Arthur: Thank you for writing. I am aware of the ARKELL/CARTER connection - they arrived here at the same time and settled in the area that became known as Arkell. John Arkell returned to England but his cousin Thomas remained here. We have a lot of information for both families. The only information for James CARTER is that he and his wife, Charlotte, came from Wiltshire. I have never been able to determine where in Wiltshire, but I will definitely follow up on this information about Broad Blunsdon. My sincere thanks. - Joy > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:45:24 +0000 > To: eng-wiltshire-l@rootsweb.com > From: apye@f2s.com > Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] Bring home for Christmas - CARTER family > > 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