There is a slash missing. The link should be: http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk Karen > -----Original Message----- > From: brigit cox [mailto:brigitc@containerships.ie] > Sent: 16 July 2001 14:26 > To: BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: Blaxhall > > > Geoff, > > I cannot seem to get this link to work, is there something wrong. > > Regards, > Brigit > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Blaxall [mailto:geofflewinblax@cwcom.net] > Sent: 15 June 1998 21:56 > To: BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Blaxhall > > > Dear Simon Knott, > > I have watched with interest your progress across Suffolk gradually > catalogueing > (?) the County Churches. > > This evening I was overwhelmed to see that you have reached St Peters > Blaxhall > and you will understand why I have copied your website address to the > BLAXALL > Family Mailing List which currently reaches of the order of 22 members of > the > Blaxall/Blaxell/Blaxill Family around the globe. It is generally > accepted by > genealogists that we originated from Blaxhall and I am sure that your > feature > will help to cement family bonds in Canada, USA, Australia, South > Africa and > New > Zealand. There is even one family member teaching at college in Beijing, > China ! > > < http:/www.suffolkchurches.co.uk > > > Yours very sincerely > > Geoff Lewin Blaxall > Hextable, Kent. >

Geoff, I cannot seem to get this link to work, is there something wrong. Regards, Brigit -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Blaxall [mailto:geofflewinblax@cwcom.net] Sent: 15 June 1998 21:56 To: BLAXALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Blaxhall Dear Simon Knott, I have watched with interest your progress across Suffolk gradually catalogueing (?) the County Churches. This evening I was overwhelmed to see that you have reached St Peters Blaxhall and you will understand why I have copied your website address to the BLAXALL Family Mailing List which currently reaches of the order of 22 members of the Blaxall/Blaxell/Blaxill Family around the globe. It is generally accepted by genealogists that we originated from Blaxhall and I am sure that your feature will help to cement family bonds in Canada, USA, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. There is even one family member teaching at college in Beijing, China ! < http:/www.suffolkchurches.co.uk > Yours very sincerely Geoff Lewin Blaxall Hextable, Kent.

Hi folks I visited the English Origins site which has some searchable indexes ( for a fee!!) Here's a summary of one I came across London City Apprenticeships Abstracts: search results Blaxall David, son of Robert, Wickham Market, Suffolk, brickmaker (deceased), to John Glover, 3 Feb 1713/4, Glaziers' Company Best wishes Angela

Hi Angela, Thanks for forwarding the Blaxill burials, managed to fill in one blank in Hertfordshire so it was worthwhile. Went into the Essex web page just for interest on the Blaxill side, then tried a few other names I have on my tree it was quite interesting until I typed in two of the surnames, LAW and RULE, where as you can imagine I got masses of unrelated material! Many thanks anyway. Rosalind. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Dear Elaine, I suspect Mary SLYFIELD married "Mr" BLAXALL somewhat later than 1885, as I have found the following two births registered at Maldon Registration District which would have covered Tolleshunt D'Arcy. Dorothy Mary BLAXALL Quarter ended December 31 1898 Carl (?) Glyn (?) BLAXALL Quarter ended September 30 1894 It is a reasonable assumption that most people are born in the same quarter in which their birth is registered. However, if one is born near the end of a quarter, it is not unknown for the registration to take place in the next quarter ! You could apply for copies of the original Birth Certificates which would give you the father's name & occupation, the mother's maiden name and the actual place of birth, but these are not cheap and you want to be sure these are the ones you want before splashing out money ! Sorry about the question marks - Carl (?) Glyn (?) the original entries were handwritten into the Index ledgers which themselves, after many years of handling, were microfiched, ink blots, page corners turned down and all ! I gave myself the task of extracting all BLAXALL entries from the microfiches, complete with variations, from 1837 and still haven't finished them all. I had great trouble trying to decypher the earlier entries. I'm fairly certain about the "Carl" entry (although I did wonder about the use of a Germanic first name), but the "Glyn" was a pure guess on my part, I could not think of any other first name that would have fitted. Hereunder are the only male BLAXALL marriages I have for the Maldon District during the period 1837 - 1900. Henry James BLAXALL 1875 03 31 Maldon Edward James BLAXALL 1878 09 30 Maldon Ernest BLAXALL 1892 12 31 Maldon William Robert BLAXALL 1897 03 31 Maldon From these one could hazard a guess that the guy you are seeking is Ernest BLAXALL who was married in the quarter ended 31 December 1892. This marriage would seem to be just that leetle bit more justified for the births of Dorothy Mary (1898) and Carl Glyn (1894) than the circa 1885 you are quoting. Here again a copy of the Marriage Certificate would prove who Ernest married, but we still can't be too sure for spending money ! I once visited the Family History Centre, looked at the original hand-written Indexes, paid out circa £85 & when the Certificates turned up in the mail about a week later, only two of them were mine ! I had spent a fortune on very distant cousins several times removed ! Do you have any other info you can pass on for Angela and/or me to "process" so that we can narrow the field somewhat ? Meanwhile you might like to subscribe yourself to the BLAXALL Mailing List ? That way you would pick-up any Blaxall snippets that might be posted. Send an e-mail to < BLAXALL-L-subscribe@rootsweb.com > with the word "subscribe" (but without the quote marks) in both the Subject Box & the Body of the message. Kind Regards Geoff Lewin Blaxall

Hi folks - Angela again For those of you who are related to the Essex Blaxall line check out the new online service offered by Essex record office called SEAX http://www.essexcc.gov.uk/heritage/ero/seax/default.htm Click on search SEAX button Click on search menu click on keyword search click on personal names enter Blaxall as the surname and read summaries of the 41 documents held relating to the family Just a sample - 25 March 1852 Mortgage for £3600 with interest at £35 per century p.a Jas William Blaxall of Tolleshunt D' Arcy, baker, to George Belcham of Rayleigh, draper Property as in 801/30, also messuage called Pollings with cottages, gardens, etc.,in Tolleshunt D. Arcy, copyhold of manor of Tolleshunt D' Arcy [occrs] Signatures of both parties These documents can also be ordered online Best wishes Angela

Hi everyone I have received this email - can anyone help out as to Mr.Blaxall's first name ? Best wishes Angela -----Original Message----- From: Elaine [mailto:fogbell@ihug.co.nz] Sent: 25 March 2001 22:56 To: award@cableinet.co.uk Subject: BLAXALL - Essex Hello Angela, Noticed your listing for the surname Blaxall on the Essex surnames list. My great-grandfather's sister, Mary Slyfield, married a Mr Blaxall c. 1885 and lived at Tolleshunt D'Arcy at least until 1935. They had a daughter Dorothy and maybe a son Carl. Do any of these names mean anything to you? Regards Elaine Bell Auckland, New Zealand

Hi folks Hope all is ok with you all ? Sorry I have been out of circulation -PC problems?work/illness etc etc Anyway I am back and I have just got a new toy - the National burial index CD I have extracted all the Blaxall +varients as an excel and a csv file. Anyone who wants a copy please email me direct and state which format you would like and I'll send. A note of caution though - not all parishes are covered and the dates covered vary - for example there are NO Essex Blaxall entries - Witham and Tolleshunt - have not been indexed and Middlesex/Surrey are very lacking. However Suffolk is extremely well covered. Best wishes Angela

Hello everybody, I'm just wondering if anyone has come across any Blaxhals in the Diss area between 1750 -1760. Jemima was my great x 6 grandmother and I am trying to find her parents. Thank you Brigit

Hang in there Brigit ! You may have to wait awhile but I am sure that our two greatest activists on this list, Carlton and Angela will come up with some response in the not too distant future. Trouble is, they are both very active people and find it hard to respond immediately on the Web. Nevertheless they will come back to you for sure. Meanwhile you may care to share what you have with approx 18 other Blaxall/Blaxhall/Blaxill/ etceteras around the Globe ranging from Washington DC via Canada and South Africa to Australia and New Zealand ! Welcome to the clan ! Me ? I'm in good old south east England just south-west of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge over the Thames at Dartford. So where are you ? I am suitably impressed by "containerships" as an ISP, but where, Oh where, is ".ie" ? As regards "Frenze, Norfolk", I cannot find this location in Mapquest.com, but I do find a "Frenze, Lancashire". Could you be mistaken ? or possibly have inadvertently mis-typed ? Please be kind enough to feed us with whatever you can, it is all grist to the mill and may well be the material another researcher is seeking!! Kind regards Geoff Blaxall

Hello, I am looking for any information on Jemima / Clemima Blaxhall born in Frenze, Norfolk between 1755 - 1763. She married Joseph Thurlow 30/3/1779 in Frenze. I have come to a total standstill so I would be grateful for information on any Blaxhalls in the area at this time. Thank you Brigit Cox

Hello, I am looking for any information on Jemima / Clemima Blaxhall born in Frenze, Norfolk between 1755 - 1763. Also if anyone has any other Bloxhall's born around this time. Thank you Brigit Cox

Hi Angela, Hope all is well. I have the following:- 1881 Census Living at South St, Romford 28 year old Henry Blaxall born Malden 26 Mary wife born Malden 4 Freddy son born London 1 Louisa d born Romford 15 Jane Gepp(sic) cousin to Henry From the IGI Robert Blaxall = Hannah Jane Jepp(sic) 10 May 1852 St Dunstan Stepney (not a million miles from Romford or Malden) I think this next is also from the 1881 48 year old Robert Blaxall butcher born Tolleshunt D'Arcy living Malden 49 Hannah wife born Malden 14 William Robert son born Malden Could this last Hannah be the one you are seeking ? Especially as 1881 - 48 = 1833 ! Regards Geoff Lewin

Hi everyone Hope you are all ok I have just had an email from someone enquiring about Robert Blaxall born 1833 Tolleshunt married to Hannah GREATREX now I have Hannah Jane Jepp - but i have no marriage for them - has any body got anything else got info on the Hannah ? I have sent details of the Blaxall mailing list so hopefully they will join. Best wishes Angela Ps if anybody is waiting for info from me please eamil me direct - I had major PC problems last year and many messages went "for a burton" !!

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------0C4EEC545BDFA2F2EDA9FE1F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------0C4EEC545BDFA2F2EDA9FE1F Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from wpk-smtp-relay.cwci.net ([195.44.63.19]) by cwcom.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.537.53); Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:48:00 +0000 Received: from [195.44.148.71] ([195.44.148.71]) by wpk-smtp-relay.cwci.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.537.53); Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:46:01 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 22:47:12 +0000 Subject: Blaxall search From: Jon <jonhowell@mac.com> To: Geoff Blaxall <geofflewinblax@cwcom.net> Message-ID: <B6814570.45A%jonhowell@mac.com> Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Return-Path: jonhowell@mac.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Hi Geoff Just seen your name on the Red Deer Canada site, and thought I'd drop you a quick line. We've not met or spoken but you know my mother Diana Howell. I've recently been entering the info you sent us onto the computer, lots of good stuff. Mum would love to hear from you as she has some stuff to add to your tree. Have just replied to Angela Ward's posting looking for Norris Blaxalls, and then found your posting on the next link. Still looking for info on Lilian Blaxalls parents Frederick and Harriet but without success, except for the fact that Frederick obtained a passport in 1898. Can only guess that they emmigrated but no idea which direction they took, more than likely towards the west as that's where a number of Blaxalls seem to be. Look forward to hearing from you Regards Jon --------------0C4EEC545BDFA2F2EDA9FE1F--

Hi Carlton ! Welcome back to the fold after your multitude of problems. I am responding via the List as I have info in which others may be interested. A slightly distant cousin Chris Miller has made contact and I have incorporated his findings into "My Paternal Line" on the "Snazzy List" page of my web-site to save re-typing them here. Briefly our Frederick who got done for £5 twice within a few months, not only did time twice in prison for theft, but also spent a period in the Plomesgate Workhouse at the same time as John & Maria Hart and their children. I find it uncomfortable to learn that an ancestor of mine was so stupid as to try stealing two geese and a gander at the same time ! Two birds I could understand - but three ??? The noise must have been terrible ! Chris reminded me of something that I think I knew from way back. A brother and sister married a sister and brother. His grandmother was sister to my grandfather. She married John Hughes and my grandfather married John's sister, Catherine Mary Ann. All the pieces gradually go together Regards to all Geoff Lewin

Hi Giles, Thanks for your e-mail referring to Joan BLAXALL. I'm afraid I have no knowledge of the lady but am forwarding this correspondence to BLAXALL-L@ rootsweb.com, the BLAXALL [and variants] mailing list. I am sure we will get a response, probably from my cousin Carlton BLAXILL, who has traced our line(s) back to a marriage 2 July 1621 in Yoxford, Suffolk between John BLAXALL and Agnes (Ann) WYTHE. Perhaps Joan was John's sister ? Assuming Joan and Agnes married in their own parishes, John would have been courting a girl living about 28 miles away which seems a bit far to me, but one should never pre-judge a case ! Regards Geoff Blaxall Giles Colchester wrote: > I was interested to read your correspondence in Rootsweb, as I have a > Blaxall in my tree who comes from reasonably close to Sudbury. Joan > BLAXALL married a Roger Colchester in Great Blakenham in 1629. They > lived in Barking and Needham Market in Suffolk. If you have a > connection with this, I would be interested to hear. Every so often I > go past the Homerton hospital. I recollect that the roads are two > ways around it, but I wouldn't be taking the quickest route to get > between your two roads. Wishing you every success in your > researchesGiles Colchester, researching family COLCHESTER

Hi, Geoff Blaxall stopped by my site, postcards.rootsweb.com and created a Virtual Card just for you! To pick up your card, simply point your browser at the page listed below. http://postcards.rootsweb.com/cards/dec14-3127628569.html The card will remain on the server for about one month, so please print it out or save it as soon as you can.

Hi Karen The best way for you to get back further is to get a birth certificate for one of Walter’s children. This will give you a maiden name for Walter’s wife – Harriet. With this information you could get a marriage certificate which will show both fathers – if Walter’s mother was single then no father will be shown – or then again it might !! You said they married in Devon in 1857 – do you have a certificate – I only query it because there appears to be no obvious link to that area of the country and Harriet was born in Surrey. There is a lot of Devon Blaxalls but I don’t know if that marriage is connected to them rather than your branch If you want any advice on how to go about getting certificates email me direct and I can let you know how to go about it. By the way what part of the world are you from ? Got to go – children need feeding again !!! Best wishes Angela

Dear Karen, You may rest assured that, if the GRO Death Certificate you hold for Walter Thomas BLAXALL states the cause of death to be Tuberculosis, then that is the truth of the matter, as the Registrar was, and still is, required by Law to quote the cause of death as certified by at least one qualified Medical Practitioner. There can be no question whatsoever of a possible "cover-up" by the Authorities, indeed, such a lynching would be of immense propaganda value in helping to break the strike. In any case, the term "blackleg" is a noun, not a verb. In American terminology a "blackleg" is a cheat or cardsharp. In English terminology a strike-breaker or attempted strike-breaker. In both cases one becomes a "blackleg" by one's own actions (or lack of them), one cannot become "blacklegged" by others. I suspect your aunt is confusing being "blacklegged" with being "blackballed". This is a process whereby someone applying for membership of a club, or society that operates in this fashion, is voted upon by the existing members, not by a show of hands or by ballot paper, but by secretly putting a small coloured ball into a closed box for scrutiny by officials after all members have had the opportunity to cast their vote. Provided all the balls in the box are white, then the candidate is deemed elected to membership. However, if there is at least one black ball, then the application is rejected. The same procedure is sometimes followed on questions of discipline, indiscretion or alleged misbehaviour by existing members. The phrase "He was blackballed from the Club" had a dramatic effect on one's social life in Victorian and Edwardian times ! Bless your aunt for a good story though !! Geoff Blaxall