Some of my ancestors came from Bridgwater, especially the sea-faring Roberts family, who had many trade links with Bristol. I used to have a little bronze or copper metal strip which I picked up in an antiques fair years ago, inscribed with the word Bridgewater together with the name Andrews. I'm sorry I can't lay my hands on it right now to confirm the details, which are from memory. I think it also had a date in the 1790s. I have no idea what its purpose was, but it intrigued me as a -cheap - memento of an ancestral home. I'll see if I can dig it out. Regards Giles ---- Original Message ----- From: "Sue" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [B&S] 1881 census help > Hi Mike, > > Don't know whether you know this but there are a lot of Andrews living > Dorstone, Herefordshire up until early 1800's. I believe some still lived > there after that but it is possible that their siblings migrated to > Bristol > for work. > > Best wishes > > Sue in Suffolk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Matthews" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 10:00 AM > Subject: [B&S] 1881 census help > > >> Hello, >> >> >> >> If anyone fancies a challenge, perhaps they could try looking for William >> Edward Andrews b 1862 Bristol and his sister Florence Rebecca Andrews b >> 1868 >> Bristol in the 1881 census, as I cannot find them. They are alive and >> well >> in 1871 and 1891, but no trace of them in 1881. William could've been in >> the army or at sea, but clearly that doesn't apply to Florence. Their >> widowed father Edward was visiting the Davis family in Elton Street in >> 1881. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >