Hi Listers, I have had a major breakthrough with one of my lines after 40 years. My 2nd gt grandmother Elizabeth Tunks had a child Isabella Tunks in 1818 in Ludlow. No father noted on christening. On Isabella's marriage in 1841 to William Corfield she notes Richard Tunks farmer of Bitterley as her father. I have now found in the 1861 census for Mamble Worcestershire, Elizabeth Copner widow age 65 (born 1795 in Bitterley) mother to wife Isabella Corfield. So this is Elizabeth (Tunks) Copner. My question .. does anyone have access to the 1851 census for Mamble? or Bayton? so that I can see if Elizabeth Copner is there and hopefully her husband. I have the census for 1851 of Bitterley and Ludlow, if anyone needs lookups. regards Georgina Goodby Fisher in Orange, California 6 miles east of Disneyland www.goodbytree.org One Name Study GOODBY Guild of One Name Studies Goons member #4148

Hi John, this is the nearest match. Piece 2042 673 78 Merry Hill Parish of St Andrew Worcester South William Hooper HD M 50 Carpenter Suckley Worcs Ann Hooper W M 49 Huckstress Mathon Worcs Best Wishes from Linda.

Thank you, John, for the links. I've posed the question on britregiments. I'll see where that leads me. Sharon --- JOHN RICHARDSON <jjminfiek@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Hello Sharon, > > If I may, I would suggest that you go to the Genuki > Military Record pages > and also the ones below. > > I have found both very useful and reasonable. I have > NO connection with > either. ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Hello List, I wonder if SKS could do a search of an indexed copy of the 1851 census for Worcertershire. I am looking for WILLIAM & ANN HOOPER aged about 39. They were married in BROMSGROVE in Sept 1841. Many thanks John Eaton Socon

Hello Sharon, If I may, I would suggest that you go to the Genuki Military Record pages and also the ones below. I have found both very useful and reasonable. I have NO connection with either. Regards John Eaton Socon http://www.mod.uk/contacts/army_records.htm http://www.lancasterhunt.co.uk/family/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon" ssusmol@yahoo.ca To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [WOR] Herbert Taylor MIDDLETON again > Hmmm, seems to be a bit of a puzzler then. I can't > imagine what an army officer, and his family would > have been doing in a city where there was no military > presence, as there was in every other place he was at > where the other three children born. To my knowledge > there were no family ties in Worcester, but it does > bear investigating further. I have yet to find out > where these Middletons did come from. > > Sharon > --- John Tysoe <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> Hello again Sharon, >> >> I'm sorry to say that the explanations you were >> given as to why Lt-Col >> MIDDLETON was in Worcester in 1829-30 don't actually >> match with what was >> happeing there at the time... >> >> >> His presence in Worcester at that time still looks >> to be little more than >> Chance - or perhaps (distant) Family Connections. >> >> Gus > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > FreeREG Project: parish register database > http://freereg.rootsweb.com > > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > >

Hmmm, seems to be a bit of a puzzler then. I can't imagine what an army officer, and his family would have been doing in a city where there was no military presence, as there was in every other place he was at where the other three children born. To my knowledge there were no family ties in Worcester, but it does bear investigating further. I have yet to find out where these Middletons did come from. Sharon --- John Tysoe <gtysoe@jtysoe.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > Hello again Sharon, > > I'm sorry to say that the explanations you were > given as to why Lt-Col > MIDDLETON was in Worcester in 1829-30 don't actually > match with what was > happeing there at the time... > > > His presence in Worcester at that time still looks > to be little more than > Chance - or perhaps (distant) Family Connections. > > Gus ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Hello List As well as my two one-name studies (see below), I have been asked by a friend to help trace her ORFORD ancestry. So far I have managed to track back to John ORFORD and his wife Eliza, born abt 1829 and 1826 respectively in Bromsgrove. I am looking to contact anyone who has a connection to the surname and look forward to any replies. Kind regards Karen Tyers Member # 4233, Guild of One Name Studies http://www.onenamestudy.org.uk/karen.tyers Looking for TYERS and ROWLATT wherever they may be lurking

I have now added Volume 1 of the Bredon Registers (1559-1700) to my site. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wrag44/bredon/bredon.htm <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewrag44/bredon/bredon.htm> William Good Sydney, Australia

