Graham, I just noticed my message to you used EANER always spelt wrongly as EARNER. I really did search using EANER, so my thoughts are right even if, like all transcribers I incorrectly keyed, I have got it wrong from my notes. My apologies, All.] John ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Taylors" <gemat@83bramcote.freeserve.co.uk> To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 6:20 AM Subject: [Ess] Surname EANER > Has anyone researched the Essex Surname EANER? > > > > I have an ancestor with a second Christian name EANER which was often > indicative of a family surname. Area around Colchester > > > > Thanks > > > > Graham > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Graham, Though I do not research EANER I thought I would look about an FreeBMD for you. Maybe you have done this already. If not there are so few EARNER surnames and Earner forenames it is well worth doing some wide searches and get the whole clan. e.g say search 1840 - 1920 for All Types ( B D & M) for all County & Districts. Firstly for only EARNER as surname (You will only get a handful or so). Then try "Earner" as forename with no surname and again you will just get a handful and finally search for "* Earner" as forename(To find as second forename) and here you will get two I think. I can see probably connections between many of extracted people but none from Essex, but few from Middx. and Cambs. As an everyday transcriber for FreeBMD I would also advise rechecking the spelling of your EARNER. I had an example to day of a forename which I saw as either Renhen or Renken. As it was a bit sus I checked about on database and found both words had been used as Surnames and Forenames but VERY rarely, so I had a look at the original scans of two of these others and it was clear they should have been transcribed as "Reuben". So then I relocked at the scan I was working from and saw Reuben was indeed what it was for mine too. And remember the original hand written or typed material has lots of human error already embedded apart from just reading difficulties. Cheers ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Taylors" <gemat@83bramcote.freeserve.co.uk> To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 6:20 AM Subject: [Ess] Surname EANER > Has anyone researched the Essex Surname EANER? > > > > I have an ancestor with a second Christian name EANER which was often > indicative of a family surname. Area around Colchester > >

Has anyone researched the Essex Surname EANER? I have an ancestor with a second Christian name EANER which was often indicative of a family surname. Area around Colchester Thanks Graham

Hi Essex Listers Knowing the long sea-faring history of many Essex folk but also particularly that many Barnardo's children were sent to begin a new life in 'the new world' by Barnardo's and other children's agencies from Essex and north London, I thought that some of the sites mentioned in this very well informed reply that I had from Sue in Canada might be of interest. It gave me not only the sailing dates of the ship I was searching for, but the name of every passenger on board, with their ages, nationality, profession and destination. John Suffolk -----Original Message----- From: Sue Swiggum [mailto:swig@ns.sympatico.ca] Sent: 28 September 2008 22:11 To: John Barbrook; THESHIPSLIST@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TSL] Barnardo's Boys sent to Canada Hi John, Sure there is, you are in luck as there is also a "British Home Children" database. Reel # Ship Name Shipping Line Special Group(s) T-485 DOMINION (DOM) Dominion Line (J): Dr. Barnardo's party of boys from London for Toronto & Winnipeg (304) with J. Golden 28 & girls for Peterboro' (117) Mrs. Lloyd 38, Matron Departure Information Arrival Information Remarks Liverpool, England 1905-08-03 Quebec, Que. 1905-08-12 / Montreal, Que. Captain William L. Mendus; death at sea: American infant, Gordon Cable on 1905-08-11 (mother, Maggie 34) Canada online Passenger Lists http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/passenger/index-e.html HINT: click on the image to enlarge, then hit the back button on your browser to be able to advance forward to the next page or backward to the previous page Home Children (1869-1930) http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html Marj Kohli is away right now, but she would advise that there are also Barnardo "after care" records available .... her webpages(s) http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/societies .html http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/children/Organizations/barnardo. html Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com

glenn wrote: > Hi All , I have just discovered that two of my Essex girls were > adopted. When their mother remarried the children were adopted by > the new husband. This was 1964\5 . Is there any way I can get the > adoption certs. The girls are half sisters to my son in law. When a mother marries or remarries both she *and* her new husband have to adopt the children even though the mother is the children's natural mother. Adoption severs all ties to the birth family, therefore, if only the new husband were to adopt the children, their natural mother would not only have no legal responsibility to or for them, but would cease to be their mother. Yes, it's daft but it's the way the law on adoption works. If you could get copies of the adoption certificates, they would tell you nothing more than the normal birth certificates. They would show the adoptive parents but not the natural parents.

This marriage is on Ancestry. Name: Ann Stutfield Gender: Female Spouse's Name: John Murphy Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1780 Marriage Place: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Hedberg" <jhedberg@telus.net> To: <ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] STUTFIELD >I am looking for anyone who maybe researching the Stutfield name. > > My 3x greatgrandfather, Charles Stutfield Murphy was born about 1798 and > the Stutfield name was carried on down the line so I know it wasn't just a > friend but must have been a family name possibly his mother's. > > Please anyone that can help I would appreciate it! > > Thank you, > Joan Hedberg in Canada jhedberg@telus.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

As the event was so recent, the only people who would be allowed to access such records would be the girls themselves, and perhaps their very immediate family. Why not drop them a line? Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of glenn Sent: 02 October 2008 11:26 To: ESSEX-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] Adoption Hi All , I have just discovered that two of my Essex girls were adopted. When their mother remarried the children were adopted by the new husband. This was 1964\5 . Is there any way I can get the adoption certs. The girls are half sisters to my son in law. Thanks Glenn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1702 - Release Date: 01/10/2008 09:05 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1702 - Release Date: 01/10/2008 09:05

Hi All , I have just discovered that two of my Essex girls were adopted. When their mother remarried the children were adopted by the new husband. This was 1964\5 . Is there any way I can get the adoption certs. The girls are half sisters to my son in law. Thanks Glenn

I am looking for anyone who maybe researching the Stutfield name. My 3x greatgrandfather, Charles Stutfield Murphy was born about 1798 and the Stutfield name was carried on down the line so I know it wasn't just a friend but must have been a family name possibly his mother's. Please anyone that can help I would appreciate it! Thank you, Joan Hedberg in Canada jhedberg@telus.net

Essex Family History has a page which lists all of the prominment local newspapers with the year that they started publication. The page is found at http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/localnewspapers.htm Peter OPC for Burnham on the Dengie 100 Villages

Hi List For your information, should you have an interest in the village of Little Baddow, we have our parish chest housed in our history centre and would be very happy to see or hear from you. We are open Sunday and Wednesday afternoons 2-4 and Tuesday and Thursday mornings 10-12. If you would like to visit us on another day or time, or visit the church or chapel, please contact me off list. We are always happy to try and answer any family history enquiry and could also add your family surname to our 'surname interest' file. Kind Regards Chris Day

There's a summary of the status of an Elizabethan yeoman here ( it was more a class than a military designation) http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2001-04/0987834094 The parish clerk was a responsible position. here is an abstract from a summary of a book about Parish Clerks > The parish clerk's changing role following the Reformation is > examined within the prevailing continuities and discontinuities. New > duties in relation to Registration and Bills of Mortality are marked > in addition to the parish clerk's increasing social involvement in > the civil affairs of the parish. There's also a Project Gutenberg ebook about them http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13363 HTH Anne On 30 Sep 2008, at 18:49, The Taylors wrote: > Sometime further back than our normal list discussions about > Occupations, I > have come across an Elizabethan ancestor who was noted for being a > Parish > Clerk and Yeoman. > > > > Now Parish Clerk is almost certain to have been ecclesiastical and > administrative but what was its true status in Elizabethan , pre > Cromwell > times? Was a Yeoman a minor official or did it then have military > connotations? > > > > Any opinions would be most welcome > > > > Thanks > > > > Graham > > ~

Sometime further back than our normal list discussions about Occupations, I have come across an Elizabethan ancestor who was noted for being a Parish Clerk and Yeoman. Now Parish Clerk is almost certain to have been ecclesiastical and administrative but what was its true status in Elizabethan , pre Cromwell times? Was a Yeoman a minor official or did it then have military connotations? Any opinions would be most welcome Thanks Graham

Hello Graham Have several Parish Clerks in my tree too and a summing up of their duties was given to me by Stan Mapstone on the Sunderland List PARISH CLERK (CLERICUS PAROCHIALIS) was a layman who assisted the parish priest in the administration of the church and in the performance of minor duties during services such as leading the singing, reading the Gospel or Epistle, announcing the metrical psalm and making the congregational responses. Clerks were often entrusted with making up the parish Registers though, in fact, delegation of this responsibility was unlawful. The London Guild of Parish Clerks was incorporated by Henry III in 1232, and became a Livery Company of the City of London. When their charter was renewed by James I, and later by Charles II it was stipulated that 'Every person that is chosen Clerk of a Parish shall first give sufficient proof of his abilities to sing at least the tunes which are used in parish churches'. In 1844 an act of parliament deprived the parish clerks of nearly all their duties, which were transferred to curates. Another act of 1894 left them with few responsibilities other than the care of certain documents and maps, which are now handled by the purely secular clerk of the parish council. An historical definition of a Yeoman is "One of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights." Have a look at this link for a fuller description of the term (Yeoman) through the ages http://www.reference.com/browse/yeoman Best regards Heather Visit my Family Tree's at GOODWIN and GORDON http://heatherac.tribalpages.com CARBIS SPARROW ATTWOOLL http://carbissparrow.tribalpages.com JOLLIFFE MOULAND http://jolliffemouland.tribalpages.com/ --- On Tue, 30/9/08, The Taylors <gemat@83bramcote.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: Subject: [Ess] Elizabethan Occupations To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Sometime further back than our normal list discussions about Occupations, I have come across an Elizabethan ancestor who was noted for being a Parish Clerk and Yeoman. Now Parish Clerk is almost certain to have been ecclesiastical and administrative but what was its true status in Elizabethan , pre Cromwell times? Was a Yeoman a minor official or did it then have military connotations?

Is your family name POTTS? I am looking for a Brian R POTTS (mother`s maiden name FIDLER) birth registered in Epping between Jan - Mar 1949 parents names are June Iris (Fidler)POTTS and Arthur POTTS. Brenda Owen.

Hello, I wonder if someone has access to Dovercourt parish records. I am looking for the birth of NATHAN CHISNALL.Also the names of his parents. According to census records he was born in Dovercourt Essex in 1810/1811. His wife was ELIZABETH COOK born in Tendring in 1810. Hoping sks can help. Regards Thelma Chisnall

The first port of call will be the British Library Newspaper Library at Colindale, NW London (though I believe it's due to close sooner or later?). Its website has a catalogue which is useful for tracking down the titles of newspapers in various places at different periods - just search on the place name as a keyword. Follow the instructions on this page to access the database: http://www.bl.uk/services/reading/newsrrcatalogue.html HTH, Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:essex-uk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Parker Sent: 28 September 2008 21:49 To: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] Local newspapers My wife's Essex family came from these areas: 1. Harwich to Brightlingsea including amongst others the Oakley's, Clacton's and Bentleys 2. Southend and Leigh 3. Eastern London - Dagenham, Lewisham and Leyton What local newspapers would have served these areas, and how can I access their archives? Thank you David ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.3/1691 - Release Date: 25/09/2008 19:23 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.7.3/1691 - Release Date: 25/09/2008 19:23

I thought that you may be interested in why I posted that request for information on local newspapers. Yesterday I attended a seminar in Toronto on writing a family history. The lecturer, Dr John Colletta, talked of writing about his grandparents wedding, and his getting a record of the weather on the day from his local paper. He gave several other examples of information that can be gleaned from such papers to make our family history live. . Such is the exciting meat to add to the bones of a simple wedding date and location. David

My wife's Essex family came from these areas: 1. Harwich to Brightlingsea including amongst others the Oakley's, Clacton's and Bentleys 2. Southend and Leigh 3. Eastern London - Dagenham, Lewisham and Leyton What local newspapers would have served these areas, and how can I access their archives? Thank you David

Hello All. You may already know this from following the brief notices on the MAPCO 'News' page, but my work situation changed earlier this year and I was forced to put all MAPCO activity and correspondence on hold for work reasons. However, I am now managing to find a little time to get back to the things I love, and have commenced work on a number of maps for display during the remainder of 2008. The first of these, currently being scanned, is: General Survey OF ENGLAND and WALES. An entirely new & accurate Survey OF THE COUNTY of KENT, WITH PART of the COUNTY of ESSEX, Done by the Surveying Draftsmen of His Majesty's Honourable Board of Ordnance, on the basis of the Trigonometrical Survey carried on by their Orders under the direction of CAPTN. W. MUDGE of the ROYAL ARTILLERY. F.R.S. 1801 This was the very first Ordnance Survey map ever published. You can take a look at an overall view of the Kent map (simply from initial photographs) on the 'News' page here: http://archivemaps.com/mapco/news.htm To give you an idea of the detail and beauty of this significant map, you can view preview images of it here: An Entirely New & Accurate Survey Of The County Of Kent, With Part Of The County Of Essex, by William Mudge, 1801. http://archivemaps.com/mapco/preview/1801kent.htm Please let me know what you think, and if you have any comments about the clarity of the scanned images on the preview page. Thanks! It is nice to back! Hopefully my work will never affect progress of the MAPCO website again!! Kind regards, David Hale, Adelaide, South Australia. MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online http://archivemaps.com *****************************************