Hello Sarah here are the full details. St Mary's Portsea CHU3/1B/3 page 69 no 545 baptised 14 June 1815 Charles William son of John & Sally MIDLANE Stamshwa Lane Joiner CHU3/1B/7 page 14 no 109 baptised Feb 20 1820 John son of John & Sally MIDLANE Town Guild Joiner CHU3/1B/13 page 120 no 959 baptised Dec 24 1826 William son of John & Sally MIDLANE Common St Mariner CHU3/1B/15 page 114 no 907 baptised Nov 9 1828 David son of Charles & Hannah HARRIS Born 20 Nov 1828 Cross St Labourer page 114 no 908 baptised Nov 9 1828 Samuel son of Charles & Hannah HARRIS Born 26 May 1822 Cross St Labourer page 114 no 909 baptised Nov 9 1828 Mary Ann daughter of Charles & Hannah HARRIS Born Sept 29 1825 Cross St Labourer page 114 no 910 baptised Nov 9 2828 Joseph Arthur son of Charles & Hannah HARRIS Cross St Labourer Holy Trinity church Gosport CHU23/1B/2 page 69 no 548 baptised July 7 1858 Sarah Hannah daughter of John & Mary Ann MIDLANE aged 12 years Gosport Sawyer page 69 no 549 baptised July 7 1858 John Samuel son of John & Mary Ann MIDLANE aged 11 years Gosport Sawyer page 69 no 550 baptised July 7 1858 Charles George son of John & Mary Ann MIDLANE aged 3 years Gosport Sawyer page 69 no 551 baptised July 7 1858 Emma Louisa daughter of John & Mary Ann MIDLANE Gosport Sawyer Alverstoke St Mary's church CHU42/1C/8 page 107 no 321 John MIDLANE of this parish & Sally PURCHES of this parish were married in this parish by banns 25th December 1813 signed by both in the presence of Wm PURCHES & Jno PURCHES *** there is a note in the margin next to marriage entry but too squashed up in column to read but you might want to look at the original entry yourself. Hope they help,Linda and Tony

Hello Martin here are the full marriage details. St Mary's Portsea CHU3/1D/24 page 1 no 2 William WILLCOCKS,Bachelor & Elizabeth YOUNG,Spinster,Both of this parish were married in the parish by banns, 1st January 1825 both signed, in the presence of Sarah Rosina ?? & James ???? Linda & Tony

Hello Geraldine here are the full marriage details. St Mary's Portsea CHU3/1D/26 page 60no 107 George HOAR,Bachelor & Esther REEVES, Spinster Both of this parish were married in this church by banns 3rd July 1827 signed by both in the presence of Henry G?? J FORDER & June/Jane FORDER Hope it helps,Linda and Tony

Hi Geraldine Hoping to do tomorrow. Take care,Linda and Tony Hi Tony and Linda, Could you please look up the marriage of George HOARE and Esther REEVES at St Marys Portsea.3july 1827. Have recently tied them up to my family.They apparently had 17 children and were based in Catherington/Blendworth.It is a little mystery why they married at St Marys when Esther was born in Blendworth and George in Catherington and some of their children were christened at Blendworth. Thank you Geraldine

Hi Martin hoping to check tomorrow. Take care,Linda and Tony Hi Linda & Tony: Could you please look up the marriage between William WILLCOCKS and Eliza(beth) YOUNG on 1 Jan 1825 at St. Mary's Portsea

Hello Carol hope to check tomorrow. Take care,Linda and Tony Dear Tony and Linda I wonder if you could check the following marriages for me from the IGI? William ELLIOTT to Elizabeth EVANS 9 JUN 1788 at Saint Thomas, Portsmouth. I am interested in the names of witnesses and whether it might give any additional details. William ELLIOTT to Elizabeth NORTH 27 AUG 1793 at Saint Marys, Portsea. I wonder if this is the same William ELLIOTT as above and whether it could be a second marriage. There is also a further William ELLIOTT marriage which I am also interested in and which I think could be that of the son of one of the William's above. This is also on the IGI: William ELLIOTT to Elizabeth PAYNE on 17 APR 1816 at Saint Marys, Portsea. It is extremely frustrating that these William ELLIOTTs are all marrying Elizabeths. I have 3 William ELLIOTTs in a row in my family but thankfully the last is a William John ELLIOTT. Thank you in advance. Kind regards Carol in Berkshire, UK

Hi Sarah hope to check tomorrow. Take care,Linda and Tony Hi Linda & Tony, I keep seeing requests for lookups in the local PRs - I wonder if you would be kind enough to look a few up for me, please? St. Mary's Portsea Baptisms of the children of John and Sally MIDLANE: 14/6/1815 Charles Wm 20/2/1820 John 24/12/1826 William Joint baptisms for four children of Charles and Hannah HARRIS: 9/11/1828 David; Samuel; Mary Ann; and Joseph Arthur Holy Trinity, Gosport Joint baptisms for four children of John and Mary Ann MIDLANE: 7/7/1858 Charles George; Emma Louisa; John Samuel and Sarah Hannah Alverstoke Marriage of John MIDLANE and Sally PURCHES on 25/12/1813. Was it common to have several children baptised together like in the two examples here? Many thanks in advance, Sarah

Hi Tony and Linda, Could you please look up the marriage of George HOARE and Esther REEVES at St Marys Portsea.3july 1827. Have recently tied them up to my family.They apparently had 17 children and were based in Catherington/Blendworth.It is a little mystery why they married at St Marys when Esther was born in Blendworth and George in Catherington and some of their children were christened at Blendworth. Thank you Geraldine

We ave checked St James Milton baptisms 1851-60 and they aren't there. Take care,Linda and Tony Have they definitely got the same parents & if so yes Edna. Would you like us to check St James baptisms for you to verify? Take care,Linda & Tony St. James Milton Baptisms? Emma Harriett HELLYER born 4th Qtr 1852 2b 357 Portsea James George Hellyer born 4th Qtr 1852 2b 359 Portsea Could I infer that these two are twins? Edna - Ottawa

Have they definitely got the same parents & if so yes Edna. Would you like us to check St James baptisms for you to verify? Take care,Linda & Tony St. James Milton Baptisms? Emma Harriett HELLYER born 4th Qtr 1852 2b 357 Portsea James George Hellyer born 4th Qtr 1852 2b 359 Portsea Could I infer that these two are twins? Edna - Ottawa

St. James Milton Baptisms? Emma Harriett HELLYER born 4th Qtr 1852 2b 357 Portsea James George Hellyer born 4th Qtr 1852 2b 359 Portsea Could I infer that these two are twins? Edna - Ottawa

Good Morning All, I am not sure which list was discussing the cousin relationship a few days ago. A good chart can be found at http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrelationshipchart.htm Louise Canada

Hello Rita, Thank you, great site. It should keep me occupied for a while. Regards, Joan. ==== ENG-HAM-PORTSMOUTH-GOSPORT Mailing List ==== > Visit the knightroots website at www.knightroots.co.uk for newbies info,photos of local areas & for free look ups on the PRs we have at home. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >

2 post cards of the funeral of crew of submarine A1 at Haslar which took place on 19th April 1904 can be seen at: http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/Uniform/Phot/A1_Funeral.html Brian Cave who sent me the post cards to put on-line advises me that 7 of the crew were local to Portsmouth. Seems strange now to see something like this as a post card ! Paul 50.33.50N 02.26.70W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html

You may be interested to learn that the oldest surviving building in the Dockyard - the Porters Lodge at Victory Gate has just been converted into offices and thus has a new lease of life. Built in 1708, it is located at the main entrance to the Dockyard. The history is that back in the 1700's, two porters lived there - William WOODROW from 1739 to 1780 and Thomas BUTLER from 1780 to 1800. The porters role was to guard the Dockyard boundaries and propert. They marked the working hours by ringing the muster bell and closing the gate against latecomers. To prevent excessive theft of timber, they also allowed "no person to pass ou of the Dock Gates with great coats, large trousers or any other outer dress that can conceal stores of any kind". The porter also sold beer to the men "to enable them the better to carry on their labour and not to distemper them" Take care Linda & Tony

The Catholic cathedral (not to be confused with St Johns Parish Church, Portsea) has launched a new website at www.PortsmouthCatholicCathedral.org <http://www.portsmouthcatholiccathedral.org/> Linda & Tony

Charles STEWART bc1785, Isle of Wight, occupation sawyer (son of John) and Rebecca COLE. Charles living at Oxford Street in 1844 daughter Charlotte STEWART m William REX stonemason, son of Charles REX, stonemason Portsea 1844 daughter Rebecca m ? LUCAS and 2) Thomas SAYSELL 1855 Frank REX married Rosina ?? 1856 Anyone with links to these families would like to hear from you Glenys

Looking for the birth of Hannah COLLIER. She was the wife of Andrew McCALPEN b 1776 Portsea m 11 Oct 1801 St Marys Portsea. They were the parents of Sarah McCALPEN c 7 Dec 1817 St Marys. She married James WATERS m Jun qrt 1840, Portsea. They were the parents of James Edward WATERS b 14 Jun 1841. 4 Salem Street Landport, Portsmouth who married 20 Sep 1863 St Marys Portsea Lydia Ann HOLLIS . These were the parents of my Grandmother Sarah Elizabeth WATERS. I would be very grateful for any help with finding information regarding b/d of Hannah, also any information on any of the rest would be most welcome. Bob

Descendants of John Knight Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 KNIGHT was born Abt. 1843 in Alton, HAM, UK. He married MARY SMART 03 Nov 1864 in St. Mary's, Portsea, HAM, UK, daughter of GEORGE SMART and HARRIET NOBLE. She was born Abt. 1846 in Catherington, HAM, UK. Notes for MARY SMART: The 1851 Census on the 30 March has Mary aged 4 years, a scholar and born at Catherington. She was living with her parents in Clanfield. In the 1881 Census Mary lives with her husband John Knight and their seven children at Spitalfields, Alton, Hampshire and here her birthplace is shown as Holybourne, Hampshire, however this appears to be the correct person due to her age. More About MARY SMART: Date born 2: Abt. 1846, Holybourne, HAM, UK (Alternative place of birth from census) Baptism: 26 Jul 1846, Catherington, HAM, UK Residence 1: 26 Jul 1846, Broadhalfpenny Hut, Hambledon, HAM, UK Residence 2: 30 Mar 1851, Clanfield, HAM, UK (Source: 1851 Census, HO 107/1677 099 Page 3.) More About JOHN KNIGHT and MARY SMART: Marriage: 03 Nov 1864, St. Mary's, Portsea, HAM, UK Any takers Chris

Further to Linda and Tony's post my KNIGHT's are: Alice born 9/12/1856 Milton Portsmouth parents David & Martha she married James PAYNE in 1881. David bapt. 2/1/1815 Portsmouth parents John & Sarah he married Martha PRAGNELL 1837 in Southampton. John bapt. 17/5/1785 St. Mary Portsea parents John & Elizabeth he married Sarah DENNIS who I have traced to Plymouth Devon. John bapt. 9/2/1766. I do have more information if this is of interest to anyone. John