Ian: You might not be aware that there a lot of Wolverhampton sources, including all pre-1837 parish registers, available online at http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/familyhistory. Happy hunting Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Rhodes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:53 PM Subject: [Black Country] Sharrocks/Sharrocks and Binnie >I hope I have the right list and that it covers Wolverhampton. Most of my >family are from the north west, but a number settled in the midlands in the >1890s and early 1900s. I have lost track of them beyond then and I'm hoping >that the names might mean something to the people on this list: > > William Sharrocks/Shorrocks (born Dukinfield, Cheshire) and his wife Mary > Jane (born Bridgwater, Somerset) were at Francis Street in 1901 and 1911. > He was an agent for the Boilermakers Society. They had seven children and > I believe five of them married in Wolverhampton: > > Sarah Jane (1876) > William Henry (1878) > Maria (1881) > May (1885) > John (1890) > > Also in Wolverhampton in 1901 was William's niece, Sarah Sharrocks (1880), > who was woking as a domestic servant in Merridale. > > Finally, James Binnie (1855 Scotland) moved to West Bromwich after his > wife died in 1902. He married Ann Cox, widow of Joseph Peters, in 1906 and > I think he died there in 1919. > > Any help appreciated. > > Ian Rhodes > Stockport > ------------------------------------- > The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. Run > by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Thanks for that quick response Paul. It confirms William and Mary Jane's deaths in 1921 and 1918 and their burials at Merridale Cemetery. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Prescott" <[email protected]> To: "Ian Rhodes" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [Black Country] Sharrocks/Sharrocks and Binnie > Ian: > > You might not be aware that there a lot of Wolverhampton sources, > including all pre-1837 parish registers, available online at > http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/resources/familyhistory. > > Happy hunting > > Paul > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Rhodes" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:53 PM > Subject: [Black Country] Sharrocks/Sharrocks and Binnie > > >>I hope I have the right list and that it covers Wolverhampton. Most of my >>family are from the north west, but a number settled in the midlands in >>the 1890s and early 1900s. I have lost track of them beyond then and I'm >>hoping that the names might mean something to the people on this list: >> >> William Sharrocks/Shorrocks (born Dukinfield, Cheshire) and his wife Mary >> Jane (born Bridgwater, Somerset) were at Francis Street in 1901 and 1911. >> He was an agent for the Boilermakers Society. They had seven children and >> I believe five of them married in Wolverhampton: >> >> Sarah Jane (1876) >> William Henry (1878) >> Maria (1881) >> May (1885) >> John (1890) >> >> Also in Wolverhampton in 1901 was William's niece, Sarah Sharrocks >> (1880), who was woking as a domestic servant in Merridale. >> >> Finally, James Binnie (1855 Scotland) moved to West Bromwich after his >> wife died in 1902. He married Ann Cox, widow of Joseph Peters, in 1906 >> and I think he died there in 1919. >> >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Ian Rhodes >> Stockport >> ------------------------------------- >> The only List that specifically covers the whole of the Black Country. >> Run by Black Country folk who were born and still live in the area. >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >