Hello Mike, I have a family newspaper cutting, the obituary (1909) for Henrys daughter where it says- Thus is the last link broken of the old Vigor's family who came to Neath Abbey Ironworks eighty years ago as engineers. They came from Beltin in Shropshire, and the mother of the deceased lady married the late Mr. Henry Vigors. I came across a Sivannus Vigors on the National Burial Index today, he died in Shenstone Staffordshire 06.02.1826. Sounds as though the newspaper cutting is a miss print. Hope I've sent this reply the correct way. Cheryl Northamptonshire ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael J Hulme" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] VIGORS IN SHROPSHIRE from Bilston? > Hello Cheryl > > I am curious where you have obtained the place of birth from. As far as > I am aware there is no place called Bilston in Shropshire - the nearest > being in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire although there is another in > Scotland. Further a search for Beltin fails to find one anywhere in the > UK. There are several places called Belton in England including one a > mile south west of Whitchurch, Shropshire but as far as I can see it is > probably just a farm rather than 'place'. > > Mike > Shropshire, UK > ______________________________________________________ > > > Cheryl Williams wrote: >> My first list here. >> >> I am researching the VIGORS branch of my family. >> >> My Gr gr grandfather HENRY VIGORS was born in Bilston/Beltin? Shropshire >> in 1768. His brothers and sisters were: Mary, Thomas, Silvanus, Sarah, >> Martha, William, Richard, John and George. He left Shropshire around 1810 >> approx and moved to Neath South Wales to Neath Abbey Ironworks, he died >> 13.02.1830 aged 62 at Cadoxton Neath. >> >> Staffordshire archive services were unable to trace anything about HENRYS >> baptism or parentage, I'm really stuck! >> >> Does anyone have any research about the VIGORS family's in Shropshire? >> Any help appreciated. Thanks Cheryl. >> >> REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. >> Threaded Archives at - >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives >> >> Searchable Archives at - >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> > > > > REMEMBER - The question you are asking may have already been answered. > Threaded Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/Archives > > Searchable Archives at - > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS/ > ------------------------------- > 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