Hi all, With Richard's permission I'm fwd'ing his mail to list. I'm sure some of you will be able to offer Richard some valuable advice or information to help him get settled into his new hobby :>) Thanks as always folks Angela co admin Banbury ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ms Allen Thanks very much for your info and offer; but let me explain first...I am very new to family history and did not know the word " banburyshire" existed until last week. However I do like puzzles. I am researching my father's people ( Lamb) with virtually zero family related knowledge. I live in Canberra Australia and being a new amateur , I think I am doing this the hard way. I use Free BMD and crosscheck via the GRO indexes on microfiche here in our National Library plus subscribe to the 1871 81 91 censuses via ancestry.com. Any good lead with a GRO index I order a certificate from ONS ( what a service , I only wish we had something similar). But to your info. I knew sparsest details of the marriage via the above method ( GRO Banbury v3a p1077) and indeed have just ordered the certificate to find more about Sophia; James Albert the husband ( and my great grandfather) died in 1890 and Sophia was 35 yrs old with five boys at the time ( all Lambs) and had three more children between 1891 and 1898 ( fathers unknown) before snaring a toyboy in 1900 ( an Alfred Cannock 32 yrs) who was just older than her eldest son. So in my tyro way I became quite fascinated by her survival instincts and indeed still am. Brickwalls? A new term to me but I think I can guess. Yes I do have some. No 1 ..I know George Lamb was born in 1834 in Great Tew and married in Dec qtr 1854 ( Chipping Norton v3a p1112) a Charlotte Grimmet( b 1828 Great Tew) Any leads on his or her forebears etc would be useful as I cannot get much before 1837 from here via the internet. No 2.. Any further info on Sophia (Survivor) Shrimpton would be useful... did she have more children with Alfred Cannock.. what was her background etc.. I know she was born June qtr 1857 ( Banbury v 3a p 613) No 3.. James Albert and Sophia had five sons - Albert b 1878 Sibford, Ernest b 1879 Hook Norton Walter b 1883 HN , George b 1886 HN and James Albert ( jnr) b 1887 HN ...the last was my grandfather and I now know of his details ( he was killed 1917 in Arras).. of the others I know nothing So Ms Allen thanks again for your help .. and before I get too verbose I should finish ...except to observe that I find it amazing that this small family of Lambs spent nearly a century being born, working and dying in such a small area as " banburyshire"; The censuses shown they moved over time between villages ( Great Tew, Sibford-Swalcliffe, South Newington, Hook Norton, Over Norton) but not far at all by our standards. Cheers . Richard James Lamb R J Lamb lambikins@ozemail.com.au

Hi Richard, If you're new to research in this area it's well worth a look at The Oxfordshire Family History Society's site at http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ There are several useful search facilities available through it and copies of Parish Registers on CD or Fiche plus other research aids. I can't find a baptism for George LAMB in Great Tew , but I did find Marriage 1854 Dec 25 LAMB George fa bach otp lab s ---- lab GRIMMETT Charlotte fa spin otp d John lab Wit. Daniel Scarlett William Norton Baptism 1828 Sept 25 GRIMMETT Charlotte d John & Maria, lab Hope this helps. Barb Stacey Solihull UK > Hi all, > With Richard's permission I'm fwd'ing his mail to list. > > I'm sure some of you will be able to offer Richard some > valuable advice or information to help him get settled > into his new hobby :>) > >

Charlotte GRIMMETT had four siblings: George bapt 27 December 1822 Mary Anne bapt 11 April 1830 Daniel bapt 14 October 1832 buried 10 April 1833 Harriet bapt 23 August 1835 There is the record of a burial for a Maria GRIMMETT on 25 March 1837 aged 42 and the records of a baptism of a John GRIMMETT s Richard and Mary on 23 October 1791 and burial of John GRIMMETT on 15 December 1874 aged 83 years. No record of the marriage of John and Maria at Great Tew. Hope this whets your interest. Janet Booth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angela Allen" <angela.allen72@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:09 PM Subject: [BAN] Fw: LAMB/SHRIMPTON > Hi all, > With Richard's permission I'm fwd'ing his mail to list. > > I'm sure some of you will be able to offer Richard some > valuable advice or information to help him get settled > into his new hobby :>) > > Thanks as always folks > > Angela > co admin Banbury > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Ms Allen > > Thanks very much for your info and offer; but let me explain first...I am > very new to family history and did not know the word " banburyshire" > existed until last week. However I do like puzzles. I am researching my > father's people ( Lamb) with virtually zero family related knowledge. I > live in Canberra Australia and being a new amateur , I think I am doing > this the hard way. I use Free BMD and crosscheck via the GRO indexes on > microfiche here in our National Library plus subscribe to the 1871 81 91 > censuses via ancestry.com. Any good lead with a GRO index I order a > certificate from ONS ( what a service , I only wish we had something > similar). > But to your info. I knew sparsest details of the marriage via the above > method ( GRO Banbury v3a p1077) and indeed have just ordered the > certificate to find more about Sophia; James Albert the husband ( and my > great grandfather) died in 1890 and Sophia was 35 yrs old with five boys > at the time ( all Lambs) and had three more children between 1891 and 1898 > ( fathers unknown) before snaring a toyboy in 1900 ( an Alfred Cannock 32 > yrs) who was just older than her eldest son. So in my tyro way I became > quite fascinated by her survival instincts and indeed still am. > > Brickwalls? A new term to me but I think I can guess. Yes I do have some. > > No 1 ..I know George Lamb was born in 1834 in Great Tew and married in Dec > qtr 1854 ( Chipping Norton v3a p1112) a Charlotte Grimmet( b 1828 Great > Tew) Any leads on his or her forebears etc would be useful as I cannot get > much before 1837 from here via the internet. > > No 2.. Any further info on Sophia (Survivor) Shrimpton would be useful... > did she have more children with Alfred Cannock.. what was her background > etc.. I know she was born June qtr 1857 ( Banbury v 3a p 613) > > No 3.. James Albert and Sophia had five sons - Albert b 1878 Sibford, > Ernest b 1879 Hook Norton Walter b 1883 HN , George b 1886 HN and James > Albert ( jnr) b 1887 HN ...the last was my grandfather and I now know of > his details ( he was killed 1917 in Arras).. of the others I know nothing > > So Ms Allen thanks again for your help .. and before I get too verbose I > should finish ...except to observe that I find it amazing that this small > family of Lambs spent nearly a century being born, working and dying in > such a small area as " banburyshire"; The censuses shown they moved over > time between villages ( Great Tew, Sibford-Swalcliffe, South Newington, > Hook Norton, Over Norton) but not far at all by our standards. > > Cheers . Richard James Lamb > > > R J Lamb > lambikins@ozemail.com.au > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >