Images sent Bryan Dix wrote: > Hi to all > > Can anyone please assist with a look-up on the Australian Electoral Rolls (1901-1936) on ancestry for the following members of my DIX family that were from Saffron Walden: >

Thank you David, those maps are wonderfully clear. Margaret Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hale" <dwhale@internode.on.net> To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 2:44 AM Subject: [Ess] MAPCO online maps - work continues with 1801 Map of Kent SNIP> > > 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! <SNIP> > David Hale,

David, Absolutely stunning! I can't think of any criticism, and am eager to see more. Congratulations on this valuable work. Carole ==================== Dr C P Biggam, FSA Dept of English Language University of Glasgow ==================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hale" <dwhale@internode.on.net> To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 7:44 AM Subject: [Ess] MAPCO online maps - work continues with 1801 Map of Kent > 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 > > > ***************************************** > > >

Further to my earlier posting, I have found a note which I wrote at least 15 years ago stating that I found no COTTON baptisms at Great Stambridge 1810-1822. Lucy/Caroline COTTON possibly had a brother James born c1820, Canewdon. Perhaps this is where I should look for her baptism. I am interested in any COTTONs in south east Essex Jane in Canberra > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Lindsay" <lindsay.jane@bigpond.com> > To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:29 PM > Subject: [Ess] COTTON in Great Stambridge > > > Hello Essex listers > > In 1851 Lucy BLAKELEY (nee COTTON) gave her birthplace as Great > Stambridge. > She was born c1817-1818, and her father was James COTTON (named on > marriage certificate). She died Sep 1851. > Sometimes she was Lucy, sometimes Caroline, and sometimes Lucy Caroline > > Does anyone have this lady in their tree? Did she have siblings? Who > was her mother? > > I would love to find out more about her. > > Jane in Canberra > > > > >

Thank you to everyone who responded to my enquiry. Best wishes Mary On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Mary Bryceland <pmmbry2@googlemail.com>wrote: > Hello > > Can anyone tell me whether Little Oakley Church is still standing? > > I know that it is no longer used and there is a reference to it in the 1975 > reprint of the 1968 Shell guide to Essex which describes it as "isolated and > neglected, looks over Peewit Island and creeks of Hanford Water." > > I have looked on OS maps, and scanned the area on Google earth with no > success. > > Many thanks > > Mary Bryceland > > (Researching: Walter Batten, master mariner b. Harwich 1820) >

Hi to all Can anyone please assist with a look-up on the Australian Electoral Rolls (1901-1936) on ancestry for the following members of my DIX family that were from Saffron Walden: George Albert DIX (Born ca 1854) Edith DIX (His wife) born 1868 South Australia Fred DIX (Born ca 1893 in Melbourne) his son and Dotothy/Dorothie Edna Sadie DIX (Fred's wife) and any other children that may be at the same residence. They would all be in Kooyong, Victoria. Any assistance would be much appreciated, and if possible I would love any images if available. Kind Regards Bryan Dix

Hello List My rellies must have loved Essex. I've tracked them from Ireland through India, Malta, Gibraltar, West Indies, Canada, England (Essex), Scotland, South Africa and, finally, back to Essex. After traversing the Empire, my g-grandpa, Francis EARLY, died in Chadwell Heath in 1897. He is buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard of St.Mary's Parish Church, Great Ilford. His eldest son, Francis Frederick EARLY was born in Colchester in 1860 (during the family's first sojourn there) He married Hannah Jamieson NAPIER of Rothesay, Bute. They had two daughters that I'm aware of: Lillian Frances EARLY, b. 1886, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, and Margaret Jamieson Napier EARLY, b. 1894, Romford, Essex. 8 years between the births. Were there more kids that I don't know about? Thanks to the generosity of Listers Barbara Scott and Dick Mathews I've learned some things and had to re-assess others. I was under the impression that Frances EARLY had married twice. First in Romford 1904 to Ernest PIKE who died in WW1, then in Rochford in 1918 to Alexander NORMAN. The NORMAN marriage looks good, but the one to Ernest PIKE does not, mainly because he was discharged from the army, alive, in Feb 1918. Anyone know to whom Lillian EARLY of Chadwell Heath was married before 1918? (If anyone) The other girl, Margaret J.N.EARLY apparently married Leslie H.PALFER (PULFER) in Berkshire in 1922. One of her EARLY uncles died in South Africa in 1951 leaving a small legacy to "Mrs Margaret PULFER of Essex", so I guess she couldn't resist the lure of Essex. I'm hoping there are descendants of these people who are dead keen on genealogy and itching to swap notes. Funny thing; my wife, Lynette JOSLIN, and I met and teamed up in South Africa. Turns out her JOSLINs were from Shenfield in Essex. Must be destiny! Best wishes Frank Early South Africa

Some information on the Church can be found on SEAX, e.g http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?intNoToDisplay=10&strOrderBy=R ANK%20Desc&intOffSet=0&intThisRecordsOffSet=0 Andy Claxton Looking for CLAXTON and SPACKMAN in and around Stifford, Ockendon and Aveley pre 1830 -----Original Message----- From: Mary Bryceland [mailto:pmmbry2@googlemail.com] Sent: 26 September 2008 21:02 To: Essex-UK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Ess] Little Oakley Church Hello Can anyone tell me whether Little Oakley Church is still standing? I know that it is no longer used and there is a reference to it in the 1975 reprint of the 1968 Shell guide to Essex which describes it as "isolated and neglected, looks over Peewit Island and creeks of Hanford Water." I have looked on OS maps, and scanned the area on Google earth with no success. Many thanks Mary Bryceland (Researching: Walter Batten, master mariner b. Harwich 1820)

Hello Mary According to Andrew Barham's book "Lost Parish Churches of Essex" the church of St Mary was declared redundant in 1973. "This early 12th century church was converted into a house by the end of the decade. It includes a squat Tudor brick tower and some nice old doors and windows, mainly from the 14th century. Not open to the general public" Dick Mathews Mary Bryceland wrote: > Hello > > Can anyone tell me whether Little Oakley Church is still standing? > > I know that it is no longer used and there is a reference to it in the 1975 > reprint of the 1968 Shell guide to Essex which describes it as "isolated and > neglected, looks over Peewit Island and creeks of Hanford Water." > > I have looked on OS maps, and scanned the area on Google earth with no > success. > > Many thanks > > Mary Bryceland > > (Researching: Walter Batten, master mariner b. Harwich 1820) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.3/1693 - Release Date: 9/26/2008 7:35 AM >

Hi all, looking for any BURR descendents or people researching this name from the High Easter or surrounding districts. Especially about the parents of Lucy Burr baptised 3 April 1803 to William Burr and his wife Mary unknown. Kindest regards Wayne McBride

Hello Essex listers In 1851 Lucy BLAKELEY (nee COTTON) gave her birthplace as Great Stambridge. She was born c1817-1818, and her father was James COTTON (named on marriage certificate). She died Sep 1851. Sometimes she was Lucy, sometimes Caroline, and sometimes Lucy Caroline Does anyone have this lady in their tree? Did she have siblings? Who was her mother? I would love to find out more about her. Jane in Canberra

Hello Can anyone tell me whether Little Oakley Church is still standing? I know that it is no longer used and there is a reference to it in the 1975 reprint of the 1968 Shell guide to Essex which describes it as "isolated and neglected, looks over Peewit Island and creeks of Hanford Water." I have looked on OS maps, and scanned the area on Google earth with no success. Many thanks Mary Bryceland (Researching: Walter Batten, master mariner b. Harwich 1820)

Hello Frank Things are never as simple as they seem! Ancestry has an image of the medal rolls for WW1 which shows that Edward Ernest Pike was indeed a member of the Coldstream Guards (I'll sent you the image separately), and he joined on 9 Dec 1915, and was discharged on 22 Feb 1918 - I suspect he was seriously wounded. The reason for his discharge is "Army Order 265 of 1917 para 2.b.i" A Google search led me to http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=66405ecaa206cbf82dec5c56013fe1dc&topic=321291.0 which refers to "the award of the Silver War Badge for being discharged due to illness or injury while serving at home or abroad." So it would seem that Edward wasn't killed in action - but might well have died later as a result of injuries. However there is no entry for his death during 1918 (unless he died abroad, or in Scotland) You say that he married Lillian Early in 1904. Do you have the certificate, or are you assuming they married because there is a FreeBMD entry? I ask because there is a marriage in Dec 1918 for Alexander Norman - but his bride is identified as Lillian EARLY. I would have expected her to be identified as PIKE. Although it is possible, it does seem unlikely that the Mrs Norman whose maiden name was Early who gave birth as late as 1928 could have been previously married in 1904. Especially since there are no births recorded after 1912 for a Mrs Pike, nee Early on FreeBMD. Nor can I find a likely Lillian in the 1901 census, nor any trace of her birth on FreeBMD, unless she is the girl aged listed in Dagenham with her mother, as both were born in Scotland. From Wikipedia it seems that the Coldstream Guards had a specific recruiting area - so it may be that Edward Pike was not a native of the South Essex area. Happy to help further. Dick Mathews Frank Lyn wrote: > Hello List > > One of my rellies, Lillian Frances EARLY, married Ernest Edward PIKE in > Romford, Essex, Sept Q 1904. Ernest PIKE was a Solicitor's Clerk. I believe > he was in the Coldstream Guards during WW1 and was killed in action. > > Lillian married Alexander NORMAN, Dec Q 1918, in Rochford, Essex. > > And that's it! That's all I have. Does anyone have info on the PIKE and > NORMAN families? What became of Lillian NORMAN? Were there children from > either of her marriages? > Hate these loose ends! > > Best wishes > > Frank > South Africa > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.2/1690 - Release Date: 9/25/2008 7:05 AM >

Hello List One of my rellies, Lillian Frances EARLY, married Ernest Edward PIKE in Romford, Essex, Sept Q 1904. Ernest PIKE was a Solicitor's Clerk. I believe he was in the Coldstream Guards during WW1 and was killed in action. Lillian married Alexander NORMAN, Dec Q 1918, in Rochford, Essex. And that's it! That's all I have. Does anyone have info on the PIKE and NORMAN families? What became of Lillian NORMAN? Were there children from either of her marriages? Hate these loose ends! Best wishes Frank South Africa

Hi Frank, I can't find a mention of E.E PIKE on the CWCG site, but have found three births, mothers's maiden name EARLY, father's NORMAN. Mabel D. Mar Q 1920 Rochford, Essex Beryl R. Mar Q 1927, Orsett, Essex Lilian F. Mar Q 1928 Orsett, Essex. Then last two look a bit close togather, but the first could have been registered in the very beginning of the quarter, and I would be reasonably certain that the Lilian F. was yours. - Barbara

Hi Eve Having just read "Five Miles from Bunkum", I can recommend it as a good read with lots of background information. Looking in the index I can only see one mention of an ADAMS (George) who was licensee of the "Rose & Crown" pub and honorary treasurer of the village "Slate Club" in around the early part of the last century(the era that the book focuses on). I could copy the relevant details and email them to you, if you are interested. There are 5 copies of the book available on eBay at present - I have seen it for sale there fairly regularly. Kind regards Tony Doe DOE - Great Dunmow, Essex. CLAYDON - Essex. GOWERS - Stebbing, Essex. BARNARD - High Roothing, Essex. Quoting Dudley aqsc30@dsl.pipex.com > Hi Eve > > I recommend you to get hold of any of the books by Spike Mays, > particularly Reuben's Corner and Five Miles from > Bunkum. He wrote in the 1970s about his childhood in Ashdon, > particularly around the Bonnett, Steventon End, which > was a pub and is now a guest house. > > Best wishes > Dudley > > Quoting Eve Ferguson <Coyston@sympatico.ca>: > >> Hi Listers >> With the help of a kind soul I have found a Family of ADAMS were >> granted a >> Settlement certificate from Steventon End to Ashdon. >> This seems very close?? does any one know if there was a seperate >> Parish of >> Steventon End and if they had their own registers or is it part of >> Ashdon >> Parish? >> Thanks >> Eve

Further to my previous message - Charles, Sarah and Phoebe are on the same page in the 1841 census as Jonathan, Edward and Sarah Jane in Canberra ----- Original Message ----- From: "ERIC JOHNSON" <eric.johnson.wrg@btinternet.com> To: <Essex-UK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:18 PM Subject: [Ess] Help Please - COLE family > Can anyone please help me sort out my COLE family? > > On the 1851 census Charles & Sarah Cole are living in Ardleigh with their > daughter, Phoebe, and his brother, Jonathan. Charles claims to have been > born in Wivenhoe and Jonathan in Ardleigh. > This seems to be a brick wall.. > Has anybody researched this family before or can help me get any further > please? > Eric > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 >

Jonathan is in the 1841 census; his mother appears to be living with him; also probably a brother Edward. Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece 338; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Ardleigh; County: Essex; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 24; Page: 12; Line: 21; Marriage (FreeBMD): Jun Q 1840 Tendring 12 375 Charles Cole, Sarah Moor Jane in Canberra > 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 >

I am back on the list after a few weeks away and would like to mention my surname interests again, thanks. Nan COE - Finchingfield, Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham SHILLING - Kent, Corringham BROAD/BROYD - Finchingfield RIDGEWELL - Finchingfield LEWSEY - Finchingfield - Birdbrook DIGBY - Finchingfield

Can anyone please help me sort out my COLE family? On the 1851 census Charles & Sarah Cole are living in Ardleigh with their daughter, Phoebe, and his brother, Jonathan. Charles claims to have been born in Wivenhoe and Jonathan in Ardleigh. This seems to be a brick wall.. Has anybody researched this family before or can help me get any further please? Eric