Hi Gordon ,Walter and anyone interested in the Trevaskiss saga I wrote to Margaret Berry re-the Maiden name of Esther  Trevaskiss Here is Margaret’s reply:     Hi George,  Yes I remember the Trevaskiss research we did while you were here in February.  I also remember your showing me that information about Sarah Ann Trevaskiss giving the information at the time of her second marriage indicating her mother’s maiden name was Poplar.  We looked at Black’s Surnames of Scotland (a standard work for Scottish research), and there was no entry there for the surname Poplar.  We also went through the entire website of Scotlands People covering 1500-1950, with not even one entry for the surname of Poplar.  So we decided it couldn’t be right, that perhaps Sarah Ann was remember Poplar as a place and confusing it with a surname.    Interestingly the only entries for Esther Poplar on the IGI (and there are three) are either in Stepney or Bethnal Green which are, of course, very close to the parish of Poplar in the East End of London.  I still feel that the Boyn connection fits although, as I told you in February, we can’t actually prove it.  Best regards,  Margaret     . From: GEORGE HIGHTON [mailto:george.highton@btinternet.com] Sent: 04 October 2010 12:13 PM To: Keith at Ancestor Seekers Subject: Re: Thank You For Attending   Hi Keith remember me from Feb.2010 I hope to be able to return in 2011   While I was there in Feb. I recieved wonderfull help from Margaret Berry  with my Trevaskiss line from Devon & Cornwall I was specificaly looking for ESTHER b.Scotland re 1841 census the Wife of JOHN TREVASKISS b.c.1785 in Plymouth dock ( now Devonport ) Margaret thought that Esthers maiden name was BOYN from the middle name of her son William Boyn Trevaskiss b. London 1818 she traced the Boyn family back to Aberdeen and assured me that was so, as 4 of the Boyn family christian names in Scotland reoccured in Esthers family (Esthers reputed father beeing William Boyn )and further she found that an unknown Female child was born into the Boyn family at about the time of Esthers birth  (we assumed that the child was sickly and was christened without a name but subsequently recovered ) since that time I have discovered with further research that Sarah Ann Trevaskiss b.Liverpool 1834 m. Sherman Church in Lpool 1853 and had a second Marriage in New York 1870  Sarah Ann Trevaskiss Church gave her Mothers Maiden name as Poplar (Is it the custom to give mothers maiden name in U.S.A. ) Sorry to be so long winded but you can see my Predicament and I would Appreciate Margarets expertise on both names   P.S. plenty of Boyn,s in Scotland no sign of Poplars there and a Sarah Poplar was witness to Elizabeth Trevaskiss weding in London 1848   can you send this e-mail to Margaret to see if she can unravel it   Kind Regards  George  

Hi George Thanks for posting Margaret Berry's response to your recent enquiry. I of course appreciate & respect everything Margaret has said, but would like to comment as follows. Ancestry has a marriage :- 22 September 1836 St Thomas, Southwark, Surrey James GILBERTSON, and Sarah Esther POPLAR Followed by these Census entries :- 1841 Guys Hospital, London James GILBERTSON, 50, labourer, S (born in Scotland) Sarah, 50, S (born in Scotland) Sarah POPLAR, 14, S (born in Scotland) 1851 Guys Hospital, London James GILBERTSON, 60, labourer & Chelsea Pensioner, born Shetland Sarah, wife, 60, born Shetland Elizabeth POPLAR, niece, U, 32, servant, born Shetland Elizabeth YOUNG, niece, 2, born Southwark, Surrey The indications being that Elizabeth YOUNG was the daughter of Elizabeth TREVASKISS (b1813 Woolwich) and James YOUNG who married on 8 April 1848 in Southwark St Thomas. Elizabeth TREVASKISS being a daughter of Esther POPLAR, born c1786 in Scotland? Best regards Gordon From: "GEORGE HIGHTON" <george.highton@btinternet.com> To: <eng-merseyside@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 9:24 AM Subject: [ENG-MERSEYSIDE] Fw: RE: Trevaskiss >Hi Gordon ,Walter and anyone interested in the Trevaskiss saga >I wrote to Margaret Berry re-the Maiden name of Esther Trevaskiss >Here is Margaret’s reply: > >Hi George, >Yes I remember the Trevaskiss research we did while you were here in >February. I also >remember your showing me that information about Sarah Ann >Trevaskiss giving the information at the time of her second marriage >indicating her mother’s maiden name was Poplar. We looked at Black’s >Surnames of Scotland (a standard work for Scottish research), and there was >no >entry there for the surname Poplar. We also went through the entire >website of Scotlands People covering 1500-1950, with not even one entry >for the surname of Poplar. So we decided it couldn’t be right, that >perhaps Sarah Ann was remember Poplar as a place and confusing it with >a >surname. >Interestingly the only entries for Esther Poplar on the IGI (and there are >three) are either in Stepney or Bethnal Green which are, of course, very >close to the parish of Poplar in the East End of London. >I still feel that the Boyn connection fits although, as I told you in >February, we can’t actually >prove it. >Best regards, >Margaret