Dear Carole, Robert YELFs from the commercial directories (if your R.Y. were an ag. lab. he would not appear): 1865 R.Y., stationer, 8 Onslow Road (A 335 from Bellevue to Bevois Valley), Newtown, Southampton (this looks the likeliest) 1875 R.Y., merchant wholesale & retail, ale, beer, spirits, wine; 53 Union Street & (as Yelf. Co.) High Street, Sandown, I.o.W. R.Y., resident, Kinderton House, Vernon Square, Ryde, I.o.W. R.Y., resident, Uplands, Spring Vale, Ryde, I.o.W. I only have the 1861 Census, and in that: 16, South Front (road joining Sussex Place to Kingsland Market, facing Hoglands Park), Southampton SO14 : YELF, William, head, aged 55, undertaker, born Newport I.o.W. YELF, Jane, wife, aged 53, -, born Sholing, Southampton SO 19 YELF, Robert, son, aged 22, stationer, born Winchester YELF, Emily, dtr., aged 24, -, born Southampton Vincents Walk (Schedule No. 182) (runs south from South Front) YELF, Henry, lodger, aged 19, cabinet maker, born Southampton 4 High Street (runs south from The Bargate; 6 counter assistants and a draper here, so looks like a store) YELF, Kate, boarder, aged 20, counter assistant, born Southampton No other Yelfs spotted, so maybe your Robert was elsewhere in 1861 (young Robert was born in Winchester) Regards, David

Apologies for intruding, I've only just joined the list, my interest is in the Spanswick surname generally, its a very rare name, which "leaks" in and out of Hampshire from Berkshire and Wiltshire , any none IGI reference anyone comes across would be be gratefully received, from any time period. And just incase its of any remote interest I've just added some more Hampshire names to my Newpaper Index (which may have been posted on the list in the past). The Index can be accessed through the page below : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/index.html Click on "Local Newspaper Index (excluding Windsor&Eton Express)" . Scroll down on Master Index to Alpha Search Its a bit primitive, and quite big (almost 49,000 names), so it may take a little while to load (main Hampshire sources are Salisbury and Winchester Journal and some Hampshire Chronicle). Best regards Richard J Heaton

Dear Richard, here follows an account of how the Spanswicks spread and conquered the World: Spanswick, Albert Edward, 7 Kingscourt Road, Streatham, London SW 16 (1914-9) Spanswick, Arthur, resident, 10 Collis Street, Reading, Berks. (1914) Spanswick, Charles, blacksmith, Little Fawley, Fawley, Berks. (1915) Spanswick, Charles, brewer & maltster, Eastbury, Berks. (1848) Spanswick, Charles, chairmaker, 27 Leigh Street East, Manchester, Lancashire (1909) Spanswick, Charles, pianoforte tuner, 25 Bolsover Street, Fitzroy Square, London W1 (1882) Spanswick, Charles, shopkeeper, Eastbury, Lambourn, Berks. (1844) Spanswick, David, superintendant, British Workman & General Assurance Co. Ltd., 7 Tachbrook Road, Leamington, Warwks. (1896) Spanswick, Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper, 42 Glenister Road, East Greenwich, London SE 10 (1896) Spanswick, Ellen (Miss, see Charles), music teacher, 25 Bolsover Street, Fitzroy Square, London W1 (1882) Spanswick, Frederick Erskine, 20 Davenant Road, Upper Holloway, Middlesex [now London N 19] (1874) Spanswick, George, boot & shoe maker, Woodlands, Lambourn, Berks. (1844) Spanswick, George, carpenter, High Street, Hungerford, Berks. (1848) Spanswick, George, resident, 12 Tarbert Road, East Dulwich, Surrey [now London SE 22] (1891) Spanswick, George, resident, 48 Leipsic Road, Camberwell New Road, Camberwell, Surrey [gone, appears up to renaming programme of 1899, would have been London SE 5] (1878) Spanswick, George, victualler, 'The Red House', Woolton Hill, Newbury, Berks. (1898) Spanswick, Henry, carpenter, 321 Camberwell New road, Surrey [now London SE 5] (1878) Spanswick, Henry Thomas, farmer, Wickenden farm, West Hoathly, East Grinstead (1905); Hunt's farm, Withyham (1915) Sussex Spanswick, Isaac, greengrocer, 269 St. James Road, Old Kent Road, London SE 1 (1890) Spanswick, J. (Rev.), minister, Baptist Chapel, Princes Street, [lived 30 Alfred Street], Northampton (1876) Spanswick, James, carrier [from 'Queen Caroline' Newbury to Lambourn (1844) from 'Elephant & Castle', Newbury, to Eastbury (1852); to Froxfield & Hungerford from 'Bear & Castle' High Street, Marlborough (1852 to 9)] Berks. Spanswick, Jessie, (Mrs. see Albert), music teacher (1911), music school (1919), 7 Kingscourt Road, Streatham, London SW 16 (1911-9) Spanswick, John, baker, 10 Sheendale Terrace, Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey (1878) Spanswick, John, postmaster, GPO London Road; lived 5 Verulam Street, St. Albans, Herts. (1890 to 1902) Spanswick, John, resident, Woodlands, Hillside Road, St. Albans, Herts. (1902) [probably the above] Spanswick, John, resident, Moulton, Northants. (1910) Spanswick, John Charles, pianoforte tuner, 23 Clipstone Street, London W 1 (1882) Spanswick, John, (Rev.), Baptist minister, Longford, Coventry, Warwks. (1896) [possibly the 'J.' above] Spanswick, Jonathan, farmer, Eastbury, Berks. (1848) Spanswick, Joseph, apartments, 31 Spring Street, Brighton, Sussex (1899) Spanswick, M. (Mrs.), laundress, 2 Ferry Buildings, Dolemeads, Bath, Somerset (1911) Spanswick, Marion (Miss), music teacher, 56 Endwell Road, Brockley, London SE 4 (1911) Spanswick, Roger, butcher, Newbury Street, Lambourn, Berks. (1844) Spanswick, Sarah (Mrs., see George), girls' day school, High Street, Hungerford, Berks. (1848) Spanswick, Thomas, cemetery keeper, The Lodge, Bathwick (both All Saints & Municipal) Cemetery, Horseshoe Road, Smallcombe Vale, Bath, Somerset (1911-4) Spanswick, Thomas, resident, 26 Rosenau Road, Battersea, London SW 11 (1904) Spanswick, Thomas, beer retailer, Eastbury, Lambourn, Berks. (1915) Spanswick, Timothy, boot & shoe maker, Eastbury, Lambourn, Berks. (1844) Spanswick, William, carrier & fishmonger, Burbage to Marlborough, Berks. (1875) Spanswick, William, gardener, Woolley (1895); labourer, Brooklyn Road, Larkhall, Bath, (1902); labourer, 10 Eldon Place, Larkhall, Bath (1911); labourer, 5 Upper Lambridge Street, Larkhall, Bath (1911) Spanswick, Mrs., resident, 9 Clyde Road, Hastings, Sussex (1890 & 1) Spanswick, Mrs. (see Fred.), resident, 23 Yerbury Road, Upper Holloway, Middlesex [now London N 19] (1896) Spanswick, (?), carrier, 'Ailesbury Arms' Marlborough to Easton (1875) Spanswick-Browne, Sidney, (Rev.) St. Bee's College curate-in-charge, St. James' Church, 19/23 Curtain Road, London EC 2 [lived at The Vicarage, Curtain Road] (1882); from 1891 had the living of North Cove, Suffolk (lived at Beocles 1900) Note there is also a Spanwick surname (without the median 's'). Regards, David Richard Heaton wrote: > Apologies for intruding, I've only just joined the list, my interest > is in the Spanswick surname generally, its a very rare name, which > "leaks" in and out of Hampshire from Berkshire and Wiltshire , any > none IGI reference anyone comes across would be be gratefully > received, from any time period. > > And just incase its of any remote interest I've just added some more > Hampshire names to my Newpaper Index (which may have been posted on > the list in the past). > > The Index can be accessed through the page below : > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/index.html > > Click on "Local Newspaper Index (excluding Windsor&Eton Express)" . > Scroll down on Master > Index to Alpha Search > > Its a bit primitive, and quite big (almost 49,000 names), so it may > take a little while to load (main Hampshire sources are Salisbury and > Winchester Journal and some Hampshire Chronicle). > > Best regards > Richard J Heaton > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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