Hi Ann, I have a number of blacksmiths in my grandmother's family - MITCHENER The names are followed by the censuses where I have been able to find the men named: Wherwell, Hampshire James MITCHENER - (blacksmith) 1841, 1851 William MITCHENER (son of James) - 1841 (farrier), 1851 (vet. surgeon) - died 1851 George MITCHENER (son of James) - (blacksmith) 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 Jacob MITCHENER (son of James) - (blacksmith) 1861 (Abbots Ann), 1871, 1881 Alfred MITCHENER (son of George) - 1881 Smiles, Diz > Blacksmiths Index. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blacksmiths > > This merely an index of blacksmiths and where they were born > and/or worked. I have included just one close family member > for cross reference purposes, usually a wife but sometimes a > parent or child. Not all the spelling mistakes are mine - > many census entries are wrong but I don't like to change the original. > > Regards > > Ann in Australia > explorer@smartchat.net.au

Hi Diz Happy to add your Smiths to my website. Thankyou for taking such an interest in it. have a beaut weekend. Regards Ann in Perth, Western Australia explorer@smartchat.net.au Mad, mad person - just starting the Blacksmiths Index: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blacksmiths ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diz Swift" <dizswift@btinternet.com> To: <ENG-HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 9:41 PM Subject: RE: [ENG-HANTS] Blacksmiths Index - MITCHENER > Hi Ann, > I have a number of blacksmiths in my grandmother's family - > MITCHENER > > The names are followed by the censuses where I have been able to > find the men named: > > Wherwell, Hampshire > James MITCHENER - (blacksmith) 1841, 1851 > William MITCHENER (son of James) - 1841 (farrier), 1851 (vet. surgeon) - > died 1851 > George MITCHENER (son of James) - (blacksmith) 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 > Jacob MITCHENER (son of James) - (blacksmith) 1861 (Abbots Ann), 1871, > 1881 > > Alfred MITCHENER (son of George) - 1881 > > > Smiles, > Diz > > >> Blacksmiths Index. >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blacksmiths >> >> This merely an index of blacksmiths and where they were born >> and/or worked. I have included just one close family member >> for cross reference purposes, usually a wife but sometimes a >> parent or child. Not all the spelling mistakes are mine - >> many census entries are wrong but I don't like to change the original. >> >> Regards >> >> Ann in Australia >> explorer@smartchat.net.au > > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >