change the URL below to end with uk instead of ul and can then go to site Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Allen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 1:02 PM Subject: [BAN] Christchurch - The Banbury Faith Trail > Hi Heather, > > I'm a bit confused here (easily done;>) when you say Christchurch & > Independant chapel. > > Christchurch was never a chapel. > It was consecrated in 1853 as the parish church for South Banbury, this new > parish was in the diocese of Oxford & covered areas in Oxon & N'hants. > > St Mary's church may have outpriced itself at that time to many Banburians, > with its high 'pew prices' only the better off could afford. > For those that could not afford the high pew rent - the nonconformist > chapels became very tempting to attend instead. > > The 'Church' didn't want that either! > > Hence the building of Christchurch to ''better meet the wants of the poor'' > & keep them with church, not chapel. > > For those that like visual images - the following web site has small > pictures of the original St Mary's, before it was demolished in abt 1790 (I > think, a far more beautiful building than St Mary's is today) plus a picture > of Christchurch, Marlborough rd Methodist & many of the towns various small > chapels. > > http://www.kickback.btinternet.co.ul/index.html > > Click on WASSAIL traditional arts for pictures of local Morris > Dancing/Mummers etc. > Click on the trowel for History & Archaeology --- 'The Banbury Faith Trail' > is on that page > > BW > Angela co admin > > > > > Can anyone help with a look up for the marriage of Henry Read, abt 1859, > > Independent Chapel , Banbury. > > > > Were there other Independent chapels besides Christchurch. > > > > Thankyou > > Heather Hudson > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Rosemary Thankyou for that information, I did look on rootsweb but only put in the surname spelling for Read. Not my family but someone had looked at my website and noticed I had a marriage in Christchurch Independent Chapel. I have told them where they can buy the fiche and now will send this info to. I have at last found the marriage for Henry ( Harry) Owen my grandfathers brother. He was known as Danny. By chance when I went to the funeral of my mums last sister a cousin told me Danny Owen was my granddad's brother and lived in Kettering with loads of children. I asked if he knew his wife's name and he told me very unusual Vealabeth. Needless to say I couldn't wait to get home and look on rootsweb BMD's and found the marriage of Harry Owen & Vealabeth Goodfellow 1906, Kettering.I sent off for the marriage cert and father Given as John Owen fish & poultry dealer. Same father as my grandfather. The aunt who died had told me my grandfather had a brother Danny but searching found nothing. Another problem solved. Regards Heather Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/894 - Release Date:31/10/2007 17:44

Hi Heather, I can't help you with your marriage look up within the registers. Have you looked at FreeBMD? There are 2 possibilities: Marriages Dec 1859 (>99%) Ames George Banbury 3a 1240 Ames George Six Banbury 3a 1240 Holt Harriett Ann Banbury 3a 1240 Morbey Emma Banbury 3a 1240 Reed Henry Banbury 3a 1240 and -- slightly earlier: Marriages Dec 1857 (>99%) Bateman Jane Banbury 3a 1175 Battman Jane Banbury 3a 1175 Reid Henry Banbury 3a 1175 Walker John Banbury 3a 1175 HTH Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 15:39:19 -0000 From: "Heather Hudson" > <[email protected]> Subject: [BAN] Marriage Look up > > Hi Can anyone help with a look up for the marriage of Henry Read, > abt 1859, Independent Chapel , Banbury. > > Were there other Independent chapels besides Christchurch. > > Thankyou Heather Hudson >

Hi Can anyone help with a look up for the marriage of Henry Read, abt 1859, Independent Chapel , Banbury. Were there other Independent chapels besides Christchurch. Thankyou Heather Hudson Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.10.2/894 - Release Date:31/10/2007 17:44

The Banbury Historical Society have recently published the first volume of extracts of this Banburyshire diarist who travelled widely in and outside the area as vicar and magistrate. At www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/books/risley-diaries.htm you can find a description of the book and all the indices of place and personal names and subjects [it is very long, so lots of scrolling!]. This Banburyshire page also shows how you can obtain a copy of the book if you find something in the index. Today the society also publishes Banbury Past through artists’ eyes to mark its 50th anniversary, and its indices of people and places shown will also be published on the web site shortly. Happy hunting, Colin Cohen -- 'If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that I suppose would be a calamity.' Benjamin Disraeli

Hi Friends, It will soon be that time of year when many of us take time to remember those who fought and died in war: Remembrance Day, Veterans' Day, Poppy Day, Armistice Day, Remembrance Sunday. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day If any of you would like to add a name of a family member to our Remembrance Page, please send me the details. It is not restricted to families from the Banbury area. If you would like to add more, then send me the information and I'll set up a separate page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/memorials/remember.htm Gentle reminder: this is not for political statements - just a time to remember those who have gone before us, Please contact me directly with any submissions - [email protected] Kind regards, Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This article was posted on RootsWeb Review - and I thought it may be of interest and use to some of you :-) Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Digital Genealogist: Identifying Photographs and Photographers By Mary Harrell-Sesniak [email protected] "Genealogy is not just a pastime; it's a passion." Photo portraits are a real joy; that is, if you can identify who's in them. But if you can't, participate in the RootsWeb Photography Message Board, where pleas for help are posted in droves. You'll learn all about analyzing photographs. http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.methods.photography/mb.ashx Here are some recent subject lines from queries I found on the board: "Dating Old Tintype or Daguerreotype" "Is there a hierarchy in old photos?" Some of our knowledgeable volunteers chimed in and shed light on these and other questions. I found their commentary helpful and intriguing. DATING OLD TINTYPE OR DAGUERREOTYPE For example, RootsWebber Ron Mesnard replied to the first query (the poster asked for help with dating an old, "metal" picture). He explained the difference between tintypes and daguerreotypes, and gave date ranges for each. He wrote: "TTs [tintypes] are photos on metal instead of paper. Often they are not framed. Dags [daguerreotypes] were short lived--1840 to 1865. TTs were very long lived (1850 to maybe 1900). They were most popular circa the Civil War but they were used at carnivals much later than that." IS THERE A HIERARCHY IN OLD PHOTOS? The second query was written by a user trying to determine how several individuals in a family photograph were related. She knew the two individuals in the center were her great-grandparents, but who were the two women (one older and one younger) on the right and the man on the left? Were the man and the older woman married? Then why were they on opposite ends of the photograph? View the full query and the photo itself here: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.methods.photography/379/mb.ashx None of the responders had definitive answers, of course, but their dialogue was fascinating. One person felt that positioning is usually traditional in photographs; that is, a son would typically be next to a mother, and a wife would be next to a husband, and so forth. Therefore, the two were probably not related. However, he pointed out that the girl and adult female on the right were touching. This indicated a closer relationship--presumably that of a mother and her daughter. Other members suggested the man and woman were not married at all, but were brother and sister, and that the younger girl was another sibling. And yet another user suggested that the man was engaged to the younger of the two women, who was standing by her mother. Perhaps, he posited, the engaged couple did not feel appropriate standing next to each other until they were married. PHOTOGRAPHERS One of the best clues to a photograph isn't in the picture--it is on the back. Turn your mystery photo over and note the name of the photographer or studio. Often an image can be dated from this information alone. Some items to research include: 1. When did the photographer live? 2. What was the photographer's career date range? 3. Where was the location of the studio? 4. Was a logo or watermark used? 5. What type of photo was it--what medium was used and what size was it? 6. Did the artist have a specialty (e.g., military, carnival, or funeral photography)? 7. Did the artist travel or work primarily in the studio? 8. What backdrops and props were placed in the photo? Some clues are subtler than others. To determine if a photograph was taken in a studio or elsewhere, look at the lighting. Take another look at the "Hierarchy" photo discussed above. There is light streaming between the subjects' legs. Studio light is positioned higher, so in my opinion, the light in that photograph was natural light, such as that from a window. Any other ideas? Post your opinions. We'll be reading the commentary with interest. WEBSITES ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHERS Several RootsWeb users have developed websites about photographers. Brett Payne of Tauranga, New Zealand, created one of the more extensive and interesting ones, "A Perspective on Photographers and Photographic Studios in Derbyshire, England." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photos/dbyphotos.html Although not a professional photographer, Brett reports that he has been actively engaged in genealogical research for more than ten years. His homepage features an in-depth portfolio of nineteenth- and twentieth-century professionals covering more than 460 studios and fifteen photographers. There is a very interesting introduction by David Simkin and examples of each photographer's work are included. Brett says this about the site: "The index and profiles of Derbyshire studios were created primarily as aids to family history research. . . . The work was initiated as an extension to my research into my own Derbyshire ancestors, and subsequently developed into a resource, which I hoped would be of use to fellow researchers. The great advantage of putting the index on the Web is that I've been able to harness the contributions of images from many, many other family history researchers all over the world, without whom it just would be a rather boring, if useful, list of names." Brett is particularly interested in the interpretation of old photographs that provide something of a detective challenge and recommends his sister site, "Photo-Sleuth," and another one that currently features an analysis of a picture titled "Dead Horse Photo." Take time to read the analysis. It covers shadow angles, camera lenses, and comparisons to historical maps. http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/ http://forensicgenealogy.info/ Sites about other photographers can also be found at RootsWeb. Here are a few: AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND 1. "Photographers in the Victorian North East" http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVNE/Resources/photographers.html 2. "Carnarvon Photographers" http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsccaer/photographers.html CANADA 1. "Montreal Photographers, 1840-1950" www.rootsweb.com/~qcmtl-w/photographers.htm UNITED STATES a. Illinois: 1. "Adams County Photographers" http://www.rootsweb.com/~iladams/photographers.htm b. Indiana: 1. "Indianapolis Photographers" http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~vklein/ingen.html#photographers c. Iowa: 1. "IAGenWeb Photographers' Index" http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaphotos/PhotoShops/photoindex.htm 2. "Clarke County" http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaclarke/photographers.html d. Nebraska: 1. "Photographers in and Near Platte County, Nebraska" http://www.rootsweb.com/~neplatte/photographers.html e. New York: 1. "Cazenovia's Photographers of the Nineteenth Century" www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/MscLists/Photographers.html f. New York and Pennsylvania: 1. "Tri-Counties Genealogy and History: Photographers of Our Area" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/photog/photog.htm g. Tennessee: 1. "Nineteenth Century Photographers of Pulaski and Giles County" http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngiles/hist/photogr.htm h. Wisconsin: 1. "Early Wisconsin Photographers" http://www.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/photographers.html 2. "Juneau County, Wisconsin, Photographers" http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/photogrphrs.htm 3. "Rock County: Photographers by City/Village" http://www.rootsweb.com/~wirock/Photos/Photographer.html Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 31 October 2007, Vol. 10, No. 44. --

Stray spotted in Prior's Hardwick, Warwickshire from Phillimore's Marriage Index: 25Feb1800 Thomas GUNN of Neithrop, Oxon & Charlotte BOLTON, lic Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear Muriel, The book you are looking for is titled "Eighty years a Claydonian & random lines & verses" by Andrew F. Fox isbn 0 9536362 0 8 published by Andrew Fox in 1999 at the Butlin Farm, Claydon Banbury OX17 1EP (this is the museum address I think). I bought my copy at the museum perhaps 6 (or a bit more( years ago. regards Vic Taylor

Dear listers, Some little time ago, I seem to recall reading that a lister had purchased a book at Bygones Museum, called something like, "The past 100 (or 80) years of Claydon". I am not sure if it was posted on this list or the Oxfordshire one. They were thrilled because an ancestor, for whom they had no photograph, appeared in the illustrations. As my families, (PARRITT, PAXTON, WYATT) and their connections, were based there for a considerable time there is a likelihood that some of them would figure in it, too. At the time I let it slip by and now can't locate it! I was interested, but having no international credit card, purchase would have been difficult. Now, however there is a proposed visit by my UK based brother, next year, and if I can find out the details, he will buy and bring out the copy. I just need the details. Bygones no longer supports its own website, so I am unsure if the emailing address for it is current. As a last resort I can try it, but I am hopeful that a Lister will come to the rescue . Please are you able to help me? Thankyou for reading this. Regards, Muriel.

