Hi All I have a family of LISSIMOREs. Supposedly from Gospel Oak. I have found no sign of them in regular C of E PRs etc. The father Thomas and "his" family seem to have dropped off the side of the globe. He died before 1837 so no sign of him there either. Does anyone have any idea of where a family would be registered at a nonconformist church/chapel if they were from Gospel Oak. One of his daughters described him as a boatman when she was married the second time, thats all the proof I have. He would have been born in the last decade of the 1700s I think. Obviously I don't have his marriage or the birth of his children. His wife might be an Elizabeth Moore from Amblecote. Haven't been able to find her birth either. All/any ideas very welcome.Are nonconformist records in the Staffordshire marriage List?? Regards beth in Toronto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Prescott" <paul.prescott@tesco.net> To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK > Vana and Phil: > > Oldbury also had lots of nonconformist churches at this time. Surviving > registers are at Sandwell Archives. Some of them are much more informative > than CofE registers, eg Oldbury Wesleyan Methodist includes parents of those > buried, even if elderly adults! > > Paul Prescott > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Lamb" <pjlamb@btinternet.com> > To: <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:13 PM > Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK > > > > Vana, > > If Sarah was born in Oldbury, she could well have been baptised at > > Christ Church Oldbury. This is smack in the middle of the town. > > Have you an LDS library / research centre near to were you live? If so > > you will be able to see the filmed parish register and get a photocopy. > Have > > you picked up any info from the 1841 census, you should get a street name > in > > Oldbury from this. > > Smethwick is one of the next door parishes and a bit bigger than > > Oldbury. It has a few more churches or chapels were this marraige might > have > > taken place. If boatees then they wouldn't have strayed far from the cut > to > > get to a church. Have you been able to look at the 1871 census ? > > > > Phil in Hales Owen > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vana Fessler <vanafessler@charter.net> > > To: CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com <CANAL-PEOPLE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Date: 03 April 2002 02:22 > > Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Intro. MILLWARD & MEEK > > > > > > >Hello from Washington State USA, > > > > > >I recently found that my g.g.grandparents John MEEK and Nancy MILLWARD > were > > >boat people born abt. 1820 (+/-). Their daughter was Sarah MEEK b. 1841 > > >at Oldbury. Sarah married Joseph COOPER of Smethwick in 1871 and > > >immigrated to US abt. 1872. > > > > > >I am so happy to find your list and learn what it meant to be a canal > > >person. I look forward to some discovery. > > > > > >Vana Fessler > > > > > > > > > > ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== > > Have you tried? > > C J Genealogical Collections > > Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List ==== > C J Genealogical Collections > Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >