Hello Bucks Listers, I would be pleased to hear from anyone researching the family BUNTS, in particular: John BALL = Elizabeth BUNTS Regards, Derek Welham in Hampshire.

Hello all, I was wondering if I would be lucky enough to find that the 1841 census for Whaddon (or even better the whole of Buckinghamshire) was indexed now? If so could SKS please check if there is a William DOVER (birth details unknown), and wife Mary DOVER (nee Butcher) who was born/baptised 1819 in Thornborough and possibly their first child Charles DOVER whose birth was registered in the Mar Qrt 1841 in Winslow. The trouble with establishing new details, after films have gone back!! Thank you Pat

Pat Wade wrote: >Hello all, > >I was wondering if I would be lucky enough to find that the >1841 census for Whaddon (or even better the whole of >Buckinghamshire) was indexed now? > >If so could SKS please check if there is a William DOVER >(birth details unknown), and wife Mary DOVER (nee Butcher) >who was born/baptised 1819 in Thornborough and possibly >their first child Charles DOVER whose birth was registered >in the Mar Qrt 1841 in Winslow. > >The trouble with establishing new details, after films have >gone back!! > >Thank you >Pat > > >==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== >View or download up to 20000 archive photos of Buckinghamshire from the Bucks County Council web site at: http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/photo_database > > > > Nope. Not indexed, & as far as I can find out, nobody working on indexing it. All the others are or soon will be indexed, though. 1861 will be published any day now by Bucks GS, & Ancestry.com are working on 1871. 1851 (Bucks FHS), 1881 (LDS & Bucks GS), 1891 (Ancestry.com & Bucks GS) & 1901 (National Archives & Ancestry.com) are all indexed. Paul

In message <004901c4c390$8c8e4ee0$0200a8c0@WINDOWSXP>, cj <coralj@ozwebip.com.au> writes >Hi listers > >I am looking for any help regarding the name Hounslow - my branch of the family >I have traced back to about 1752 with John Hounslow born abt 1752 Died 1832 aged >80 Hardwick married 1779 Elizabeth Stratfield Born abt 1750 Died 1816 Hardwick >aged 66. These are my GGGGGParents. There are quite of few of them, mainly around Wing, Stewkley, Hardwick and villages in that area. (Presumably originally from Houslow Middlesex, though you only get called by a place name once you have left it and turn up elsewhrere as 'im from 'Ounslow) -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

In message <20041105201902.41637.qmail@web51801.mail.yahoo.com>, Alexandra Coles <ahcoles@yahoo.co.nz> writes >I have the distinction of claiming the only declared >lunatic in the Amersham 1871 census as my own... > >Maria KEEN (originally DELL) died age 63 in 1876. >Cause of death listed as Mental Derangement (31 >years)/Atrophy. This dates her mental problems back >to the year her second child was born - her first >child had died four years earlier. > >All the documents I have (1851 census, 1851 birth cert >of third and final child Martha, 1871 census and 1876 >death cert) have her living at home with husband >William and daughter Martha, rather than in an asylum. > Would this be normal except in extreme cases or where >there was no family left to care for you? Possibly she was taken in to Stone for a while and discharged as cured, or alternatively, incurable (since they tried at first to take cases where treatment would work. Postnatal depression does figure - not under that name- as a cause for some admissions. Probably she was not dangerous, just 'nervous' or melacholic. The case books for Stone Asylum are held at the Centre for Bucks SAtudies and ones of that period would be open for search (closed for 100 years). They are likely to report the date and cause of entry, the various treatments tried, comments sometimes on the family situation (visits, willingness to care for etc), and then discharge, with any subsequent admissions. -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

In message <001f01c4c213$92c2bea0$670cf6d2@T300>, Brian Foster <blf@paradise.net.nz> writes >i have just joined this list and would like some advise on joseph WOODBRIDGE. >The 1871 census gives Joseph born >about 1843 ALSHAM Bucks. Nothing like that - the nearest is perhaps Haversham, but you don't get Woodbridges there. {erhaps it was a mishearing of Haddenham, where there were/are Woodbridges fairly recently. The main locations for the family are in this area, though none of the other three places is even slightly like Alsham. When was he born? -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

Hi Carrie our messages still don`t seem to be getting through to each other. I am putting some information snail mail to you. Best Wishes Kate --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 29/10/04

In message <004901c4c390$8c8e4ee0$0200a8c0@WINDOWSXP>, cj <coralj@ozwebip.com.au> writes >Hi listers > >I am looking for any help regarding the name Hounslow - my branch of the family >I have traced back to about 1752 with John Hounslow born abt 1752 Died 1832 aged >80 Hardwick married 1779 Elizabeth Stratfield Born abt 1750 Died 1816 Hardwick >aged 66. These are my GGGGGParents. > >I have had a number of people when I previously posted help me with a number of >suggestions -unfortunatley none of them are actually researching this family. If >anyone has any other suggestions as to where I might find records beyond 1752 I >would appreciate it. Very little for you, I'm afraid, but a cousin of my mother married a lady, Nellie PIPKIN, whose mother's maiden name was HOUNSLOW, no first name known. The general area was Aylesbury. -- John Sullivan

Dear All I am looking for anyone who is researching this family. I have two family connections,one in my direct line and one in another branch.I am also hoping that they maybe connected to each other? My line MARY PARTRIDGE Married JAMES GIBSON in HW on 18/6/1792 Her parents were EDWARD PARTRIDGE and MARY BLACKWELL. Mary Gibson,daughter of Mary and James was my 3xGt Grandmother. The other line is WILLIAM PARTRIDGE Married JEMIMA TAYLOR in Reading 1/1/1838.His father was James,so I think these are probably his parents,taken from the 1851 census,JAMES and REBEKAH. JAMES PARTRIDGE Married REBECCA DEAN at HW ON 26/9/1808 If anyone can find these families on their tree,I would love to hear from them Thank you Kate CHESTER --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.786 / Virus Database: 532 - Release Date: 29/10/04

Hi listers I am looking for any help regarding the name Hounslow - my branch of the family I have traced back to about 1752 with John Hounslow born abt 1752 Died 1832 aged 80 Hardwick married 1779 Elizabeth Stratfield Born abt 1750 Died 1816 Hardwick aged 66. These are my GGGGGParents. I have had a number of people when I previously posted help me with a number of suggestions -unfortunatley none of them are actually researching this family. If anyone has any other suggestions as to where I might find records beyond 1752 I would appreciate it. Happy researching to everyone Kind regards Coral Jennings Qld Australia

I have the distinction of claiming the only declared lunatic in the Amersham 1871 census as my own... Maria KEEN (originally DELL) died age 63 in 1876. Cause of death listed as Mental Derangement (31 years)/Atrophy. This dates her mental problems back to the year her second child was born - her first child had died four years earlier. All the documents I have (1851 census, 1851 birth cert of third and final child Martha, 1871 census and 1876 death cert) have her living at home with husband William and daughter Martha, rather than in an asylum. Would this be normal except in extreme cases or where there was no family left to care for you? Is it possible she could have been in and out of an asylum? Where could I get more info - poking around on Google indicates there seems to be a Bucks County Asylum at Stone over this period. I am intrigued as to exactly how her mental problems manifested themselves! Any thoughts, comments or leads appreciated. Regards Alex from Auckland NZ Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

Hi Pete Yes Rootsweb is having major problems - see http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ The Bucks-L list still seems to be working (just slow). I don't have any Pearce connections, but poked around a bit - it would be the Anna Maria Pearce age 18 born West Wycombe chair caner from the 1881 census that you are interested it? On Free BMD there is a marriage for an Annie Pearce in Wycombe in 1889 - potential grooms Isaac Brooks from Bledlow and William Ford from Wycombe. And when I check the 1891 census, William Ford has indeed acquired a wife - Ann M Ford age 28 born West Wycombe, a chair caner. No kids as yet. I think we have a winner!! RG12/1137 Registration district: Wycombe Sub registration district: High Wycombe ED, institution, or vessel: 4 Folio: 114 Page: 17 Let me know if you would like me to email you the jpg. Regards Alex in Auckland NZ --- Pete4jaz@aol.com wrote: > Hello List, > I have not received any thing from the > London list for two days > now, and > only one from Bucks, is there any West Wycombe, or > Bledlow Pearce kin out > there, or can any one tell me what happend to Ann > Maria Pearce after the 1881 > census. > Thanks Pete Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com

Alas, I have no answer to your query, Neil -- but will be interested to see any replies. This is peripheral to your research, but my mother and her brother (Elizabeth and Jack ADAMS, still living) grew up at Hill Farm, Addington, where their ADAMS ancestors had lived for many years. In his unpublished memoir, called "To Be a Farmer's Boy", Jack has this to say (speaking of a period around the early 1920s), "Addington may have only been a hamlet but the social distinctions were as clearly marked as if it had been court circles. The aristocracy was represented by Lord and Lady ADDINGTON, who at one time lived in the Manor House, but his Lordship lost the family fortunes in Russian oil or something about the time of the first world war and they had to retire to a modest little house of about eight bedrooms. Their daughter, the Hon. Ruth HUBBARD, used to stride around in tweeds bawling at the peasants and doing good works wherever she could. You could hear her voice from miles away, but I am sure she was a good and kindly soul in that rather patronising way that existed in those days. After the aristocracy came the SMYTH-BINGHAMs. He was a stockbroker and represented the new elite of the time. ........ I suppose the parson came next in the social league table, followed by the yeoman farmers (us), after which the rot set in with governesses, nannies, housekeepers, maids and farm labourers. Oddly enough the class distinction manifested itself in the very place where all were [supposedly] equal ..... the church. The pews were not actually reserved but for generations certain rules had to be observed. Lord and Lady ADDINGTON and family sat in the front pew just beneath the pulpit. Behind them came the SMYTH-BINGHAMs; the next pew was relatives and friends of the Reverend [incidentally, this was Sir Laurence Olivier's father], and then our own pew and so on. It was unthinkable that anyone should not take their place in the order of things, and certainly nobody ever questioned this established order. Church to me was something that had to be endured. The sermon seemed to be interminable and the only excitement was when my father, looking suitably solemn, performed his duties as a sidesman by taking round the purple velvet collecting bag, starting with the front pew where the Lord and Lady of the Manor modestly put in their half-crowns or whatever, followed by the SMYTH-BINGHAMs who put in their pound notes and made sure they were left sticking out of the top, followed by the ADAMS who had thoughts of seeing what they could take out without getting caught. " ....................................................... It's not clear to me from this who actually lived in the Manor at this time (perhaps the SMYTH-BINGHAMS?), but I think it gives a nice snapshot of the social structure in a small place such as Addington. Anne Treadwell, Kitchener, Ontario -----Original Message----- From: Neil Rees [mailto:neilrees@studge.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 6:56 AM To: BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Addington House, Bucks It's a bit of long shot, but... Does anyone know much about Addington House (now called Addington Manor), Addington near Winslow, Bucks and its use during the second world war by Czechoslovak Military Intelligence? Neil Rees Chesham, Bucks ______________________________

Hello List, I have not received any thing from the London list for two days now, and only one from Bucks, is there any West Wycombe, or Bledlow Pearce kin out there, or can any one tell me what happend to Ann Maria Pearce after the 1881 census. Thanks Pete

It's a bit of long shot, but... Does anyone know much about Addington House (now called Addington Manor), Addington near Winslow, Bucks and its use during the second world war by Czechoslovak Military Intelligence? Neil Rees Chesham, Bucks

Hi, Many thanks for your replies to my query. I am unable to find any records of his marriage to Elenor/Helen or any of his children born 1866 to 1883 Marylebone and Kilburn London. I am pretty certain that this is the Joseph who died in 1888. The marriage must be somewhere so i'll keep banging my head on this brick wall. Brian

Found while searching the 2% census returns for @Herefordshire -A Withington #1851 Z/3009/1/VICARAGE/ J/WILLIAM WALTHALL/GRETTON/HEAD/MAR/63//VICAR OF WITHINGTON/BKM/HITEHAM/ Make what you will of it Best wishes, John --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 01/11/04

i have just joined this list and would like some advise on joseph WOODBRIDGE. The 1871 census gives Joseph born about 1843 ALSHAM Bucks. However according the Family History Site this place doesn't exist. On the 1881 census he said he was born in the "Country". Can anyone help. Brian Foster

Be careful: FreeBMD shows a few Joseph Woodbridges about the right age born in Bucks (& perhaps the death of the right one in Middlesex in 1888), the IGI shows one born in Aylesbury in 1843, & censuses show one in Huntingdonshire born in Haddenham. I think you'll need his marriage certificate, which should show his fathers name. Paul > > From: "John Brown" <john.dehavilland@btinternet.com> > Date: 2004/11/04 Thu AM 09:46:42 GMT > To: BUCKS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BKM] JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE > > "Brian Foster" <blf@paradise.net.nz> wrote : > > > >i have just joined this list and would like some advise on joseph > >WOODBRIDGE. >The 1871 census gives Joseph born about 1843 ALSHAM Bucks. > >However >according the Family History Site this place doesn't exist. On the > >1881 census he >said he was born in the "Country". > > There is a Joseph WOODBRIDGE in the 1851 census, aged 7, born and living in > Haddenham; parents Matthew and Anne, siblings Edward and Thomas. > > I could see a badly heard or written 'Haddenham' eventually getting mangled > to 'Alsham', I think. > > John B > Leic., Eng > Access the latest "Helpful Advice & urls for London Listers" at > http://tinyurl.com/57ert > > > ==== BUCKS Mailing List ==== > To view recent downloadable photos of Bucks churches and village scenes, courtesy of Peter and Kevin Quick, visit: > http://www.countyviews.com > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/

Does anyone know about Czechoslovak wartime activities on the Bucks/Beds border? - Czechoslovaks staying at Aspley Guise near Woburn working on the radio stations at Wavendon Towers and Milton Bryan, Beds - Czechoslovaks in the Pioneers Corps at Woburn Sands, Beds - Czechoslovaks on the radio station at Hockliffe, near Leighton Buzzard, Beds - Czechoslovak Football team called the Carpathians based at Aston Abbotts, near Aylesbury, Bucks Did anyone in your family marry a Czech or Slovak from these places? Any information is much appreciated for a local history project on the Czechoslovaks in Bucks and Beds during the war. Neil Rees home 01494 776457 work 01494 793921 1 Eskdale Avenue, Chesham, Bucks HP5 3AX, England, UK