Could any kind person with access to the 1841 census for Stourbridge look to see if there is a William and Matilda Maris she was born in Feckenham abt 1804 regards Karen

My maternal great-grandparents left England to settle in New Zealand in 1874 and although I know something about their life in England I was wondering if SKS could help me with a look up in the earlier English census. I realize that the lack of an index in many of these census makes it hard to locate people but nothing ventured - nothing lost! My great-grandfather was Thomas Nathaniel or Nathaniel Thomas PAYTON b 1840 Highgate, Parish of Ashton, WAR, ENG s/o Frederick PEYTON/PAYTON and Ann DOWN(E)S while my great-grand mother was Ann MARTIN b Yardley, WOR, ENG d/o John MARTIN and Charity PARKHOUSE. They were married 10 June 1861 Bordesley, WAR, ENG which was after the 1861 census so I would like to know about the details on the 1871 census probably in Yardley, WOR, ENG with their children Mary Jane b 1862, Frederick John b 1864, and Eliza b 1868 - my grandmother I would also like to see the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census pages or full details for each of Thomas Nathaniel PAYTON and Ann MARTIN when they were single (and living with their parents?) TIA Jim Jim & Beverley Payne NEW ZEALAND jr_bjpayne@xtra.co.nz Our web page has moved to the following URL: http://www.shampayne.org.nz

Hello again Sharon, I'm sorry to say that the explanations you were given as to why Lt-Col MIDDLETON was in Worcester in 1829-30 don't actually match with what was happeing there at the time... 1) The most likely reason he was living in St Martins was that it contained most of the "best" addresses in or close to the City - although Claines had a couple of 'Good' areas that could be considered 'suitable' for one of his rank and position. The greater part of the area of St Martins was then outside the City Boundary, but the part inside extended to within 100 yards of the City Centre. (The City Boundary was greatly extended in 1835-6.) 2) While I do not know where the rifle range then was, it was almost certainly set up for training the Militia for the Napoleonic Wars - but the Militia had been much run-down in the 15 years that had elapsed since Waterloo in 1815. 3) The Worcester & Birmingham Canal had been opened for its full length in 1815 - and had not been built using the Army. (Although the Army probably was heavily involved in building the Military Canal in Kent/Sussex, which was built during the Napoleonic Wars.) His presence in Worcester at that time still looks to be little more than Chance - or perhaps (distant) Family Connections. Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon <ssusmol@yahoo.ca> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 7:02 PM Subject: [WOR] Herbert Taylor MIDDLETON again > Hello list: > > I've re-subscribed after a short abcense from the > list. > > I found some additional information on Herbert Taylor > MIDDLETON who was born in Saint Martin, Worcestershire > in 1829 which would explain why his lt-col father, > Charles MIDDLETON, would have been there at the time > of Herbert's birth. > > I understand St Martin is an outlying area of > Worcester (the city), and I'm told there is/was a > rifle range a couple miles NNW of there. I was also > told the Birmingham Canal was completed in 1830, and > the army was utilized in helping build the canals. > > This may be of help to others with military interests > in the area. :-) > > Sharon > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > >

Hello list: I've re-subscribed after a short abcense from the list. I found some additional information on Herbert Taylor MIDDLETON who was born in Saint Martin, Worcestershire in 1829 which would explain why his lt-col father, Charles MIDDLETON, would have been there at the time of Herbert's birth. I understand St Martin is an outlying area of Worcester (the city), and I'm told there is/was a rifle range a couple miles NNW of there. I was also told the Birmingham Canal was completed in 1830, and the army was utilized in helping build the canals. This may be of help to others with military interests in the area. :-) Sharon ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

Hi everyone, Just joined this list and would like to post my families of interest, Westwood, Gibson, Giles and Foxall. Originally of Old Swinford and Stourbridge before moving to Birmingham in the latter half of the 19th century. Benjamin Westwood b 1834 father Benjamin Westwood mother Sarah ? wife Margaret Hughes b about 1838 Ludlow Shropshire Joseph Gibson b 1812 father Richard Gibson b 1790 mother Mary Foxall wife Mary Giles b about 1814 As well as hoping to hear from others researching these names I would also like to know where to find the census and parish registers for this area. Would Birmingham library be a good place to look ? Although living in Canada now I grew up in Brum and return home regularly. Cheers, Greg Folks British Columbia

Hi all Thank you to Malcolm and Gus for providing the information on the Henney family from Worcester and on the Waterloo Inn (very interesting reading). With this help I have been able to locate the families for both Charles Lester Henney and Emma Nichols. Again, thanks heaps. Regards Veronica Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veronica" <davron03@dodo.com.au> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:50 PM Subject: [WOR] Henney > Hi everyone > > I am researching the Henney family from Worcester. Charles Lester Henney m Emma Nichols, a son, George Henry born in 1900. I have George's birth certificate, but it does not give any information as to when parents married or where from. George moved to Australia in May 1924. > > At one stage they had the Waterloo Inn, Waterloo Street, Worcester. Have tried searching the internet for this pub, but no results. Does anyone know if it still exists? > > Regards > > > > Veronica > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > > >

Would anyone be able to share the obituary for Winifred 'Win' Gilder of Redditch who passed on March 22,2005?She was a resident of the Brambles Residential Care Home.Thomas Brothers Funeral Home. Regards, Fraser Conrad, Cow Bay,Nova Scotia,Canada

The following orphans came to Canada with Maria Rye from the Stourbridge Workhouse in 1871. Is it possible (or is it too large) to copy/paste the 1871 Workhouse back to me in an offline email? I'm looking for the possibilities of other family members being in the workhouse too. Hannah Davis 11 Ann Davis 8 Rachel Bluck 8 Frances Bluck 6 Sincere thanks, GAIL in Ontario, Can Maria Rye Database - years 1868 - 1879 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/05

Many thanks to Mike, Noreen, Malcom, Ruth and Nuala for your help with above name and place much appreciated. Regards Brian

Hi Veronica, The Waterloo Inn disappeared around the end of the 1960s as part of 'The Blockhouse Slum Clearance'. I definitely visited it twice (maybe three times) 1958 May 16 - (the 2nd of 7 that evening - by bicycle!) and to my surprise can still recall that it was the pleasantest of them all. [Mind you, 4 of them were "up Tolladine" and were large Estate pubs.] The Waterloo at that stage was part of the Spreckley's Brewery Estate, and one of their rare houses where the bitter was properly kept... 1959 Mar 15 - (5th of 10 - on foot, and a Blockhouse Crawl) Now within Cheltenham & Hereford Breweries' empire, with a distinct falling-off in both quality and taste! I don't believe there are now any traces of where it stood - probably covered by the warehouse of Magnet & Southerns. HTH Gus ----- Original Message ----- From: Veronica <davron03@dodo.com.au> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:50 PM Subject: [WOR] Henney > Hi everyone > > I am researching the Henney family from Worcester. Charles Lester Henney m Emma Nichols, a son, George Henry born in 1900. I have George's birth certificate, but it does not give any information as to when parents married or where from. George moved to Australia in May 1924. > > At one stage they had the Waterloo Inn, Waterloo Street, Worcester. Have tried searching the internet for this pub, but no results. Does anyone know if it still exists? > > Regards > > > > Veronica > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.worcestershiresurnames.co.uk/ > >

1901 image & marriage reference sent off-list. Regards from Malcolm Platt-Grigg. Participant in Grigg DNA Project http://www.familytreedna.com/ Researching: GRIGG Halesowen, Harborne, Birmingham PLATT Wednesbury, Darlaston http://www.platt-grigg.accessgenealogy.com/ http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com -----Original Message----- From: Veronica [mailto:davron03@dodo.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 27 April 2005 10:50 PM To: ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WOR] Henney Hi everyone I am researching the Henney family from Worcester. Charles Lester Henney m Emma Nichols, a son, George Henry born in 1900. I have George's birth certificate, but it does not give any information as to when parents married or where from. George moved to Australia in May 1924. At one stage they had the Waterloo Inn, Waterloo Street, Worcester. Have tried searching the internet for this pub, but no results. Does anyone know if it still exists? Regards Veronica

Hi everyone I am researching the Henney family from Worcester. Charles Lester Henney m Emma Nichols, a son, George Henry born in 1900. I have George's birth certificate, but it does not give any information as to when parents married or where from. George moved to Australia in May 1924. At one stage they had the Waterloo Inn, Waterloo Street, Worcester. Have tried searching the internet for this pub, but no results. Does anyone know if it still exists? Regards Veronica