Not my family, but a few stray marriages in Devon. Richard BISHOP of Brumvil, Somers.... [sic] and Catherine MULES 24 Jul 1796 at Barnstaple, Devon John CLARKE, widower, of Silworthy, Somers [sic], and Susannah COLLEY married at Barnstaple 12 Nov 1795 William STONE, merchant, of Taunton, and Mary OWENS married at Barnstaple, Devon, 1 May 1793 Benjamin BATTLE, blacksmith, of Froom, Somerset, and Hannah JAMES, married at Barnstaple 20 Feb 1791 Bev

Not my family but a Stray marriage or two. William POOL, of Norton, Somerset, of the N. D. [North Devon] Militia, and Sarah WILLMETTS married at Barnstaple, Devon 28 Jan 1799 Samuel RUSSELL, of South Petherton, of the Surry [sic] Cavalry, and Alice MERLEY married at Barnstaple 21 May 1799 Bev

Hi Edna Not sure from the narrative but do you have the British War Medal for him? or are you just describing how they were inscribed? The medal card for the man you mention shows he was entitled to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal but not the 1914/15 Star, therefore he did not serve in France before 1916 The T prefix means Horse Transport (M = Motorised) Is it possible your man served past 1920? If so his service papers would not be with the bulk of records damaged/destroyed during WW2 (although I doubt he would have been kept on as he would be 47 and there were a dearth of younger men But as you say approximately two thirds of the service records were lost in 1940 so chances are his were amongst them Pensions wise there is some on them here <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/first-world-war-pensions.htm> But as I understood it the Ministry of Pensions retain the records post 1920 and there is 100 year closure on them in any case Now serial numbers in the Army Service Corps can be problematic Where a mans records are suspected of being destroyed, a ploy that often helps is to look at men in the same Regiment with serial numbers around your targets Helpfully any man with a Silver War Badge (as opposed to the British War Medal) was entered on the SWB roll which records the mans details but also the date of enlistment Edward ASH ASC T4/159110 enlisted 30th March 1916 George William BOLDING ASC T4/159166 enlisted 3rd April 1916 So I would suggest your man enlisted between those dates But as conscription started for single men between 18 & 41 in Jan 1916 and your man was already over 41 when that was introduced, suggests he volunteered before the end of 1916 but was not called up until the start of April 1916 The criteria for conscription was changed to include married men in May/June 1916, which again suggests he volunteered rather than was called up Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/11/2013 18:27, liverpud wrote: > Was wondering if there are any pension files on my Grandfather. He > was born and lived in Bristol. Was in the Army 1914-1919 or > thereabouts. > > Possibly in France with the ASC ( Army Service Corps) which was > responsible for supplying and transporting the Army. His Army > Identification was Private E.T. Blake, A.S.C., (T4-159129) inscribed > on the British War Medal, which was approved by King George V in 1919 > to commemorate the services rendered by His Majesty's Forces and to > record the bringing of the War to a successful conclusion. ( Note: > "T" in his number signified Transport Division). Edna has a > photograph of the moustached Edwin in his Army uniform taken around

Hi Nivard, Thanks for replying. I have the British War Medal, which I believe is also called the Service Medal. Around its perimeter, it has his name and the No. T4-159129 inscribed. There was a card stating RASC, Roll number 101B109, pg. 11049 and that he was a Private. This card has been mislaid .... I don't think he worked past 1920. My Mum had said he had been in France but she was a little tot at the time, and stories can be misinterpreted. I do know that my Grandfather was working in Bristol just before WWI started: STAPLETON ROAD SCAFFOLDING ACCIDENT Inquest in the in the Western Daily Press (C.S. Bragg born 1856 Exeter died Bristol 1914) INQUEST ON THE VICTIM Saturday 11 July 1914 (Source: FindMyPast ) An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Charles Samuel Bragg (59), of 137, Whitehouse Lane, Bedminster, who on Thursday met his death in a scaffold accident at Stapleton Road. Evidence of identification was given by the deceased son. Edwin Thomas Blake, a sign writer, said that the deceased, together with himself, were employed by Messrs. W. J. Rogers Ltd., brewers. At a few minutes to two o'clock on Thursday they were both engaged in painting and writing a sign at the railway bridge in Stapleton Road. They were standing on a scaffold composed of four planks, giving a platform 18 inches wide and the length of two planks. They were supported on a set of iron brackets that were specially constructed for painting work on the bridge. A protecting rope ran all round the platform, and was about the height of one's hip from the boards. At the time of the accident the deceased was holding a pot of paint that witness was using, and with his free hand had hold of the rope, as far as the witness could say, the deceased fell over the rope without any apparent reason and appeared to be quite unconscious of what was happening to him, as he made no effort to save himself. During the time that they were up on the platform the deceased was quite sure of his footing, but remarked on the heat of the sun. In answer to Mr. S. H. Pomeroy, who appeared on behalf of the brewing company, the deceased man's employers, the witness said that the only reason that he could give for his mate falling was that he was overcome by the heat. The medical evidence showed that death was due to fracture of the skull and the shock accompanying it. As there were some question as to the safety of the planks and rope raised by the brother of the deceased, the case was temporarily adjourned for the jury to examine them. Upon their return they said that death was due to the causes set forth in the medical evidence, but in their opinion the planks composing the scaffolding were not suitable and the rope was much too low. With appreciation, Edna - Ottawa -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 5:20 PM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Edwin Thomas Blake 1873-1930 Army Pension Records Hi Edna Not sure from the narrative but do you have the British War Medal for him? or are you just describing how they were inscribed? The medal card for the man you mention shows he was entitled to the British War Medal and the Victory Medal but not the 1914/15 Star, therefore he did not serve in France before 1916 The T prefix means Horse Transport (M = Motorised) Is it possible your man served past 1920? If so his service papers would not be with the bulk of records damaged/destroyed during WW2 (although I doubt he would have been kept on as he would be 47 and there were a dearth of younger men But as you say approximately two thirds of the service records were lost in 1940 so chances are his were amongst them Pensions wise there is some on them here <http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/first-world-war-pensions.htm> But as I understood it the Ministry of Pensions retain the records post 1920 and there is 100 year closure on them in any case Now serial numbers in the Army Service Corps can be problematic Where a mans records are suspected of being destroyed, a ploy that often helps is to look at men in the same Regiment with serial numbers around your targets Helpfully any man with a Silver War Badge (as opposed to the British War Medal) was entered on the SWB roll which records the mans details but also the date of enlistment Edward ASH ASC T4/159110 enlisted 30th March 1916 George William BOLDING ASC T4/159166 enlisted 3rd April 1916 So I would suggest your man enlisted between those dates But as conscription started for single men between 18 & 41 in Jan 1916 and your man was already over 41 when that was introduced, suggests he volunteered before the end of 1916 but was not called up until the start of April 1916 The criteria for conscription was changed to include married men in May/June 1916, which again suggests he volunteered rather than was called up Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 14/11/2013 18:27, liverpud wrote: > Was wondering if there are any pension files on my Grandfather. He > was born and lived in Bristol. Was in the Army 1914-1919 or > thereabouts. > > Possibly in France with the ASC ( Army Service Corps) which was > responsible for supplying and transporting the Army. His Army > Identification was Private E.T. Blake, A.S.C., (T4-159129) inscribed > on the British War Medal, which was approved by King George V in 1919 > to commemorate the services rendered by His Majesty's Forces and to > record the bringing of the War to a successful conclusion. ( Note: > "T" in his number signified Transport Division). Edna has a > photograph of the moustached Edwin in his Army uniform taken around ------------------------------- 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

Hi Listers, Fifty years ago today the Beatles were at the Colston Hall, Bristol. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/FIFTY-YEARS-AGO-TODAY/story-20076943-detail/story.html Were any B & S listers there? If so, do you have any memories of the event? Josephine

Given that I was into looking at an Edward PARKER, Vicar of Bitton last week, I have since come across this in case anyone is interested. His son, Edward married Elizabeth ROSEWALL 16 Jun 1702 at Bitton [1909 International Genealogical Directory] Edward Milward Seede PARKER, Welford House, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, is interested in PASTON, Norfolk and Midland Counties--ROGERS, Bristol and Ireland--ROSEWALL, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire--RAWLINS, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire--MANSEL- Certified evidence required of relationship [if any] existing between John PASTON, of Norfolk -1421-1466, husband of Margaret MAUTEBY, or of any descendant of theirs, and either of the following:- Nicholas PASTON, King Swinford, Stafford, 1603-1621; John, same place, d. 1636; William living at Hales Owen, Shropshire, 1607; Edward, of Hales Owen, son of John, d. 1697; John, his son, Welford-on-Avon, Glouc.; d. 1689. No fee above a total of £5 will be paid for this evidence. Looking at FreeCen + 1881 census [Ancestery] one can take this Edward M. S. PARKER right back to Bitton/Upton Cheyney Regards Bev

Was wondering if there are any pension files on my Grandfather. He was born and lived in Bristol. Was in the Army 1914-1919 or thereabouts. Possibly in France with the ASC ( Army Service Corps) which was responsible for supplying and transporting the Army. His Army Identification was Private E.T. Blake, A.S.C., (T4-159129) inscribed on the British War Medal, which was approved by King George V in 1919 to commemorate the services rendered by His Majesty's Forces and to record the bringing of the War to a successful conclusion. ( Note: "T" in his number signified Transport Division). Edna has a photograph of the moustached Edwin in his Army uniform taken around 1920; with him is a friend who was in the Machine Gun Corps. Checked his Army record but apparently were in the Burnt Records meaning they were damaged or destroyed during WWII, at the War Office, London. An estimated 60% of the original 6.5 million records were destroyed. There is a card stating RASC, Roll number 101B109, pg. 11049 and that he was a Private. Also proves he received the silver British War Medal (Service Medal) and the Victory Medal. By receiving the Victory Medal it meant that he was in a theatre of war (overseas) so we can be fairly sure that he was in France. The qualification for award of the1914-15 Star was entering a theatre of war before the end of 1915, so there is a slight possibility that he was in the ASC before 31 Dec 1915. He was one of the lucky ones, he came home to Bristol. Thank you, Edna - Ottawa

Morning Bev, I'm always interested in my family name of millward but imnot sure I fully understand the relevance or chronology of your Edward Millward.Please could you point me in the right direction about this Edward? I have an Edward who settled north of Cardiff but my family Millward went far and wide at the turn of 1900,s. Please let.me know if you or. Anyone needs any info on any Millward, Bodman, Iles, Moore Regards John Sent from my BlackBerry® PlayBook⢠www.blackberry.com _________________________________________________________________ From: "B. Edmonds" <beverley@yourisp.com.au> To: "bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com" <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: 14 November 2013 04:12 Subject: [B&S] Edward Milward SEEDE PARKER [1909 International Genealogical Directory] Given that I was into looking at an Edward PARKER, Vicar of Bitton last week, I have since come across this in case anyone is interested. His son, Edward married Elizabeth ROSEWALL 16 Jun 1702 at Bitton [1909 International Genealogical Directory] Edward Milward Seede PARKER, Welford House, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, is interested in PASTON, Norfolk and Midland Counties--ROGERS, Bristol and Ireland--ROSEWALL, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire--RAWLINS, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire--MANSEL- Certified evidence required of relationship [if any] existing between John PASTON, of Norfolk -1421-1466, husband of Margaret MAUTEBY, or of any descendant of theirs, and either of the following:- Nicholas PASTON, King Swinford, Stafford, 1603-1621; John, same place, d. 1636; William living at Hales Owen, Shropshire, 1607; Edward, of Hales Owen, son of John, d. 1697; John, his son, Welford-on-Avon, Glouc.; d. 1689. No fee above a total of £5 will be paid for this evidence. Looking at FreeCen + 1881 census [Ancestery] one can take this Edward M. S. PARKER right back to Bitton/Upton Cheyney Regards Bev ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-requ est@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From International Genealogical Directory 1909 Sending to multi lists, apologies if you get this more than once. R.H. St. MAUR, Stover, Newton Abbot, Devon, England, is interested in WILLIAMS, Bristol, before 1485--KILLEGREW, Cornwall, before 1603--BONNELL, Stanton Harcourt, Oxford, before 1730--WEBB, Monkton Farleigh; and Seend, nr. Devises, both before 1730--BROCKBURY, Hereford, before 1360--SEYMOUR, 1640-- RASHLEIGH, 1640--POPHAM, Littlecote, before 1740--WALE, before 1707--WALSH, before 1590-- COKER, Laurence Lydiard, Somerset, before 1472--Wanted Pedigree of Dorothy KILLIGREW, md. Sir Ed: SEYMOUR of Berry Pomeroy, 1603-Arms of T. BONNELL of Stanton Harcourt, Oxford; formerly a London merchant; 1730--pedigree and arms of WEBB of Monkton Farleigh, son of Daniel W., of Seend, nr Devises; 1730--any information concerning Richard SEYMOUR, fourth son of Sir E. SEYMOUR of Berry Pomeroy, who md. Mary RASHLEIGH ( a Cornish family) and is believed to have gone with her to Conn., U.S.A., about 1640, though most books mention him as having died in Devon 1640--pedigree of Sir Francis POPHAM, of Littlecote, 1730--pedigree and arms of a Sir William WALE, before 1700--pedigree of John WALSH, a Justice of the Common Pleas, 1580--pedigree of Sir Robert COKER, of Laurence Lydiard, Somerset, 1460--pedigree of Mark WILLIAMS of Bristol, 1420--pedigree and arms of Simon De BROCKBURY of Hereford, about 1360 Bev

How many folk knew that there was a International Genealogical Directory in 1909? Remember the old GRD in the 1980'0--90's before computer days? These are not my families but whilst browsing through an edition of the IGD yesterday I came across a couple of Gloucestershire entries. James Montgomery RICE, Peoria, Ill., U.S.A., wants information about Thomas RICE and wife Mary, probably from Bristol, England, to Va. about 1685--about Thomas RICE, of North Carolina, about 1770--of David, William, Shadrach, and Mirajah, sons of William RICE, who d. 1733, Hanover Co., Va.--also of John Montgomery, and wife, Margaret, perhaps son of Major John M., near Lifford, Ireland, came to Delaware, 1722--and of John MONTGOMERY, Augusta Co., Va., 1740, md. Esther HOUSTON. Not my families Bev

This looks great Josephine, thank you. I will look into more of this. Also thank you for that link to Edward PARKER at Clifton. I will be busy today. If I can just sort this SEEDE family, I might find a link/ancestry to that GEATRELL family that I was chasing a few weeks back. I know he married a SEEDE. Someone on another List the other day brought up the advise to someone that you have never exhausted everything until you have researched all the people around them at the same time, including the in-laws. This is something I have tried to do [the in-laws that is and why my data base is so big], but not so much the " people around them " which gave me a whole new way of looking at things. So I am now chasing the " people around the SEEDE FAMILY " Thanks again for your help. Regards Bev >> In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER >> both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward >> PARKER? > >> Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. > > Hi Bev, > > The marriage of Edward PARKER, Vicar of Bitton (1691-1714), and widow, > Mary TYLER, on May 4th. 1693, is listed on the following Gloucestershire > Genealogy web page: > > Extracts From Parish Registers, Syston: > > http://www.glosgen.co.uk/records/systonpr.htm > > Josephine > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3222/6322 - Release Date: 11/09/13 >

> Hello Reg, This is exactly the sort of info I needed, and what a joy to read that he married a SEEDE. Josephine sent me a link to a Memoir not too long ago which I re-read yesterday and there was mention of a possible marriage from a SEEDE to a PARKER as I understood it. Hence my question to the List. Great stuff. It also appears from Famsearch, that there is a whole heap of Years missing in the BT's. Do you by any chance know what is available from the Record Office re these records as in buying the fiche? Is there much missing from them? How much is unreadable as I can not afford to spent lots of money if they cannot be read. Regards Bev >>> I would love to hear from anyone who has anything on the ancestry of >>> Edward >> PARKER M.A. who in 1691 was Incumbent at Bitton. > > Edward PARKER was husband of (1st) Alice SEEDE of Upton Chenney and, on > 25.10.1677 at St. Mary, Bitton bapt. a son Edward - he was born on > 10.4.1764 and later > married Elizabeth ROSEWELL. > > The Parkers of Bitton and Upton Chenney all married girls from rich > families and later benefited fron their inheritances. If you have heard > the expression "Nosy Parker" he was related to them and became a Bishop > in India. > > Reg Harris > >> >> I could not see anyone who fitted his description in the CCED Index. >> >> In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER >> both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward >> PARKER? >> >> There is then a George PARKER, child buried 29 Sep 1664 at Bitton. I >> would >> hope that this was a child of theirs. >> >> Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. >> >> Regards >> Bev Edmonds in Oz >> Very hot and dry and heading for a yukky summer. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3222/6322 - Release Date: 11/09/13 >

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 02:19:34 -0000, B. Edmonds <beverley@yourisp.com.au> wrote: > I would love to hear from anyone who has anything on the ancestry of > Edward PARKER M.A. who in 1691 was Incumbent at Bitton. > In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER > both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward > PARKER? > Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. Hi Bev, The marriage of Edward PARKER, Vicar of Bitton (1691-1714), and widow, Mary TYLER, on May 4th. 1693, is listed on the following Gloucestershire Genealogy web page: Extracts From Parish Registers, Syston: http://www.glosgen.co.uk/records/systonpr.htm Josephine

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 02:19:34 -0000, B. Edmonds <beverley@yourisp.com.au> wrote: > I would love to hear from anyone who has anything on the ancestry of > Edward PARKER M.A. who in 1691 was Incumbent at Bitton. > In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER > both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward > PARKER? > Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. Hi Bev, Ancestors of an Edward PARKER, born 1652, Clifton, who could be a match, can be found on the following web page: http://crossedbrushstudio.com/windowsintoourpast/Vol3/parker.htm Josephine

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [B&S] Edward PARKER M.A. 1691 Bitton Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:05:20 +0000 From: Reg Harris <rj.harris@ntlworld.com> Reply-To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Error on last message***** corrected on this one On 09/11/2013 02:19, B. Edmonds wrote: > I would love to hear from anyone who has anything on the ancestry of Edward > PARKER M.A. who in 1691 was Incumbent at Bitton. Edward PARKER was husband of (1st) Alice SEEDE of Upton Chenney and, on 25.10.1677 at St. Mary, Bitton bapt. a son Edward - he was born on 10.4.1764 and later married Elizabeth ROSEWELL. The Parkers of Bitton and Upton Chenney all married girls from rich families and later benefited fron their inheritances. If you have heard the expression "Nosy Parker" he was related to them and became a Bishop in India. Reg Harris > > I could not see anyone who fitted his description in the CCED Index. > > In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER > both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward > PARKER? > > There is then a George PARKER, child buried 29 Sep 1664 at Bitton. I would > hope that this was a child of theirs. > > Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. > > Regards > Bev Edmonds in Oz > Very hot and dry and heading for a yukky summer. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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

On 09/11/2013 02:19, B. Edmonds wrote: > I would love to hear from anyone who has anything on the ancestry of Edward > PARKER M.A. who in 1691 was Incumbent at Bitton. Edward PARKER was husband of (1st) Alice SEEDE of Upton Chenney and, on 25.10.1677 at St. Mary, Bitton - he was born on 10.4.1764 and later married Elizabeth ROSEWELL. The Parkers of Bitton and Upton Chenney all married girls from rich families and later benefited fron their inheritances. If you have heard the expression "Nosy Parker" he was related to them and became a Bishop in India. Reg Harris > > I could not see anyone who fitted his description in the CCED Index. > > In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER > both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward > PARKER? > > There is then a George PARKER, child buried 29 Sep 1664 at Bitton. I would > hope that this was a child of theirs. > > Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. > > Regards > Bev Edmonds in Oz > Very hot and dry and heading for a yukky summer. > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

I would love to hear from anyone who has anything on the ancestry of Edward PARKER M.A. who in 1691 was Incumbent at Bitton. I could not see anyone who fitted his description in the CCED Index. In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward PARKER? There is then a George PARKER, child buried 29 Sep 1664 at Bitton. I would hope that this was a child of theirs. Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. Regards Bev Edmonds in Oz Very hot and dry and heading for a yukky summer.

On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 02:19:34 -0000, B. Edmonds <beverley@yourisp.com.au> wrote: > I would love to hear from anyone who has anything on the ancestry of > Edward PARKER M.A. who in 1691 was Incumbent at Bitton. > In Painswick there is a marriage between an Edward PARKER and Ann RIDLER > both of Stroud who married 25 Jun 1654. Would this be the same Edward > PARKER? > Hoping someone can lead me into the right direction. Hi Bev, On September 28th. 1665, there was a Bristol Marriage Licence Bond for Edward PARKER, a gent. of Henbury, GLS and Mary MURFORD of St. Nicholas. The marriage was to take place at St. Stephen's Church. There are Bristol Marriage Licence Bonds for other people called PARKER in the Henbury and Westbury-on-Trym area in the 17th century. It's a long shot, but perhaps the PARKER family, whom you are seeking, came from this area. There were PARKERs in Stoke Gifford, GLS in 1692/3 who were feltmakers. They were James PARKER and William PARKER. There were a number of people called PARKER in Bristol who were listed in the Inhabitants of Bristol in 1696. Josephine

Wonderful things Logbooks! I knew nothing about them until I started my Teacher Training, January 1961. That year we had to do some local history and geography research alongside study of schooling. During a college holiday I went along to the village primary school (by appointment!) which I had attended from the age of 5-10. (Hampshire) The head, a woman (appointed temporarily aged 28 in 1942, and confirmed nearly 18 months later - all in the log book) gave me free rein. All the books were then at the school. I spent hours there and 50 years on, still remember some of the entries. She must have held back the modern ones because I found nothing on people I knew! What I DID find were sometimes funny, some tragic and a very clear picture of rural life emerged. One day --Joe Bloggs sent home to wash his hands Next day - Joe Bloggs sent home to wash his hands again. Third day - Joe Bloggs beaten, then sent home to wash his hands and to return with them clean thereafter! The school itself in my time, 1947-53, still had outdoor bucket privies daily emptied by the caretaker into the cesspit under the playground - usually after school hours, but occasionally during a platime - we retreated to the extreme edges while he did this! There were two wash basins - cold water only - and food was brought from a central kitchen in Winchester. Again there was only a cold tap in the tiny "kitchen". Many of the houses in the village STILL did not have such facilities in the 1950s. Our house only had electricity around 1956. Other very sobering items in the logbooks were accounts of children and staff (3 only in my time, 2 or 3 in 19thC and early 20thC) being ill and dying in epidemics of measles and I think diphtheria. There were reports of school inspections - very different from now - and in general it was the children who were found to be at fault if things were not up to scratch! This experience was one which really showed me how primary sources bring alive the social attitudes and conditions of a given moment Jean Wood http://www.cheziris.eu/Duterrau.htm http://www.saintes-fleur-de-sel.fr/index.htm > Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 08:54:34 +0000 > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > From: jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com > Subject: [B&S] Vintage logbooks found in school's attic - Shepton Mallet Journal > > Hi Listers, > > School logbooks found at Evercreech Primary School feature in this Shepton > Mallet Journal article: > > Vintage logbooks found in school's attic > > http://www.sheptonmalletjournal.co.uk/Vintage-logbooks-Evercreech-School-attic/story-20021669-detail/story.html > > School logbooks make fascinating reading, especially the punishments. > > Josephine > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hi Josephine When I was at grammar school we had a teacher for Latin called Mr Frewer his method of correcting mistakes was to apply a plimsoll called "Jimmy" to your rear end. I was lucky only being on the receiving end once for a mistake in translating a sentence in " Ceasar's Gallic Wars". However some of my classmates were not that fortunate. Tony -----Original Message----- From: Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 1:51 PM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Vintage logbooks found in school's attic - Shepton MalletJournal On Thu, 07 Nov 2013 13:25:27 -0000, Tony Harrison <a.harrison@tesco.net> wrote: > Hi Josephine >> School logbooks make fascinating reading, especially the punishments.< > Unless you are on the receiving end. Hi Tony, Ian and I have been talking about being on the receiving end! He was caned for running through the school toilets and has never forgotten it. At the age of seven, a teacher smacked me on the leg with a ruler for something I hadn't even done. It was a wooden ruler with different numbered blocks of colour showing each inch. I never forgot the look of that ruler. Years later, when I was a teacher, I avoided using similar wooden rulers as they brought back the memory. Josephine ------------------------------- 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