unsubscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: Eilleen Ovenden <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 3:22 AM Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Re: Allens Tewkesbury > 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 WinwicXX-Mozilla-Status: 0009ould have been salt. > > > > Elizabeth Wright > > <[email protected]> > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >