PITTAWAY Them in 1881 RG11; Piece: 1514; Folio: 27; Page: 26 That is a very bad attempt at transcription considering it English country folk Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/ On 2012-05-17 10:07 AM, John and Leila Muller wrote: > Wondering if SKS can help with a name from the 1891 census. > > Aston& Cote, Oxfordshire, Piece 1175, Folio 32, Page 27, Household Schedule > 165. > > Surname of the family that Henry LUCKETT is boarding with, I have: > > PiHaway? Dinnis; Head, Married; 54; Farm Carter, employed; Oxon Bampton? > > PiHaway Elizabeth; Wife; Married, 23?; Glos Barington > > PiHaway Edith; Daughter, 12; Oxon Cote

Thank you Lesley and Heather, this makes sense now that I know. Leila -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lesley Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2012 4:02 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] 1891 census query Just had a look at it and my thoughts are that it is PITTAWAY. Lesley Sent from my iPad On 17 May 2012, at 01:07, "John and Leila Muller" <johnandleilamuller@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Wondering if SKS can help with a name from the 1891 census. > > Aston & Cote, Oxfordshire, Piece 1175, Folio 32, Page 27, Household > Schedule 165. > > Surname of the family that Henry LUCKETT is boarding with, I have: > > PiHaway? Dinnis; Head, Married; 54; Farm Carter, employed; Oxon Bampton? > > PiHaway Elizabeth; Wife; Married, 23?; Glos Barington > > PiHaway Edith; Daughter, 12; Oxon Cote > > Radburn Gertrude; Grand Daughter; 6; Scholar; London Town > > Clinch George; Border; Single, 19; Under Carter Farm; employed; Oxon > Aston > > Luckett Henry; Border; Single; 16; Farm Labourer; employed; Oxon Cote > > > Thanks for your help, > > Leila > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- 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, On 15/05/2012, you wrote: > Could SKS please help with the following, possibly at Over Norton or maybe > at Chipping Norton:- > > John Huckvale born about 1543 at Over Norton died 1606 at Chipping Norton. > John married Alice- no surname. Would like to find the marriage if possible. > > Had a son Cutberb (sic) at Over Norton 1566, he was buried on 4 Aug 1636 at > Over Norton. > Cutberb - 1566 (sic) married Alice, no surname, Would like to find the > marriage. > > Cutberb (sic) and Alice had the following children and they were baptized at > Chipping Norton :- > Margaret - 24 Aug 1591 > William - 4 May 1595 > Richard - 11 Feb 1600 > Thomas - 25 Sep 1602 > Marcus - 11 Dec 1605 > Judith - 9 Nov 1608 > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Maureen Cook > Port Kennedy > Western Australia > Member's number 3168 There are several difficulties in finding answers to your enquiry. 1: there are many variants for the name HUCKVALE: HUCKVEAL, HUCKVEL, HUCKVAILE, and even HUCKWELL. 2: although there is a church (St.James) at Over Norton, it did not keep separate registers. All B M D events were recorded in the Chipping Norton registers. 3: parish priests were not required to record BMD events in registers until 1538, but they did not do so consistently until the following century. The only earlier records were pedigrees (sometimes rather fanciful) commissioned by 'landed gentry' to keep track of who owned what land. 4: early records were written in 'Secretary Hand' which can be difficult for an untrained eye to read. You asked for information about a marriage of John HUCKVALE (etc) to an Alice in the 1560s. However, the OFHS Index to marriages in Oxfordshire [1538-1837] shows that the earliest HUCKVALE (etc) marriage recorded at Chipping Norton was in 1611. And the earliest marriage of a HUCKVALE (etc) to an Alice was that of Arthur HUCKVAILE to Alice BRUCE at Lower Heyford in 1580. There is a simlar problem with the marriage of Cutberb (sic) to an Alice ---. First, I think that Cutberb (sic) is a misreading of Cuthbert. There is only one entry for a Cuthbert etc in the OFHS Marriage Index and that is not to an Alice and it is too late: Cuthbert HUCKVEL married Lucy ALING at Chipping Norton on 7 Jul 1667. As you quote full baptismal dates for the children of Cuthbert and Alice, I assume you have access to transcriptions of the Chipping Norton registers. Not much help I'm afraid, but I suspect there is no extant record of those two marriages. Best wishes, Howard Fuller

Hi all, Wondering if SKS can help with a name from the 1891 census. Aston & Cote, Oxfordshire, Piece 1175, Folio 32, Page 27, Household Schedule 165. Surname of the family that Henry LUCKETT is boarding with, I have: PiHaway? Dinnis; Head, Married; 54; Farm Carter, employed; Oxon Bampton? PiHaway Elizabeth; Wife; Married, 23?; Glos Barington PiHaway Edith; Daughter, 12; Oxon Cote Radburn Gertrude; Grand Daughter; 6; Scholar; London Town Clinch George; Border; Single, 19; Under Carter Farm; employed; Oxon Aston Luckett Henry; Border; Single; 16; Farm Labourer; employed; Oxon Cote Thanks for your help, Leila

Just had a look at it and my thoughts are that it is PITTAWAY. Lesley Sent from my iPad On 17 May 2012, at 01:07, "John and Leila Muller" <johnandleilamuller@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Wondering if SKS can help with a name from the 1891 census. > > Aston & Cote, Oxfordshire, Piece 1175, Folio 32, Page 27, Household Schedule > 165. > > Surname of the family that Henry LUCKETT is boarding with, I have: > > PiHaway? Dinnis; Head, Married; 54; Farm Carter, employed; Oxon Bampton? > > PiHaway Elizabeth; Wife; Married, 23?; Glos Barington > > PiHaway Edith; Daughter, 12; Oxon Cote > > Radburn Gertrude; Grand Daughter; 6; Scholar; London Town > > Clinch George; Border; Single, 19; Under Carter Farm; employed; Oxon Aston > > Luckett Henry; Border; Single; 16; Farm Labourer; employed; Oxon Cote > > > Thanks for your help, > > Leila > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 help with the following, possibly at Over Norton or maybe at Chipping Norton.:- John Huckvale born about 1543 at Over Norton died 1606 at Chipping Norton. John married Alice- no surname. Would like to find the marriage if possible. Had a son Cutberb (sic) at Over Norton 1566, he was buried on 4 Aug 1636 at Over Norton. Cutberb - 1566 (sic) married Alice, no surname, Would like to find the marriage. Cutberb (sic) and Alice had the following children and they were baptized at Chipping Norton :- Margaret - 24 Aug 1591 William - 4 May 1595 Richard - 11 Feb 1600 Thomas - 25 Sep 1602 Marcus - 11 Dec 1605 Judith - 9 Nov 1608 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Maureen Cook Port Kennedy Western Australia Member's number 3168

On Saturday May 12, Bucks Genealogical Society will host a talk by Kathy Chater on CORONERS' RECORDS - when your ancestor died unexpectedly, did the coroner sit on him and find him dead by malice or by the Visitation of God? Venue: Southcourt Community Centre, Prebendal Ave, Aylesbury. Time 3pm Turn off Oxford Rd A418 at the first major traffic lights (after Aylesbury College) left into Churchill Ave, left again into Prebendal Ave, and it's on the left. (From Oxford direction, you have to pass the lights, turn round at the College mini-rouindabout and then back to the lights) Ample Parking BGS Library. Research hour from 2pm Details from eve@varneys.org.uk or 01844 291631 EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

Hi Thank you, I enjoyed reading that and will be entering it in the strays spreadsheet. Jennifer On 9 May 2012 17:19, Judy Lester <jlester@btinternet.com> wrote: > Forwarded, with thanks to Carole in NSW. > > ========= > The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW : > Monday 21 November 1864 p 9 > WHITMEE-July 16th, at Leone, Tutuila, Samoa, after ten days' illness, of > remittent fever, Mary Jane, the beloved wife of Rev. S. J. Whitmee, of > the London Missionary Society. She left England, in company with her > husband, in March, 1863, and sailed from Sydney in the John Williams on > her last voyage. > Her qualifications for the Missionary work were of no ordinary kind, and > high hopes were entertained that a course of eminent usefulness was > before her. But after only seven months labour, in her much loved work > she was called to her rest. She died in the full assurance of faith, > honoured by all who know her, and not least by her people at Leone. > Also, on the 2nd February previously, at Leone, the infant son of the > above. "It is the Lord : let Him do what seemeth Him good." > ========= > > Samuel James WHITMEE married Mary Jane COUSINS in Abingdon in 1863. She > was the sister of William Edward COUSINS. > http://faces.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/William_Edward_COUSINS.html > > > Judy > London, UK > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: > http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Forwarded, with thanks to Carole in NSW. ========= The Sydney Morning Herald - NSW : Monday 21 November 1864 p 9 WHITMEE-July 16th, at Leone, Tutuila, Samoa, after ten days' illness, of remittent fever, Mary Jane, the beloved wife of Rev. S. J. Whitmee, of the London Missionary Society. She left England, in company with her husband, in March, 1863, and sailed from Sydney in the John Williams on her last voyage. Her qualifications for the Missionary work were of no ordinary kind, and high hopes were entertained that a course of eminent usefulness was before her. But after only seven months labour, in her much loved work she was called to her rest. She died in the full assurance of faith, honoured by all who know her, and not least by her people at Leone. Also, on the 2nd February previously, at Leone, the infant son of the above. "It is the Lord : let Him do what seemeth Him good." ========= Samuel James WHITMEE married Mary Jane COUSINS in Abingdon in 1863. She was the sister of William Edward COUSINS. http://faces.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/William_Edward_COUSINS.html Judy London, UK

This item intrigued me, too! From Googling I found this which, if I've understood it correctly, makes it sound even worse! Is this where the term "old maid" originated?! Or "if at first you don't succeed, try and try again"? What did the applicants have to do every 3 years? And what is meant by the "commonalty of the borough"? I have pictures in my mind of aging females putting on their wedding gowns every 3 years and parading around Wallingford in "Miss World" style whilst all the inhabitants lined the streets holding up score cards. And, did they get the money first and then their man? Or was he a prerequisite and, if so, what was that like to have a wife who'd been a reject for 12 or more years? I would be less miserable about this if someone could say that, actually, parents registered their baby daughters' applications at birth? "Miscellaneous Papers: viz. Charitable Donations; Parish Returns; and The Poor Clergy. Session 8 November --- 12 July, 1814-1815. Vol. XII. This book is to be preserved in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 1814-1815." pg 1 - "Copies of Memorials or Statements of Charitable donations, delivered in to the several Offices of the Clerks of the Peace of the several Counties or Ridings . . . in England and Wales . . ." 32 charities are included for Berkshire and no. 24 on pg 12 is Archbishop Laud's Charity. I'll include the full account here as it also refers to boys' apprenticeships which might be of interest, too: "A memorial or Statement in pursuance of an Act for the registering and securing of Charitable Donations;--Whereby it is declared by me the undersigned John Allnatt Hedges, town-clerk and one of the eighteen assistants of the borough of Watlingford in the county of Berks, THAT the real estate (there not being any personal estate) of the Charity, called Archbishop Laud's Charity, consists of divers fee farm rents issuing out of estates in the parish of East Hagborn in the said county of Berks, and hamlet of Aston Upthorpe in the same county; and the gross annual income arising therefrom amounts to forty-nine pounds nineteen shillings and three-pence: And the objects of which Charity or Charitable Foundation are for apprenticing five boys in each year for two succeeding years, and every third year for the portions of three poor maids, to be severally elected by the mayor, burgesses and commonalty of the borough of Wallingford aforesaid: and which Charity or Charitable Foundation was, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, founded by the said Archbishop Laud; and some deeds or other instruments relating thereto are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, in the custody possesion (sic) or controul (sic) of the said mayor, burgesses and commonalty; and the trustees or possessors of the said real estate, to the best of my knowledge and belief, are the said mayor, burgesses and commonalty." Followed by the town-clerk's italicised signature, etc, etc. Oxfordshire isn't included in this publication. Best wishes, Carole Skidmore in Devon

My assumption was that they had been rejected on their previous applications, and hence could not afford to get married because they could not afford "their portion," whatever that was, and so that they and the relevant man had waited patiently until they could accumulate the money. I may be speculating wildly, however. Since many female domestic servants "lived in" at their place of employment AND could not continue in their employment once they were married, they may have had almost nothing in terms of household goods of their own with which to begin housekeeping, so perhaps a certain amount of money was considered essential to marriage. Happy hunting!   Diana Robinson (nee Gardner) Now in Rochester, NY, USA -----Original Message----- From: eve@varneys.org.uk [mailto:eve@varneys.org.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 7:35 AM To: michaelcoomber@aol.com; oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] BARBER , TURNER and GRAINGER ( 1874 ) 1874;   WALLINGFORD. ARCHBISHOP'S LAUD'S CHARITY. At a meeting of the Charity Trustees, held on Wednesday the 7th inst., for the purpose of electing three poor maids to receive gifts of £14 each towards their marriage portions, the following were successful candidates:- Mary Margaret BARBER ( fifth application ) ; Emma TURNER ( fourth application ); and Harriet GRAINGER ( fourth application. ) The mind boggles. Were the applications for a grant on marriage to the same man? Were they funding the fourth or fifth choice? Had they abandoned any idea of marriage, or marriage to that person, because they lacked the cash to buy kitchen stuff? Did these modern young women not have a bottom drawer to fall back on? I think we should be told. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, June 21, 1856; Issue 5382.   MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, Saturday, June 14th. ( before T. L. GOODLAKE , Esq. ) Richard WILLIS , of Thrupp, was committed to Reading Gaol for fourteen days, for neglecting to maintain his wife and her illegitimate child, inmates of the Faringdon Workhouse.

