Hi Jon There are a few family trees on Ancestry that include this couple, unfortunately none of them include have Elizabeth's parents. Brightwell and Peasemore are about 30 miles apart. HTH! Best wishes, Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon's FH" <jons.fh@btinternet.com> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:33 AM Subject: [BRK] The HISSEY family of Berkshire > Hi everyone, > > With the relatively new style familysearch.org website up and running, I > thought I'd try and locate some info on my 4xGreat Grandmother's family. > Elizabeth married my 4xGreat Grandfather, John NIXEY at Upton cum Chalvey > in 1765. All indexes I've been able to find have her surname as HESSEY, > and one transcription of the entry notes that she signed her name HISSEY. > There aren't any entries on familysearch for HESSEY that come close to > being the right person, but there is an Elizabeth HISSEY bapt at > Peasemore, Berkshire, on April 11,1742, the daughter of Henry and Ann. > > Elizabeth NIXEY died at Upton cum Chalvey in 1813 aged 73, giving an > approx year of birth of 1740. This is the closest I've come to so far. > > Are there any HISSEY / HESSEY researchers out there who know more about > this family's movements please? > > My own NIXEY family have done a fair bit of jumping back and fore between > Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, including the above mentioned John who was > apprenticed for 7 years to a Wheelwright named William COX of Brightwell, > Berkshire in 1754. If he completed those 7 years, that could put him in > the Brightwell area until 1761, only a few years before he and Elizabeth > were married. > > Being totally blind, I'm unable to view online maps of Berkshire. Could > SKS please give me an idea of how far Brightwell and Peasemore were from > each other? > > With many thanks in advance for any hints, clues, suggestions and help, > best wishes to all, > > Jon > > ------------------------------- > 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 everyone, With the relatively new style familysearch.org website up and running, I thought I'd try and locate some info on my 4xGreat Grandmother's family. Elizabeth married my 4xGreat Grandfather, John NIXEY at Upton cum Chalvey in 1765. All indexes I've been able to find have her surname as HESSEY, and one transcription of the entry notes that she signed her name HISSEY. There aren't any entries on familysearch for HESSEY that come close to being the right person, but there is an Elizabeth HISSEY bapt at Peasemore, Berkshire, on April 11,1742, the daughter of Henry and Ann. Elizabeth NIXEY died at Upton cum Chalvey in 1813 aged 73, giving an approx year of birth of 1740. This is the closest I've come to so far. Are there any HISSEY / HESSEY researchers out there who know more about this family's movements please? My own NIXEY family have done a fair bit of jumping back and fore between Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, including the above mentioned John who was apprenticed for 7 years to a Wheelwright named William COX of Brightwell, Berkshire in 1754. If he completed those 7 years, that could put him in the Brightwell area until 1761, only a few years before he and Elizabeth were married. Being totally blind, I'm unable to view online maps of Berkshire. Could SKS please give me an idea of how far Brightwell and Peasemore were from each other? With many thanks in advance for any hints, clues, suggestions and help, best wishes to all, Jon

All The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 27 June 2011 at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with both genealogy and computers, and the bookstall, exchange journals and the library. After a brief AGM at 8.00pm, the subject of the talk is "The Saga of the Beckinghams and Kaiser Bill". This will be presented by Alex McGahey. Our speaker Alex McGahey is a retired bank official who now works for a local Oxfordshire charity. He is well-known in OFHS circles as a current member of the executive committee, as a recent Membership Secretary, and as a long-standing member of the Computer Group Panel. Alex has been researching his own family history since 1995 and has been conducting a "One-Name Study" of Beckingham, his maternal grandfather's name, since 2001. Alex became interested in World War I when he was given some papers relating to his Grandfather's military service. This prompted him to decide to ascertain who all of the nineteen Beckingham/Beckenham World War I casualties actually were, and how they fitted into his own family and other pedigrees. In 2002, Alex published the book that shares the name "The Saga of the Beckinghams and Kaiser Bill", although this also contains details of those of the Beckingham/Beckenham surname who came home. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. 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 Web : _http://www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, March 12, 1814; Issue 3177. BERKSHIRE ASSIZES. At these Assizes which commenced on Monday last, Charles WHITE , for horse-stealing, three indictments; James HERBERT , alias HARBAD , for breaking open the dwelling house of Rich. YOUNG , at Radley, and stealing thereout several articles of wearing apparel, etc; Mary Ann GOULD , ( removed by habeas corpus from Newgate ) for stealing 19 bank notes, of the value of 19 Pounds, the property of Wm. MENDLEY ; and William QUARTERMAN , for a burglary in the house of Sarah FIDLER , were severally found guilty, and received sentence of death.

Hi Has anyone heard of The Oval, City Road, Tilehurst? It is listed as an address on a birth certificate, but can find no trace of it. Any suggestions? Thanks Caroline

Paul do you post text of presentations on the web - this sounds fascinating and those of us who can't get there would love to know the answer! Wendy -----Original Message----- From: PaulGask@aol.com Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 2:42 PM To: BERKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRK] Vale & Downland Museum (Wantage) Family History Day - Tuesday14 June 2011 Vale & Downland Museum will host a family history day on Tuesday 14 June 2011. This society will be represented at the event by Alan Simpson, Howard Fuller and Tony Hadland, who will give help and advice to researchers, as well as having the society's "Search Services" - a database of census, baptism, marriage, burial and monumental inscriptions' data - available for consultation on computer. As part of the event, Tony Hadland will speak on "The Duke and the Miner's Daughter". Family tradition said that Tony's great-grandfather, Thomas Young, was the illegitimate son of a Duke. Using techniques anybody can employ, Tony discovered the truth was even more interesting than the legend. A second presentation on the same day will see Tony Hadland speak on "What my DNA test told me". After years of hesitation, Tony took a comprehensive DNA test. His aim was to prove or disprove a family tradition that his greatgrandmother was of Spanish descent. The test confirmed a cover-up ... The event and lectures take place at The Vale and Downland Museum, Church Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8BL. Admission is free. The family history day is part of the wider Wantage Summer Festival, the programme for which can be dowloaded from :- _www.wantage.com/downloads/programme2011.pdf_ (http://www.wantage.com/downloads/programme2011.pdf) Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer 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

Vale & Downland Museum will host a family history day on Tuesday 14 June 2011. This society will be represented at the event by Alan Simpson, Howard Fuller and Tony Hadland, who will give help and advice to researchers, as well as having the society's "Search Services" - a database of census, baptism, marriage, burial and monumental inscriptions' data - available for consultation on computer. As part of the event, Tony Hadland will speak on "The Duke and the Miner's Daughter". Family tradition said that Tony's great-grandfather, Thomas Young, was the illegitimate son of a Duke. Using techniques anybody can employ, Tony discovered the truth was even more interesting than the legend. A second presentation on the same day will see Tony Hadland speak on "What my DNA test told me". After years of hesitation, Tony took a comprehensive DNA test. His aim was to prove or disprove a family tradition that his greatgrandmother was of Spanish descent. The test confirmed a cover-up ... The event and lectures take place at The Vale and Downland Museum, Church Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8BL. Admission is free. The family history day is part of the wider Wantage Summer Festival, the programme for which can be dowloaded from :- _www.wantage.com/downloads/programme2011.pdf_ (http://www.wantage.com/downloads/programme2011.pdf) Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

>From Brandon Daily Sun ( Canada ) October 17, 1911 English Items Of Interest. Dr. BOGGIS , organist of St. Mary's Church, Reading, was drowned while bathing in the Thames.

Are they on the memorial at Runneymead? HB --- On Tue, 7/6/11, jocie <jocie@lineone.net> wrote: > From: jocie <jocie@lineone.net> > Subject: Re: [BRK] Wargrave Memorial to US Airmen who died in WW2? > To: berkshire@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, 7 June, 2011, 9:29 > Thanks Rhoda, > > This article from the Henley Standard is all I know about > it as well. Like > you I don't think there is a memorial, not in Wargrave > anyway. I just > thought it was worth asking. I have emailed the > Churchwarden to ask as well. > > Jocie > > -----Original Message----- > From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of CandROverson > Sent: 07 June 2011 01:41 > To: berkshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BRK] Wargrave Memorial to US Airmen who died > in WW2? > > Jocie > > See > > http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?6399-Mem > orial-too-B17-crew-at-Wargrave.-Berks. > > It doesn't look as if there is a memorial. > > Rhoda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jocie" <jocie@lineone.net> > To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 4:37 PM > Subject: [BRK] Wargrave Memorial to US Airmen who died in > WW2? > > > > Can anyone tell me if there is a war memorial to the > nine U.S. Airman who > > died on 13 November 1943 in a field near Wargrave? I > know the names of the > > nine men who died & the Radio Operator who > survived, but wondered if there > > is a memorial in Wargrave or elsewhere. > > > > Jocie > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

If you have shipwrights, ropemakers or Parrott, Perrott, or other variants of the name in your family you may be interested in the next meeting of the P-rr-tt Society which will be held in Chatham and Rochester over the weekend of June 10th - 12th. Local members may like to come and listen to the talk on Chatham Dockyard that will be given by Philip MacDougall on Saturday at 1.30pm. We shall then be moving to the historic Dockyard (group rate for admission). Or why not join us for a 30-minute ride on the paddle steamer the Kingswear Castle, departing Rochester Pier at 12 noon on Sunday. Lunch has been booked in the Cathedral tearooms in time to join the Sunday afternoon walking tour of Rochester and the buildings immortalised by Charles Dickens. Full details are available on the Society's web site at www.p-rr-tt.org.uk Meals can be booked and anybody is welcome to attend for all or part of the weekend. Please email me off list if you are interested. Hilary

Thanks Rhoda, This article from the Henley Standard is all I know about it as well. Like you I don't think there is a memorial, not in Wargrave anyway. I just thought it was worth asking. I have emailed the Churchwarden to ask as well. Jocie -----Original Message----- From: berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:berkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CandROverson Sent: 07 June 2011 01:41 To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRK] Wargrave Memorial to US Airmen who died in WW2? Jocie See http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?6399-Mem orial-too-B17-crew-at-Wargrave.-Berks. It doesn't look as if there is a memorial. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "jocie" <jocie@lineone.net> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 4:37 PM Subject: [BRK] Wargrave Memorial to US Airmen who died in WW2? > Can anyone tell me if there is a war memorial to the nine U.S. Airman who > died on 13 November 1943 in a field near Wargrave? I know the names of the > nine men who died & the Radio Operator who survived, but wondered if there > is a memorial in Wargrave or elsewhere. > > Jocie ------------------------------- 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

Jocie See http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?6399-Memorial-too-B17-crew-at-Wargrave.-Berks. It doesn't look as if there is a memorial. Rhoda ----- Original Message ----- From: "jocie" <jocie@lineone.net> To: <berkshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 4:37 PM Subject: [BRK] Wargrave Memorial to US Airmen who died in WW2? > Can anyone tell me if there is a war memorial to the nine U.S. Airman who > died on 13 November 1943 in a field near Wargrave? I know the names of the > nine men who died & the Radio Operator who survived, but wondered if there > is a memorial in Wargrave or elsewhere. > > Jocie

Can anyone tell me if there is a war memorial to the nine U.S. Airman who died on 13 November 1943 in a field near Wargrave? I know the names of the nine men who died & the Radio Operator who survived, but wondered if there is a memorial in Wargrave or elsewhere. Jocie

Colleagues The next computer meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 6 June 2011. 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 :- "Tracing your tree – Live! – An interactive session using internet resources". This will be presented by Alan Simpson, one of the society's foremost computer "gurus", who will be using websites - live - in order to answer questions from the audience as to their ancestry. Why not come along with your biggest "brick wall" and challenge Alan ? For those who live "out of county" or who are otherwise unable to attend, the usual detailed synopsis of the talk will be published in the "Oxfordshire Family Historian", the journal of the Oxfordshire Family History Society, which is issued to members of the society three times per year. 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. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

Dear Listers, A cousin of my grandmother, Leonard James Henderson, aged 73 died on the 18th Dec. 1959 in King Edward Hospital, Clewer Within, Winsor. His normal address was given as 64, Thames Eyot, Twickenham, and his occupation as technical representative(engineering).His son-in -law AVM White of Cornerways, 11 Basing Close, Thames Ditton, Surrey was the informant. I have tried checking with the Local Studies in Middlesex for a possible obituary or death notice that might cast more light on Leonard's life. There is not any. It is a bit of a long shot but I wonder given that he died in Berkshire if any such notice may have appeared in local papers. I know he had at least 2 marriages, the second to a Flora Gertrude Plowman. Best wishes, Mary

>From Daily Gazetteer ( London England Edition ), Friday, March 17, 1738; Issue 843. COUNTRY NEWS. Reading, March 13. - Last Saturday John STURABOUT alias Ambrose STRAINGE for Murder, and James BROWN for returning from Transportation, were both hanged here. STRAINGE was afterwards hung in Chains on Coldborne Hill in Tilehouse-heath, but James BROWN was taken away by his Friends, in order to be interred at Kingsclear among his Relations. They were both very Penitent, and behaved in a manner becoming Persons in their unhappy Circumstances. STRAINGE was born in Oxfordshire, and BROWN in Hampshire, both were bred to Husbandry, and were the Issue of very honest Parents. BROWN has left behind him a Wife, an honest industrious Woman, and one Child; but STRAINGE was never married. Neither of them were above 25 Years of Age. N.B. Not connected to our research, but, in other reports, the name of the murdered man was Mr. BLAGRAVE.

"Oxfordshire Past 2011" will be held on Saturday 4 June 2011 at the Methodist Hall, 40 High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 6HG. The event opens at 10.00am, and concludes at 5.00pm. The event is now well established in the Oxfordshire calendar for all those interested in history and archaeology. It has an extensive programme covering a range of talks from experts in their field. This society will be represented by Tony Hadland, who will be speaking on "The work of Oxfordshire Family History Society in 2010/11". For further details, and for directions as to how to book, please see :- _http://oxfordshirepast.org/_ (http://oxfordshirepast.org/) Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)

Please note - I have listed an incorrect e-mail address on my last post re pictures of Garford war Memorial. The address should read peter.stimpson@btinternet.com Thanks Peter --- On Sun, 29/5/11, PETER STIMPSON <peter.stimpson@btinternet.com> wrote: From: PETER STIMPSON <peter.stimpson@btinternet.com> Subject: [BRK] Garford War Memorial Tablet. To: berkshire@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, 29 May, 2011, 12:02 While  passing through Garford recently, I noticed that the War Memorial Tablet has been recently beautifully restored, making many names that were previously illegible now fully readable.   Clicking the following link shows the Memorial in Google Streetview before it was restored.   http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=garford&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=18.021622,39.331055&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Garford,+Abingdon,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.662654,-1.384535&spn=0,0.076818&z=14&layer=c&cbll=51.662672,-1.384343&panoid=XI-cA547Q6N-u3hkNM5IFA&cbp=12,175.07,,0,8.45   Below is my transcript of the names now listed.   ======================= 1914-1918 The men who served ======================= H. Adams J. Aldworth A. Bale T. Bale C. Bond F. Culley A. Dearlove J. Dearlove A. Duffield F. Dunsby W. Field D. Franklin F. Giles C. Green C. Harris G. Harris H. Ilott P. Keep F. Lamball F. Lay J. Lay T. Lay T. Lester P. Long W. Long A. Parrot G. Pike J. Pike M. Pope R. Powell A. Price A. Stimpson E. Stimpson F. Stimpson J. Tate F. Taylor J. Thompson A. Wells J. Wood ==================== 1914-1918 The men who fell ==================== R. Aldworth C. Carter C. Davis G. Giles E. Hudson P. Lay W. Orchard W. Walters A. Weaving N. Wyatt ======== 1939-1945 ======== S. Cooper H. Dore   I can supply a recent photo of the restored memorial to anyone that may have further interest. Just e-mail me your address to peter.stimpson@btinternet.com and I will send a jpg. ------------------------------- 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

Thank you Peter - will make contact with them Margaret In article <000901cc1dc3$d04039c0$70c0ad40$@martin>, Peter <peterj.martin@lineone.net> writes >Margaret, > >The "Reading Remembrance Trust" (http://www.readingremembrancetrust.co.uk) >does not list St Stephen in it's list of church memorials but it may be >worth contacting them. > >Regards > >Peter > >> Does anyone recall a war Memorial within St Stephen's Church in >> Watlington Street, Reading? >> >> I have contacted the present occupants (Polish Orthodox) who have no >> knowledge of a memorial. I have also contacted St John's Church which >> amalgamated with St Stephen's - they have no knowledge either. >> >> Does anyone remember the memorial? >> >> Do you know what happened to it or where it went when the church was no >> longer used by the C of E. >> >> Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. >> >> >> Margaret Young projects@berksfhs.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 -- Margaret Young margaret@breadmore.org Breadmore One-Name Study (GOONS 2503) http://www.breadmore.org/

While  passing through Garford recently, I noticed that the War Memorial Tablet has been recently beautifully restored, making many names that were previously illegible now fully readable.   Clicking the following link shows the Memorial in Google Streetview before it was restored.   http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=garford&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=18.021622,39.331055&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Garford,+Abingdon,+United+Kingdom&ll=51.662654,-1.384535&spn=0,0.076818&z=14&layer=c&cbll=51.662672,-1.384343&panoid=XI-cA547Q6N-u3hkNM5IFA&cbp=12,175.07,,0,8.45   Below is my transcript of the names now listed.   1914-1918 The men who served H. adams J. Aldworth A. Bale T. Bale C. Bond F. Culley A. Dearlove J. Dearlove A. Duffield F. Dunsby W. Field D. Franklin F. Giles C. Green C. Harris G. Harris H. Ilott P. Keep F. Lamball F. Lay J. Lay T. Lay T. Lester P. Long W. Long A. Parrot G. Pike J. Pike M. Pope R. Powell A. Price A. Stimpson E. Stimpson F. Stimpson J. Tate F. Taylor J. Thompson A. Wells J. Wood 1914-1918 The men who fell R. Aldworth C. Carter C. Davis G. Giles E. Hudson P. Lay W. Orchard W. Walters A. Weaving N. Wyatt 1939-1945 S. Cooper H. Dore   I can supply a recent photo of the restored memorial to anyone that may have further interest. Just e-mail me your address to pete.stimpson@btinternet.com and I will send a jpg.