Does anybody on this list have an interest in Thomas Softly/Softby WARE who died 30 May 1901 in 16 Montalbo Terrace, Barnard Castle? He was born in about 1826 also in Barnard Castle, but spent most of the intervening years in Tottenham grown plants - he is my G^2 grandfather. His father was George WARE and ironmonger "born in the same county" according to the 1841 census. I would love to find for details of these two: their graves, birth details etc, though living in Oman at the moment does make trips to Co Durham difficult! Does anybody recognise the middle name as Softby or Softly? Many thanks Richard

In message <[email protected]>, The Spaldings <[email protected]> writes >Does anybody on this list have an interest in Thomas Softly/Softby WARE who >died 30 May 1901 in 16 Montalbo Terrace, Barnard Castle? He was born in >about 1826 also in Barnard Castle, but spent most of the intervening years >in Tottenham grown plants - he is my G^2 grandfather. His father was George >WARE and ironmonger "born in the same county" according to the 1841 census. > >Many thanks > > > >Richard > Hi Richard, This may be of interest from Pigot's 1834 Directory of Durham. Barnard Castle Ironmongers Thomas SOFTLY - Address "Bank" Geo. WARE (furnishing) Horsemarket. You can take a virtual tour of Barney here: <http://www.barnardcastlelife.co.uk/town/virtualmap.html> There is actually a Ware Street in Bd. Castle! Cleveland FHS publish the following MI's for Barnard Castle Barnard Castle: St Mary (Dur) Barnard Castle: Roman Catholic Cemetery (Dur) Barnard Castle: Victoria Road Cemetery (Dur) <http://www.clevelandfhs.org.uk/Publications.htm> Regards, -- Helen Oram