Hi MaryMargaret, Your Prior names don't relate to my family.Mine were from Medstead,and East and West Meon going back to the early 1800,s. regards,Lynne. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Swifteam@aol.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [Ham] Froyle parish records-PRIOR > Dear Lynne, > > Any PRIOR names look familiar?? > > One of my ggggrandfather's (Thomas DICKSON of Prospect House Southampton) > daughters - Jemima married a Thomas MURRAY-PRIOR in Millbrook, Hants 27 Nov. > 1812. He was born in Rathdownery, Queens Ireland but seems to have lived in > Hampshire for some time as he died 19 Jul.1864 - Windsor Terrace, Southsea, > Hants. Two of their children Jemima Frances Sophia (born in Shirley, Hants) and > Louisa Elizabeth Catherine lived to old age - Louisa living part of the time > in Southsea. I do not believe Louisa PRIOR (she dropped the "MURRAY" at > some point) was ever married - do not know about Jemima. In letters Louisa > mentions her many neices & nephews in Australia but do not know if they were > children of her sister (Jemima PRIOR) or step-siblings - as her father had a 2nd > marriage (Elizabeth Skynner) and a son (Thomas Lodge MURRAY-PRIOR) from it > born (1819) & lived in Australia. His brother (unmarried) William Agustus > MURRAY-PRIOR was born in Belgium - 1821 and buried Portsmouth, Garrison Cemetery > Hamps. I know Louisa went by the single name PRIOR - not sure about the others. > Not even sure if it really was a hyphenated name - or only a middle name > which all family members used & was incorrectly written as a double name by a > LDS contributer. > > Any chance you know anything about this PRIOR family from your research? > > regards, > Mary Margaret > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Parish Register transcriptions for some parishes are available on line at www.knightroots.co.uk - click "parish registers" > >