Thanks Josephine, I do know about the site, those WORTHs are mine, they do crop up everywhere. Good to remind me though. (;-)) Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 11:49 AM Subject: [B&S] Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills I have been looking at Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills on Google Books and have recognized some names I've heard of before, including Edna's WORTH family. Here's the link to Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills: http://books.google.com/books?id=KB0-uDXRN-4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Abstracts+of+Somersetshire+Wills&hl=en&ei=qdPSTJXbNp2J4gb-2cWsDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQuwUwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false However, you can get there by going to Google Books and searching for Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi All, Following the link that Josephine posted earlier, I see that there are lots more "goodies" on this website. They include: Newspaper Indexes Parish Registers Somerset Trade Directory 1874-75 Inquests Miscellaneous The site is http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/ and is titled South West England Genealogical Indexes. On the Parish Registers page, it says "I am moving in the near future and thus these entries may soon disappear - please copy what you want now! God bless PM". The Author has clearly put a lot of work into the material on this website, so it's worth looking at what's there in case it disappears. Best wishes, Mike Gould Leicestershire -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: 04 November 2010 07:46 To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] Somerset Inquests and Murders 1825-1830 Somerset Inquests and Murders 1825-1830 http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/inquests/Inquests1825-30.pdf -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Somerset Inquests and Murders 1825-1830 http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/inquests/Inquests1825-30.pdf -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

In article <587164.77313.qm@web87006.mail.ird.yahoo.com>, skoula <skoula@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, I am looking for the mother of Ellen Taylor, she was born > around 1834, I think in Bristol. Her father was Thomas Taylor cabinet > maker. She married John Ashton in 1856 her address is shown as either > Wilder Street or Milder Street Bristol. I am also looking for John > (born about 1834)parents I have no information of either parent but > John had a son George Henry Ashton b 1858. Tony has kindly pointed out to me that In a previous e-mail I gave the wrong month for John's baptism as 2nd. February 1837, whereas it should be 2nd. July 1837. I can see how I mistook the figures of the months. I thought the 7 for July was a 2 for February. Easily done, when you are not wearing the right specs for the computer. Thanks, Tony:-) So -- the baptism should read: John ASHTON, son of George and Ann, was born on 27th. April 1833 and baptized on 2nd. July 1837 at the church of St. James, Bristol. Abode was St. James and father's occupation was cordwainer. This baptism is included in the B & A FHS Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols. 1 to 7 Index & Transcripts 1813-1837. http://www.bafhs.org.uk/shop/bapt.htm Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi Skoula John Ashton looks as though he was born in Bristol the son of George Ashton a shoemaker b abt 1810 Swerford? Lancashire, George is shown as a widower in the 1851 census they were living in the parish of St James Bristol the same as Ellen and her father. In 1841 census George is shown with John and an Ann b abt 1796 According to the BAFHS Baptismal Index John was born 27 April 1833 and baptised 2 July 1837 parents George and Ann at St James Bristol. Hope this helps Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "skoula" <skoula@btinternet.com> To: <BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:32 PM Subject: [B&S] Taylor/Ashton Hi everyone, I am looking for the mother of Ellen Taylor, she was born around 1834, I think in Bristol. Her father was Thomas Taylor cabinet maker. She married John Ashton in 1856 her address is shown as either Wilder Street or Milder Street Bristol. I am also looking for John (born about 1834)parents I have no information of either parent but John had a son George Henry Ashton b 1858. Many thanks Skoula. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In article <670625.14423.qm@web87006.mail.ird.yahoo.com>, skoula <skoula@btinternet.com> wrote: > HI Everyone, I have quite a large Spragg family living in Bristol. > Henry Spragg was born in 1839, he married Eliza Mary Ann (sometimes > called Margaret) Leeson. They lived at the house in the rear of 6 > Stoney Hill, St Augustine Bristol. On one of the Census he is shown as > born in St Johns Middlesex while on the others is says Bristol. > On the 1881 he is shown as born in Bristol St John and his wife St > Michaels, could the Middlesex be a transcribing error as I have no > connection to Middlsex. I think you meant 1829 rather than 1839 as the approximate birth year of Henry Charles SPRAGG is 1829 on the 1881 census. Here's a likely match for his baptism: Henry Charles SPRAGG, son of George and Susannah, was baptized on 16th. March 1828 at St. Augustine, Bristol. Abode was Pipe Lane and father's occupation was glazier. (The parish of St. Augustine is not far from that of St. John.) This baptism is included in the B & A FHS Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols. 1 to 7 Index & Transcripts 1813-1837. http://www.bafhs.org.uk/shop/bapt.htm Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Hi Skoula According to the 1851 census Ellen was born in Barnstaple Devon as was her father Thomas who is shown as a Widower. In 1841 the census shows his wife to be a Mary. Thomas is possibly the Thomas baptised 10 Jun 1805 son of Nicholas and Betty Taylor at St Peter Barnstaple Devon (FreeReg). Ellen has two siblings a Henry b abt 1835 and Mary Ann b abt 1840 both born Barnstaple Devon. Hope this helps Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "skoula" <skoula@btinternet.com> To: <BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:32 PM Subject: [B&S] Taylor/Ashton Hi everyone, I am looking for the mother of Ellen Taylor, she was born around 1834, I think in Bristol. Her father was Thomas Taylor cabinet maker. She married John Ashton in 1856 her address is shown as either Wilder Street or Milder Street Bristol. I am also looking for John (born about 1834)parents I have no information of either parent but John had a son George Henry Ashton b 1858. Many thanks Skoula. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In article <587164.77313.qm@web87006.mail.ird.yahoo.com>, skoula <skoula@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, I am looking for the mother of Ellen Taylor, she was born > around 1834, I think in Bristol. Her father was Thomas Taylor cabinet > maker. She married John Ashton in 1856 her address is shown as either > Wilder Street or Milder Street Bristol. I am also looking for John > (born about 1834)parents I have no information of either parent but > John had a son George Henry Ashton b 1858. Wilder Street is still in existence and it's not far from Eugene Street, where the ASHTON family was living in 1881. Here's a snippet about the origin of the name of Wilder Street. Veronica Smith, in 'Street Names of Bristol: Their Origins and Meanings' (2nd. edition 2002), noted that land in this vicinity was owned by Peter Wilder. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

