Below are the names I've added to my parish transcription database for Canal Boatman since my last posting on February 22, 2002. This week I've been looking at Smethwick and Kingswinford (1822 to abt 1827). Name&Area allbrook / Smethwick ashby / Smethwick ashley / Smethwick baker / Kingswinford betts / Smethwick boden / Kingswinford bourne / Kingswinford bowne / Kingswinford bownes / Kingswinford bull / Kingswinford capel / Smethwick capewell / Kingswinford carfiels? / Smethwick cartwright / Kingswinford chambers / Smethwick cooper / Kingswinford cresswell / Smethwick dyhouse / Kingswinford edwards / Kingswinford evitts / Smethwick hackett / Smethwick hill / Smethwick hughes / Kingswinford hull / Smethwick key / Smethwick lee / Kingswinford lewis / Kingswinford lissimore / Smethwick lowe / Kingswinford male / Kingswinford mallen / Kingswinford morris / Kingswinford mullet / Kingswinford mullett / Kingswinford pargiter / Kingswinford parkridge / Kingswinford perkes / Kingswinford powers / Kingswinford pugh / Kingswinford pye / Smethwick renbow / Kingswinford richards / Smethwick robotham / Kingswinford rock / Kingswinford shingler / Smethwick smallwood / Smethwick smith / Kingswinford stokes / Kingswinford taylor / Kingswinford timmins / Kingswinford turner / Smethwick twiley / Kingswinford twiney / Kingswinford venables / Smethwick weaver / Smethwick westwood / Kingswinford wilkes / Kingswinford wood / Kingswinford If you see a name you're interested in then go below and get the details: http://www.oceanv.net/canals.asp Research Interests - check out my trees http://www.oceanv.net/projects.htm ------ ADDIS - Birmingham & Worcester (Caroline Addis married Edward Kennard m.1842 Worcester) AUSTIN - Warwick, Leicester, Rutland (Florence Stride married Albert Austin m.1918 Bham) CARTER - West Bromwich (Emily Carter married Frederick KNIGHT m. 1893 West Brom) CHALLINGSWORTH - Kingswinford, Sts (Eliza Challingsworth married Peter Firmstone m. 1831 Dudley) CHAPPELL - Birmingham, Warwick (Clara Chappel married William REEVES m. 1879 Bham) CLARKE - Leicester (married into RICHARDS m. 1873 Harborne) DAWSON - Wolverhampton, Sts, Castle D, Lei, Shardlow, Dby (mostly boatmen) DUNN - Kingswinford, Sts (Mariah Dunn married Thomas Roberts m. 1849 Dudley) FIRMSTONE - Kingswinford, Sts (Susannah Firmstone married Samuel Mallen m.1873 Dudley) HILL - Warwick (Kings Norton), Smethwick - Thomas Hill b. 1882 son of Charles? JACQUES - Rugby, War (Elizabeth married John SHED m. 1893 Uxbridge) KENNARD - Birmingham & Worcester KNIGHT - West Bromwich/Wolverhampton (Frederick KNIGHT) MALLEN - Kingswinford, Sts or Worcester LOCKLEY - Wolverhampton, Sts (married into Sarah Married John DAWSON m 1855 Wolv.) PEMBERTON - Dumbarton, Scotland/Smethwick, Sts - Margaret married William CARTER) QUEEN - Glasgow, Scotland (Mary married Thomas PEMBERTON bef. 1837) RICHARDS - London, War, Sts - William RICHARDS (Hair Dresser) Son - William (Japanner) REEVES - Birmingham, Kings Norton (Polly Lily Reeves married Thomas HILL m. 1904) ROBERTS - Quarry Bank/Kingswinford, Worcester or Stafford SAVAGE - Wolverhampton, Stafford (Caroline married Thomas DAWSON m. 1855 Tipton) SHED - Paddington, London (Emily married Thomas DAWSON m. 1916 Bham) STEWART - Midlothian area, Scotland STRIDE - Warwick, Worcester - always interested in ALL STRIDE/STROYDs WARD - Warwick - Occupation Carpenter WITHERS - Newcastle on Tyne (married into RICHARDS) I Administer the following lists on Rootsweb.com. Send an email with Subscribe in the subject line to Join: CHALLINGSWORTH-request@rootsweb.com GRASIER-request@rootsweb.com LOCKLEY-UK-request@rootsweb.com SHED-UK-request@rootsweb.com STRIDE-request@rootsweb.com