Hi Pat Just an 'off chance' that I sent you the info. As you and I know, sometimes these people throw in a few surprises! My more serious genie interests lie with the William OSBORNE family from Bristol, UK and Sarah STRONG family from Combe Florey, Somerset. Sorry couldn't give you some good news :-)) Regards Sandra Auckland New Zealand -------------------------------------------------- From: "Pat Hase" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:26 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [B&D] Elizabeth STOKES born 1848 Portbury - lived Wraxall. > Hi Sandra, > > Thanks for replying but I can't see any links at the moment. > > On the 1841 census your family - with Elizabeth STOKES as a 4 year old > daughter are at Branston in Leicestershire and her parents are said to > have > been born in county i.e. Leicestershire. > I see that the whole family were on board the Randolph when it arrived in > Lyttelton. > > I also see on Familysearch - the beta site - that a William STOKES married > a > Sarah WARD 13 April 1835 at Croxton Keyrial, Leicestershire. There is a > place called Croxton Kerrial which is not very far from Branston in > Leicestershire so this does look like a possible marriage for the parents > of > your Elizabeth. >>From the same site I see that a William STOKES was christened in Branston >>24 > Aug 1817 s/o Thomas & Sarah > > Leicestershire is out of our area and STOKES is a relatively common name. > My > family appears to have been in Somerset for quite some time so I think it > is > fair to say that I would be surprised if there was a connection between > out > families. > > Hope you find time to unpack your boxes soon! > Best wishes > > Pat > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Somers" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:39 PM > Subject: Re: [B&D] Elizabeth STOKES born 1848 Portbury - lived Wraxall. > > >> Hi Pat >> >> I have just shifted house and have no genealogy time, much of my info is >> still in boxes....however, >> >> I have an Elizabeth STOKES ( 3 x gr.grandmother) As I haven't validated >> England information that was given to me on this one, you may wish to >> look >> further for any connection back in UK. >> >> Elizabeth STOKES >> b. Branston, Leicestershire, England 29 Oct 1836 >> Arrived at Lyttelton, New Zealand on 'Randolph' (historically for NZ, >> one >> of the 1st Four Ships') 16 December 1850. >> Embarkation: London >> >> Her parents were William STOKES b. abt 1818 place unknown to me and >> Sarah STOKES b. abt. 1815 place unknown to me. >> >> I have a huge amount of family history including photographs on this >> family >> in NZ. There was a family reunion in 1950, celebrating 100 years in New >> Zealand and a lot of 'catching up of information' was completed. LARGE >> FAMILIES. If there happens to be a connection, happy to hear from you >> again. >> >> Regards >> Sandra >> Auckland New Zealand > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >