Rachel Fletcher and I know a certain amount about Boffins Bakery in Oxford but we do not know when it changed hands and ceased trading as Boffins. We were hoping that others might shine some light on the subject. What we know: James Boffin (1816 1900) was born in Bicester. He married Eliza Townley in 1838 in Oxford and had other businesses before the Baking and Confectionery trade e.g. in the 1841 census he was a Hatter. He appears in a 1847 Directory as a Baker and Confectioner. An illustration in the Oxford Shops book shows the business established in 1847. In the 1851 census (at age 33 years) he is described as Baker and Confectioner Master employing 7 men. Its not clear whether he retired but in the 1891 census he still gave his occupation as Confectioner. James had 9 children and that included Alfred (1843 1937); others worked in the family business but Alfred was the survivor. Alfred is first noted as a Confectioner in the 1871 census. In 1901 he is shown as Bread maker; in the Administration of his second wifes estate he was shown (6 July 1906) as Retired confectioner. From the 2 marriages there were 6 children 2 of whom were male. Neither of the male children seem to have continued the trade. At some stage the business went to Coopers we are not sure who or when. We havent accessed all trade directories but we know from the Oxford Monthly that Boffins Bakery was still at Carfax in December 1931. Regards Cliff Cliff Baughen cliff@baughen.co.uk http://www.baughen.co.uk Baughen One Name Study (includes Boffin)
Hi Maureen, 1851 Census Oxfordshire, Leafield. HO107; Piece: 1732; Folio: 81; Page: 13; GSU roll: 193643. Has a couple of EMPSON families who are most probably related to Thomas - maybe brothers. 1851 Census Oxfordshire, Leafield. HO107; Piece: 1731; Folio: 811; Page: 9; GSU roll: 193640-193641. Has Thomas and Charlotte. Thomas Empson 39 Charlotte Empson 39 Joseph Empson 13 Mary Ann Empson 11 Elizabeth Empson 5 William Empson 1 As Dave picked up the Baptisms 12 Jun 1844 Jos s Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Fulbrook 12 Jun 1844 Jane d Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Fulbrook, Jane is not shown. Has she died or away from home?. There is another Jane daughter of a Jonathan on the 1st Reference. In 1861 census Class: RG9; Piece: 908; Folio: 69; Page: 33; GSU roll: 542719. Thos Empson 50 - b ca 1811 in Chipping Norton Charlotte Empson 55 b. ca 1805 in Birmingham Willm Empson 11 Dick Empson 8 Ancestry Family trees has Thomas married 7 Oct 1833 to Charlotte Roadknight at Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwick, England. A few others are researching too and say that Thomas born in Chipping Norton. HTH My best, Jill
Maureen the only children on 1861 census are William age 12 and what I am sure is Dick (not Mark as indexed) age 8. I assume that you have the census details from 1851 when they were at Fulbrook with their children Joseph (13), Mary Ann (11), Elizabeth (5)all born Birmingham and William born Fulbrook Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Howard Fuller Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 6:47 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Burford Parish Records >From the OFHS transcript of the Burford with Fulbrook baptismal register, only this one EMPSON entry between 1850 and 1860: !854 Jan 1 - Dick, son of Thomas, carpenter, & Charlotte EMPSON, of Burford. Howard On 03/08/2011 08:03, Maureen J. Cook wrote: > Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children > baptized > between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and Charlotte. > > > > Thank you > > Maureen Cook > > Port Kennedy > > Western Australia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS "Wills Library" : Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Maureen, FamilySearch also shows William, son of Thomas and Charlotte EMPSON, baptised Fulbrook 7 Feb 1850. It's very close to the county border, and you might also want to try Gloucestershire parishes? HTH Judy London, UK -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Beames > Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children > baptized between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and > Charlotte. For some reason Burford & Fulbrook baptisms stop at 1858, at least they do on my fiche -- there may be a later version now. There's only one 1850-58, But there were two earlier (which you may already have). 12 Jun 1844 Jos s Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Fulbrook 12 Jun 1844 Jane d Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Fulbrook It doesn't SAY they were twins, so maybe T&C weren't too good about getting the kids baptised :-) Then 1 Jan 1854 Dick s Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Burford. So where were they in the interim? They'd moved from Fulbrook into Burford, so perhaps they went somewhere else in between. DaveB
> Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children > baptized between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and > Charlotte. For some reason Burford & Fulbrook baptisms stop at 1858, at least they do on my fiche -- there may be a later version now. There's only one 1850-58, But there were two earlier (which you may already have). 12 Jun 1844 Jos s Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Fulbrook 12 Jun 1844 Jane d Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Fulbrook It doesn't SAY they were twins, so maybe T&C weren't too good about getting the kids baptised :-) Then 1 Jan 1854 Dick s Thomas & Charlotte carpenter Burford. So where were they in the interim? They'd moved from Fulbrook into Burford, so perhaps they went somewhere else in between. DaveB
From the OFHS transcript of the Burford with Fulbrook baptismal register, only this one EMPSON entry between 1850 and 1860: !854 Jan 1 - Dick, son of Thomas, carpenter, & Charlotte EMPSON, of Burford. Howard On 03/08/2011 08:03, Maureen J. Cook wrote: > Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children baptized > between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and Charlotte. > > > > Thank you > > Maureen Cook > > Port Kennedy > > Western Australia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hello Maureen. I've looked through the Burford PRs and there is only one Empson baptised there between 1849 and 1859. He was Dick Empson baptised on 1st January 1854 "..s of Tho & Charlotte, carpenter. Sp Tho Empson Frk Smith Harriet Hart" Regards Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen J. Cook" <moggiewa@bigpond.com> To: "Oxfordshire" <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:03 AM Subject: [OXF] Burford Parich Records > Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children baptized > between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and Charlotte. > > > > Thank you > > Maureen Cook > > Port Kennedy > > Western Australia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
contact Contact David Empson at dc@empson1.freeserve.co.uk http://www.axlq24.dsl.pipex.com/genmast.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen J. Cook" <moggiewa@bigpond.com> To: "Oxfordshire" <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:03 AM Subject: [OXF] Burford Parich Records > Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children > baptized > between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and Charlotte. > > > > Thank you > > Maureen Cook > > Port Kennedy > > Western Australia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi Maureen I assume you have the following - Dick Empson residence: Oxford, England parents: Thomas Empson, Charlotte record title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 name: Dick Empson gender: Male baptism/christening date: 01 Jan 1854 baptism/christening place: BURFORD,OXFORD,ENGLAND father's name: Thomas Empson mother's name: Charlotte indexing project (batch) number: C02441-1 system origin: England-ODM 95221 Best wishes Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen J. Cook" <moggiewa@bigpond.com> To: "Oxfordshire" <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:03 AM Subject: [OXF] Burford Parich Records > Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children > baptized > between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and Charlotte. > > > > Thank you > > Maureen Cook > > Port Kennedy > > Western Australia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Could SKS please check the Burford parish records for any children baptized between 1850 and 1860. Parents are Thomas Empson and Charlotte. Thank you Maureen Cook Port Kennedy Western Australia
Colleagues The next computer meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 1 August 2011. It will be held at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. The subject of the talk at 7.30pm is :- Managing Your Photographs – Finding, Filing, Fixing and Sharing Pictures This will be presented by Alan Simpson, Les Binns, Alex McGahey and Wendy Archer. For those who live "out of county" or who are otherwise unable to attend, the usual detailed synopsis of the talk will be published in the "Oxfordshire Family Historian", the journal of the Oxfordshire Family History Society, which is issued to members of the society three times per year. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome to attend the meeting. For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html) For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- _http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html) Any queries, please contact me. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk/)
Many thanks for taking that trouble, Penny The card for the private in the Northamptonshire Rgt might be of interest (in that this is Archie's home area so might, as a long shot, be related). Archie himself did not join the armed services (so far as I am aware), in that he held a 'protected' job helping to produce pit props and the like for the war effort. His signature appears in accounts through the war years, indicating he was still in Oxfordshire. Best wishes Chris > Found these records on the National Archives website, in case > you're not > aware of them already. Maybe the same person? > > Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald Royal Engineers 347982 > Pioneer Labour Corps > > Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald Northamptonshire Regiment > 32052 Private . > Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald G Army Ordnance Corps 021417 > Private . Medal > > Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald King's Royal Rifle Corps > Y/405 Private .
Found these records on the National Archives website, in case you're not aware of them already. Maybe the same person? Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald Royal Engineers 347982 Pioneer Labour Corps 366296 Pioneer Royal Engineers WR/279285 Pioneer . Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald Royal Engineers 347982 Pioneer Labour Corps 366296 Pioneer Royal Engineers WR/279285 Pioneer Date: 1914 - 1920 Source: DocumentsOnline (images of documents from The National Archives) Online Document WO 372/6 Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald Northamptonshire Regiment 32052 Private . Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald Northamptonshire Regiment 32052 Private Date: 1914 - 1920 Source: DocumentsOnline (images of documents from The National Archives) Online Document WO 372/6 Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald G Army Ordnance Corps 021417 Private . Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald G Army Ordnance Corps 021417 Private Date: 1914 - 1920 Source: DocumentsOnline (images of documents from The National Archives) Online Document WO 372/6 Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald King's Royal Rifle Corps Y/405 Private . Medal Card of Dunkley Archibald King's Royal Rifle Corps Y/405 Private Date: 1914 - 1920 Source: DocumentsOnline (images of documents from The National Archives) Penny, Hampshire UK ______________________________________________ This email has been scanned by Netintelligence http://www.netintelligence.com/email
I wonder, given the range of great ideas and feedback that people on the list offered before, whether anyone has any thoughts on my current wall ... John Archie Leonard DUNKLEY (who firmly used the name Archie or even Arch) was born in 1872 in Market Harborough; his Oxford connection is that he married my great grandmother in Woodstock. He appears in Market Harborough in the 1881 census and is in Oxfordshire in the 1901 census. The missing census entry is explained by his being in Canada, and I have him in the 1891 census there (lodging with an English family). As one of the final parts of a puzzle I am assembling I want very much to find out when he sailed to Canada and who with (the latter, whether alone or with people, will aid greatly in identifying faces in photos: his parents were Thomas and Mary and *might* have travelled with him). Likewise, his return voyage. I can narrow the dates a little. I have found a reference to him in Jackson's journal at the end of 1899, so he is in the UK by then. In January 1894 he was in Canada, where a letter refers to his having been 'in office' in the temperance society for five years and thanking him for past service; the implication is that he resigned because he was returning to England. Thus, outward journey between 1881 and 1889, return journey between 1894 and 1899 (inclusive dates). Here's what I've tried: Ancestry for incoming ships through wider periods than above, using any alternative spellings of his name (or merely for any Dunkley's and variants) without luck, even looking at the original documents for transcription errors. It still doesn't mean he isn't in there, but I can't find him on any ship that seems viable (ie one that would have left from a US or Canadian port). Neither can I find a Thomas or Mary Dunkley returning (they would have had to come back as well, if they ever went) or even, as a sideline, the family that Archie stayed with while in Canada (if all were English, parents and children, all - given their ages - should show up in a UK census). I don't have full access to world passenger lists on Ancestry but there are few likely options for Canadian records (there is one Archie Dunkley there, perhaps entering via Nova Scotia, but the data available isn't enough to tempt me - thus far - into paying for records on the basis of not knowing even a date for the voyage). The records on Find my Past don't seem to cover the right dates. So finally, my queries: I've found it difficult to determine whether there are more records yet to be scanned, or whether whatever exists is now online. Anyone know? And the obvious query: is there anything else that I should be looking at for these voyages? This is going to eventually turn into a wider research area for me, as there are family links with the BANBURY family of Woodstock, which encouraged and aided emigration from Oxfordshire to New Zealand and I hole a number of portraits (some with names) that were sent back from the new country to say thankyou. Tracing some of those seems an interesting idea, and Southampton is a port with a direct link - through a photographic studio - to a Woodstock photographer. Any ideas for alternative sources of information on passengers to and from Canada, for these dates, are welcome. Chris Howes
Richard have you looked at the online catalogue at Oxhist? Go to the OFHS web site and click on the heritage link - takes you to their search page - out the name in the 'these exact words' line and you get 11 references in Archives results. One is for a 1946 pub licence but the rest are early/mid 19th century. Nothing about the mayoralty but some interesting looking stuff. They do very reasonably priced copies (photo or electronic ) if you send them a list of the items you are interested in they will tell which can be copied (some cannot - these can be transcribed see their price structure for details) and how much the total cost will be don't forget to add £2 for postage. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Richard.Self Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 3:26 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] William Graham Thanks Tony Have sent them an E Mail, fingers crossed. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Hadland" <tony.hadland@gmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [OXF] William Graham > Hi Richard, > > I'm sure that someone at Abingdon Town Council will be able to help. They > are a friendly lot and very interested in their town's heritage. Try > emailing enquiries@abingdon.gov.uk > > > Tony Hadland > > > > > -- > Tony Hadland > www.hadland.net > Oxfordshire, England > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS "Wills Library" : Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thanks Tony Have sent them an E Mail, fingers crossed. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Hadland" <tony.hadland@gmail.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [OXF] William Graham > Hi Richard, > > I'm sure that someone at Abingdon Town Council will be able to help. They > are a friendly lot and very interested in their town's heritage. Try > emailing enquiries@abingdon.gov.uk > > > Tony Hadland > > > > > -- > Tony Hadland > www.hadland.net > Oxfordshire, England > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message
>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, May 1, 1858; Issue 5479. DEDDINGTON. KICK FROM A HORSE. - On 17th ult. an accident of a serious nature happened to a boy at Horsey Farm, Dunstew, near this town. It appears that the boy was, with some of his companions, at play in the stable, rolling themselves in a scuttle behind the horses' heels, when one of the horses kicked a boy, named Thomas QUARTERMAN, on the forehead, causing a frightful wound. Medical aid was at once procured, but the boy is still lying in a precarious state, his life being despaired of.
Hi Richard, I'm sure that someone at Abingdon Town Council will be able to help. They are a friendly lot and very interested in their town's heritage. Try emailing enquiries@abingdon.gov.uk Tony Hadland -- Tony Hadland www.hadland.net Oxfordshire, England
Hi All I believe that my cousins husband William Graham 1791 - 1862 was mayor of Abingdon. I have been trying unsuccessfully to find exactly when this was, which year or years he held office. Can anyone point me in the right direction. Richard Self
Folks Saturday 30 July 2011 sees the annual Open Day of the Buckinghamshire FHS take place in Aylesbury. As usual, an Oxfordshire FHS stand will be present at the event, with Wendy Archer and colleagues carrying :- 1. a laptop computer containing our "Search Services" database of baptism, marriage, burial, monumental inscription and census indexes. 2. the full range of society CDs for sale. 3. a selection of books from the society bookstall for sale. The Open Day of the Buckinghamshire FHS will again be held at The Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP21 7NH. For full details of the opening times, directions to the venue and other stalls that should be in attendance, please see the host society's website at :- _http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk_ (http://www.bucksfhs.org.uk) Any queries, please contact me. Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Web : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)