You are so lucky to have those plates, Muriel. I discovered the delights of digital photography and have introduced my hubby to it - he in turn, has showed me traditional SLR photography. Wow! So confusing, so many skills! I am in awe of those who can use those miraculous machines. Pity that I didn't have a digital camera when my children were growing up, instead of having to figure out if I could afford to take the photo and get it processed :o( I missed so many golden opportunities by not having a camera with me all the time, as I do now. I love taking my digital SLR (seems easier than the traditional SLR somehow) for a 'walk', then creating digital scrap book pages to document happenings in my world. Ted's mother often writes for that magazine. I have spent many hours typing out her diaries and notes so that we have another copy of them with the intention of printing them (her request). To read all that she did, has really enlightened me to the way things were in early NZ - what a pity I have not had the same opportunity with my own family. I have, at least, been able to listen to my (now deceased) grandmother tell tales of her youth...but somehow I don't seem to remember them with the same clearness as that first time I heard them. I love looking at old images......I wonder if the inventor of the camera - and for that matter the automobile - ever realised just how it would affect the modern world? Carole -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of pollyp Sent: Sunday, 21 October 2007 4:21 p.m. To: ENG-BANBURY-AREA Subject: [BAN] Photography---the hard way! ........ We owe a great debt of gratitude to these pioneering photographers. Technically their work was excellent, as you will know if you have had to enlarge a postcard sized shot. But wouldn't they have delighted in the modern array of cameras! Alfred, you were born too soon for a digital camera----I wonder what magic you would have made with it? Regards, Muriel. ( I have two glass plate negatives with the developing instructions, courtesy of my gt aunt Alice. One is of my gt-grandparents and the other my grandparents with their two children). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.13/1074 - Release Date: 16/10/2007 2:14 p.m.

Dear Barbara, Thankyou for posting on the photography topic and also enlarging upon it. I browsed through the lovely sepia scenic photgraphs; evocative and varying in their moods. Alfred and his team certainly had an artistic eye as well as tenacity and expertise. Thankyou for your kind comment, too. I always bite my nails after succumbing to the temptation to "meander" or pontificate---and posting the resultant blurb! Regards, Muriel.

Muriel, Thank you. I have an interest in early photographers as my Great grand uncle started his business in the early 1860's in Dorset. Self taught while working as a mere boot boy at the prestigious Kings School in Sherborne. I've often wondered - did he pick the brains of students while cleaning their boots etc, or did he find a hidey-hole to listen in unnoticed on their photography instruction? - as you say in the mid/late 1850's this would have been a subject in its infancy. Adam moved on from servant/boot boy to own nine photographic studios, approx 25 travelling photo caravans & a reputation for being very good at pyrotechnic displays before he died. Muriel, in answer to your comment ............ >But wouldn't they have delighted in the modern array of cameras! >Alfred, you were born too soon for a digital camera----I wonder what magic >you > would have made with it? Present photographic magic is (I think) well displayed on this web site from local twin brothers Tim & Trev Gainey (of Adderbury) www.HAZYSUNIMAGES.com So well worth looking at this site if you remember .. Bluebells, Daffodils the Fox & Robin, shy Deer, sunsets & emotion on a persons face. Tim & Trev capture the essence of the moment in all their photographs & several have made the front covers of magazines (Four Shires - National Geographic - Gardeners World - RSPB etc) They are also very talented painters! Judge for yourself - take a peek at HAZYSUNIMAGES web site & enjoy excellent photography skills. Angela co admin Banbury

Hi Muriel and Listers I'm back again, I just went back to my Google search and found this, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/photos/jburton.html here's some more of the story, I think it makes interesting reading. There's a lot of portraits some by Alfred in Dunedin and others from his father's studio in Leicester. Byee Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "pollyp" <[email protected]> To: "ENG-BANBURY-AREA" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: [BAN] Photography---the hard way! > Dear Lister Friends, > This week I was fortunate to obtain the latest issue of " New Zealand > Memories". > from our town library This is a real treat, with its interesting and > informative regional > historical articles and excellent reproduction of old photographs. > An article caught my eye. It was "Pioneer Photograher" by Gordon > Campbell, >

Hi Muriel, Many thanks for your account of how Alfred Burton took such wonderful photographs in spite of the difficulties he faced. I for one found it very interesting and as you say we have certainly come a long way from those times to now when we can just "point & shoot"! I had never heard about Alfred so I Googled him, http://www.photoforum-nz.org/gallery/projects/burton/essay.html here's one of the articles I found, apparently he & his brother Walter went to NZ from Leicester so you weren't too far off! There were 4 brothers, 2 stayed in the UK they were all trained in the trades of printing, engraving, stationery, book selling, and newspaper publishing in their father, John Burton's company. The site has some lovely landscapes that they took, the Burton Bros must have been the Francis Firths of NZ! I don't post too often but I do enjoy reading all of the letters especially your contributions Muriel! Please keep them coming! Kind regards Barbara A Coventry kid in West Aus ----- Original Message ----- From: "pollyp" <[email protected]> To: "ENG-BANBURY-AREA" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: [BAN] Photography---the hard way! > Dear Lister Friends, > This week I was fortunate to obtain the latest issue of " New Zealand > Memories". > from our town library This is a real treat, with its interesting and > informative regional > historical articles and excellent reproduction of old photographs. > An article caught my eye. It was "Pioneer Photograher" by Gordon > Campbell, > and was about the famous NZ photographer, Alfred Burton. > I want to tell you about him. What has this to do with Banburyshire? > Nothing in > particular, but I feel that we should not be too parochial, as it > enlightens us about the > conditions pertaining to those times---and plenty of Banburyshire people > emigrated > there from the mid 1800s on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ snip~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear Lister Friends, This week I was fortunate to obtain the latest issue of " New Zealand Memories". from our town library This is a real treat, with its interesting and informative regional historical articles and excellent reproduction of old photographs. An article caught my eye. It was "Pioneer Photograher" by Gordon Campbell, and was about the famous NZ photographer, Alfred Burton. I want to tell you about him. What has this to do with Banburyshire? Nothing in particular, but I feel that we should not be too parochial, as it enlightens us about the conditions pertaining to those times---and plenty of Banburyshire people emigrated there from the mid 1800s on. Photography was in its infancy in the mid 1850s, and involved preparation of wet plates.These were given a coating of a light sensitive substance and had to be shielded and then used before they dried out; and before electricity, printing was done by sunlight---a lengthier and chancey process. Because of the various difficulties and amount of equipment needed, early photgraphers mainly concentrated on indoor studies. Not so Alfred Burton! He loved taking landscapes and studies of street scenes. The latter form part of an invaluable record of the time, today. He had a horse drawn van made, to convey his equipment and travelled around taking his photographs. He ventured into the fastness of Fiordland in southern NZ, which has a high rainfall,and the largest and most voracious sandflies imaginable. Not only did the latter make the humans miserable but they did kamikaze attacks on the wet plates---ruining them. To this was added the hardships of the terrain, where on some locations equipment had to be backpacked in. Streams and rivers could rise and cut them off for days, Once they had to shoot wekas ,( flightless hen-like birds), and wood pigeons in order to survive until they could trek out, again Their fortitude and determination in facing such odds---and triumphing, is almost beyond imagining. Then in the 1870s dry plate photography was invented.These decreased the need to carry so much equipment and were also prepared for use, cutting down the times involved. Alfred roamed far and wide. His shots of the Maori way of life in the remote interior of the North Island, recorded a fast disappearing lifestyle. He not only faced the hardships but also some hostility. We are so lucky that he was fascinated with the thermal region, and recorded the famous Pink and White Terraces, just months before they were destroyed in the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera.The article shows one of his photos of a nearby village almost buried under the volcanic ash, after the event. Other photos show that at that time city streets were very rough and unpaved; traffic was horse drawn, and sparse. It reminds us of how young our colonial history is and the enormous strides in development, since then. We owe a great debt of gratitude to these pioneering photographers. Technically their work was excellent, as you will know if you have had to enlarge a postcard sized shot. But wouldn't they have delighted in the modern array of cameras! Alfred, you were born too soon for a digital camera----I wonder what magic you would have made with it? Regards, Muriel. ( I have two glass plate negatives with the developing instructions, courtesy of my gt aunt Alice. One is of my gt-grandparents and the other my grandparents with their two children).

Muriel, pollyp wrote: > Thankyou for your kind comment, too. I always bite my nails after succumbing to the > temptation to "meander" or pontificate---and posting the resultant blurb! Keep your meandering thoughts coming - they are a joy to read :-) Rosemary Northumberland UK Email: [email protected] Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Kim, That confirmation is what I needed to tie him in with what Nivard has sent me, the censuses back to 1851 thru to 1901. That gives me the family he belongs to. I still have not been able to connect him to the Aynhoe Wrightons, or as to why he was living in Aynhoe when he went to WWI. That is probably hidden in the 1911 census - he was probably a cousin to the Aynhoe Wrightons, but that is all supposition at this point. We only have one other Wrighton descendent besides me living in the village so that's not much help anymore. Thanks for your help. Regards, Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [BAN] Need help > Hi Dawn > > The findmypast.com soldiers killed WWI lists gave the army number and > place > of birth (Hatton Warks, either they mistranscribed or I did as Halton). > Hatton is in the Warwick registration district. I searched FreeBMD for > Alfred > Wrightons born in the Warwick district in the relevant decades > (c.1880-1895) > and there is only one, the one I gave i.e. 1891Sep. Warwick 6d 593. > > I do not have his family, so cannot tell you any more. > > > Regards > > Kim > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Banbury Historical Society & Friends of Banbury Museum > http://www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum/banburyhistoricalsoc.cfm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Kim, Where were you able to locate the information that Army number 12835 KIA 1915 May 9, etc was born in Hatton (Halton) Warwickshire 1891 Sept Qtr 6d 593.I went to findmy past.com but got nothing Regards, Dawn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Need help > Hi Dawn > > There seem to be 2 Alfred Wrightons: > > 1) Army number 12835, KIA 1915 May 9, 1st Batt. Northamptonshire Regt., > born > Halton Warwickshire (1891 Sep Qtr 6d 593?) > > 2) Army number 17146, KIA 1916 Aug 17, 7th Batt. Northamptonshire Regt., > born Aynho Northants (1882 Dec Qtr 3b 76?) > > Data on number through to place of birth given by findmypast.com; birth > index reference is my guess. > > HTH > > Kim Sargerson > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The online Northamptonshire marriage strays index has just been updated. > Now nearly 7,000 marriages are included. View them at > http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/northants%20strays.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Dawn The findmypast.com soldiers killed WWI lists gave the army number and place of birth (Hatton Warks, either they mistranscribed or I did as Halton). Hatton is in the Warwick registration district. I searched FreeBMD for Alfred Wrightons born in the Warwick district in the relevant decades (c.1880-1895) and there is only one, the one I gave i.e. 1891Sep. Warwick 6d 593. I do not have his family, so cannot tell you any more. Regards Kim