Hi,Do you have a website for the records offices? I had a quick look online but couldn't find any referance to this list.RegardsDiane > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MDX] dunwoody or Dunn Woodey, bargemen > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:46:55 -0400 > > Hello, > Have you tried the County record offices for the list of boatmen & > owners c1790'?. These lists were made when it was thought that Britain > could be invaded by France. They indicated where in England (canal) > boats were so that troops could be moved around fairly quickly > The lists held in Stafford & Chester name the boat owners & masters and > where they travelled to and from. > Just a thought. > Mo > (In Chester quite a lot of watermen named in census returns even though > they were on canal boats) > > -----Original Message----- > From: diane roscoe <[email protected]> > To: middlesex_county_uk <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:14 > Subject: Re: [MDX] dunwoody or Dunn Woodey, bargemen > > > Thank you so much for all of the help that I have been sent regarding > this. I agree that it is unlikely that John Dunwoody was a Master > Mariner, maybe Henry was talking his father's profession 'up' on his > marriage certificate. I doubt that I will ever know for sure as Master > Mariners did not register until about 1845, ( I think), and John > Dunwoody would have been earlier than that.I have had a look at the > register of watermen, (via findmypast) and there are no Dunwoodys or > Woodeys on this. As I know that a Thomas Dunwoody was listed as a > bargeman on the 1798 Posse list, I think that bargemen were not > included in the register.Again, thank you for the help and if you come > across any Dunwoodys in the South of England, please let me > know.RegardsDiane > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 18:57:00 +0100 > > Subject: [MDX] dunwoody or Dunn Woodey, bargemen > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello,My mysterious gt gt Grandfather Henry William DUNWOODY was > baptised in Little Marlow in 1812, the son of John, (transcribed as > William, but I have seen the original and it's Jno), and Sarah. He then > disappears from view to reappear in the North West in 1851. On the > censuses, he lists his birthplace as Hedsor, then Marlow and then > Sunbury in Middlesex. This coupled with his stating his father's > occupation as Master Mariner makes me wonder if his father was a > bargeman. Dunwoody is a very unusual surname in the South of England > and I have found a family in Wooburn, (very close to both Marlow and > Hedsor) who may be related, but I cannot find a definate link to my > Henry.On the 1841 census in Henley is a family of WOODEYS who have the > middle name Dunn, (Henry Dunn WOODEY shows up repeatedly). The father > Thomas is a bargeman. It may be coincidence, but leads are so thin with > this ancestor that I would like to ask the board if they have info on > bargemen in the South of Engl! > an! > > d or Woodeys, Dunwoodys and all its variants.RegardsDiane > > > ************************************** > > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in > CAPITAL letters** > > > > List Admin can be contacted at: [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 > > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > **MEANINGFUL Subject Lines - who, what, where, when, with SURNAMES in > CAPITAL letters** > > List Admin can be contacted at: [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 > > >