Hi Wendy A search of the National Newspaper Archive brings up.................. Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser , Western Daily Press , Gloucester Journal , Western Times , Exeter and Plymouth Gazette. A full search of all newspapers does not bring up any hits for "Ralph Brompton" in 1925 and there are no Brompton deaths in the family notices that year. There is a Ralph Brompton who dies in 26 Sep 1841 age 79 in the Lincoln Union Cheers Howard LAVER #3175 -----Original Message----- From: WLawday via Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 6:09 PM To: eng-somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-SOM] OLD NEWSPAPERS Can anyone advise any newspapers which might contain obituaries for the Milverton area 1925? Also Wiveliscombe district [Brompton Ralph] 19th - 20thC? Many thanks, Wendy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Can anyone advise any newspapers which might contain obituaries for the Milverton area 1925? Also Wiveliscombe district [Brompton Ralph] 19th - 20thC? Many thanks, Wendy

The August edition of the Chew Valley Gazette, which is accessible from http://www.chewvalleygazette.co.uk/ , contains a supplement which tells some local stories about World War I, and has a list of the names of hundreds of local people who enlisted. Some subscribers may be interested in this. Regards, Marian

Warren, Joshua Sawtell & Mary Laver figure in 116 trees on Ancestry. If you don't have a subscription, you might try Mundia first. Otherwise look around your local library or FHS centre which might provide free Ancestry access. There are also 8 trees on Rootsweb Family Trees. Just watch data from others. I always recommend checking it fully with available records. Peter

Warren, You say that you're new to this list, which makes it sound like you've just discovered your Somerset Roots. Is this correct? I suspect you have a whole lot of data on the families after arrival in New South Wales. Were they actually free settlers who paid their own way, or Assisted Immigrants? Have you found shipping records? I'd like to see you list each family with ages as they arrived. Then we have a starting point for working backwards. This will cast a wider net. Consider the vast number of people who aren't related but might like to help If you're just looking for other people's trees, try Ancestry or their associate site Mundia which is free upon registering. Also try Rootsweb Family Trees. As you seem to be looking mainly pre 1837, you're after Parish records. Try the Archer Software site found via Google and look what records are available for Huish Episcopi. Then click on each batch number and search by surname. Peter in Sydney

Hello Warren,. Who were your SAWTELLs? I think I have some info on a Curry Rivel line, which I could check for you. CR is a few miles from Langport. Liz -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: Re: [ENG-SOM] [ENG-SOMERSET] New Lister Surnames: DIGGINS LAVER LANCASTER SAWTELL Datum: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:13:33 +0200 Von: Warren Diggins via <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> An: pbo08596@bigpond.net.au, eng-somerset@rootsweb.com Hi Peter and Steve, Thanks for the suggestions. I do have access to Ancestry, and have used Freereg previously, so shall check them out. I note that another site has a query over what happened to Mary SAWTELL nee LAVER, so am intrigued as to what happened to her as well. Thanks again for you help. Kind regards, Warren -----Original Message----- From: Peter R Booth via <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> To: eng-somerset <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 20:23 Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] [ENG-SOMERSET] New Lister Surnames: DIGGINS LAVERLANCASTER SAWTELL Warren, Joshua Sawtell & Mary Laver figure in 116 trees on Ancestry. If you on't have a subscription, you might try Mundia first. Otherwise look around our local library or FHS centre which might provide free Ancestry access. There are also 8 trees on Rootsweb Family Trees. Just watch data from others. I always recommend checking it fully with vailable records. Peter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi , you probably have the 1841 census for Huish Episcopi which shows an Elizabeth Caswell, 70, tailoress, Y, Lucy Diggins, 50, labourer, Y, Levi Diggins, 12, shoemaker`s appr , Y. Freereg has the baptism of Joseph Diggins, son of John and Lucy , labourer, at Langport All Saints, in 1817 , and he appears in the 1841 census at Ashcott. There is a Joseph George son of John and Mary Diggins, labourer, bapt Langport, 1820, then Latitia bapt 1823 also Langport, dau of John and Lucy, labourer. and Tryphena bapt 1826 dau of John and Lucy, also Langport. I am guessing the John and Mary is possibly a mistranscription of Lucy.. And John and Lucy were married in 1810 in Langport. There is a burial of a Joseph Diggins aged 2 at HE in 1820 and a burial for "Lalsha" aged 5 also HE in 1828. That is from one source and you already have familysearch.org . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Diggins via" <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> To: <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au>; <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2014 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] [ENG-SOMERSET] New Lister Surnames: DIGGINS LAVER LANCASTER SAWTELL > > > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for your reply. My family has known about our Somerset connections > as that information has been passed down through the generations. > > My Diggins family arrived free on the "Victoria" in 1849 as assisted > immigrants - Frederick Levi Diggins (age 20) and his wife Sarah nee > Sawtell (aged 27). Sarah was the daughter of Joshua Sawtell and Mary > Laver, and Frederick was the son of John Diggins and Lucy Lancaster. > > I am trying to link up with relatives of those families who may have > stayed in Somerset, or moved elsewhere (other than Australia), and trying > to find out more information about their ancestors. > > Kind regards, Warren > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter R Booth via <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> > To: eng-somerset <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:57 > Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] [ENG-SOMERSET] New Lister Surnames: DIGGINS > LAVERLANCASTER SAWTELL > > > Warren, > You say that you're new to this list, which makes it sound like you've > ust discovered your Somerset Roots. Is this correct? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

In addition to the other resources suggested try looking at http://www.freereg.org.uk/ to see if they have any of the parishes and dates you require already transcribed. And for contacting distant relatives and people researching the same as you, that's what http://www.genesreunited.co.uk was set up for. Cheers Steve On 26/07/2014 06:32, Warren Diggins via wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I am new to the list and seeking assistance with research on the above surnames. I live in northern New South Wales, Australia. The Somerset families I am descended from (DIGGINS, LAVER, LANCASTER, and SAWTELL) resided in Langport, Huish Episcopi, Wearne and adjacent areas in the early 1800's, and came to Australia as free settlers in the 1840's and 1850's. > > Any assistance with connection to associated English families would be much appreciated. I hope I have posted in the correct format. > > Kind regards, Warren Diggins > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > . >

Hi Peter and Steve, Thanks for the suggestions. I do have access to Ancestry, and have used Freereg previously, so shall check them out. I note that another site has a query over what happened to Mary SAWTELL nee LAVER, so am intrigued as to what happened to her as well. Thanks again for you help. Kind regards, Warren -----Original Message----- From: Peter R Booth via <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> To: eng-somerset <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 20:23 Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] [ENG-SOMERSET] New Lister Surnames: DIGGINS LAVERLANCASTER SAWTELL Warren, Joshua Sawtell & Mary Laver figure in 116 trees on Ancestry. If you on't have a subscription, you might try Mundia first. Otherwise look around our local library or FHS centre which might provide free Ancestry access. There are also 8 trees on Rootsweb Family Trees. Just watch data from others. I always recommend checking it fully with vailable records. Peter ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply. My family has known about our Somerset connections as that information has been passed down through the generations. My Diggins family arrived free on the "Victoria" in 1849 as assisted immigrants - Frederick Levi Diggins (age 20) and his wife Sarah nee Sawtell (aged 27). Sarah was the daughter of Joshua Sawtell and Mary Laver, and Frederick was the son of John Diggins and Lucy Lancaster. I am trying to link up with relatives of those families who may have stayed in Somerset, or moved elsewhere (other than Australia), and trying to find out more information about their ancestors. Kind regards, Warren -----Original Message----- From: Peter R Booth via <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> To: eng-somerset <eng-somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 15:57 Subject: Re: [ENG-SOM] [ENG-SOMERSET] New Lister Surnames: DIGGINS LAVERLANCASTER SAWTELL Warren, You say that you're new to this list, which makes it sound like you've ust discovered your Somerset Roots. Is this correct?

Hi Listers, I am new to the list and seeking assistance with research on the above surnames. I live in northern New South Wales, Australia. The Somerset families I am descended from (DIGGINS, LAVER, LANCASTER, and SAWTELL) resided in Langport, Huish Episcopi, Wearne and adjacent areas in the early 1800's, and came to Australia as free settlers in the 1840's and 1850's. Any assistance with connection to associated English families would be much appreciated. I hope I have posted in the correct format. Kind regards, Warren Diggins

Sorry Keith, Occupational hazard. We all have the same online resources available. It just depends if we've used them all. That's why I like to know where people have looked. There's always a risk of duplicating effort. Peter

HI Peter Thanks for response. The submitted tree in family search is mine. Ancestry has Thomas and family ,only wife and Elizabeth in Heap, Bury, Lancashire in 1841. Only one great missing. Ellen was a cousin. whose brother’s daughter was my grandmother. A tangled web. Hoping someone has a line on Philip Regards Keith On 9 Jul 2014, at 3:09 pm, Peter R Booth <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Keith, > > It helps if you include name date and location in subject line. It's > also important to convey where you've looked and any peculiarities you might > have found in things like census records. > > I couldn't find a marriage for Thomas Creed and Elizabeth around 1815 - > 1825. Usually this would be in bride's home parish in Wales. But I did find > this submitted tree on Family Search > https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3MHY-KY6 > > You can never be sure of accuracy in other people's family trees, so use > them as a guide and check out fully. > > The tree has parents for Thomas and suggests daughter Elizabeth married > John Wallwork. After Elizabeth's death in 1856, in Birmingham, it shows John > married an Ellen Creed, who could be a sister or cousin to Elizabeth. It > needs to be checked with FreeBMD. > > I couldn't find Thomas in 1841 census to check any children. Where was > he, and how was his name transcribed? Did he have a daughter Ellen? I notice > he moved about from Somerset, to Derby and Worcestershire. > > Hope this helps, > > Peter > > PS!! I doubt Elizabeth was your grandfather. And I think you're missing > a couple of greats > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Keith, It helps if you include name date and location in subject line. It's also important to convey where you've looked and any peculiarities you might have found in things like census records. I couldn't find a marriage for Thomas Creed and Elizabeth around 1815 - 1825. Usually this would be in bride's home parish in Wales. But I did find this submitted tree on Family Search https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3MHY-KY6 You can never be sure of accuracy in other people's family trees, so use them as a guide and check out fully. The tree has parents for Thomas and suggests daughter Elizabeth married John Wallwork. After Elizabeth's death in 1856, in Birmingham, it shows John married an Ellen Creed, who could be a sister or cousin to Elizabeth. It needs to be checked with FreeBMD. I couldn't find Thomas in 1841 census to check any children. Where was he, and how was his name transcribed? Did he have a daughter Ellen? I notice he moved about from Somerset, to Derby and Worcestershire. Hope this helps, Peter PS!! I doubt Elizabeth was your grandfather. And I think you're missing a couple of greats

Hi Looking for any information on a Thomas CREED born Burrowbridge, Somerset 1798. Thomas was a papermaker. I have him in all census until his death in 1891. He had a wife Elizabeth whose birth place was Wrexam Wales and a daughter Elizabeth who gave her birth c1825 in Wells. Elizabeth married my grandfather..I have found a baptism for a Philip Adam CREED c1821 Wells St Cuthbert living Dulcot ,Somerset.with father Thomas and mother Ann I though maybe Thomas married twice. I have not found any further reference to Philip Any help appreciated Regards Keith

Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, Saturday 5 April 1924: BATH AND COUNTY NOTES Sister Mrs. Nixey, of 1, Warwick Villas, a member and P.O.T. of the Bath Jubilee Lodge, I.O.G.T., has been commissioned to hold the office of Deputy Grand Chief Templar of England and United Services for this year. I.O.G.T. - International Order of Good Templars. "International Order of Good Templars (IOGT) was formed around 1852 in the United States of America, it spread to England around 1869. ... Its object was to secure personal abstinence from the use of all intoxicating drinks as a beverage and the prohibition of the manufacture, importation and sale of intoxicating drink. Membership was achieved by signing a lifelong pledge of abstinence." http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=7211&inst_id=94

Bev, FreeBMD has hundreds of possibilities for William Withers but luckily only on Julia Beatrice CARP born Mar 1908 in Wells. She looks to be the youngest of three children, but I'd prefer you check for family in 1911 census. The easiest way to sort out all the possibilities for William Withers would be to buy the 1933 marriage certificate, which should show his father. But first you might ask your friend, They may already have some certificates or other evidence that will give names of what look to be their grandparents or great grandparents. The couple appear on an Ancestry tree, which suggest a match for William in Mar 1910 in Sevenoaks, Kent. Again, a simple look up of 1911 census should find him with parents. Peter

Helping a friend research his WITHERS family. William Edward James Raymond WITHERS married Wells, Somerset, 1933 Julia Beatrice CARP. Four children registered Wells, Donald E, Doreen J, Ivor R, Norman E. Regards, Bev, New Zealand.

In message <994508D3025B42AC8598DB964573C9D9@BevPC>, Bev Dey <bev.keith@xtra.co.nz> writes >elping a friend research his WITHERS family. William Edward James >Raymond WITHERS married Wells, Somerset, 1933 Julia Beatrice CARP. Four >children registered Wells, Donald E, Doreen J, Ivor R, Norman E. I come from a large Withers family based around Wells but it appears your man was from Kent and so were his Withers ancestors for several generations, so there is probably no connection. -- David Hartley