Hi Neil, Kirtlington PR's; 9 Nov 1868 WEBB xIsaac 23 bach boatman Kirtlington s George boatman MIDWINTER xAmy 21 spin Kirtlington d Job boatman wit: Charles BUSBY Hannah BUSBY 11 Jun 1871 WEBB Ann d Isaac & Amy bargeman Kirtlington OHFS OMI; Job MIDWINTER marr. Amelia STOKES in Kidlington on 2 Jun 1828 Kidlington PR's; 2 Jun 1828 MIDWINTER Job bach STOKES Amelia spin banns wit: Martin STOKES Sophia BATTS 29 Mar 1829 MIDWINTER Jane d Job & Amelia boatman of Thrupp 7 Apr 1833 " William s " " " 9 Mar 1856 " Hiram s " Maria lab Thrupp HTH, Bill Watson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Grantham" <neil40@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-BANBURY-AREA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 6:23 PM Subject: [BAN] My Brick Walls, GRANTHAM/Canal and SKUCE > Dear list, > following Angela's invite, here is a brief summary of my Banbury/Oxfordshire > Ancestors and the area's I am looking at. > > The GRANTHAM and SKUCE names are from my Paternal Grandparents, Job GRANTHAM > and Susan Ada SKUCE. > > The GRANTHAM line I have traced back to Wolston, Warwickshire, where my 4x > Great Grandparents wed in 1765, they are my Brick wall on that line. I have > some documents of a Mary GRANTHAM, recollecting her family, saying that > Thomas came from the Black country or the potteries, but I cannot find him > anywhere as yet. > Bilton is mentioned in conjunction with lime kilns. This 'could' be Bilton > near Rugby (the home of Rugby Cement), only a stones throw from Wolston, or > even Bilston in Staffs. > >From Wolston they arrive in Lower Heyford early in the 1800's, the earliest > record being the marriage of his daughter Ann to William Wells in 1813 > Thomas built, with his sons, the Canal wharf at Lower Heyford, one of > several at the time, and the only surviving one. Before it became > Oxfordshire Narrow Boats, it was still called Grantham's Wharf. > The family thus began their life trading coal and hay from the wharf, as > well as transporting it. Many GRANTHAM boatmen are listed in PR's > My Great Great Grandfather Edwin/Edmund/Edward was a boatman, until he ran > an Inn in Mill street, Banbury. > > Loose ends are: > Birth date of my Grandfather, Job GRANTHAM. I know he was christened at > Christchurch, Banbury, 4th March 1891 > Birth date of his parents Edmund (christened Lower Heyford on Christmas Day > 1852) and Amy > Amy was Amy WEBB at the time of marriage, but was a widow, and formerly Amy > MIDWINTER. I can't find who Mr WEBB was, or when/where she was born, > Census's state she was born in 'Kirlklington', I think I found an Amy > MIDWINTER daughter of Job MIDWINTER but I need to check that. > Death/burial dates of both Edmund and Amy. > Note. Edmund became Edwin on his children's christening records, and Edward > in 1891/1901 census's!! > > The SKUCE line I have traced back to Charlbury, again in the mid 1700's. > Plenty of them in places like Charlbury, Duns Tew, Deddington and Balscote > (my line), all related. > Where they came from beforehand I don't know, although the name is said to > be Cornish, and there are derivatives such as Skues, Skewis, Skuse etc. > There don't seem to be many north of Oxfordshire in those times, so I am > guessing they came up from Cornwall via Wiltshire and Gloucestershire etc, > as I have found a smattering, but no conclusive evidence. > > My problem here is that earliest Charlbury records are the marriage of my 4x > Gt Grandfather William SCUSE (sic) to Ann BISTER in Charlbury, 1740, no > record of parents names in those days unfortunately. I guess he came to > Charlbury to marry Ann and stayed. > > Loose ends: > The marriage place/date of my Great Grandparents John Leonard SKUCE and > Selina Elizabeth RANDLE > The 1881 census suggests she was born in Shutford, the 1891 in Neithrop > Death/burial date/place of Selina > > Neil > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >