I am new to the list. I am trying to find a baptism for my husband's GG-Grandmother Amy ACHUST who married William Stockford STEVENS (from Great Missenden BKM) in 1840 in London. ACHUST is a very unusual name and I suspect it was Amy's own special variant. Two weeks later they applied to migrate to South Australia arriving in July 1840. The little I know about Amy is as follows: Her father's name was Edward and he was a gardener. She was of Full Age on the Marriage certificate on 29 Mar 1840 and 22 on the Application to Migrate on 16 Apr 1840. She died on 5 Jun 1903 "in her 102nd year" according to the local newspaper (this seems unlikely as the children who were registered were born between 1845 and 1857). She claimed to remember the Battle of Waterloo (18 Jun 1815) and said her father was injured, that he lost an arm and just returned home to die. I could not find him in the Medal Roll. She looks very well preserved in the photo published in the newspaper when she turned 100. Her husband was not quite 21 when they married and it seems unlikely that she was 20 years his senior. She said she came from Canterbury though that does not necessarily mean she was born there. In the IGI (Patron Submissions) there are: Amy ACHURST daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (WILDISH) born 5 Aug 1816 Stone, bap 8 Dec 1816 Luddenham. Marriage: Edward AKURST and Elizabeth WILDISH, 18 Feb 1815 at Teynham. Baptism: Edward AKHURST son of Richard & Sarah 22 Oct 1791 at Teynham. I shall order the PRs on film from the LDS but in the meantime if anyone has information on the events listed or any other suggestions I should be most grateful. Best wishes to all from Diana in Perth, Western Australia

Hi Diana, I have some sussex Parish Registers out at the moment because I am researching AKEHURST, which is also transcribed in the registers as ACKHURST. So these variations might be useful to you.....also Akhurst, Achurst, so I suspect the "hust" at the end might be accent related. 1. I suggest you post this to the Bucks List at rootsweb & get the Great Missenden PR's. The original Parish register may possibly state where the bride was from in the marriage register. 2. I suggest that the Achust spelling is more to do with accent than anything else. Bucks has a fairly broad accent. Placing a Kent accent in Bucks or vica versa can produce these sorts of anomales. 3. A friend of mine researches Buckinghamshire and assures me that the local libraries and councils that hold records for Bucks are very approachable via email. 4. Putting Achust in Ancestry only brings up your marriage of Amy Achust in Msx, again the accents may come into play here. I have also check what trees I have access to and nothing so far for Amy, but I am concentraing on combining the Sussex trees, so this is to be expected I guess. 5. Akehursts have their own website as well http://www.akehursters.co.uk also judith.akhurst@one-name.org Judith Akhurst - We are researching AKEHURST + variants (worldwide) but the name seems to be concentrated in Kent and Sussex. Judith "may" be a member of the Akehursters too, I am not sure. 6. Some websites for you. http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ Has access to PR's for Great Missenden and other places in Bucks, nominal search fees. http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/bkm.htm Has lookups, surnames lists etc http://www.free-genealogy.co.uk/buckinghamshire.html http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/buckinghamshire.htm Yell if you need me Cheers Pam from Adelaide Australia >I am new to the list. I am trying to find a baptism for my husband's > GG-Grandmother Amy ACHUST who married William Stockford STEVENS (from > Great Missenden BKM) in 1840 in London. ACHUST is a very unusual name > and I suspect it was Amy's own special variant. Two weeks later they > applied to migrate to South Australia arriving in July 1840. > > The little I know about Amy is as follows: > > Her father's name was Edward and he was a gardener. > > She was of Full Age on the Marriage certificate on 29 Mar 1840 and 22 > on the Application to Migrate on 16 Apr 1840. She died on 5 Jun 1903 > "in her 102nd year" according to the local newspaper (this seems > unlikely as the children who were registered were born between 1845 > and 1857). She claimed to remember the Battle of Waterloo (18 Jun > 1815) and said her father was injured, that he lost an arm and just > returned home to die. I could not find him in the Medal Roll. > > She looks very well preserved in the photo published in the newspaper > when she turned 100. Her husband was not quite 21 when they married > and it seems unlikely that she was 20 years his senior. > > She said she came from Canterbury though that does not necessarily > mean she was born there. > > In the IGI (Patron Submissions) there are: > > Amy ACHURST daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (WILDISH) born 5 Aug > 1816 Stone, bap 8 Dec 1816 Luddenham. > > Marriage: Edward AKURST and Elizabeth WILDISH, 18 Feb 1815 at Teynham. > > Baptism: Edward AKHURST son of Richard & Sarah 22 Oct 1791 at Teynham. > > I shall order the PRs on film from the LDS but in the meantime if > anyone has information on the events listed or any other suggestions > I should be most grateful. > > Best wishes to all from Diana in Perth, Western Australia

Hurst * English: topographic name for someone who lived on a wooded hill, Old English hyrst, or habitational name from one of the various places named with this word, for example Hurst in Berkshire, Kent, Somerset, and Warwickshire, or Hirst in Northumberland and West Yorkshire. * Irish: re-Anglicized form of de Horsaigh, Gaelicized form of the English habitational name <http://www.ancestry.com/facts/?fid=10&ln=Horsey&fn=&yr=&>Horsey, established in Ireland since the 13th century. * German: topographic name from Middle High German hurst 'woodland', 'thicket'. http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Akhurst http://www.akhurst.info/akehursters/origins.htm If Hurst is Wooded Hill -and Ack/ Ak - may be Oak - At 03:29 PM 20/01/2010, Pam Hillier wrote: >Hi Diana, >I have some sussex Parish Registers out at the moment because I am >researching AKEHURST, which is also transcribed in the registers as >ACKHURST. So these variations might be useful to you.....also Akhurst, >Achurst, so I suspect the "hust" at the end might be accent related. >1. I suggest you post this to the Bucks List at rootsweb & get the Great >Missenden PR's. The original Parish register may possibly state where the >bride was from in the marriage register. >2. I suggest that the Achust spelling is more to do with accent than >anything else. Bucks has a fairly broad accent. Placing a Kent accent in >Bucks or vica versa can produce these sorts of anomales. >3. A friend of mine researches Buckinghamshire and assures me that the local >libraries and councils that hold records for Bucks are >very approachable via email. >4. Putting Achust in Ancestry only brings up your marriage of Amy Achust in >Msx, again the accents may come into play here. >I have also check what trees I have access to and nothing so far for Amy, >but I am concentraing on combining the Sussex trees, so this is to be >expected I guess. >5. Akehursts have their own website as well >http://www.akehursters.co.uk >also >judith.akhurst@one-name.org >Judith Akhurst - We are researching AKEHURST + variants (worldwide) but the >name seems to be concentrated in Kent and Sussex. >Judith "may" be a member of the Akehursters too, I am not sure. >6. Some websites for you. > http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ >Has access to PR's for Great Missenden and other places in Bucks, nominal >search fees. > http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/bkm.htm >Has lookups, surnames lists etc >http://www.free-genealogy.co.uk/buckinghamshire.html >http://www.genealogyinengland.com/Counties/buckinghamshire.htm >Yell if you need me >Cheers Pam from Adelaide Australia > > >I am new to the list. I am trying to find a baptism for my husband's > > GG-Grandmother Amy ACHUST who married William Stockford STEVENS (from > > Great Missenden BKM) in 1840 in London. ACHUST is a very unusual name > > and I suspect it was Amy's own special variant. Two weeks later they > > applied to migrate to South Australia arriving in July 1840. > > > > The little I know about Amy is as follows: > > > > Her father's name was Edward and he was a gardener. > > > > She was of Full Age on the Marriage certificate on 29 Mar 1840 and 22 > > on the Application to Migrate on 16 Apr 1840. She died on 5 Jun 1903 > > "in her 102nd year" according to the local newspaper (this seems > > unlikely as the children who were registered were born between 1845 > > and 1857). She claimed to remember the Battle of Waterloo (18 Jun > > 1815) and said her father was injured, that he lost an arm and just > > returned home to die. I could not find him in the Medal Roll. > > > > She looks very well preserved in the photo published in the newspaper > > when she turned 100. Her husband was not quite 21 when they married > > and it seems unlikely that she was 20 years his senior. > > > > She said she came from Canterbury though that does not necessarily > > mean she was born there. > > > > In the IGI (Patron Submissions) there are: > > > > Amy ACHURST daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (WILDISH) born 5 Aug > > 1816 Stone, bap 8 Dec 1816 Luddenham. > > > > Marriage: Edward AKURST and Elizabeth WILDISH, 18 Feb 1815 at Teynham. > > > > Baptism: Edward AKHURST son of Richard & Sarah 22 Oct 1791 at Teynham. > > > > I shall order the PRs on film from the LDS but in the meantime if > > anyone has information on the events listed or any other suggestions > > I should be most grateful. > > > > Best wishes to all from Diana in Perth, Western Australia > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message