Hi Gus Yippee, yes I have tentatively got William the son of Richard and Elizabeth Milton, but was slightly confused as there is another possible marriage for Richard to Elizabeth Hunt. Children for Richard which I extracted from the film total 14!! Possibly two families. Don't know. Couldn't find a burial for Richard so was hard pressed to go back further. My William was bp 1806 in Tewkesbury and definately a waterman. His male children were called Joseph Charles George and Richard, so there are definate possibilites here I would say. That you are off to Gloucestershire, in pursuit, is wonderful. Let's hope it all works out or should I say in. We all get disorientated at times and can quite understand how you feel!! I am sure Droitwich is where they found the "Spry" which has been renovated and is now sitting in the Bliss Open Air Museum. The Spry was once owned by the Rice family. They originally came from Tewkesbury and I am also descended from them. Joseph Rice Transport, still based in Gloucester and operating on the roads now, is the same family. Best of luck in Gloucester. Eilleen in Australia > > Gus Tysoe > Droitwich (not a million miles from Tewkesbury where my line of TYSOEs > stayed for their statutory 50 years before changing counties again...) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eilleen Ovenden <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: 13 March 2000 10:51 > Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Re: Allens > > >Hi Gus > >Saw your note about your Allens from Tewkesbury. I also have Allens at > >Tewkesbury who were boatmen. > >Mine is William parents Richard/Elizabeth, do you think we have a > >connection here? > >Eilleen > >Sunshine Coast > >Queensland, Australia. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Oxford Canal Company > Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 23:44:16 -0000 > From: "Mrs Julie Goucher" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > The following was originally posted to the Oxfordshire list and is posted > here with the permission of the original writer. > > Paul Betteridge of the Oxfordshire list wrote: > > The company was authorized by Act of Parliament in 1769. The canal > ran from near Coventry to Oxford. It joined the Coventry Canal at > Longford junction. While construction in the northern section went > reasonably well, the canal was only constructed as far as Banbury > when the original money ran out and the pressures of the American > War of Independence made things difficult. The section from Banbury > to Oxford was opened on 1st January 1790. > > Coal was a (the?) major cargo of the canal. > > The canal is still there, but only used for pleasure now. The basin > in Oxford has been filled in. > > Stephanie (of the Oxfordshire list, JG) sent this link (to the British > Waterways site) to the > list earlier this year: > http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/ > > There is a page on the Oxford canal: > http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/default.asp?B43inter > and you can get at more detailed maps of the canal by > following the links. > > You will certainly want to look through the list archives > for other messages about the canal: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl (plain search) > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ (threaded archives) > > Hope you find this of use > > Regards > Julie Goucher > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] JOHN KILLCROSS - THE FLAT "SWIFT" > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 11:00:51 -0500 > From: "John And Elizabeth Wright" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > In my previous posting to the list, I omitted to mention that John Killcross and the Swift would be in Cheshire around Runcorn. He and Ellen were married near Winwick. I think the cargo would have been salt. > > Elizabeth Wright > <[email protected]>