In article <587164.77313.qm@web87006.mail.ird.yahoo.com>, skoula <skoula@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, I am looking for the mother of Ellen Taylor, she was born > around 1834, I think in Bristol. Her father was Thomas Taylor cabinet > maker. She married John Ashton in 1856 her address is shown as either > Wilder Street or Milder Street Bristol. I am also looking for John > (born about 1834)parents I have no information of either parent but > John had a son George Henry Ashton b 1858. This looks a likely match: John ASHTON, son of George and Ann, was born on 27th. April 1833 and baptized on 2nd. February 1837 at the church of St. James, Bristol. Abode was St. James and father's occupation was cordwainer. This baptism is included in the B & A FHS Bristol Diocese Baptismal Registers Vols. 1 to 7 Index & Transcripts 1813-1837. http://www.bafhs.org.uk/shop/bapt.htm Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

In article <587164.77313.qm@web87006.mail.ird.yahoo.com>, skoula <skoula@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, I am looking for the mother of Ellen Taylor, she was born > around 1834, I think in Bristol. > Her father was Thomas Taylor cabinet maker. She married John Ashton in > 1856 her address is shown as either Wilder Street or Milder Street > Bristol. Presumably you mean that Ellen TAYLOR was born around 1834, not her mother. In Gordon Beavington's transcription of the 1851 Bristol St. James census, widower, Thomas TAYLOR, 42, and his children, Ellen, 19, Henry 16, and Mary Ann, 11, were all recorded as being born in Barnstaple. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

HI  Everyone, I have quite a large Spragg family living in Bristol. Henry Spragg was born in 1839, he married Eliza Mary Ann (sometimes called Margaret) Leeson. They lived at the house in the rear of 6 Stoney Hill, St Augustine Bristol. On one of the Census  he is shown as born in St Johns Middlesex while on the others is says Bristol.  On the 1881 he is shown as born in Bristol St John and his wife St Michaels, could the Middlesex be a transcribing error as I have no connection to Middlsex. many thanks Skoula

Hi everyone, I am looking for the mother of Ellen Taylor, she was born around 1834, I think in Bristol. Her father was Thomas Taylor cabinet maker. She married John Ashton in 1856 her address is shown as either Wilder Street or Milder Street Bristol. I am also looking for John  (born about 1834)parents I have no information of either parent but John had a son George Henry Ashton b 1858. Many thanks Skoula.

On 3 Nov 2010 at 11:23, Josephine Jeremiah wrote: > On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:37:44 -0000, Roy Stockdill > <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > 1841 - 92 entries for YOUNG at Frome (including the families of my > > gt-gt-grandfather JOSIAH YOUNG and his brother JOB YOUNG). 1841 - 72 > > entries for RABBIT(T)S at Frome (including the aforementioned > > Charles Rabbitts with parents John and Sarah at Nunney). > > > I am prepared to believe that not all the Youngs were related, since > > it is a very common surname, but I feel it likely that most, if not > > all, of the Rabbit(t)s were. > > > Who else is researching these families? > > Roy, you might like to have a look at the Members' Interests on this > Bristol & Avon Family History Society web page: > > http://www.bafhs.org.uk/membership/membershipinterests.htm > > You'll see that one of the Frome surnames, you've mentioned, is being > researched. > Many thanks, Josephine! I have looked at the site and will contact the person concerned asap. Thanks again and best wishes -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:37:44 -0000, Roy Stockdill <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> wrote: > 1841 - 92 entries for YOUNG at Frome (including the families of my > gt-gt-grandfather JOSIAH YOUNG and his brother JOB YOUNG). > 1841 - 72 entries for RABBIT(T)S at Frome (including the aforementioned > Charles Rabbitts with parents John and Sarah at Nunney). > I am prepared to believe that not all the Youngs were related, since it > is a very common surname, but I feel it likely that most, if not all, of > the Rabbit(t)s were. > Who else is researching these families? Roy, you might like to have a look at the Members' Interests on this Bristol & Avon Family History Society web page: http://www.bafhs.org.uk/membership/membershipinterests.htm You'll see that one of the Frome surnames, you've mentioned, is being researched. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

On 1 Nov 2010 at 14:57, Maureen Carroll wrote: > The 3rd Rifle Brigade was formed in April 1855 largely by transferring > men from other battalions of the Rifle Brigade. > > My ancestor CORNELIUS WOODWARD RIPPON #1393 - was also a Sergeant in > the 3rd Rifle Brigade > and received the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for the capture of > Lucknow, > March 1858. > In the medal roll for the Indian General Service Medal 1854 - 1895 it > shows he also received the North West Frontier Bar at the same time. > This was awarded in 1877 for an action at Shubkuder (Shab Kadr) on > January 2nd 1864. > > The 3rd Rifles took part in the storming of Laloo and the capture of > Fort Mulkah and suffered casualties at Cawnpore, Fort Birwa, Sundeela, > Nawabgunge and Punno. He married his wife Mary Jane GRAY in Bengal, > India in 1866 & in 1868 they returned to Scotland where in due course > their children were born. He became a Drill Instructor for the 1st > Renfrewshire Volunteer Battn. > > I obtained so much information from members help on > britregiments@yahoogroups.com and they were able to advise me where to > find further records and his discharge papers at Kew etc. > > This may not answer your questions about later years but I found all > this info helped me to finally track him also some descendents who > confirmed seeing his medals, and cuttings from the local paper in 1908 > of his death and funeral. > > Every little snippet helps. > Indeed it does, Maureen, and I am most grateful for your contribution. The background to the Indian Mutiny is fascinating and until I came across Charles Rabbitts, father of Jonathan, I had no idea that I had a forebear - albeit not a direct ancestor but a sort of great-great-uncle by marriage - involved in it. I will follow up your info re the 3rd Rifle Brigade and see what else I can find on him. I still believe also that there must be a number of YOUNG and RABBITTS researchers out there, considering the extraordinary numbers of people of both names who appear at Frome in the Victorian censuses. If you look at, say, the 1841 and 1851 censuses, you get the impression almost half the town were Youngs and Rabbitts! For example..... 1841 - 92 entries for YOUNG at Frome (including the families of my gt-gt-grandfather JOSIAH YOUNG and his brother JOB YOUNG). 1841 - 72 entries for RABBIT(T)S at Frome (including the aforementioned Charles Rabbitts with parents John and Sarah at Nunney). I am prepared to believe that not all the Youngs were related, since it is a very common surname, but I feel it likely that most, if not all, of the Rabbit(t)s were. Who else is researching these families? -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Turn Back Time -- The High Street on BBC 1 at 9 p.m. tonight. This television programme features the Somerset town of Shepton Mallet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v7p71 http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/tv/todays-tv/2010/11/02/turn-back-time-the-high-street-bbc1-9pm-115875-22685439/ -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Bristol as our ancestors saw it, c.1853 We now enter Prince's Street; and on the first turning to the left, passing the EXCISE AND INLAND REVENUE OFFICE, we enter QUEEN SQUARE, two sides of which were burnt down in the riots of 1831. It encloses an area of seven acres and a half, bordered with elm trees, and railed in from the carriage way; with intersecting gravel walks across, and round the green between the trees. In the centre, upon a high Pedestal, is an equestrian statue of KING WILLIAM III. habited as a Roman Caesar; his right arm is extended, and in his right hand he holds a truncheon, which he points as if he were commanding. It is wholly of cast brass, executed by Rysbrach, and is universally allowed by connoisseurs to be the best equestrian statue in this kingdom. It was set up here in the year 1730. Towards its erection the Chamber of Bristol contributed £500; the remainder was defrayed by voluntary subscription of the principal inhabitants. Nearly opposite the statue, to the east, is the CUSTOM HOUSE ; and one branch of the BRISTOL DISPENSARY is in Charlotte Street, Queen Square. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A 1789 map of Queen Square and its surroundings is on my web site: http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com/bristolbits/bristol/Queensq.htm -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Bristol as our ancestors saw it, c.1853 ... recrossing the old Stone Bridge, at the bottom of High Street, we turn to the left, on the Welsh Back, (so called because the Welsh coasting vessels are stationed there during their stay in Bristol) and enter King Street, on the right of which is ST. NICHOLAS' ALMSHOUSE; and contiguous to it is COOPERS' HALL, now occupied by a CONGREGATIONAL BODY OF DISSENTERS. The THEATRE ROYAL adjoins, which GARRICK highly eulogized on the score of its just dimensions, and who wrote a prologue for the occasion of its opening, which was repeated by POWELL and ARTHUR, May 30, 1766. At a little distance on is the BRISTOL LIBRARY, partly the property of the citizens, and partly the property of the LIBRARY SOCIETY. Its affairs are managed by a committee of shareholders; and the annual subscriber, who must be a shareholder, has to pay £1:11:6. Next to this is the MERCHANTS' ALMSHOUSE, for nineteen superannuated seamen, and for twelve seamen's widows, who each receive 4s. 4d. weekly, besides an annual donation, given by Darby Allen, Esq., amounting to £32 : 10 : 4, which is equally divided between the twelve widows, half-yearly, by the senior churchwarden of ST. STEPHEN'S. By its side is the MERCHANTS' HALL, erected in 1701; and in 1790 it was newly fronted. The chief entrance is at the end of Marsh Street. George IV., on his visit to Bristol, when Prince of Wales, was received here in 1807. -- Josephine Jeremiah http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

Thank you to everyone who has e-mailed me on and off list about the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the opening of Downend Library and also to the many who have viewed the photographs of the event on our web site. I've been sent the link to the article about the event in today's Evening Post. Here it is: http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Author-s-began-50-years-ago/article-2820686-detail/article.html Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com

The 3rd Rifle Brigade was formed in April 1855 largely by transferring men from other battalions of the Rifle Brigade. My ancestor CORNELIUS WOODWARD RIPPON #1393 - was also a Sergeant in the 3rd Rifle Brigade and received the Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp for the capture of Lucknow, March 1858. In the medal roll for the Indian General Service Medal 1854 - 1895 it shows he also received the North West Frontier Bar at the same time. This was awarded in 1877 for an action at Shubkuder (Shab Kadr) on January 2nd 1864. The 3rd Rifles took part in the storming of Laloo and the capture of Fort Mulkah and suffered casualties at Cawnpore, Fort Birwa, Sundeela, Nawabgunge and Punno. He married his wife Mary Jane GRAY in Bengal, India in 1866 & in 1868 they returned to Scotland where in due course their children were born. He became a Drill Instructor for the 1st Renfrewshire Volunteer Battn. I obtained so much information from members help on britregiments@yahoogroups.com and they were able to advise me where to find further records and his discharge papers at Kew etc. This may not answer your questions about later years but I found all this info helped me to finally track him also some descendents who confirmed seeing his medals, and cuttings from the local paper in 1908 of his death and funeral. Every little snippet helps. Maureen, Ontario.Ca. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >