I wonder if he didn't go, just maybe arranged the emigration, or maybe returned Name: John Arkell brewer and innkeeper Age: 48 Estimated birth year: abt 1803 Relation: Head Spouse's name: E Arkell Gender: M (Male) Where born: Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England Civil Parish: Stratton St Margaret County/Island: Wiltshire Country: England Street address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Disability: View image Registration district: Highworth Sub-registration district: Highworth ED, institution, or vessel: 14a Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 31 Household Members: Name Age John Arkell 48 E Arkell 35 T Arkell 16 brewer William Arkell 15 J Arkell 11 S Arkell 8 H Arkell 5 R J Arkell 3 A H Arkell 2 J Arkell 5 MO Elizabeth Hewes 71 mother in law landowner Ann Baden 22 visitor Ann Reynolds 17 servant Ann Titcomb 15 servant Lodgers James Dodd 75 drover Richard Gerring 19 " Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1833; Folio: 225; Page: 8; GSU roll: 220980. On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Arthur Pye <apye@f2s.com> wrote: > Joy, > I guess that you are aware of the link between the name ARKELL and > Wiltshire? Specifically the brewery of that name in Swindon. > > Just in case not, here's a link to the brewery's history: > http://www.arkells.com/history.php > > This extract may be relevant to your search "John Arkell was a > remarkable man. Born into a farming family in 1802 in Kempsford, South > Gloucestershire, he emigrated to the New World in his late twenties and > took with him a group of local people..." > > The timescale fits well with your CARTER family and Broad Blunsdon > (referenced in Corinne's message) is close to Swindon, and also > Kempsford, although over the county border in Gloucestershire, is also > close to Broad Blunsdon. > > HTH, > -- > Arthur > > In message <SNT130-w11D150431068E9C1034A79FF170@phx.gbl>, Joy Beaton > <joy_beaton@hotmail.com> writes >> >>I would like to bring home James and Charlotte CARTER, my great, great >>grandparents.  They came to Canada c. 1830 and settled in what is now >>known as Arkell, Ontario, Canada. >> >>They and their family came from Wiltshire, but I do not know where in >>Wiltshire. >> >>James, born 1769 (James was 62 when he arrived in Canada) >>Charlotte >>John >>James >>Thomas >>Ruth >>Mary Ann >> >>Would love to know exactly where in Wiltshire they came from and to be >>able to talk with them about their life in England. >> >>- Joy >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >