Good find Linne. I did not have the marriage reference for John Bowles to Susan Heath. That and a couple of the other references in that posting fit in very nicely with: Excerpt from a letter from Charlotte Heath (daughter of Susan Heath's sister Sarah so Susan Bowles would be Charlotte's Aunt) to her brother George not dated but about 1861: "Dear Brother, all our mothers brothers and sisters are all dead except Aunt Hannah Carpenter and Aunt Olding who are quite well and send their kind love to you and all our cousins except cousin Hannah Carpenter who has been very ill nearly 18 months and has been gone to Bath hospital about a fortnight. You wanted to know Uncle and Aunts names in Montreal their names are John Bowles and Susan Bowles for Aunt Hannah received a letter from them about 1 year and ago when they were all very well but she have not answered it yet as cousin Hannah has been ill almost ever since." John and Susan Bowles did indeed end up in Montreal and founded an extensive family which is still in the area. Tom -----Original Message----- From: bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bowles-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Linne Gravestock Sent: 15 August 2009 01:55 To: Bowles List Subject: [BOWLES] John Bowles m. Susanna Heath, Somerset, England, 1819 ================================================== ===================================================================== David adds to this posting: If they wish to search the archives at Frome the following website will be useful; http://www.fromeresearch.org.uk:80/ There are other transcriptions on the Frome smailing list once you are a member, I believe not available elsewhere. Match: Bowles Source: ENG-SOMERSET-FROME@rootsweb.com From: "David ELLIS" <flodon@fireflyuk.net> Subject: Re: [ENG-SOMERSET-FROME] HEATH/GILES WEDDING Hi Verna, I found this collection of HEATH marriages on the Frome research site and wondered if it might help. There is no indication of parents on the transcription, but the family pattern may be of interest. no mardate grm-firstn grm-sur par condit bride-firstnbride bride-condit witness1- witness2 10 Sep 1804 Joseph HEATH Berkley Hannah HERITAGE T JONES John DEACON 81 20 Jan 1814 Edward OAKES widower Eleanor AYRES widow Wm CHUBB Wm HEATH 380 28 May 1816 James CARPENTER Hannah HEATH James WHITE H CRUSE 658 15 Apr 1819 John BOWLES Susanna HEATH Thomas BABER H CRUSE 134 28 Jul 1823 James HEATH Sarah FRENCH Benjamin ROBBINS Wm CHUBB 146 25 Sep 1823 Benjamin ROBINS Sarah HEATH James HEATH Wm CHUBB 183 07 Jun 1824 William HEATH Elizabeth GILES William DAVIS Wm CHUBB There are transcriptins for BMDs earlier than this in the Frome site; Frome St John Bapts 1759-1812 22 Nov 1760 John HEATH M Ralph Mary 22 Apr 1763 Ralph HEATH M Ralph Mary 14 Sep 1765 Thomas HEATH M Ralph Mary 02 May 1767 Mary HEATH F Ralph Mary 23 Jul 1769 Anne HEATH F Edith a bastard 06 Oct 1770 William HEATH M Ralph Mary 03 Mar 1810 William HEATH Joseph Hannah 08 Jun 1811 Joseph HEATH Joseph Hannah 17 Aug 1811 Louisa HEATH William Hannah They should form good tables if you widen your email window enough. These don't tie up into nice complete families, but I hope it might be of some use to you. Regards, David Ellis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Verna Bode" <misspop@bigpond.com.au> To: <ENG-SOMERSET-FROME-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 8:16 AM Subject: [ENG-SOMERSET-FROME] HEATH/GILES WEDDING > Hello > My GGrandparents were William Heath who married Elizabeth Giles on 7 June > 1824 in Frome Somerset. Is there any way I can get information from the > Parish Records at this early date. And if there is would the information > be > likely to give the names of their parents??? Where would I go to get > information from the records?? > > Hoping someone can help me with this > > Verna > Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOWLES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message