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, June 21, 1856; Issue 5382.   ABINGDON.  FATAL FALL DOWN STAIRS. An inquest was held at Aston Tirrold, on Saturday last, before E. COWCHER , Esq., on the body of Anne BALL , aged 66, the wife of a laboring man residing there.  It appeared that about a quarter of an hour after being in the house of a neighbour, a great noise, as of some one falling heavily, was heard in her cottage, and, as she was known to be alone, some neighbours opened the door, and went in, when they found the deceased in a state of insensibility, at the foot of the stairs.  She was immediately got to bed, and a medical gentleman was sent for, but she scarcely rallied afterwards, and died on the following day, her skull having sustained a fracture in the fall, besides sustaining serious internal injuries.  A verdict in accordance with the unfortunate circumstances was returned.

1874;   WALLINGFORD. ARCHBISHOP'S LAUD'S CHARITY. At a meeting of the Charity Trustees, held on Wednesday the 7th inst., for the purpose of electing three poor maids to receive gifts of £14 each towards their marriage portions, the following were successful candidates:- Mary Margaret BARBER ( fifth application ) ; Emma TURNER ( fourth application ); and Harriet GRAINGER ( fourth application. ) The mind boggles. Were the applications for a grant on marriage to the same man? Were they funding the fourth or fifth choice? Had they abandoned any idea of marriage, or marriage to that person, because they lacked the cash to buy kitchen stuff? Did these modern young women not have a bottom drawer to fall back on? I think we should be told. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society

One sort of gets the idea that fortune made her even MORE attractive! -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com Sent: Saturday, 28 April 2012 1:24 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Cc: MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] David ROGERS to Miss THORNBURY ( 1737 ) >From Grub Street Journal ( London, England ), Thursday, July 7, 1737; Issue 393. Married, on Saturday, at Chelsea-college, David ROGERS , to Miss THORNBURY of Oxford, a very agreeable young lady, with a fortune of 20, 000 Pounds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Interactive Oxfordshire parish map: http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/pardata.html ------------------------------- 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 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7094 (20120428) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7094 (20120428) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

From London Gazette ( London, England ), December 19, 1706 - December 23, 1706; Issue 4290.   A Commission of Bankrupt being awarded against William WARNER , late of Little Few in Oxfordshire, Maltster, and he being declared Bankrupt: These are to require him to surrender himself to the Commissioners, who will sit on the 4th and 14th of January next, at the Dog and Partridges in Adderbury, and on the 22d at the Cock in Banbury in Oxfordshire, at 10 in the forenoon of each Days.   Whereas the acting Commissioners against John JEW , late of Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, Mercer, have certified to the Rt. Hon. the Lord Keeper, That he hath in all things conformed to the late Act: This is to give Notice, That his Certificate will be confirmed as the Act directs, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary by the 13th of January next.

From Daily Journal ( London, England ), Wednesday, October 12, 1726; Issue 1792.   Anthony DRURY , who stands charged with Robbing the Waggon of Robert KING , of Bristow, in Oxfordshire, and taking out of it a Hamper, in which was a Paper Parcel, containing between 2 and 300 Pounds was on Monday last brought to Newgate, from Aylesbury Gaol, in Order to take his Tryal at the Old Bailey; the Fact having been committed in the Parish of Ealing, in Middlesex.

Dear Colleagues Oxfordshire FHS will be on familiar ground on Sunday 29 April 2012 when we will have a stall at the annual "Oxfordshire & Bucks Family History Fair", which is to be held at our usual meeting venue at the Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. We will be selling our DVDs, CDs, microfiche and a selection of the titles available from our bookstall. In addition, we will have our "Search Services" available on computer, featuring an array of Oxfordshire and North Berkshire indexes to censuses, baptism registers, marriage registers, burial registers and monumental inscriptions. Those researchers wishing to plan their visit to our stall in advance can view our resources on the following webpages :- DVD sales ; http://www.ofhs.org.uk/DVDsales.html CD sales ; http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html bookstall ; http://www.ofhs.org.uk/books.html Search Services ; http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ The organisation of the "Oxfordshire & Bucks Family History Fair" is in the hands of "Family History Fairs", who have a website at :- http://www.familyhistoryfairs.org/ The doors open at 10.00am and the event ends at 5.00pm. At the time of writing, their webpage says "Other information: coming soon", so do keep checking it for further relevant details ! Best wishes. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society www.ofhs.org.uk

>From London Evening Post ( London, England ), February 23, 1740 - February 26, 1740; Issue 1917. On Wednesday last a terrible Fire broke out at one Thomas JOHNSON's, at North Stoke in Oxfordshire, near Wallingford, Berks; the Wind being very high, the Flames spread, and in half an Hour's Time consum'd about ten Houses, with Barns, Stables, and almost all their Goods and Wearing Apparel; and the poor Inhabitants, chiefly Farmers, are reduced to the greatest Distress imaginable.

>From Grub Street Journal ( London, England ), Thursday, July 7, 1737; Issue 393. Married, on Saturday, at Chelsea-college, David ROGERS , to Miss THORNBURY of Oxford, a very agreeable young lady, with a fortune of 20, 000 Pounds.