Dear Friends, Seeing the postings about Brass Bands reminded me that my mother's father, Fred. WHITE born c. 1896 - 1961, used to play in a town band in the Southampton area, he was a tram conductor for Southampton Corporation. I would love to hear from anyone with knowledge of the bands in Southampton at that time. Did the Corporation have its own band perhaps? Thank you. Best wishes, Chris. Gibbins.

Hi Listers I am researching the following names, unless otherwise stated from New Forest, Hampshire and South Wiltshire, England. BABEY 1764-1932 BAILEY 1871 Romsey BARNES 1744 BARTER 1904 Winchester BELL 1929+ Hampshire BOICE, BOYCE, BIOS, BOYES, BOYS 1714-Present Hampshire/Wiltshire & New Zealand BROOMFIELD 1839-Present New Forest & South Australia CHILDS 1890 COOMBS 1787 COPPER/COOPER 1805 CULL 1865-1934 DIDBEN, DIBDIN, DIDEN 1786-1936 ELDRIDGE 1746 EVERETT 1890-1932 FIELDER 1829 GAIN 1843-1901 GODDARD abt 1720 HATCH 1620-Present Hampshire/Wiltshire>Brighton, USA, Australia London 1889 HUCHINS 1907 HUMBER 1870-1923 Portsmouth> Copythorne HURST 1851-1901 Eling HUTCHINGS 1932 JEFFRIES 1850 Southampton JUDD 1787+ KING 1849-1936 LONGMAN 1851 Copythorn MANSBRIDGE 1851 Jersey, Channel Islands> 1881-1891 New Forest MARSHALL 1769 MAY abt 1900 MILLS 1765-1914 MOWDY, MOUDY, MOODY 1708 NEW abt 1716 NEWMAN 1852-1934 ODDY 1753-Present, 1753 Yorkshire> 1832-1880 Durham 1826 London> 1827-1900 Sussex>1889 Surrey> 1910-Present[USA & Canada] 1900 Southampton & New Forest, Hampshire>1911-Present[Western Australia], Wiltshire & Dorset ORRIS 1862 Hythe/Fawley> 1901 Southampton PAGE 1792 + & 1842 Favershan, Kent, England PURKESS 1838-1937 REED abt 1710 ROOKES/RICKES/REEKES abt 1722 SILLENCE 1789-1901 SILLY/SELLY 1765 [Silly and Selly are two variations of Sillence] SPENCER 1870-1900 SPRATT abt 1890 TITFORD 1740 TOWERS 1867 Leicester> 1883-1901 Portsmouth WHETINGSTEEL 1867 WHETREN 1860 WHITORN/WHITHOM abt 1724 WORT 1840-1901 Emery Down I would be very pleased to hear from anyone with similar interests. Stephen Oddy Hillarys Western Australia

Hi Stephen You haven't come across an Annie Burgess being a step daughter to any of your BOYS have you please? regards June in Edinburgh

Hi Chris. I don't know about Southampton Corporation. I believe you will find that, most Cities & Towns have or had a Brass Band at sometime or other. The Salvo's are a good example of this. Your grandfather would have indulged for pleasure & relaxation. Nowadays, the cost of running & maintaining a Band is exorbitant. It baffles me when they say'We fought the war for freedom'. As we destroy the very thing we are fighting for. Seamus: (Tout á fait Chevalier) All mail scanned by Norton AV 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Gibbins" <chrisgibbins@farmersweekly.net> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: RE: [HantsLife] Brass Band Dear Friends, Seeing the postings about Brass Bands reminded me that my mother's father, Fred. WHITE born c. 1896 - 1961, used to play in a town band in the Southampton area, he was a tram conductor for Southampton Corporation. I would love to hear from anyone with knowledge of the bands in Southampton at that time. Did the Corporation have its own band perhaps? Thank you. Best wishes, Chris. Gibbins. ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages AND VI ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237