Update on the Wrightons of Aynho. Since writing my first article for the Banburyshire page, I have done a lot more successful research and now have a few hundred more cousins of whatever degree! My project to find out all I could about my Grandfather, Charles Wrighton's siblings, has been partially successful, sometimes spectacularly so. It has involved several international phone calls and physically visiting new connections in other countries. Grandad's eldest sister Ellen married a London policeman, John Coombes, and I have their children's names but have made no connection to her descendants. Adelaide was the next sister and I have met, stayed with and continued correspondence with her Grandaughter, who will be visiting me in Canada next month. Emily married Tom Harris and I have corresponded with her Grandson. Herbert was the eldest son and like nearly all the Wrighton men, he worked for the GWR and met and married a Welsh girl, Mary James, and they had one daughter. Harriet married Edwin Rolfe who was in the Army and I remember meeting my Mother's Uncle Edwin when I was a child and have connected to one of his descendants. Charles my Grandfather, married Edith Clements and they had seven children my Mother being the eldest daughter. Oliver who died aged nine. Joseph married another Aynho girl Beatrice Humphris and they emigrated to Waukesha, Wisconsin with their five children and Gertrude Humphris Stone, the widowed sister of Beatrice. They were sponsored by the women's brother F. Humphris who had emigrated earlier. The five children all married and had children and I visited Waukesha last year and met several of them. My hostess was Juanita Wrighton Saunders the only daughter of George Wrighton who was taken to Waukesha as a small child. Alice died as a baby. Frank married Amy Louise Parritt, the Great Aunt of our Muriel Wells with whom I stayed when I visited New Zealand. Frank and Amy had several daughters and one son, John. I have met a Grandson of John, Ben, when I was in Northampton last year. John's eldest son Richard emigrated to Australia and his son Leigh was in UK for a year recently and he connected to Ben and brother Dan. I hope to visit Australia again next year and would love to meet Richard and his family. Ada died as a baby. Mabel married William Wilkinson but had no children. I have been given a copy of her will which gave me the names of many of her nieces and nephews which was a great help in identifying nieces by their married names. Phillip married Ada Burrows and they had three daughters, one of whom visited her Wrighton cousins in Wisconsin, USA several years ago. George married another Welsh girl, Elizabeth Thomas, and they had nine children at least two who died as babies. Their youngest son Phillip is still alive at over 90 and his son Nigel has been working with me on this project. David married Kate Cox and had two sons, Norman and Basil. I have found no marriages or children for these two men who both died in the early 2000s. If I had started this exercise earlier I might have been able to make contact with them, but there are always "too lates" in genealogy. These are the fifteen children my Great Grandmother Julia Borton, had in 25 years! Hi Rosemary: I have been meaning to send this report to you for a long time so your recent post, and the fact that it is raining today so I cannot do any gardening, has triggered me into action. Hope this will be suitable. Yours, Barbara.

Hi Barbara, Thanks for your speedy response :-) Would you like this as a separate page to follow on from "The Wrightons in Aynho"? And do you have any pictures you'd like to add to go with it? Rosemary Northumberland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Barbara Adair wrote: > Update on the Wrightons of Aynho. > > Since writing my first article for the Banburyshire page, I have done a lot more successful research and now have a few hundred more cousins of whatever degree! > My project to find out all I could about my Grandfather, Charles Wrighton's siblings, has been partially successful, sometimes spectacularly so. It has involved several > international phone calls and physically visiting new connections in other countries. > Grandad's eldest sister Ellen married a London policeman, John Coombes, and I have their children's names but have made no connection to her descendants. > Adelaide was the next sister and I have met, stayed with and continued correspondence with her Grandaughter, who will be visiting me in Canada next month. > Emily married Tom Harris and I have corresponded with her Grandson. > Herbert was the eldest son and like nearly all the Wrighton men, he worked for the GWR and met and married a Welsh girl, Mary James, and they had one daughter. > Harriet married Edwin Rolfe who was in the Army and I remember meeting my Mother's Uncle Edwin when I was a child and have connected to one of his descendants. > Charles my Grandfather, married Edith Clements and they had seven children my Mother being the eldest daughter. > Oliver who died aged nine. > Joseph married another Aynho girl Beatrice Humphris and they emigrated to Waukesha, Wisconsin with their five children and Gertrude Humphris Stone, the widowed sister of Beatrice. They were sponsored by the women's brother F. Humphris who had emigrated earlier. The five children all married and had children and I visited Waukesha last year and met several of them. My hostess was Juanita Wrighton Saunders the only daughter of George Wrighton who was taken to Waukesha as a small child. > Alice died as a baby. > Frank married Amy Louise Parritt, the Great Aunt of our Muriel Wells with whom I stayed when I visited New Zealand. Frank and Amy had several daughters and one > son, John. I have met a Grandson of John, Ben, when I was in Northampton last year. John's eldest son Richard emigrated to Australia and his son Leigh was in > UK for a year recently and he connected to Ben and brother Dan. I hope to visit Australia again next year and would love to meet Richard and his family. > Ada died as a baby. > Mabel married William Wilkinson but had no children. I have been given a copy of her will which gave me the names of many of her nieces and nephews which was a great help in identifying nieces by their married names. > Phillip married Ada Burrows and they had three daughters, one of whom visited her Wrighton cousins in Wisconsin, USA several years ago. > George married another Welsh girl, Elizabeth Thomas, and they had nine children at least two who died as babies. Their youngest son Phillip is still alive at over 90 and his son Nigel has been working with me on this project. > David married Kate Cox and had two sons, Norman and Basil. I have found no marriages or children for these two men who both died in the early 2000s. If I had started > this exercise earlier I might have been able to make contact with them, but there are always "too lates" in genealogy. > > These are the fifteen children my Great Grandmother Julia Borton, had in 25 years! > > Hi Rosemary: I have been meaning to send this report to you for a long time so your recent post, and the fact that it is raining today so I cannot do any gardening, has > triggered me into action. > > Hope this will be suitable. > > Yours, > Barbara.

Hi Rosemary: Yes a separate page would be good. But how do I send pictures, by e-mail only? Or should I scan something and then send on? Barbara. On 17 Apr 2010, at 10:58 AM, Rosemary Probert wrote: > Hi Barbara, > > Thanks for your speedy response :-) > > Would you like this as a separate page to follow on from "The Wrightons > in Aynho"? And do you have any pictures you'd like to add to go with it? > > Rosemary > Northumberland > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Barbara Adair wrote: >> Update on the Wrightons of Aynho. >> >> Since writing my first article for the Banburyshire page, I have done a lot more successful research and now have a few hundred more cousins of whatever degree! >> My project to find out all I could about my Grandfather, Charles Wrighton's siblings, has been partially successful, sometimes spectacularly so. It has involved several >> international phone calls and physically visiting new connections in other countries. >> Grandad's eldest sister Ellen married a London policeman, John Coombes, and I have their children's names but have made no connection to her descendants. >> Adelaide was the next sister and I have met, stayed with and continued correspondence with her Grandaughter, who will be visiting me in Canada next month. >> Emily married Tom Harris and I have corresponded with her Grandson. >> Herbert was the eldest son and like nearly all the Wrighton men, he worked for the GWR and met and married a Welsh girl, Mary James, and they had one daughter. >> Harriet married Edwin Rolfe who was in the Army and I remember meeting my Mother's Uncle Edwin when I was a child and have connected to one of his descendants. >> Charles my Grandfather, married Edith Clements and they had seven children my Mother being the eldest daughter. >> Oliver who died aged nine. >> Joseph married another Aynho girl Beatrice Humphris and they emigrated to Waukesha, Wisconsin with their five children and Gertrude Humphris Stone, the widowed sister of Beatrice. They were sponsored by the women's brother F. Humphris who had emigrated earlier. The five children all married and had children and I visited Waukesha last year and met several of them. My hostess was Juanita Wrighton Saunders the only daughter of George Wrighton who was taken to Waukesha as a small child. >> Alice died as a baby. >> Frank married Amy Louise Parritt, the Great Aunt of our Muriel Wells with whom I stayed when I visited New Zealand. Frank and Amy had several daughters and one >> son, John. I have met a Grandson of John, Ben, when I was in Northampton last year. John's eldest son Richard emigrated to Australia and his son Leigh was in >> UK for a year recently and he connected to Ben and brother Dan. I hope to visit Australia again next year and would love to meet Richard and his family. >> Ada died as a baby. >> Mabel married William Wilkinson but had no children. I have been given a copy of her will which gave me the names of many of her nieces and nephews which was a great help in identifying nieces by their married names. >> Phillip married Ada Burrows and they had three daughters, one of whom visited her Wrighton cousins in Wisconsin, USA several years ago. >> George married another Welsh girl, Elizabeth Thomas, and they had nine children at least two who died as babies. Their youngest son Phillip is still alive at over 90 and his son Nigel has been working with me on this project. >> David married Kate Cox and had two sons, Norman and Basil. I have found no marriages or children for these two men who both died in the early 2000s. If I had started >> this exercise earlier I might have been able to make contact with them, but there are always "too lates" in genealogy. >> >> These are the fifteen children my Great Grandmother Julia Borton, had in 25 years! >> >> Hi Rosemary: I have been meaning to send this report to you for a long time so your recent post, and the fact that it is raining today so I cannot do any gardening, has >> triggered me into action. >> >> Hope this will be suitable. >> >> Yours, >> Barbara. > Banburyshire website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engcbanb/index.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message