Susan This could be your Miss H Tayler. 1881 census: Harriett Taylor, Colman Wood, Ashey aged 29, born Ashey Class: RG11; Piece: 1180; Folio: 94; Page: 14 (image sent off list) The following entry, which I think is Kemphill Farm is the home of Jane Ridett (Wid) and her father William GROVES, and her niece and nephew Lucy & William. >From this and the previous entry, which is for Coppidhall Farm, I think Colman Wood must have been along the road that nowadays is called Stroud Wood Lane, between Havenstreet and Upton Cross. Harriett's mother Priscilla's occupation is listed as "Keeps a Brick Yard" and, guess what, there is a brick field along the small track between Stroud Wood Farm and Kemphill Farm :-) As the address was "Nr Ryde", rather than Ryde itself, it had to be somewhere on the outskirts of the town (though even my home village of Wootton still referenced Nr Ryde as a postal address when I was a nipper so "Nr Ryde" could be 3 or 4 miles away at least). I tried to find a reference to Colmans Wood on Old Maps (www.old-maps.co.uk) but failed, but it does show Coppidhall Farm, Strod Wood Farm and Kemphill Farm quite clearly. Enter coordinates 457300, 90500 and search and then click on the ENLARGE MAP icon. Hope that helps Regards Jon Baker -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Johnstone Sent: 14 July 2008 16:02 To: [email protected] Subject: [IoW] TAYLER, GROVES and Australia I have recently found an old family Bible. Inside, it had an ancient small envelope (addressed to Miss H TAYLER, Colemans Road, Nr Ryde, Isle of Wight) containing a slip of paper with the name and address of "Barnabus GROVES, Carpenter, Brook Cottage, Stanley Street, East Collingwood, Melbourn, South Australia". I have transcribed the original spellings and errors. The writing is very old-fashioned, with some "s" appearing as "f". Barnabas and Barnaby were quite frequent names in the GROVES family of the Isle of Wight, and several of them were carpenters, but I suspect this piece of paper refers to the brother of my x2 great-grandmother Elizabeth WHEELER nee GROVES (the Bible comes from that line of my family). That Barnabas, bc 1817 was son of Benjamin & Mary GROVES, and we "loose" him after the 1851 census of England. I see from Ancestry.com that a Barnabas GROVES died in 1879 in Victoria, Australia, and that another Barnabas GROVES was on the electoral roll in Collingwood, Melbourne in the first half of C20, which sounds exceptionally promising! I am aware that there is a (related) family of GROVES, including a Barnabas, who emigrated to Tasmania, but does anyone have any further information on the line of the Isle of Wight GROVES family who lived in Collingwood, Melbourne, in the second half of C19 and early C19, please? And can anyone tell me where Colemans Road near Ryde was - as opposed to the one between Newport and Yarmouth? I cannot find it on Google maps nor on the OS, so assume it must have been renamed or built over or . Susan <http://www.ancestry.com/facts/johnstone-family-history.ashx> Johnstone ************************************** You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message