Thanks for that. All suggestions gratefully received. Fingers crossed that one of them is a builder! I shall have to try and find a way of seeing the Parish Registers to check them all out. Philippa ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID JUDD" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Robert Gardiner > Have you tried up in and around Banbury - Adderbury, lots of Gardeners, > and > Gardiners located there, David Judd > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Philippa > Sent: 10 December 2007 13:38 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BAN] Robert Gardiner > > Hi Rosemary, > Thanks for checking out the Bicester, Charlton-on-Otmoor & Bucknell > records > for me. I have a suspicion this is going to remain a brickwall for a long > time to come. The problem is there are so many Gardner's of various > spellings around. This particular Robert I am hoping was a builder because > his son John was a mason, and the grandson James, born Bletchingdon, was a > mason, (famous for building the copula on top of the Sheldonian Theatre in > Oxford) married the daughter of a mason and had a son who was a builder. > Philippa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosemary Probert" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:19 PM > Subject: Re: [BAN] Robert Gardiner > > >> Hi Philippa, >> >> I've checked Bicester transcript (OFHS) and the only Robert GARDNER >> was baptised in 1797. >> >> I also had a look at the Bicester Independent & Methodist Chapels, >> Charlton-on-Otmoor & Bucknell - no Robert. >> >> Rosemary >> >> Northumberland UK >> Email: [email protected] >> Family History: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/ >> Banburyshire Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engcbanb/ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Philippa wrote: >>> Please can anyone help with information on Robert Gardiner. He would >>> have >>> been born probably c1720-30 and he married Mary Tanner in Caversfield >>> February 1755. Their children were William born 1756, John born 1757, >>> Robert >>> born 1759 and Richard born 1761.I have checked the Caversfield parish >>> registers and he was not baptised in Caversfield so I am looking for any >>> Robert Gardiner's in the Oxford area. Many thanks >>> Philippa >>> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> 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 >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >