Hello Mary I'm not an active family history researcher, so I'm afraid I don't know all the correct terms for the subject! I posted on the newsgroup as my sister is interested in the history of her cottage in Chesterfield (she's trying to find out about all the people who lived there before her and has now gone back as far as early 1900's!!) I now live in south Derbyshire, however as I grew up in Stonegravels I know the churches you mention. St Mary's & All Saints is the main church in Chesterfield, famous as "The Crooked Spire" and Holy Trinity church is located about a mile away on Newbold Road (when I was at school, we had all our carol services and school commemoration day services there!). I've just seen a couple of the replies you've already had from the newsgroup which may give you the information easily, but please let me know if I can help. Maybe I could ring the minister at each church and ask for the details you're looking for? My parents and sister still live in Chesterfield so I could even ask them to call the the church in person. Good luck with your research! Sally Stamford Ashbourne, Derbyshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary" <mairibeth@iprimus.com.au> To: <ENG-DERBYSHIRE-CHESTERFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 8:48 PM Subject: [Chesterfield] New subscriber WOLL/WHOOL/WOOL > Hi, > I am researching the WOLL( spelling variants found so far include WHOOL, > WOOL, WHOL) family who arrived in Chesterfield around 1867. They lived at > Stonegravels where George found work as a striker or forge labourer > George and Catherine WOLL (nee GEIS/GEIG) came to Chesterfield fram > Hachenbach, Bavaria with their daughter, Catherine ( "a babe in > arms"). They married at Holy Trinity April 5th 1869. Frederick ANDREWS and > Emma ROE (?) were witnesses. > > Catherine and her brother George were christened at St Mary's 2nd Sep 1869 > (according to LDS records). Baby George died the following year. > Selina was born 18th Mar 1871. Selina, Catherine, and their parents are in > the 1871 census for Chesterfield. > > In 1874, James Woll was born and he died of convulsions age four months on > 23rd July. BUT by this time, Catherine appears to be a widow, working as a > housekeeper. The informant, present at death was Emma BATTER (?) of > Barracks (?) Row Wittington. > I cannot find a death for George (snr) under any variant of WOLL. However, > his widow married Henry Hunter in 1876 in Newbold and Dunstan and the > family moved to Coventry. > > Being in Australia, I rely very heavily on LDS films but I have been unable > to get a film of St Mary's records. The LDS catalogue shows one but when > you receive it the film number is correct, the title on the film is correct > but the records are all Holy Trinity. I reported it to them but heard > nothing back. Were Holy Trinity and St Mary's and All Saints the same church? > How can I find out about the death of George (snr) when I can't find his > death certificate and the LDS church records appear to be wrong? What > other options are available to me in Chesterfield (from this distance)? > > Many thanks > > Mary > Bendigo Australia > <mairibeth@iprimus.com.au> > List Owner of ASHDOWN-UK Mailing List > > ASHDOWN WEBSITE http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~rogers/ > PERSONAL WEBSITE http://home.iprimus.com.au/mairibeth/ > > > > > ==== ENG-DERBYSHIRE-CHESTERFIELD Mailing List ==== > Check out the list's website for rules, guidelines, how to post to the list, view archives, unsubscribe, change from L to D or D to L: > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/Chesterfield/ > >