Hi Pat Thanks for your message. I do not know how George TAVENDER and Harry Victor COOPER may link in to my own TAVENDER and COOPER families, but there could well be a connection. The 1851 census for Tresham has the following entry: TAVENDER George 50 Ag Lab Hullavington Hannah 43 Hawkesbury William 23 Ag Lab Hawkesbury George 15 Ag Lab Hawkesbury I do not know if George is connected to the other Hawkesbury TAVENDERS - it could have been that his parents happened to be in Hullavington at the time of his birth (Hullavington is in Wiltshire, but only about 8 miles - 13 km - from Hawkesbury) Baptisms of children from the parish registers are as follows: William - bap Hawkesbury 17 June 1827 Reuben - bap Hawkesbury 8 September 1833 George - bap Hawkesbury 1 November 1835 Mary - bap Hawkesbury 20 May 1838 - buried 15 January 1847, age 9 months John - bap Hawkesbury 20 May 1838 Is George TAVENDER listed in the 1881 census - can someone check? And now one for Geoffro Thanks for your note about the baptism of Martha Ann child of James and Ann COOPER on 11 July 1858. That seems like the one I was looking for. Could you check your burials for Sarah Jane COOPER? She was baptised on 25 December 1842 at Hawkesbury, the daughter of Thomas COOPER and Elizabeth nee TAVENDER. Sarah Jane had an illegitimate son Edward (born 14 Feb 1876), but I have not found her in 1881. Edward was still living with his grandparents at Beaconsfield House (Where was that?) in 1891. Thanks Bob *************************************************** R.P. & A.L. Lawrence The Hazels, Sheepwood Road, Bristol BS10 7BS, U.K. Phone: 0117 950 4314 ************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: paadair <paadair@ihug.co.nz> To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 1:02 AM Subject: [[Hawks]] TAVENDER/COOPER > To Bob Lawrence and other TAVENDER/TAVENER and COOPER researchers: > > I am still wading through over 400 e-mails that greeted me on my return > from the U.K. nearly two weeks ago, most of them from the Hawkesbury > list. > > I gave out information from the memoriam cards I have, a few months ago > and thought I'd repeat these two in case we also have some new list > members researching the names. > > To remind you, these cards had been sent to my FRANKCOM relatives who > emigrated to Canada from Hawkesbury. > > George TAVENER d. 8 April, 1888 aged 88 years. interred Tresham > Churchyard April 14th. > > Harry Victor COOPER d. 24 October 1893 aged 5 years and 11 months. > > I do not know of any link to my family with the TAVENERS - perhaps they > were friends. > > My only known link with the COOPER family is with the marriage of Mary > Jane COOPER to my g-grandfather's brother Frederick Richard POOLE > (g-grandfather William POOLE m. Mary FRANKCOM) at Hawkesbury in 1866. > > Hope this info. is useful to someone. > > Regards, > > Pat Adair > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > >