----- Original Message ----- From: "Barb MacKenzie" <bmacken@mts.net> To: <nottsgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 5:48 AM Subject: [NTT] quarry > > > Hello: > > I found my great grandfather, William Bramley listed in the 1881 cencus. > At the time he is listed as a Stone Quarry Worker. Would anyone know > where there was a stone quarry in Bulwell and what kind of stone do they > quarry. The Bulwell area was surrounded with stone quarries. The type of stone known locally as Bulwell sand stone, in fact if I recall is a type of lime stone, maybe someone will correct me on this used for garden walls and some local churches Also, where in Bulwell would one be a flower pot maker. I'm trying to get a feel for what my ancestors lives must have been like. The company that made plant pots in Bulwell was Sankeys The pots were of red clay. They later also made plant pots from reclaimed plastic. Sankeys and the stone quarries were all in the same area, "a stones throw away", pun not intended. > > I know that Willliam Bramley was born in Bulwell in 1856, but there are > several William Bramleys listed, How would I go about finding the right > one? > > On the other side of the family, Parnham, my Great grandfather in 1871 is > listed as living in Normanton, notts and is listed as a Police Constable. > I knew there were some disreputable people in my family background but not > this bad, Police, argggg. So in 1881 he is listed as living in Bulwell > and listed as a labourer. Why would someone leave off being a police > constable and move. Is there any way to find out. And yes I am sure it > is the right person. > > Just a few questions that I thought someone on the list would have some > thoughts about. As I live a rather isolated life (very small town) > nottsgen people are the only ones I can ask about these things. > > Thanks, Barbara > > > Notts Surname List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message