Thank you Roger! Unaware of this and it's come at the right time with trying to disentangle a number of Brooks and Norton forebears who worked for the M&GN, LNER etc. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Partridge" <rogerpartridge1934@gmail.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com>; "Nan Bailey" <aus.bailey@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [NFK] Mid and G N H Railway > Hi Nan & Listers ! > > Are you aware that there is also a Rootsweb mailing List for Railway > matters ? > > You can join it by sending a 'Subscribe' email to > > RAILWAY-UK-request@rootsweb.com > > Once you have joined the List you send emails to > > RAILWAY-UK@rootsweb.com > > I hope this helps ! Best Wishes ! Roger.

David, I would appreciate that if your cousin is happy to check for me. Now I have the correct name for the Railway I will be able to get something and I have been sent extra links by Stan as well. This is such a wonderfully helpful list. Regards, Nan On 14 August 2011 05:06, David Mills <david.mills001@googlemail.com> wrote: > I have a cousin living at Murrow: her address is Front Street, > Murrow....she > married into a local family. I will check with her about old railway > properties. > > Murrow was once a large railway junction and had two stations.... I have > seen old photos of this junction but suspect that they may well have gone > the way of so much of family history. IIRC it was a target fro WWII > bombing...peopepl may be able to correct this info. > > Will ask my cousin about it all. It's a long time since I visited there. > David > > > On 13 August 2011 17:19, Stan Langley <stanllangley@ic24.net> wrote: > > > Nan, > > Idle curiosity prompted me to do a little digging. Google Map > > shows Front Road as being in Murrow - a little to the east of Wisbech St. > > Mary - you can view the entire road by using the Street facility. The > 1901 > > census shows Samuel is resident at Sunnyside No. 2, Kiln House Lane, > W.S.M. > > and in 1911 at Chestnut House, W.S.M. These properties may well still > > exist. > > > > Would suggest you check out this website: > > > http://www.wisbechstmary.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1< > > which has a couple of photographs showing the Wisbech St. Mary Railway > > Station. There is history page that could be of interest and a contact > link > > should you wish to pose a question or two. > > > > There is a photograph of the site of Murrow Station on this > > link: > > > > > > > > http://myrailwaystation.com/FORMER%20LOCATIONS/pages/MURROW%20%20STATION%20%20%20Ex%20G_%20N_%20&%20G_%20E_%20Jt%20%20%20and%20%20M_%20&%20G_%20N_%20%201973_%20Photo%20by%20Peter%20Howie%20_jpg.htm > < > > > > Stan L. Langley - West Norfolk U.K. > > Principal Interests; JICKLING; LANGLEY; RICHMOND; WAD(DE)LOW; W(H)ILLOCK. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nan Bailey" <aus.bailey@gmail.com> > > To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [NFK] Mid and G N H Railway > > > > > > Thank you everyone for the correct name. No wonder I couldn't find it > with > > putting the H in my search. I will check out all the excellent links and > > thanks for sending them. It is hard to imagine where places are when you > > are > > not familiar with a place. > > Samuel Bailey was a signalman working for the Midland and Great Northern > > Railway and was living in and working from a Railway supplied house at > > Front > > Road, Wisbech St. Mary. Cambs. He later moved to Walpole St. Andrew > > Norfolk. I doubt that this house will still be there, but if it was, it > > would be great to see what it was like. > > Regards, > > Nan Bailey > > > > > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > > SPAMfighter has removed 2804 of my spam emails to date. > > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Stan, thanks so much for this extra information. I wasn't given the house names on the censuses I looked up. I will have a better look through the web sites you sent. This is great, and much appreciated. Regards, Nan On 14 August 2011 02:19, Stan Langley <stanllangley@ic24.net> wrote: > Nan, > Idle curiosity prompted me to do a little digging. Google Map > shows Front Road as being in Murrow - a little to the east of Wisbech St. > Mary - you can view the entire road by using the Street facility. The 1901 > census shows Samuel is resident at Sunnyside No. 2, Kiln House Lane, W.S.M. > and in 1911 at Chestnut House, W.S.M. These properties may well still > exist. > > Would suggest you check out this website: > > http://www.wisbechstmary.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1< > which has a couple of photographs showing the Wisbech St. Mary Railway > Station. There is history page that could be of interest and a contact link > should you wish to pose a question or two. > > There is a photograph of the site of Murrow Station on this > link: > > > > http://myrailwaystation.com/FORMER%20LOCATIONS/pages/MURROW%20%20STATION%20%20%20Ex%20G_%20N_%20&%20G_%20E_%20Jt%20%20%20and%20%20M_%20&%20G_%20N_%20%201973_%20Photo%20by%20Peter%20Howie%20_jpg.htm< > > Stan L. Langley - West Norfolk U.K. > Principal Interests; JICKLING; LANGLEY; RICHMOND; WAD(DE)LOW; W(H)ILLOCK. > > >

Hi Nan & Listers ! Are you aware that there is also a Rootsweb mailing List for Railway matters ? You can join it by sending a 'Subscribe' email to RAILWAY-UK-request@rootsweb.com Once you have joined the List you send emails to RAILWAY-UK@rootsweb.com I hope this helps ! Best Wishes ! Roger. ---------------------- On 14 Aug 2011, at 00:27, Nan Bailey wrote: > David, > > I would appreciate that if your cousin is happy to check for me. > Now I have > the correct name for the Railway I will be able to get something > and I have > been sent extra links by Stan as well. > > This is such a wonderfully helpful list. > > Regards, Nan > > On 14 August 2011 05:06, David Mills > <david.mills001@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> I have a cousin living at Murrow: her address is Front Street, >> Murrow....she >> married into a local family. I will check with her about old railway >> properties. >> >> Murrow was once a large railway junction and had two stations.... >> I have >> seen old photos of this junction but suspect that they may well >> have gone >> the way of so much of family history. IIRC it was a target fro WWII >> bombing...peopepl may be able to correct this info. >> >> Will ask my cousin about it all. It's a long time since I visited >> there. >> David >> >> <snip>

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Correction. My previous email should have read " Murrow - a little to the west of Wisbech St. Mary." Stan L. Langley - West Norfolk U.K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Langley" <stanllangley@ic24.net> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 5:19 PM Subject: Re: [NFK] Mid and G N H Railway > Nan, > Idle curiosity prompted me to do a little digging. Google Map > shows Front Road as being in Murrow - a little to the east of Wisbech St. > Mary - you can view the entire road by using the Street > facility.................................. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2804 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Thank you everyone for the correct name. No wonder I couldn't find it with putting the H in my search. I will check out all the excellent links and thanks for sending them. It is hard to imagine where places are when you are not familiar with a place. Samuel Bailey was a signalman working for the Midland and Great Northern Railway and was living in and working from a Railway supplied house at Front Road, Wisbech St. Mary. Cambs. He later moved to Walpole St. Andrew Norfolk. I doubt that this house will still be there, but if it was, it would be great to see what it was like. Regards, Nan Bailey On 13 August 2011 05:25, Jonathan Neville <jneville@digitalwild.co.uk>wrote: > It's most definitely the Midland & Gt Northern Joint Railway! > The H will have been a misprint (J & H are next to each other on a > keyboard!) > > Jonathan Neville > > > ———————————————–——————————— > Visit the Norfolk Mills website at www.norfolkmills.co.uk > Itteringham village website is at www.itteringham.com > and my African and Norfolk wildlife photos are at www.digitalwild.co.uk > > Although this email has been scanned by Sophos Anti Virus, > it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure > they have adequate anti-virus defences. > ———————————————–——————————— > > > On 12/08/2011 14:19, Nan Bailey wrote: > > I have found an ancestor working for the Mid and G N H Railway in the > 1911 > > census. I presume the initials GN stand for great Northern, but can't > work > > out what the other initial is for. Can someone please give me the correct > > name for the Mid and G N H Railway, so I can look up information on it. > > > > Thanks, > > Nan Bailey > > Qld Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have a cousin living at Murrow: her address is Front Street, Murrow....she married into a local family. I will check with her about old railway properties. Murrow was once a large railway junction and had two stations.... I have seen old photos of this junction but suspect that they may well have gone the way of so much of family history. IIRC it was a target fro WWII bombing...peopepl may be able to correct this info. Will ask my cousin about it all. It's a long time since I visited there. David On 13 August 2011 17:19, Stan Langley <stanllangley@ic24.net> wrote: > Nan, > Idle curiosity prompted me to do a little digging. Google Map > shows Front Road as being in Murrow - a little to the east of Wisbech St. > Mary - you can view the entire road by using the Street facility. The 1901 > census shows Samuel is resident at Sunnyside No. 2, Kiln House Lane, W.S.M. > and in 1911 at Chestnut House, W.S.M. These properties may well still > exist. > > Would suggest you check out this website: > > http://www.wisbechstmary.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1< > which has a couple of photographs showing the Wisbech St. Mary Railway > Station. There is history page that could be of interest and a contact link > should you wish to pose a question or two. > > There is a photograph of the site of Murrow Station on this > link: > > > > http://myrailwaystation.com/FORMER%20LOCATIONS/pages/MURROW%20%20STATION%20%20%20Ex%20G_%20N_%20&%20G_%20E_%20Jt%20%20%20and%20%20M_%20&%20G_%20N_%20%201973_%20Photo%20by%20Peter%20Howie%20_jpg.htm< > > Stan L. Langley - West Norfolk U.K. > Principal Interests; JICKLING; LANGLEY; RICHMOND; WAD(DE)LOW; W(H)ILLOCK. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nan Bailey" <aus.bailey@gmail.com> > To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:40 AM > Subject: Re: [NFK] Mid and G N H Railway > > > Thank you everyone for the correct name. No wonder I couldn't find it with > putting the H in my search. I will check out all the excellent links and > thanks for sending them. It is hard to imagine where places are when you > are > not familiar with a place. > Samuel Bailey was a signalman working for the Midland and Great Northern > Railway and was living in and working from a Railway supplied house at > Front > Road, Wisbech St. Mary. Cambs. He later moved to Walpole St. Andrew > Norfolk. I doubt that this house will still be there, but if it was, it > would be great to see what it was like. > Regards, > Nan Bailey > > > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 2804 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Nan, Idle curiosity prompted me to do a little digging. Google Map shows Front Road as being in Murrow - a little to the east of Wisbech St. Mary - you can view the entire road by using the Street facility. The 1901 census shows Samuel is resident at Sunnyside No. 2, Kiln House Lane, W.S.M. and in 1911 at Chestnut House, W.S.M. These properties may well still exist. Would suggest you check out this website: > http://www.wisbechstmary.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1< which has a couple of photographs showing the Wisbech St. Mary Railway Station. There is history page that could be of interest and a contact link should you wish to pose a question or two. There is a photograph of the site of Murrow Station on this link: > http://myrailwaystation.com/FORMER%20LOCATIONS/pages/MURROW%20%20STATION%20%20%20Ex%20G_%20N_%20&%20G_%20E_%20Jt%20%20%20and%20%20M_%20&%20G_%20N_%20%201973_%20Photo%20by%20Peter%20Howie%20_jpg.htm < Stan L. Langley - West Norfolk U.K. Principal Interests; JICKLING; LANGLEY; RICHMOND; WAD(DE)LOW; W(H)ILLOCK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Bailey" <aus.bailey@gmail.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [NFK] Mid and G N H Railway Thank you everyone for the correct name. No wonder I couldn't find it with putting the H in my search. I will check out all the excellent links and thanks for sending them. It is hard to imagine where places are when you are not familiar with a place. Samuel Bailey was a signalman working for the Midland and Great Northern Railway and was living in and working from a Railway supplied house at Front Road, Wisbech St. Mary. Cambs. He later moved to Walpole St. Andrew Norfolk. I doubt that this house will still be there, but if it was, it would be great to see what it was like. Regards, Nan Bailey > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2804 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

I have found an ancestor working for the Mid and G N H Railway in the 1911 census. I presume the initials GN stand for great Northern, but can't work out what the other initial is for. Can someone please give me the correct name for the Mid and G N H Railway, so I can look up information on it. Thanks, Nan Bailey Qld Australia

Hi Gillian, I haven't found any connections for our Rawlings family in Chesterfield, sorry. I have heard the name Rawlings said as Rawlins by others in the family though on his birth certificate it had the g All the best with your searching. Nan Bailey On 12 August 2011 19:11, gillian beavis <gillianbeavis@live.co.uk> wrote: > Hi > > I am just writing to tell you I am doing a family tree for my friend. Does > your family have any connections with Chesterfield England. Alice's > surname > is coming up sometimes as Newman/Rawlins obviously with different > spellings. > Alice was born 1884 and died 1996 in Chesterfield. If there is any > connection please get in touch. > > Gillian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nan Bailey > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:01 AM > To: norfolk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NFK] William Rawlings b1863 Upwell > > I am trying to find where William Rawlings was in the 1881 census and so > far > have not been able to find him, even with trying many different spellings > of his surname. > > William was born on the 21 Nov 1863 to Frances Rawling /s and unknown > father, at Upwell Norfolk. > > In June qtr 1870, Frances married William Maywood > > In the 1871 census, William aged 7 was with his Mother and William Maywood, > under the name William R. Maywood and living at Town St. Upwell. > William was no longer with his Mother in the 1881 census > > William married on the 31 January 1888 to Harriet Spinks In St. Peter > Church > Upwell. > In the 1891 Census, William was living with his wife Harriet and family at > Draw Dyke, Tydd St. Mary, Lincs. He is listed as an Ag Lab. This is > Harriets > birthplace > In the 1901 census, William and his family were living at Walton Common, > West Walton, listed as a farmer > In the 1911 census, he and his family were living at Watlington, Downham, > listed as farmer, employer. > After William retired, he went to live in Kings Lynne, then later with my > husbands parents at Walpole St. Andrew, where he died on 28 March 1953. > > Family history says William as a boy worked leading the horses on the barge > tow paths., before working as a farm hand. When he married, he was a > successful farmer, leasing many fields and running a good business. > > I feel that my being unable to find him in the 1881 census is because his > name was mis transcribed and wondered if anyone on this discussion list may > have better luck than I. > > Thanks in advance, > Nan Bailey > Queensland > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

It's most definitely the Midland & Gt Northern Joint Railway! The H will have been a misprint (J & H are next to each other on a keyboard!) Jonathan Neville ———————————————–——————————— Visit the Norfolk Mills website at www.norfolkmills.co.uk Itteringham village website is at www.itteringham.com and my African and Norfolk wildlife photos are at www.digitalwild.co.uk Although this email has been scanned by Sophos Anti Virus, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure they have adequate anti-virus defences. ———————————————–———————————  On 12/08/2011 14:19, Nan Bailey wrote: > I have found an ancestor working for the Mid and G N H Railway in the 1911 > census. I presume the initials GN stand for great Northern, but can't work > out what the other initial is for. Can someone please give me the correct > name for the Mid and G N H Railway, so I can look up information on it. > > Thanks, > Nan Bailey > Qld Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Richard Harbord and Listers Those of you researching Australian cousins for your Norfolk families would do well to try Trove, the National Library of Australia website, which has digitized newspapers and lots of other things useful to the genealogist www.trove.nla.gov.au Enjoy Kim Andrews Australia -----Original Message----- From: norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Treetopsfarm@aol.com Sent: Friday, 12 August 2011 4:22 PM To: NORFOLK@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] Australian searches Dear listers I have been searching for cousins in Australia, so far without success, but have stumbled on two things that might be of help to any of you searching out there as well as Norfolk. Western Australian Genealogical Society (WAGS) (The term doesn't mean the same out there!) _http://wags.org.au_ (http://wags.org.au) and on their advice, The West Australian Newspaper runs a "can you help" column in it's Monday edition (free) Just email _canyouhelp@wanews.com.au_ (mailto:canyouhelp@wanews.com.au) Richard Richard Harbord ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6370 (20110811) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6370 (20110811) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Correct Simon. That was what we called it. I used to live next to one of the lines in Wansbeck -----Original Message----- From: norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:norfolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Simon Sent: 12 August 2011 16:54 To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NFK] Mid and G N H Railway I understand that locally in Norfolk the M&GN was known as the Muddle and Get Nowhere :-) On 12/08/2011 14:19, Nan Bailey wrote: > I have found an ancestor working for the Mid and G N H Railway in the > 1911 census. I presume the initials GN stand for great Northern, but > can't work out what the other initial is for. Can someone please give > me the correct name for the Mid and G N H Railway, so I can look up information on it. > > Thanks, > Nan Bailey > Qld Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3829 - Release Date: 08/12/11

I understand that locally in Norfolk the M&GN was known as the Muddle and Get Nowhere :-) On 12/08/2011 14:19, Nan Bailey wrote: > I have found an ancestor working for the Mid and G N H Railway in the 1911 > census. I presume the initials GN stand for great Northern, but can't work > out what the other initial is for. Can someone please give me the correct > name for the Mid and G N H Railway, so I can look up information on it. > > Thanks, > Nan Bailey > Qld Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Nan, The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway operated in this area - the "H" element is not something I have come across but I am far from being a railway expert. Suggest you take a look at this website: http://www.mandgn.co.uk/ Stan L. Langley - West Norfolk U.K. Principal Interests; JICKLING; LANGLEY; RICHMOND; WAD(DE)LOW; W(H)ILLOCK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nan Bailey" <aus.bailey@gmail.com> To: <norfolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 2:19 PM Subject: [NFK] Mid and G N H Railway >I have found an ancestor working for the Mid and G N H Railway in the 1911 > census. I presume the initials GN stand for great Northern, but can't work > out what the other initial is for. Can someone please give me the correct > name for the Mid and G N H Railway, so I can look up information on it. > > Thanks, > Nan Bailey > Qld Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 2794 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_%28Great_Britain%29 gives history and background regards carolynn On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Nan Bailey <aus.bailey@gmail.com> wrote: > I have found an ancestor working for the Mid and G N H Railway in the 1911 > census. I presume the initials GN stand for great Northern, but can't work > out what the other initial is for. Can someone please give me the correct > name for the Mid and G N H Railway, so I can look up information on it. > > Thanks, > Nan Bailey > Qld Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi I am just writing to tell you I am doing a family tree for my friend. Does your family have any connections with Chesterfield England. Alice's surname is coming up sometimes as Newman/Rawlins obviously with different spellings. Alice was born 1884 and died 1996 in Chesterfield. If there is any connection please get in touch. Gillian -----Original Message----- From: Nan Bailey Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 4:01 AM To: norfolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [NFK] William Rawlings b1863 Upwell I am trying to find where William Rawlings was in the 1881 census and so far have not been able to find him, even with trying many different spellings of his surname. William was born on the 21 Nov 1863 to Frances Rawling /s and unknown father, at Upwell Norfolk. In June qtr 1870, Frances married William Maywood In the 1871 census, William aged 7 was with his Mother and William Maywood, under the name William R. Maywood and living at Town St. Upwell. William was no longer with his Mother in the 1881 census William married on the 31 January 1888 to Harriet Spinks In St. Peter Church Upwell. In the 1891 Census, William was living with his wife Harriet and family at Draw Dyke, Tydd St. Mary, Lincs. He is listed as an Ag Lab. This is Harriets birthplace In the 1901 census, William and his family were living at Walton Common, West Walton, listed as a farmer In the 1911 census, he and his family were living at Watlington, Downham, listed as farmer, employer. After William retired, he went to live in Kings Lynne, then later with my husbands parents at Walpole St. Andrew, where he died on 28 March 1953. Family history says William as a boy worked leading the horses on the barge tow paths., before working as a farm hand. When he married, he was a successful farmer, leasing many fields and running a good business. I feel that my being unable to find him in the 1881 census is because his name was mis transcribed and wondered if anyone on this discussion list may have better luck than I. Thanks in advance, Nan Bailey Queensland Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Robert Certainly tailors could be "on the move", most likely at the actual journeyman stage. This does look like a possibility, in view of the suggested age (20-ish) at marriage in Norwich. It might be worth finding out whether there are any Trades Guild records available in Oxfordshire (as there are in Perth - Scottish records in this area very useful, don't know yet about England). Tailoring, like many trades, can run in families. Could he have returned to tiny Swyncombe on the death of his father or another relative I wonder? My own gggrandfather, John Wheeler, was also a tailor, in Over Norton/Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, hence the interest. Tailors must have been a well-respected breed, because of the unusual insertion of occupation in his children's baptismal records from 1818. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert hillier" <roberthillier@yahoo.co.uk> To: <NORFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:23 PM Subject: [NFK] GILLETT and KITSON family in Norwich 1790s to 1817 "I am researching Joseph GILLETT and his family. Evidence points to my Joseph GILLETT originating in Oxfordshire (at Swyncombe)about 1778 but it is possible that he married Lydia KITSON at St Pauls in Norwich on 16 March 1798 and some of their children were baptised in Norwich. If these are my people and not namesakes, the family then moved to Swyncombe where Lydia's name appears as Sidey (in transcript). There is some census information which is consistent with Norfolk/Norwich births for some of the children. Joseph was a tailor by occupation. In the Norfolk Archdeacon's Transcript of marriages for St Paul, Norwich, it gives Joseph Gillett's home parish as St Lawrence, Ipswich which rather clashes with the (limited) evidence for the Oxfordshire origins of this GILLETT line........................................... I would be grateful for any pointers - such as is it likely that a tailor from Oxfordshire would move to Ipswich, then Norwich and then back to Oxfordshire around 1800?" Best wishes to all listers, Robert Hillier, Poole, Dorset

Dear listers I have been searching for cousins in Australia, so far without success, but have stumbled on two things that might be of help to any of you searching out there as well as Norfolk. Western Australian Genealogical Society (WAGS) (The term doesn't mean the same out there!) _http://wags.org.au_ (http://wags.org.au) and on their advice, The West Australian Newspaper runs a "can you help" column in it's Monday edition (free) Just email _canyouhelp@wanews.com.au_ (mailto:canyouhelp@wanews.com.au) Richard Richard Harbord