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Hi All Has any one got any think on a Patrick Dunn He married a Sarah Hobbis in 1862 at Walsall I know he died before the 1871 census , but I have no idea who his father was or how old His two children where called Thomas and Elizabeth but on the 1871 census Thomas is called John and they where living at Handsworth Can anyone help please Cassy

Is taking place tomorrow (Sunday) at the Leisure Centre, Llantrisant, 5 minutes from junction 34 of the M4. 10 - 5pm. Best Wishes Carol O'Neill www.genealogyprinters.com South Wales Family History Fair

Hi Daniel, I have a YARDLEY/ DUNN connection, but they are both from Lye, Worcs. James YARDLEY married Eliza DUNN at Christ Church, Lye in 1899. Both were born 1877- 1878. I also have a GRIFFIN ( Hannah M.) marrying William James PERRY in 1894. William was the grandson of Anna Maria YARDLEY. Yardsley

Hi Daniel, I also have this branch in my tree, I have Solomon marrying Ann Stringer in 1833, my connection is through the Stringer family. I have Solomon's parents as a maybe, William and Joanna. Best Wishes from Linda.

I've been doing research on the DUNN family of Dunn's Bank, Quarry Bank, Netherton and Old Hill. In particular descendents of Solomon DUNN and Mary Ann PARKES m 1821 Brierley Hill. I have a DUNN family Bible for this particular branch which goes back to prior to the date of Solomon and Mary Ann's marriage. Related families in this research, mainly of Quarry Bank, but later Cradley area, are GREENWAY BLOOMER WHITE GRIFFIN YARDLEY HURLEY GILES GORTON MARSON and in particular RICHARDS. Cheers, Daniel Winters A product of post-war Black Country migration in Australia

Hello Everyone, Does anyone have any connection to the following DUNN family please? Samuel DUNN born abt 1829 married Susannah EVANS at St James' Church, Eve Hill, Dudley in 1851 Children: Sarah Ann born abt 1853 Thomas born abt 1855 Samuel born abt 1857 Mary born abt 1859 married James WILLETTS at St Andrew's Church, Netherton in 1883 Eliza DUNN born abt 1861 Selina born abt 1863 married Benjamin DUNN at St Andrew's Church, Netherton in 1883 Daniel DUNN born abt 1866 married Emma SMITH at St Andrew's Church, Netherton in 1884 All the above children were baptised at St Andrew's Church, Netherton. I *think* Samuel DUNN, the father, was baptised at St Michael's Church, Brierley Hill in 1831 with his parents being Daniel DUNN and Sarah HICKMANS who married in 1827 at Kingswinford. I'm not sure if I'm on the right track here with all these DUNNs. Silly me volunteered to do the DUNN family for a friend :-) Many thanks Jean

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Hi Jean I've just seen your posting on Ancestry about POSTANS one-name study. I've got some in Cleobury Mortimer. Steph Researching families in Cradley, Halesowen & Rowley Regis If I haven't replied to you, it could be because I've changed computer & lost some E mails. If I've replied to a very old E mail - I imported some mail to my in box that I shouldn't....

Poor William WALTON born c.1832 on Oxfordshire is first found in the workhouse in Bicester in 1841 with his brother Thomas, having been orphaned. William was sent to Dudley to serve his apprenticeship as a Cordwainer. He then set himself up in business in Kingswinford and then Wordsley and there he stayed. He married Rebecca GADD and they had four children who survived infancy: Elon 1853 William 1856 Mary 1865 William Henry 1873 Elon married a much older woman called Sarah PALFREY but they never had children. They were probably popular with children though because they owned the confectioners and bakers shop in Comberton Road, Kidderminster. William married Ellen DUNN in 1876 in KIngswinford and they had four children: Mary R 1878 Elon 1881 Ellen (my Great Grandmother) 1883 and Harry, not quite sure when he was born because I haven't been able to pin it down. They lived in Wombourne and then Wordsley before crossing the borders and going to Brum in the 1890's! I suspect some recrossed the border because I know that in the 1970's there were Walton's descended from somewhere above still living in Wordsley. Any connections? Linda Staffs UK Researching: Cook(e) Plant Mason Keys Pearsall and variants Broster Rastall Turner Smith Miller Morgan Simmons Baker

Edward (born 1784) and Elizabeth DUNN of Kinver had at least three children. These are the three I am certain of: Edward 1814 married Ellen, four children Ellen 1850 , Emma 1837 , Ann 1839 and William 1845 (all born in Kinver) Thomas 1817 never married Caroline 1828 married William HERBERT, two children Mary Ann and William Ellen DUNN born 1850 Kinver married William WALTON in 1876. Any connections? Linda Staffs UK Researching: Cook(e) Plant Mason Keys Pearsall and variants Broster Rastall Turner Smith Miller Morgan Simmons Baker

