Hi Josephine and other readers When you refer to Stokes Croft, like below (thank you for one of the early maps that this group have provided on Bristol), does it just refer to the street of Strokes Croft or does it mean the area around this street. I just received back the death entry for Dr. James Rees, and it looks like he died at 15 Stoke Croft 14 Jan 1840, with Diana Snow of All Saints Street as the informant. I am yet to find any information on her in the family tree, so she may have been an assistant at his surgery. [This James Rees married Elizabeth Pocock, daughter of George Pocock of Prospect Academy, St. Michaels, Bristol]. What also interest me is yet another address nearby in 1841 (Census), that of John Staite of Stokes Croft [Pigot's Directory 1830 76 Stokes Croft] Some 22 years later (8 Jul 1863) the son of the above Dr. James Rees - Rev. William Lee Rees married the grand daughter of the above John Staite (Hannah Elizabeth Staite}, not in Bristol, but rather Melbourne, Australia. Did they know each other as very young children in Stokes Croft? I may not contribute much to your site, but I find correspondence most interesting. One day, someone is going to drop a hint for me, that will account for 3 Rees children from Haverfordwest, Wales marrying three of George Pocock's children. Like did the boys board at George Pocock's school or did they have a wealthy uncle or auntie living in the Stokes Croft area? Or was the Miss Rees School for Girls in the nearby street, a sister of their father David Rees of Haverfordwest? Keith -----Original Message----- From: bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:bristol_and_somerset-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Josephine Jeremiah Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 6:33 PM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [B&S] St. Andrew's, Montpelier, Baptist College,Almshouse & Charity School, Stokes Croft, Bristol, c.1853 Bristol as our ancestors saw it, c.1853. Continuing our route towards STOKE'S CROFT, we leave on our right another new church, dedicated to ST. ANDREW, in Montpellier, a populous district, built and opened for public worship in 1845. This district is taken out of Horfield and the parish of St. Paul. In Stoke's Croft, the BAPTIST COLLEGE attracts our attention. It was established in 1770, for the education of pious young men for the exercise of the Christian ministry in the Baptist denomination. The principal is the minister of the Broadmead Meeting, as elsewhere stated. The library of this academy is extensive, and contains every production of importance upon subjects of theology. In the museum are many objects of great curiosity, particularly a collection of Hindoo idols, received at different times from their missionaries in India. Respectable applications to view this establishment will not be refused. There is a UNITARIAN ALMSHOUSE and CHARITY SCHOOL, established in the Croft in 1726. The Almshouse contains fifteen women and one man, to whom various sums have been left by different individuals. The School number forty boys, who are clothed and taught reading, writing, and arithmetic. The building forms three sides of a quadrangle, the centre is the School, and the side wings form the Almshouse. -- Josephine Jeremiah http://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 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:40:52 -0000, Keith Rees <krees@ncable.net.au> wrote: > When you refer to Stokes Croft, like below (thank you for one of the > early maps that this group have provided on Bristol), does it just refer > to the street of Strokes Croft or does it mean the area around this > street. Hi Keith, The c.1853 reference to Stokes Croft was to the street rather than to the area around the street. > Some 22 years later (8 Jul 1863) the son of the above Dr. James Rees - > Rev. William Lee Rees married the grand daughter of the above John > Staite (Hannah Elizabeth Staite}, not in Bristol, but rather Melbourne, > Australia. > Did they know each other as very young children in Stokes Croft? They may have done, but it's likely that people who went to Australia from Bristol socialized with others from their home city after arriving in Australia. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com