Hi Everyone Trying to trace the Witten family of Old Swinford in particular anyone called Sergeant/Sarjant Witten. I have an ancestor from the Bristol area with this name and believe his family may have originated in the Old Swinford/Kingswinford area. The IGI index have a couple of matching names which, as its so unusual, would suggest a link. However the name appears to disappear after baptism. Does anyone know if this is because it gets shortened or changed to something. I know its of French origin but other than that nothing. Cheers Lennie

Any dates would be handy! John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 2:30 PM Subject: [WOR] Witten > Hi Everyone > > Trying to trace the Witten family of Old Swinford in particular anyone > called Sergeant/Sarjant Witten. I have an ancestor from the Bristol area > with this name and believe his family may have originated in the Old > Swinford/Kingswinford area. The IGI index have a couple of matching names > which, as its so unusual, would suggest a link. However the name appears > to disappear after baptism. Does anyone know if this is because it gets > shortened or changed to something. I know its of French origin but other > than that nothing. > > Cheers > > Lennie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On 04 Feb, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone > Trying to trace the Witten family of Old Swinford in particular anyone > called Sergeant/Sarjant Witten. I have an ancestor from the Bristol > area with this name and believe his family may have originated in the > Old Swinford/Kingswinford area. The IGI index have a couple of matching > names which, as its so unusual, would suggest a link. However the name > appears to disappear after baptism. Does anyone know if this is because > it gets shortened or changed to something. I know its of French origin > but other than that nothing. Hi there Can't help with the name, but is there a glass worker connection here? Some of my DANCERs moved from Old Swinford to the Bristol glass company. > Cheers > Lennie -- Chris Pampling researching: BARRATT, DANCER, FELLOWS, GOODES, HOLDING, ROBINSON, TUCKLEY, WHEWAY, MAHER all in and around Birmingham/Smethwick, 1850 to present day PAMPLING Cambridgeshire - Sheffield, 1800 to present VARNDELL Wokingham - Birmingham, 1800 to present