I think we've been here before - but is this your Thomas GULLY? Document held at Bristol Record Office 10th July 1831 Thomas Gully charged with stealing from Sam. Long P/B/C/1h It's my Sam LONG! Somewhere I have a copy of the document - I have a feeling it concerned a chicken but can't be sure. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 11:53 AM Subject: [B&S] GULLY Thomas, Oldland/Hanham/Bitton ?1841 census > At the beginning of the week, I was just about to start a reading break > from family history when I received a message from someone researching > my > Bitton GULLY family, who had picked up my name from the Bitton Families > web site: http://www.bittonfamilies.com/ > > Sifting through my GULLY notes, which were made a number of years ago, I > discovered that there are a number of gaps in my research for this family. > > More resources have been produced since I first started researching the > GULLY family, so I am in the process of filling some of these gaps, but > would be grateful for help with other gaps. > > I've discovered that my 3x great-grandfather, Joseph GULLY, had an elder > brother, Thomas. > > Thomas GULLY, the son of Samuel and Ann, was baptized on 12th. August 1810 > at Hanham, GLS. > > I think I've found I've found him and his wife, Susanna, in the 1851 > Bitton census in the household of blacksmith William CASWELL -- Thomas > GULLEY (sic), ag lab, 41, and Susanna, 39, both born in Hanham. > > I can't find a marriage for Thomas and Susanna in the B & A FHS Marriage > Index 1813-1837 or in the Bristol Diocese (South Glos) Marriage Registers > Vol 11 Groom & Bride Indexes & Transcripts 1837-1901. > > The thought has crossed my mind that Susanna may have been a second wife. > > I can find no children for Thomas and Susanna in the B & A FHS resources. > > So, Thomas GULLY is rather a mystery at the moment > > Could someone give me an 1841 census reference for Thomas GULLY/GULLEY and > his wife in the Oldland/Bitton/Hanham area, please? > > -- > 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 >

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:52:03 -0000, Pat Hase <pat@pathase.demon.co.uk> wrote: > I think we've been here before - but is this your Thomas GULLY? > Document held at Bristol Record Office 10th July 1831 Thomas Gully with > stealing from Sam. Long P/B/C/1h It's my Sam LONG! > > Somewhere I have a copy of the document - I have a feeling it concerned a > chicken but can't be sure. Hi Pat, Thanks for this. I couldn't recollect the occasion and have been looking through the archives, but didn't get a result. He could well be the Thomas GULLY for whom I'm looking and, if not, he could be a member of the same family. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com