christie ________________________________ From: Caroline Bagshaw <carolinebagshaw@yahoo.co.uk> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 13:36:22 Subject: Re: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict Maybe it's as simple as that.  He had to go somewhere where he wasn't known, and the bigger the place the more chance he had of being anonymous.  Maybe it was just a pin in the map. I wish I knew. Caroline ________________________________ From: CandROverson <overson12@btinternet.com> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 12:16:31 Subject: Re: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict Hello Caroline We have often wondered why my husband's Great Grandfather moved his family from Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Reading some time in the 1880s. The OVERSONS had lived in Norfolk for many generations (many still do).  His Great Grandfather was a coal merchant in Reading and had been a "coal dealer" in Kings Lynn.  Perhaps Reading was an up and coming place in the late 1800s. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Bagshaw" <carolinebagshaw@yahoo.co.uk> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:15 AM Subject: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict I'm back on a quest I started some time ago. My great grandfather, Edward Stickley WHITE lived in Reading for a large part of his life, though he was born in Smethwick in 1847, and went to work in Yorkshire as a company secretary in 1871. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Something wrong?? this is the message I get when using your link Sorry, the page you were looking for can’t be found. can you please provide correct link thanks walter guildford -----Original Message----- From: PaulGask@aol.com To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:30 Subject: [BRK] Podcast and website of talk given to Oxfordshire FHS Researchers Last evening, eighty or so members of Oxfordshire FHS were privileged to hear a talk by Sharon Hintze entitled "The resources of the London (Hyde Park) Family History Centre". Those who could not attend the presentation can learn more about the centre by visiting its website :- _http://www.londonfhc.org/_ (http://www.londonfhc.org/) The website of The National Archives also contains a "podcast" by Sharon Hintze entitled "Using the London Family History Centre". This can be downloaded free of charge from :- _http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm_ (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm) Enjoy ! Paul Gaskell Programme Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Maybe it's as simple as that.  He had to go somewhere where he wasn't known, and the bigger the place the more chance he had of being anonymous.  Maybe it was just a pin in the map. I wish I knew. Caroline ________________________________ From: CandROverson <overson12@btinternet.com> To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 12:16:31 Subject: Re: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict Hello Caroline We have often wondered why my husband's Great Grandfather moved his family from Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Reading some time in the 1880s. The OVERSONS had lived in Norfolk for many generations (many still do).  His Great Grandfather was a coal merchant in Reading and had been a "coal dealer" in Kings Lynn.  Perhaps Reading was an up and coming place in the late 1800s. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Bagshaw" <carolinebagshaw@yahoo.co.uk> To: <BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:15 AM Subject: [BRK] WHITE, Edward Stickley, ex convict I'm back on a quest I started some time ago. My great grandfather, Edward Stickley WHITE lived in Reading for a large part of his life, though he was born in Smethwick in 1847, and went to work in Yorkshire as a company secretary in 1871. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm back on a quest I started some time ago. My great grandfather, Edward Stickley WHITE lived in Reading for a large part of his life, though he was born in Smethwick in 1847, and went to work in Yorkshire as a company secretary in 1871.  He embezzled company money, and was sent to Dartmoor in 1875.  In 1877 he had a son born in Reading, and stayed there most of the rest of his life. He had no previous connection with Reading, nor did any member of the family. In 1873, two years before the embezzlement, Rev Vivyan MOYLE (no relative of ours) was sentenced to seven year's hard labour for a scam which involved forging the above Edward Stickley WHITE's signature.  Edward was under no suspicion at that time, but in view of subsequent events it makes you wonder.  I don't know which prison Vivyan went to, but he also went to Reading afterwards, where, incredibly, he was given another post as a vicar.  He doesn't seem to have had any particular connection with Reading before this. I don't know whether these two men were friends, but I'm interested in why they both chose Reading for their new start.  I'm wondering if Reading had any particular attraction for newly released prisoners.  Was there a rehabilitation centre, or anything of the sort?   Edward Stickley WHITE got a job at Suttons Seeds. Were they liberal employers who would be likely to take a risk with an ex convict?  I'm also thinking about ease of transport. I only have access to today's timetables, but there is today a direct line from Reading to Exeter, and I'm wondering whether his wife chose to flee the scandal and go where she could more easily reach her husband.  They stayed together until he died 45 years later.  I would be glad of any suggestions. Caroline

Hi Bridget, Well this is a big surprise, thank you for all the information. Do you think that Albert could have been a brother to James who was married to Ann born St Luke, Maidenhead. I am still looking for an Alfred in this family too? Alfred was married to Annie (could have been Annie Stone) They had a son named Frederick Ernest - he is the man I am looking for. Once again thank you - I really do appreciate your kindness. THE PERFUME OF YOUR KINDNESS TRAVEL EVEN AGAINST THE WIND. Have a lovely evening, >From a wet and cool Rustenburg, SA, Karin. -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of bridgethole Sent: 29 September 2009 07:03 PM To: BERKSHIRE Subject: [BRK] Smith Just possibly part of your family, Karin. 1881 census. (the part of Maidenhead which included St. Luke's parish was listed as Cookham until about 1894). 6 Albert Terrace (in St. Luke's parish): Albert Smith 27, engine driver, born Kingsley, Hampshire. Susan Smith 27, wife, born Cookham (Maidenhead). William 6 born Cookham (Maidenhead). Frederick 6 months, born Cookham (Maidenhead) and nephew Frederick Swaddling 16, a labourer. Older sons could have been away from home at the time, in service or apprenticeship. If this is your family, Susan's maiden name might have been Swaddling. Kind thoughts, Bridget (Maidenhead). __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4468 (20090929) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

I had a look on the Berkshire Marriage Index this morning in the Research Centre. The Thomas Stevens you were looking for, married in Caversham. Thomas Stevens, widower, of All Hallows, London Wall married Mary Cornwall on 14th July 1787 by licence. I hope this is the one you are looking for. Jean

Correction Karin. The nephew's surname was Swaddley. B.

Just possibly part of your family, Karin. 1881 census. (the part of Maidenhead which included St. Luke's parish was listed as Cookham until about 1894). 6 Albert Terrace (in St. Luke's parish): Albert Smith 27, engine driver, born Kingsley, Hampshire. Susan Smith 27, wife, born Cookham (Maidenhead). William 6 born Cookham (Maidenhead). Frederick 6 months, born Cookham (Maidenhead) and nephew Frederick Swaddling 16, a labourer. Older sons could have been away from home at the time, in service or apprenticeship. If this is your family, Susan's maiden name might have been Swaddling. Kind thoughts, Bridget (Maidenhead).

Hello Jean, This is what I was looking for my Cornwall/Stevens marriage. Thank you so much! Susie in the US

Researchers Last evening, eighty or so members of Oxfordshire FHS were privileged to hear a talk by Sharon Hintze entitled "The resources of the London (Hyde Park) Family History Centre". Those who could not attend the presentation can learn more about the centre by visiting its website :- _http://www.londonfhc.org/_ (http://www.londonfhc.org/) The website of The National Archives also contains a "podcast" by Sharon Hintze entitled "Using the London Family History Centre". This can be downloaded free of charge from :- _http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm_ (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/family-history-centre.htm) Enjoy ! Paul Gaskell Programme Secretary Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)