Hello! I'm new to this list and am interested in the families of: PEACOCK, SPURR, SOUTH This is what I know so far: Thomas PEACOCK (b. circa 1806) married to Eliza (b. around same time) and lived in Upper Hallum district of Sheffield, Yorkshire. They had many children: Ann, Thomas, Sarah, Fanny, James, Eliza, Henry, Frederick, Mary, Hannah, and Paul (although I'm not sure all survived past adolescence). Their son, Henry PEACOCK (b. 1840) continued to live in Sheffield and married Elizabeth SPURR (b. 1843) and had three sons: Harry, John Thomas, and Samuel Dunworth. Harry (b. 1865) married Margaret Ann SOUTH and lived in Brightside Bierlow and had three sons of his own (Harry, Frank, Sam). John Thomas (b.1870) married a woman named Sarah and had one son (William). Samuel Dunworth, my great-great-grandfather, immigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1885. If anyone has any information on these people, or may know of any connection to other Peacocks in England, please let me know! Thank you, Grace

Hi Grace, Welcome to the list........ Thomas Peacock and his family are on the 1841 census index section that we have just completed (Upper Hallam) and can been seen on our web site.at. http://www.sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/1841census/ It stated that the family Lived at Redmires...... This child may also belong to them...... PEACOCK Samuel 11 Jul 1840 Redmires 11 a burial at Christ Church Fulwood . PEACOCK James 9 Sep 1883 "Fulwood,Redmires" 47 Christ Church Fulwood. Found further burials at Ecclesall Parish Church that might have a bearing. PEACOCK Eliza 14 Jun 1868 Whirlow 15 PEACOCK Fanny 24 Dec 1857 Whirlow Lane 4m PEACOCK Harriet 11 Aug 1863 Whirlow Lane 2+ PEACOCK John William 2 Apr 1897 Bents Green 12 O PEACOCK Mary Ann 11 Aug 1883 Whirlow Lane 53 PEACOCK Thomas 27 Mar 1896 Whirlow Lane 68 PEACOCK William Dungworth 24 Mar 1896 Whirlow Lane 42 PEACOCK Willm 9 Dec 1823 Ecclesall inf son of Thomas & Liza(gamekeeper) Just as an after thought are you sure your great great grandfathers name was Samuel Dunsworth??????? The reason I ask is the above William was called William Dungworth....... Dungworth is one of my names of research they married into my Woodhouse family also from Upper Hallam. Anyway hope this gives you food for thought...... Regards. Elaine in Ottawa. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/2005

Hi everyone I'm post the following surname interests on behalf of a friend in Sheffield who isn't on the net: HARRISON (1842 onwards) - Attercliffe; Brightside. BEECH (1841 onwards) - Catcliffe; Pitsmoor; Nether Hallam. - especially anyone who's male BEECH's married girls from Staffordshire - The Potteries /Kidsgrove/Stoke-On-Trent/Newcastle-Under-Lyme/Silverdale etc; as well as Wednesbury. PEARSON (1837 onwards) - Attercliffe; Nether Hallam - especially anyone who has connections to the PEARSONs who ran the 'New Barracks Tavern' on Penistone Road, Nether Hallam or the 'Local Fields Tavern' on Attercliffe Road. GREGORY (1872 onwards) - Attercliffe. At the moment we've only found details of my friend's ancestry, as outlined above, from 1837 onwards. Regards to all Patrick G Linsley (Bournemouth, Dorset).

Wow, thanks Elaine! I'll look to see if any of those burials have connections to my family. May I ask where you found the burial information? And yes, I'm certain my great-grandfather (not great-great as I mistakenly said before) was Samuel Dunworth Peacock -- or Dungworth. It's a bit schizophrenic, but I suspect he dropped the "g" when he came to Canada. Any reference of him that I've found in England includes the "g" but records here in Canada neglect to include the extra letter. It certainly was confusing when I first came across it! Thanks again for your help! Grace Caledon, Ontario ----- Original Message ----- From: Elaine Pickard To: ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com ; Grace Peacock Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] PEACOCK, SPURR and SOUTH Hi Grace, Welcome to the list........ Thomas Peacock and his family are on the 1841 census index section that we have just completed (Upper Hallam) and can been seen on our web site.at. http://www.sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/1841census/ It stated that the family Lived at Redmires......