Dear Cindy, As I have never heard of "Slowman" and can find nothing close to it on my 1766 map for the Hitchin locality, I looked at the Herts FHS 1851 census disc, this lists 8 Sarah Bretts, none of whom list a birthplace as "Slowman". Of course, I am assuming your ancestor is living in Hertfordshire in 1851. Can you give me some more details, so that I can see if an entry on the 1851 Herts census gives a better clue? Valerie Edwards, Vancouver Island, Canada. (Formerly of Stevenage, only a few miles from Hitchin). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Mac Suibhne" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:50 PM Subject: [HRT] Slowman and Sarah BRETT >A Big Hello to Everyone, > I'm sure someone can answer this question for me. My ggggrandmother Sarah > BRETT listed her birthplace on the 1851 Herts census as Slowman. She > married her husband James TOMLIN at St. Mary's in Hitchin. Could someone > tell me how far Slowman is from Hitchin. I once located Slowman on an old > map but I can't find that same map. It must have been a very small town > Thanks, > Cindy > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Cindy and Valerie - I have also spent some time looking for Slowman and for Sarah Brett/Tomlin . On the 1851 census Ancestry has her transcribed as coming from Stamen Herts.( It could read Slamen - but that doesn't help much! In the 1861 census she says she comes from Hitchin. The only Slowman I could find mention of anywhere was a farm south of St Albans - there were some deeds in HALS and there is now a Slowmans Close - I presume where the farm once stood. Anne On 3 Jul 2008, at 17:17, H & V Edwards wrote: > > Dear Cindy, > > As I have never heard of "Slowman" and can find nothing close to it > on my > 1766 map for the Hitchin locality, I looked at the Herts FHS 1851 > census > disc, this lists 8 Sarah Bretts, none of whom list a birthplace as > "Slowman". Of course, I am assuming your ancestor is living in > Hertfordshire in 1851. Can you give me some more details, so that I > can see > if an entry on the 1851 Herts census gives a better clue? > > Valerie Edwards, Vancouver Island, Canada. (Formerly of Stevenage, > only a > few miles from Hitchin). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cynthia Mac Suibhne" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:50 PM > Subject: [HRT] Slowman and Sarah BRETT > > >> A Big Hello to Everyone, >> I'm sure someone can answer this question for me. My ggggrandmother >> Sarah >> BRETT listed her birthplace on the 1851 Herts census as Slowman. She >> married her husband James TOMLIN at St. Mary's in Hitchin. Could >> someone >> tell me how far Slowman is from Hitchin. I once located Slowman on >> an old >> map but I can't find that same map. It must have been a very small >> town >> Thanks, >> Cindy >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Dear Cindy & Anne, Revising my search to look for a Sarah Tomlin, (whoops, I didn't read Cindy's e-mail properly!), I find Sarah Brett married James Tomlin in 1815 in both Hitchin and Great Gaddesdon! (according to the IGI Family Search .org - however, the latter would appear to be from LDS members rather than from parish records, so is rather suspect!). My Herts FHS 1851 census disc gives Sarah Tomlin as being born in Standon? (Transcriber's question mark not mine!). I must say I wondered prior to seeing this if it might have been Standon, as the Brett name crops up in this parish, as well as Brent Pelham and Furneaux Pelham. Standon was sometimes known as Stondon (slurring any of these places doesn't conclusively sound like Slamen or Slowman though! Does the marriage entry in the parish registers just say "of this parish" for the bride? Valerie, Canada. PS. After another comprehensive look at my 1766 Dury and Andrews map I have found "Slonmans" just about 1 mile west of Colney Street off the Watling Street Road (south of St. Albans) which appears to be obliterated by the M25 on a modern Ordnance Survey map. It would not appear to be a village just perhaps the name of a group of houses. But here I am guessing as the map is not sophisticated. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Peat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [HRT] Slowman and Sarah BRETT > Dear Cindy and Valerie - I have also spent some time looking for > Slowman and for Sarah Brett/Tomlin . On the 1851 census Ancestry has > her transcribed as coming from Stamen Herts.( It could read Slamen - > but that doesn't help much! In the 1861 census she says she comes from > Hitchin.

On 4 Jul 2008, at 04:56, H & V Edwards wrote: > > > > > PS. After another comprehensive look at my 1766 Dury and Andrews map > I have > found "Slonmans" just about 1 mile west of Colney Street off the > Watling > Street Road (south of St. Albans) which appears to be obliterated by > the M25 > on a modern Ordnance Survey map. It would not appear to be a > village just > perhaps the name of a group of houses. But here I am guessing as the > map is > not sophisticated. That's exactly where the Slowman's Close is now - off Watling Street/ Radlett Road, south of St Albans. Anne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anne Peat" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:56 AM > Subject: Re: [HRT] Slowman and Sarah BRETT > > >> Dear Cindy and Valerie - I have also spent some time looking for >> Slowman and for Sarah Brett/Tomlin . On the 1851 census Ancestry has >> her transcribed as coming from Stamen Herts.( It could read Slamen - >> but that doesn't help much! In the 1861 census she says she comes >> from >> Hitchin. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message