I thought I would start a new topic since things are getting kind of buried in the Old school records thread. Thank you to Mike and Geraldine for your leads! You've got me excited to work on this family. So I went over to FMP and did a search for the family in 1851. It looks like the family have left the area after Edward Toon is born in April 1850, as I found the family in 1851 living in Thringstone. So I have an interesting history here: John Toon is born in Coleorton in 1799-ish (have to order his parish records to be looked up). By 1841, he's married to Elizabeth Amelia Wheatley, still in Coleorton. John stays in Coleorton until 1871, when he moves to Swannington, I may have his death in 1879 in Leicester, however, the probate index indicates he was a dairyman, and that doesn't seem to fit with the other pieces of information I have about him. So that's probably wrong. John's son James (my 3rd great grandfather) seems to be a basket case. He's born in Thringstone in 1829. He's with the family in 1841 in Coleorton. In 1850, he marries Jane Halfpenny in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. James's son Edward lists himself as being born in Coleorton on the census in April 1850. In 1851, he's listed in Thringstone on the census. 1861, the family is in Packington. 1871, the family is in Swannington 1881, the family is in Skegby where daughter Agnes is the post mistress. In Sept Quarter 1901, I have James Toon's death (not quite proven yet, of course). He is a coal miner, so I guess I should expect some bouncing around. But it does make things complicated that they have so many children and that the kids birth places change somewhat frequently on the censuses (I'm guessing they lost their memories after so many children running through the house LOL). So far for the children of James and Jane I have: Edward 1 - b. April 1850 in Coleorton James - b. 1853 in Thringstone Sarah Ann - b. Dec Q 1853 in Thringstone Edward 2 - b. Jan Q 1857 in Thringstone Agnes - b. April 1858 in Thringstone George - b. 1860 in Thringstone William - b. 1861 in Coalville Amos - b. 1862 Packington Alice - b. 1864 in Swannington Elizabeth - b. 1865 in Swannington Clara - b. 1870 in Packington John James - b. 1874 in Skegby, Notts. Between Coleorton and Thringstone I'm going to be busy for quite awhile with this family, I think! Concetta

Hi Concetta, It looks like the Toon/Toone families of Coleorton have a colourful history. The following is taken from the LRFHS Quarter Sessions Index CD: On 12 Oct 1723, Joseph & Sarah Toone, with their 6 week old son John, have a Removal Order served on them to be removed from Ratby to Coleorton (ref QS3/38/4, film MF50). On 15 Oct 1791, William Toone, a bondsman of Coleorton, was served with a Filiation Order. His father is named as John. It is actually called a B***ardy Order, but I won't spell it out, as some email systems may filter out the email as containing bad language) (ref QS3/310/4, film MF64) On 15 Jun 1799, a Filiation Order was raised in connection with Elizabeth Toone, a single woman of the parish of Coleorton (ref QS3/340/80, film MF504) On 04 Oct 1816, a Declaration was made by Elizabeth Toone of Coleorton (ref QS3/409/6, film MF513). Although there is no further information in the index, it is likely that it is connected with the following order : On 23 Nov 1816, a Maintenance Order was raised in connection with Elizabeth Toone of Coleorton (ref QS3/410/34, film MF513). On 14 Feb 1820, a Filiation Order was raised in connection with Elizabeth Toon, a single woman of the parish of Coleorton (ref QS3/429-31/2, film MF516) On 08 Apr 1820, a Declaration was made by Elizabeth Toon of Coleorton (ref QS3/429-31/16, film MF516) Best wishes, Mike -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of C. Phillipps Sent: 12 August 2013 23:29 To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEI] Toon family of Coleorton, Thringstone, Packington, Swannington I thought I would start a new topic since things are getting kind of buried in the Old school records thread. Thank you to Mike and Geraldine for your leads! You've got me excited to work on this family. So I went over to FMP and did a search for the family in 1851. It looks like the family have left the area after Edward Toon is born in April 1850, as I found the family in 1851 living in Thringstone. So I have an interesting history here: John Toon is born in Coleorton in 1799-ish (have to order his parish records to be looked up). By 1841, he's married to Elizabeth Amelia Wheatley, still in Coleorton. John stays in Coleorton until 1871, when he moves to Swannington, I may have his death in 1879 in Leicester, however, the probate index indicates he was a dairyman, and that doesn't seem to fit with the other pieces of information I have about him. So that's probably wrong. John's son James (my 3rd great grandfather) seems to be a basket case. He's born in Thringstone in 1829. He's with the family in 1841 in Coleorton. In 1850, he marries Jane Halfpenny in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. James's son Edward lists himself as being born in Coleorton on the census in April 1850. In 1851, he's listed in Thringstone on the census. 1861, the family is in Packington. 1871, the family is in Swannington 1881, the family is in Skegby where daughter Agnes is the post mistress. In Sept Quarter 1901, I have James Toon's death (not quite proven yet, of course). He is a coal miner, so I guess I should expect some bouncing around. But it does make things complicated that they have so many children and that the kids birth places change somewhat frequently on the censuses (I'm guessing they lost their memories after so many children running through the house LOL). So far for the children of James and Jane I have: Edward 1 - b. April 1850 in Coleorton James - b. 1853 in Thringstone Sarah Ann - b. Dec Q 1853 in Thringstone Edward 2 - b. Jan Q 1857 in Thringstone Agnes - b. April 1858 in Thringstone George - b. 1860 in Thringstone William - b. 1861 in Coalville Amos - b. 1862 Packington Alice - b. 1864 in Swannington Elizabeth - b. 1865 in Swannington Clara - b. 1870 in Packington John James - b. 1874 in Skegby, Notts. Between Coleorton and Thringstone I'm going to be busy for quite awhile with this family, I think! Concetta ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

re: Toons Hello Concetta In case you don't already know..... The GOONS specialist for Tunes/Toon(e)s/Town(e)s etc is Anthony Munday who has a wealth of information and is always interested in acquiring more about these families. His direct email is Ajmunday@btinternet.com. I don't know how much he has on Leicestershire Toons but worth asking. His line (and my wife's) were Hampshire folk and my late father's best friend in Nottingham was an Ernie Toon so Nottingham is also a Toon hangout. Good luck. Regards - Peter Barsby ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Phillipps" <cfbandit@gmail.com> To: <leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 11:29 PM Subject: [LEI] Toon family of Coleorton, Thringstone, Packington, Swannington >I thought I would start a new topic since things are getting kind of buried > in the Old school records thread. > > Thank you to Mike and Geraldine for your leads! You've got me excited to > work on this family. > > So I went over to FMP and did a search for the family in 1851. It looks > like the family have left the area after Edward Toon is born in April > 1850, > as I found the family in 1851 living in Thringstone. > > So I have an interesting history here: > > John Toon is born in Coleorton in 1799-ish (have to order his parish > records to be looked up). > By 1841, he's married to Elizabeth Amelia Wheatley, still in Coleorton. > John stays in Coleorton until 1871, when he moves to Swannington, > I may have his death in 1879 in Leicester, however, the probate index > indicates he was a dairyman, and that doesn't seem to fit with the other > pieces of information I have about him. So that's probably wrong. > > John's son James (my 3rd great grandfather) seems to be a basket case. > He's > born in Thringstone in 1829. > He's with the family in 1841 in Coleorton. > In 1850, he marries Jane Halfpenny in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. > James's son Edward lists himself as being born in Coleorton on the census > in April 1850. > In 1851, he's listed in Thringstone on the census. > 1861, the family is in Packington. > 1871, the family is in Swannington > 1881, the family is in Skegby where daughter Agnes is the post mistress. > In Sept Quarter 1901, I have James Toon's death (not quite proven yet, of > course). > > He is a coal miner, so I guess I should expect some bouncing around. But > it > does make things complicated that they have so many children and that the > kids birth places change somewhat frequently on the censuses (I'm guessing > they lost their memories after so many children running through the house > LOL). > > So far for the children of James and Jane I have: > Edward 1 - b. April 1850 in Coleorton > James - b. 1853 in Thringstone > Sarah Ann - b. Dec Q 1853 in Thringstone > Edward 2 - b. Jan Q 1857 in Thringstone > Agnes - b. April 1858 in Thringstone > George - b. 1860 in Thringstone > William - b. 1861 in Coalville > Amos - b. 1862 Packington > Alice - b. 1864 in Swannington > Elizabeth - b. 1865 in Swannington > Clara - b. 1870 in Packington > John James - b. 1874 in Skegby, Notts. > > Between Coleorton and Thringstone I'm going to be busy for quite awhile > with this family, I think! > > Concetta > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >