On 26 Aug 2005 at 8:57, John Tysoe wrote: > Claines' population in 1841 was 3,546... > > And assuming that they had 'always' been Watermen/boatmen, then the > chances of them having been 'scholars' at the ages of 13 and 14 would > seem to be vanishingly-small :-( One slight problem, can't imagine there would be many watermen/boatmen in the Claines area due to the lack of a suitable docks/quay. Perhaps they had moved to Worcester by the time they were arrested. > OTOH, I could certainly look at that baptism in the Claines Register on > my next trip to WorcHistCent 'some time' next week, With apologies to those not local to Worcester, I wonder how many of the list members I have walked past, unknown, at Worcestershire's excellent history centre? It would be nice to put some faces to these e-mails. Best Regards, Ian Murray ex: City of Worcester now: Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire ---------------------------------------------- Researching: (Worcestershire): ATKINS; BELL; COPE; DARKE; EATON-MULLINS; WARMAN. with small links to ALLARD, BATEMAN, EVANS, JEFF (Cumberland): BELL. (Hampshire): ADAMS, Martha. (Manchester/Southport): CHAPMAN; HUGHES; KAY. (Eastbourne): KAY. (Western Scotland - including Isles of Arran and Bute): BOYLE; CAMPBELL; CUMMINGS; DOLLAR; JOHNSTONE; KAY; KING; LYNDSAY; McLEAN; McMILLAN; MURRAY; WILSON. (Australia): MURRAY (South Africa): VAN AARDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been virus checked using Symantec Norton AntiVirus -----------------------------------------------------------------------