Uuummm..... I know little about the Churches, but there still is a St John's infant school opposite the pier...food for thought?? Debbie >-- Original Message -- >From: Rosserl106@aol.com >Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:37:42 EDT >Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] posting interests >To: ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com > > >Hi Dave, >I have a photocopy of the marriage cert of COLVERSON/LAKE dated 6 March >1881 >stating ' Marriage solemnized at Saint Johns Free Church of England in the > >District of Southampton in the County of the same town. He was living Chapel > >Road and she was living Melbourne Street ( Saint Mary's area I think?). >Underneath their details it states,' Married in the Saint Johns Free Church > >according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Free Church of England by >Certificate by me, Edwin Boon, minister, William Cox , Registrar. >Do the ministers or registrars names mean anything to you because I haven't > >been able to find this church either. The only St Johns I've found in >Southampton is in Shirley, but why would they go there with St Mary's on >their >doorstep? > >Samuel COLVERSON and Edith LAKE had 9 children I think, my gr grandfather, > >Walter (1881-1961), being the eldest, born only 34 days after they got married!! > >I have found Samuel b1883; william c1886; George c1888; Edith c1890; Ellen > >b1893; Frank b1896; Florence b1898; Beatrice b1900. All born Southampton >and >living Standford Street on 1891 and 1901 census'. > >Just starting to look into this branch of family, interested to see if any > >one else doing the same. > >Thanks for your interest, >Linda > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________________________ Get Tiscali Broadband From £15:99 http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadbandhome/

Dear List I have discovered a little more on this subject, as follows: St John's school near the pier is right by the site of the original St John's parish church. St John's church was demolished in the 17th Century, and the parish amalgamated with the adjoining parish of St Lawrence. Both were original Southampton town parishes inside the medieval walls, the others being St Michaels, Holy Rood and All Saints. The big parish of St Mary's is actually outside the walls, to the east. As the population grew, St Mary's parish was subdivided, new parish churches being: Holy Trinity, about 1828. Destroyed in WW2 bombing St Lukes Newtown, about 1852, now a Sikh Gurdwara Christ Church Northam, about 1854 St James, Bernard St (known as St James in the Docks) about 1857. Destroyed in WW2, rebuilt after but now the Greek Orthodox church of St Nicholas. St Matthews, St Mary's Road, about 1869, demolished for development about 1970 Now for the real news: according to Sylvester Davies' History of Southampton, one of the many nonconformist churches was : St John's Free Church, Clifford Street. This congregation was formed about 1872, pastor Rev E J Boon. Interestingly to me, we lived in a flat in Clifford Street for a few months after our marriage in 1958, although I have no recollection of a Free Church at that time. This is only a few yards from where Holy Trinity church had stood until its destruction in 1940, and less than half a mile from St Mary's church. All the area around Clifford Street was extensively redeveloped in the 1960-70s. Cheers, Dave Jacobs ================= At 22:03 25/09/2004, el.lsa@lineone.net wrote: >Uuummm..... I know little about the Churches, but there still is a St John's >infant school opposite the pier...food for thought?? >Debbie > > >-- Original Message -- > >From: Rosserl106@aol.com > >Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:37:42 EDT > >Subject: Re: [ENG-SOU] posting interests > >To: ENG-SOUTHAMPTON-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Hi Dave, > >I have a photocopy of the marriage cert of COLVERSON/LAKE dated 6 March > >1881 > >stating ' Marriage solemnized at Saint Johns Free Church of England in >the > > > >District of Southampton in the County of the same town. He was living Chapel > > > >Road and she was living Melbourne Street ( Saint Mary's area I think?). > >Underneath their details it states,' Married in the Saint Johns Free Church > > > >according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Free Church of England by > > >Certificate by me, Edwin Boon, minister, William Cox , Registrar. > >Do the ministers or registrars names mean anything to you because I haven't > > > >been able to find this church either. The only St Johns I've found in > >Southampton is in Shirley, but why would they go there with St Mary's on > >their > >doorstep? > > > >Samuel COLVERSON and Edith LAKE had 9 children I think, my gr grandfather, > > > >Walter (1881-1961), being the eldest, born only 34 days after they got >married!! > > > >I have found Samuel b1883; william c1886; George c1888; Edith c1890; Ellen > > > >b1893; Frank b1896; Florence b1898; Beatrice b1900. All born Southampton > >and > >living Standford Street on 1891 and 1901 census'. > > > >Just starting to look into this branch of family, interested to see if >any > > > >one else doing the same. > > > >Thanks for your interest, > >Linda > > > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >__________________________________________________________________ >Get Tiscali Broadband From £15:99 >http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadbandhome/ > > > > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237