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Hi all, the Walsall Leather Museum site is as follows:- http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/leisure_and_culture/leathermuseum/leatherworkers_-_family_history_resources.htm

Rogers reply to Graham referred to workers coming to Walsall from Berkshire and gave a possible explanation that they might be looking for work in the leather industry. Walsall Leather Museum's Web pages http://www.walsall.gov.uk/index/leisure_and_culture/leathermuseum/leatherworkers contain some very good lists of leather workers. There are 48 names, occupations and addresses listed from the 1801 Walsall Census. Another list dated 1813 comes from Thomas Pearce's "History & Directory of Walsall 1813" and then two more lists from the 1841 and the 1861 Census. Manufacturers are listed for 1900 and 1925. Regards Pat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Thompson" <roger.thompson@thompsonex.com> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [B.C.] Transport links between Walsall and Berkshire > The influx of people into the BC was enormous in the 19th C. A link > between Country people and Walsall may be the Saddlery trade. Rural > people would have been familiar with horse saddles and trappings and > Walsall was not only a national centre of the industry, but > internationally( empire) as well. I would be surprised if there are not > good records of the trade in Walsall archives.

I went to school in the 1940s at Oldbury County High School with a boy called Lee. His family were the undertakers in Oldbury. Kit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cassy" <cassyfranklin@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:46 PM Subject: undertakers > Hi All > Does anyone know who the local undertakers where in the early > 1900-1940s in Oldbury > Trying to find out who buried my grandmother at Roodend > or has any one got any idea how I could find out > Cheers > Cassy > > ______________________________

Hello Graham Have you found your JARVIS families on the 1851 Census in Walsall? Isaac Jarvis aged 29 born Aston BRK is a porter and his nextdoor neighbour is a railwayman so perhaps that is one reason for the move to Walsall, South Staffordshire. Isaac's older brother Thomas aged 39 is a packer born Acton BRK so no clues there but in his household is Sarah JARVIS (Mother) 70, widow, born Walsall. Is that another reason for coming to Walsall? Regards Pat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Stanley" <graham_stanley@tiscali.co.uk> To: <ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 5:55 PM Subject: Transport links between Walsall and Berkshire > It turns out that my family (JARVIS) who lived in Walsall, Staffs for most > of the C19th, originated from a tiny village in Berkshire (now Oxon) - > Aston Tirrold. A couple of brothers, Thomas (b 1811) and Isaac (b 1822), > both married women from Walsall around 1845 and raised their families > there. > I know from asking this question on the Berkshire List, that rural life at > this time was far from idyllic (Swing riots, famine, transportation and > the like). Clearly they needed employment but what possessed them to go as > far as the Black Country? Was there some sort of assisted passage scheme > to take the Berkshire or Oxfordshire rural poor to the industrial > midlands, as happened to Stephen Fry's East Anglian ancestors, who were > sent to Lancashire mills (see recent series of "Who Do You Think You > Are?") Was there an obvious transport link (railway/ canal)? > Any ideas how/why the brothers might have ended up in faraway Walsall > gratefully recd. > Graham > Twickenham > > ______________________________

Hello Bob, I don't wish to go into this too deeply, but the first thing that came to mind on reading your message was, shouldn't we be extremely grateful that these business documents actually exist, with some being from the 17th century. Secondly, that the documents are deposited in a Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) Archive Service, rather than a County Record Office, i.e. Worcestershire or Staffordshire, so that local people within the Black Country can view these records? On the web site I gave, www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/leisure-culture/libraries/archives/workshop I would refer you to the section "Frequently Asked Questions" Regards Jean Bob wrote: > Thank you Jean, that does help and sounds like good news for the BC > Archives. Even so, will they or have they already microfilmed these > archives? To my knowledge, there still is nothing that compares with the > quality of properly made microfilm images for archiving documents and > images/paintings/drawings. Surely the digitization process and microfilming > process could be integrated and one could have the benefits of both for very > little more than either one separately(except for the cost of hardware and > most archives already have microfilm equipment). Someday the digitization > process may catch up with analog filming but realistically, with my > understanding of the poor resolution of digital techniques relative to > analog film/microfilm, I don't see that happening in the next 50 years. In > addition, the ease of storing, duplicating and longevity of microfilm are > powerful arguments to use microfilm. I'm not an archivist by profession, so > I'm not aware of the latest technology except what's available to consumers. > The technology available to consumers for viewing microfilm could stand > oodles of improvement. > > What does Jean say? >