----- Original Message ----- From: "getsmart" <getsmart@beeb.net> To: "J Laxton" <rlaxton@rogers.com>; <:ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [ERY] New Subscriber: Interest List of names (SPINK) > Hello Josephine, > > I'm new too, but I noticed the name SPINK. > I have a Joseph SPINK who married Ann Clark at Rise in 1809. > They had five children that I know of, all born in Aldbrough: > George Spink bapt 23.03.1810 > Elizabeth Spink bapt 3.051812 > Ann Spink bapt 21.11.1816 > Mary Spink bapt 8.09.1816 > William Spink bapt 30.06.1818 > > Joseph Spink is on the 1851 Census at Tarnstern with George, Ann, Mary and > William, all still unmarried. > > Elizabeth Spink married John CANHAM 1.11.1838 at Aldburgh Parish Church. > > The 1881 Census gives 71 yr old George and sister Mary (64 years), both > unmarried living in Aldbrough Village. George is given as a retired farmer. > > Any good to you? > > Dorothy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J Laxton" <rlaxton@rogers.com> > To: <ENG-EAST-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 5:20 AM > Subject: [ERY] New Subscriber: Interest List of names > > > > Hello I am new to your list. > > At present I have name interests in East Yorkshire, as well as West > > Yorkshire. I was born in East Yorkshire and am now living in Canada. I > > belong to the Sheffield mailing list, and I am fascinated that my family > > too are rumoured to have a connection to Amy Johnson. My cousins tell me > > that the connection comes in through Robert Johnson, who was born in > > Kingston upon Hull. He moved to Sheffield and married a Catherine McKay. > > My GGrandfather and GGrandmother. My Grandmother Mary Johnson married a > > Charles Frederick Dixon (Sheffield)I was told that Amy was a cousin of > > some kind. I found a wonderful account of Amy Johnson on the Internet > > and found that although she was born in Hull, she attended the > > University of Sheffield. She was known as the Worlds 1st woman ground > > mechanic, as well an excellent flyer. Tragically she died in an accident > > while flying a plane from Scotland to a Base in England for the R.A.F. > > in the early 40's. Her plane hit some Barrage balloons over the Thames > > River. A man who jumped in to save her also drowned. She had previously > > had premonitions of drowning... > > Areas of interest: > > EAST ACKLAM > > SETTRINGTON > > BULMER > > Name list for East Yorkshire.: > > ELLIOTT > > GASCOYNE > > MILNER > > COULTAS > > MASON > > JACKSON > > PUCKERING > > HAWKINS > > SPINK > > MOORSOM > > BROUGH > > MOWMAN > > WARDEL > > THORP > > Main lines I am following at present Elliott, Jackson, Hawkins, Gascoyne > > and Milner. Do any of these sound familiar to anyone? Thankyou. > > Josephine, Ontario, Canada. > > > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-EAST-YORKS Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe from this list send the command "unsubscribe" to > > ENG-EAST-YORKS-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > > ENG-EAST-YORKS-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >