This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_911356778_boundary Content-ID: <0_911356778@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In a message dated 11/17/98 4:15:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, Shorty8861@aol.com writes: << Subj: [VAROOTS-L] Fwd: Fw: [Fwd: Fw: Photos : ROCKETT (Dewsbury, Philadelphia & elsewhere)] Date: 11/17/98 4:15:23 PM Eastern Standard Time From: Shorty8861@aol.com To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_911337053_boundary Content-ID: <0_911337053@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_911337053_boundary Content-ID: <0_911337053@inet_out.mail.airmail.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <Maggie_Ohio-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from relay29.mx.aol.com (relay29.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.29]) by air09.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:03:27 1900 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by relay29.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id WAA20976; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:03:11 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA08834; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:02:06 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:02:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <002801be11d4$9f12c920$690742ce@preferrc> From: "Catherine Simmons" <jcsimmon@airmail.net> Old-To: <Maggie_Ohio-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: Fw: [Fwd: Fw: Photos : ROCKETT (Dewsbury, Philadelphia & elsewhere)] Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:47:28 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Resent-Message-ID: <"T7acu.A.0GC.kcOU2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/9909 X-Loop: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: Maggie_Ohio-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable ----Original Message----- >From: Mary Pendlebury <mary@magic-cats.demon.co.uk> >To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com <YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: 16 November 1998 22:00 >Subject: ROCKETT - Dewsbury and Philadelphia > > >>Hi everyone >> >>Recently we received a collection of photographs at our local Oxfam >>(charity) shop. There were some names on them and so I decided that we >>had better do something about seeing if we could find the descendants >of >>these people rather than sell the photos on to a stranger (or passing >>dealer). >> >>Many of the photos are from studios in Dewsbury, others are from >>Halifax, Wakefield, Barnsley, Leeds, Bradford, Stowmarket & Newcastle >>(Staffs), >> >>There are also two from Blenheim, New Zealand and two from >Philadelphia. >> >>There are three copies of the same photo of small boy from >Illingworth's >>studio in St. Stephens Road, Bradford. On the back of one is written >in >>ink - 'Boy Rockett, 33, Vulcan Road, Dewsbury'. >> >>There is one photo with no studio name on it but on the back in ink is >>written 'Elijah Burrows'. >> >>The 2 photos from Philadephia are from different studios. One of a >>middle-aged man with a grey beard is from the studio of Sawyer, 159, N. >>8th St., Philadelphia. >> >>The other is of a woman and is from the studio of Louis Greenig, >>1800-1802, N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. On the back of this photo >is >>written in ink 'Mrs. H. Rocketts'. >> >>There is another photo of a woman with no markings identifying a studio >>and on the margin is printed in purple as if with a home printing set >>'George W. Rockett'. >> >>I looked up Rockett in the 1881 indexed census for Dewsbury and found >>the family of George Rockett, a master tailor born in Brotherton, his >>wife Ann and children Joseph, Eliza Ann, George Henry and Ernest (all >>born in Dewsbury). >> >>Can anyone shed any light on these people - or claim the photos as >their >>own?! >> >>Please would list members who subscribe to other lists pass this >message >>on so that the word can be spread - particularly in the U.S. - so that >>as many people as possible read about this collection of photos. >> >>Regards >>Mary Pendlebury >>Oldham, Lancashire, England >> >> Sorry about the last time. Hope that this one works. Merle --part0_911356778_boundary Content-ID: <0_911356778@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <VAROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-ya05.mx.aol.com (rly-ya05.mail.aol.com [172.18.144.197]) by air-ya05.mx.aol.com (v51.26) with SMTP; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:15:23 -0500 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by rly-ya05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id QAA06701; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:15:15 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA00337; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:11:40 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:11:40 -0800 (PST) From: Shorty8861@aol.com Message-ID: <cc32de70.3651e65c@aol.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:10:52 EST Old-To: NCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Old-Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="part0_911337053_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 205 Subject: [VAROOTS-L] Fwd: Fw: [Fwd: Fw: Photos : ROCKETT (Dewsbury, Philadelphia & elsewhere)] Resent-Message-ID: <"uMpgqD.A.7E.IaeU2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/524 X-Loop: VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VAROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_911337053_boundary Content-ID: <0_911337053@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_911337053_boundary Content-ID: <0_911337053@inet_out.mail.airmail.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <Maggie_Ohio-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from relay29.mx.aol.com (relay29.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.29]) by air09.mail.aol.com (v51.16) with SMTP; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:03:27 1900 Received: from bl-30.rootsweb.com (bl-30.rootsweb.com [207.113.245.30]) by relay29.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id WAA20976; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 22:03:11 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-30.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA08834; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:02:06 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:02:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <002801be11d4$9f12c920$690742ce@preferrc> From: "Catherine Simmons" <jcsimmon@airmail.net> Old-To: <Maggie_Ohio-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: Fw: [Fwd: Fw: Photos : ROCKETT (Dewsbury, Philadelphia & elsewhere)] Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:47:28 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Resent-Message-ID: <"T7acu.A.0GC.kcOU2"@bl-30.rootsweb.com> To: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/9909 X-Loop: Maggie_Ohio-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: Maggie_Ohio-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable ----Original Message----- >From: Mary Pendlebury <mary@magic-cats.demon.co.uk> >To: YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com <YORKSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: 16 November 1998 22:00 >Subject: ROCKETT - Dewsbury and Philadelphia > > >>Hi everyone >> >>Recently we received a collection of photographs at our local Oxfam >>(charity) shop. There were some names on them and so I decided that we >>had better do something about seeing if we could find the descendants >of >>these people rather than sell the photos on to a stranger (or passing >>dealer). >> >>Many of the photos are from studios in Dewsbury, others are from >>Halifax, Wakefield, Barnsley, Leeds, Bradford, Stowmarket & Newcastle >>(Staffs), >> >>There are also two from Blenheim, New Zealand and two from >Philadelphia. >> >>There are three copies of the same photo of small boy from >Illingworth's >>studio in St. Stephens Road, Bradford. On the back of one is written >in >>ink - 'Boy Rockett, 33, Vulcan Road, Dewsbury'. >> >>There is one photo with no studio name on it but on the back in ink is >>written 'Elijah Burrows'. >> >>The 2 photos from Philadephia are from different studios. One of a >>middle-aged man with a grey beard is from the studio of Sawyer, 159, N. >>8th St., Philadelphia. >> >>The other is of a woman and is from the studio of Louis Greenig, >>1800-1802, N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa. On the back of this photo >is >>written in ink 'Mrs. H. Rocketts'. >> >>There is another photo of a woman with no markings identifying a studio >>and on the margin is printed in purple as if with a home printing set >>'George W. Rockett'. >> >>I looked up Rockett in the 1881 indexed census for Dewsbury and found >>the family of George Rockett, a master tailor born in Brotherton, his >>wife Ann and children Joseph, Eliza Ann, George Henry and Ernest (all >>born in Dewsbury). >> >>Can anyone shed any light on these people - or claim the photos as >their >>own?! >> >>Please would list members who subscribe to other lists pass this >message >>on so that the word can be spread - particularly in the U.S. - so that >>as many people as possible read about this collection of photos. >> >>Regards >>Mary Pendlebury >>Oldham, Lancashire, England >> >>=3D=3D=3D=3D YORKSGEN Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D >> =3D=3D=3D=3D Maggie_Ohio Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D This list has been compared to a bunch of friends gathered together to com= pare research tips and when that happens, there are also off topic conversatio= ns. 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