On 26 Jul 2010 at 16:50, Neil MacDonald wrote: > Re the possible Fenwick connection: > > John James Fenwick, the founder of Fenwick's store, was born in > Scorton, Richmond, Yorkshire in 1846 (see > http://www.jesmondoldcemetery.co.uk/fenwick_44.html). His father, > Thomas Fenwick (a butcher and farmer) was born in Bolton, Yorkshire in > 1811-1812. > > John Charles James Fenwick (later of Embleton Hall) was born in 1845 > in Ripon, Yorkshire. His father, James T. Fenwick (a physician) was > born in Bamburgh 1800-1801. > > So, although both were born in North Yorkshire in adjacent years, the > two families are unlikely to be related, unless much earlier. > You've certainly got the facts right, Neil. This is what I too discovered. As you say, if there is a connection then it's farther back. However, I do seem to have started something with people's reminiscences of Fenwick's store! This, in my view, is at least in part what these lists are for and, in that tired old cliche (but I don't know a better one), it's about putting flesh on the bones of family history. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE