This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: fiona702 Surnames: Oliver, Porter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.oliver/4727.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: No, but I have a Thomas Oliver born Fairlight around 1833. He is listed on the 1841 census as aged 8, and on the same census there is an 11-yr old sibling with the name of what looks like Shelomith (there is definitely a dot above that last vowel). I had been puzzling over this peculiar name for ages, so was pleased to find that I wasn't imagining it; I would say at a guess that your Thomas is a descendent of this family, which means that we could be distant relatives! My Thomas married a Mary Anne Porter (born 1851'ish in Fulbeck, Lincs) in I believe 1875. Family legend has it that one or other of my gt gt grandmothers was born in a gypsy caravan, so this would either be Mary's or Thomas's mother, but I have yet to establish which. Have you found any gypsy genes in your family? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi, new to this message board. My GG Grand father is a Thomas Simpson Oliver wh was born in Lincolnshire in 1848. His mother was Elizabeth Simpson, father Thomas John Oliver - no other details. My Thomas S Oliver called one of his sons 'Sideath' - quite an unusual name. where did it come from? Similar to Shelometh? These Olivers came out to Australia (New England District - Armidale and then Inverell) prior to 1875. Hope someone can shed some more details on my branch of the Olivers as I have hit a bit of a roadblock. Malcolm ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <OLIVER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 2:05 AM Subject: Re: [OLIVER] Thomas Shelometh Oliver from sussex > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: fiona702 > Surnames: Oliver, Porter > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.oliver/4727.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > No, but I have a Thomas Oliver born Fairlight around 1833. He is listed > on the 1841 census as aged 8, and on the same census there is an 11-yr old > sibling with the name of what looks like Shelomith (there is definitely a > dot above that last vowel). > > I had been puzzling over this peculiar name for ages, so was pleased to > find that I wasn't imagining it; I would say at a guess that your Thomas > is a descendent of this family, which means that we could be distant > relatives! > > My Thomas married a Mary Anne Porter (born 1851'ish in Fulbeck, Lincs) in > I believe 1875. Family legend has it that one or other of my gt gt > grandmothers was born in a gypsy caravan, so this would either be Mary's > or Thomas's mother, but I have yet to establish which. Have you found any > gypsy genes in your family? > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > OLIVER Most Wanted http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/oliver.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLIVER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >