Hi all I have hit a brick wall with the birth of James Dunsdon who is recorded in the Steventon Parish register thus - Marriage 1805 31 Oct DUNSDON James to BAVIS Ann Burial 1843 26 Jun DUNSDON James aged 61 This would make James birth about 1782. I have discovered a close match with a James Dunsdon b 1789 at Didcot, as he was buried at Didcot in 1848 this cannot be him. Any help in discovering James birthplace would be much appreciated. Richard

Morning from Victoria Australia, Just thought I'd drop a line to you all to say thanks for sending these snippets through - they are so interesting! Also - just had chance to view the INTERACTIVE OXFORDSHIRE PARISH MAP - the data is just fantastic. I found the map so informative, and with the statistics for each area - very very good. Thanks so much for all your hard work, Have a good weekend, Lyn Rumble Rushworth, Victoria, Australia treehouse152@gmail.com www.picturetrail.com/ironbarkstudio www.chromaonline.com/teachers/lyn_rumble -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com Sent: Saturday, 4 February 2012 3:37 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] CHAPMAN , TROTMAN and WHARTON ( 1839 ) >From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, May 4, 1839; Issue 4488. Joseph CHAPMAN , condemned at our last Assizes for shooting James TROTMAN , at Charlbury, was on Monday last removed from our county gaol to the "Justitia" hulk at Woolwich, preparatory to his being transported for life. James WHARTON , another convict, was removed at the same time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

Colleagues The next computer meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 6 February 2012. 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 meeting will feature a presentation by Malcolm Austen entitled "Computing (& Family History) on a memory stick with PortableApps". This is a method of carrying all of your favourite apps on a portable device and using them on any PC. More background information can be obtained from :- http://portableapps.com/ Malcolm Austen is the OFHS webmaster, a long-standing member of the executive committee and was involved in the founding of the society's computer group. He has spoken a computer meetings on many occasions, and appears to have lined-up a really interesting subject on which to talk on this occasion. 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 For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- 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

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, May 4, 1839; Issue 4488. Joseph CHAPMAN , condemned at our last Assizes for shooting James TROTMAN , at Charlbury, was on Monday last removed from our county gaol to the "Justitia" hulk at Woolwich, preparatory to his being transported for life. James WHARTON , another convict, was removed at the same time.

Hi all Another 88 wills etc will be added to the Library within the next few days. They were all contributed by the Radley History Club, having been transcribed by Stanley Baker, the club's Archivist. Names of testators below Dave Beames, wills coordinator. ============================= ALMOND AVERY BADCOCK BOND BOWYER CONSTABLE CROUCH DAVIS ELING FLETCHER GARRARD GARROD GREENAWAY HARBERT HERBERT HUCKWELL HYDE KEATE LLOYD MEEKES MINCHIN MUNDAY NEWMAN NICHOLLS PAGE PORTER PRICE READ ROBINSON SAWYER SHEEN STONHOUSE SURMAN TRUELOCK TURVEY TWINCH WATERS WHISTLER WHITE WOODWARD

Hi List, I am new to this List but have frequented many others in the many years I have been researching. I am trying to locate a possible obit for a Peter Scott GOFFEY, Peter was born about 1921 and died back in May 1994 in Oxford. Peter was in the RAF and made the rank of Squadron Leader, and retired in 1975. His medal list at the moment is a General Service Medal with a Malaya bar, earned some time in the late 1940s, and also a GSM or Campaign Service Medal with a Southern Arabia bar earned some time in the late 1950s or early 1960s. He was also mentioned in despatches during WW2. I am hoping also if someone would know of his other medal entitlements if any. Regards, Michael McAllister

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, August 7, 1802; Issue 2571. BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT, WILL be SOLD by AUCTION, without reserve, By Mr. WILLIAM SIMMONS, On Thursday the 19th Day of August, 1802, at the Mansion House, late in the Occupation of French Emigrants, in Thame, in the County of Oxford, - Part of the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE; consisting of one Hundred and Twenty-six Bedsteads, with Sacking Bottoms, forty-one large Deal Dressing Tables, ten Dozen and a Half of Flag-Bottom Chairs, twenty-six Sets of Fire Irons, consisting of Tongs, Pokers, Shovels, Fenders, and Grates, two large Coppers, with Iron Work and Brick Work complete, and two Stove-Grates, with Tunnels, etc. The Goods are in good Condition, being nearly new, and may be viewed three Days previous, but not on the Morning of Sale, which will begin at Ten o'Clock. Catalogues may be had of the Auctioneer, Thame. On the same Day, the first Lot to be sold will be the Remainder Part of the Lease of the above Mansion House, Out Houses, large Garden, etc. pleasantly situated in the High Street, fit for Accommodation of a large Family. N.B. The Lease expires fifteen Days previous to Lady Day, 1809. - Immediate Possession may be had.

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, August 7, 1802; Issue 2571. RIVER THAME. Notice is hereby given, That the next Court of Sewers for the Level of the River Thame, in the Counties of Oxford and Bucks, will be holden at The Red Lion Inn, in Thame, on Tuesday the 10th Day of August Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon. By Order of the Commissioners, JOHN HOLLIER , Clerk. Thame, 5th Aug. 1802.

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, August 7, 1802; Issue 2571. Oxfordshire. - Game Certificates. This Notice is given, That GAME CERTIFICATES are now issuing at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace for this County, at the Town Hall, in Oxford, where Attendance is daily given from Nine till Three o'Clock. The Clerk of the Peace finds it necessary to again repeat, that no Certificates will be filled up without a Deposit of the Duty, nor any Letters attended to unless the Postage be paid. W. E. TAUNTON , Clerk of the Peace. Oxford, August 6, 1802.

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, August 7, 1802; Issue 2571. A CARNATION FEAST. WOODSTOCK ANNUAL FEAST will be held at WILLIAM PAINE'S, the King's Arms, On Friday next the Thirteenth Day of August, 1802. N. B. Dinner at Half past One.

>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, August 7, 1802; Issue 2571. FREEHOLD ESTATE, CHIPPING NORTON. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, with immediate Possession if required, - All those FREEHOLD PREMISSES, pleasantly situated in the Town of Chipping Norton, in the County of Oxford, late in the Occupation of Mrs. ELIZABETH FREEMAN ; consisting of a substantial Messuage, with sashed Windows, arched Cellaring, a Dining Room, two Parlours, a good Kitchen, three good Sleeping Rooms, with Servant's Rooms over, Brew House, Wash House, roomy detached Out-Building, Stall Stable, spacious Yard and Garden, a Close of rich Pasture Land, containing two Acres, adjoining, and a handsome Pew in the Parish Church.

Richard, I can't find the source right at the moment but I seem to have read somewhere that one of the three brothers had a nickname so may not have been christened by the name given. Of course it could also be that his baptism was never recorded anyway. If I find anything I'll send it on. Sue Honore -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Richard.Self Sent: 24 January 2012 14:41 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Tom, Dick and Harry DUNSDON from Fulbrook Hi All I have been trying to find the births for Tom, Dick and Harry the notorious Highwaymen from Burford. The histories say they were from Fulbrook, it does not say they were born there. I have looked at both the Fulbrook and the Burford parish registers and found two brothers Richard Dunsdon b1745 and Thomas Dunsdon b 1754, but no Henry (Harry). These are a possibility but not conclusive. If anyone on the list knows anything about these three gentlemen I would like to hear from them. Many Thanks Richard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

Hi All I have been trying to find the births for Tom, Dick and Harry the notorious Highwaymen from Burford. The histories say they were from Fulbrook, it does not say they were born there. I have looked at both the Fulbrook and the Burford parish registers and found two brothers Richard Dunsdon b1745 and Thomas Dunsdon b 1754, but no Henry (Harry). These are a possibility but not conclusive. If anyone on the list knows anything about these three gentlemen I would like to hear from them. Many Thanks Richard

Thanks David! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beames" <dave.beames@ntlworld.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 7:24 AM Subject: Re: [OXF] Oxfordshire FHS meeting - Monday 23 January 2012 >> SuTton is northants > > So it is, but only just over the border, and Church authorities didn't > take much notice of county boundaries. > > Technically Kings Sutton belonged to the Banbury Peculiar, and most of its > church-type procedures, including probates, were handled from there. > People would nip over to Banbury to be christened, married or buried. > > So Fem's JEROMEs might appear in historical Oxon :-) > > DaveB > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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

Well, the forms have been sent off, and the stocks have been ordered, for the OFHS stand at Who Do You Think You Are Live at Olympia on Friday to Sunday, 24-26 February. We will have our range of CDs, a selection of books, and our searchable databases on computer, with advisors skilled at searching them! We hope to see many OFHS and RootsWeb list members there. A two ticket offer has been arranged by OFHS with the organisers - see www.ofhs.org.uk . Visitors will be able to enjoy a huge range of both stands and talks. I understand some of the talks are now fully booked - a good reason to buy your tickets soon! The OFHS helpers will be pleased to meet some of you there! Wendy Chairman, Oxfordshire FHS www.ofhs.org.uk

> SuTton is northants So it is, but only just over the border, and Church authorities didn't take much notice of county boundaries. Technically Kings Sutton belonged to the Banbury Peculiar, and most of its church-type procedures, including probates, were handled from there. People would nip over to Banbury to be christened, married or buried. So Fem's JEROMEs might appear in historical Oxon :-) DaveB

Hi Paul, Kate Tiller sounds a fascinating person to be able to attend such a meeting - just such a shame I can't be there, Kind regards Lyn Rumble Rushworth, Victoria, Australia treehouse152@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PaulGask@aol.com Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012 1:30 AM To: OXFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [OXF] Oxfordshire FHS meeting - Monday 23 January 2012 All The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 23 January 2012 at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with both genealogy and computers, and the bookstall, exchange journals and the library. The subject of the talk is "Anatomy of a County - the Oxfordshire Historical Atlas Project". This will be presented by Kate Tiller. The presentation will be based on Oxfordshire's first historical atlas, which was published a little while ago by the Oxfordshire Record Society. This distils research on the archaeology, landscape, buildings and people of the county, and offers an overview of Oxfordshire across subjects and periods. Our speaker will illustrate from a variety of themes, which reflect and sometimes determined the history of local families. Our speaker Dr Kate Killer is Reader Emerita in English Local History, University of Oxford, a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, and a Visiting Fellow in English Local History at the University of Leicester. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Historical Society, and a Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire. She was Director of Studies in Local History at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education 1979-2003, and introduced part-time University Diploma, Master’s and DPhil programmes in English Local History. She is a former editor of The Local Historian, and has written widely on local history. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html Any queries, please contact me. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society www.ofhs.org.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

SuTton is northants Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: <fern.marshman@gmail.com> Sender: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:12:23 To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Oxfordshire FHS meeting - Monday 23 January 2012 Hi Paul My Jeromes lived in Kings Sutton. If you have access to Anatomy of a County - the Oxfordshire Historical Atlas Project - and Jerome names are in it, I might be interested in purchasing a copy. I live in Canada so I have no way of checking out a copy. Thanks Fern From: <PaulGask@aol.com> To: <OXFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:29 AM Subject: [OXF] Oxfordshire FHS meeting - Monday 23 January 2012 > > All > > The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take > place > on Monday 23 January 2012 at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, > Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with > both > genealogy and computers, and the bookstall, exchange journals and the > library. > > The subject of the talk is "Anatomy of a County - the Oxfordshire > Historical Atlas Project". This will be presented by Kate Tiller. > > The presentation will be based on Oxfordshire's first historical atlas, > which was published a little while ago by the Oxfordshire Record Society. > This distils research on the archaeology, landscape, buildings and people > of > the county, and offers an overview of Oxfordshire across subjects and > periods. Our speaker will illustrate from a variety of themes, which > reflect and > sometimes determined the history of local families. > > Our speaker Dr Kate Killer is Reader Emerita in English Local History, > University of Oxford, a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, and a Visiting > Fellow in English Local History at the University of Leicester. She is a > Fellow > of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Historical Society, and a > Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire. She was Director of Studies in Local > History at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education > 1979-2003, and > introduced part-time University Diploma, Master’s and DPhil programmes in > English Local History. She is a former editor of The Local Historian, and > has written widely on local history. > > All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. > > For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- > > http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html > > For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- > > http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html > > Any queries, please contact me. > > Paul Gaskell > Publicity Officer > Oxfordshire Family History Society > www.ofhs.org.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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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

Hi Paul My Jeromes lived in Kings Sutton. If you have access to Anatomy of a County - the Oxfordshire Historical Atlas Project - and Jerome names are in it, I might be interested in purchasing a copy. I live in Canada so I have no way of checking out a copy. Thanks Fern From: <PaulGask@aol.com> To: <OXFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:29 AM Subject: [OXF] Oxfordshire FHS meeting - Monday 23 January 2012 > > All > > The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take > place > on Monday 23 January 2012 at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, > Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with > both > genealogy and computers, and the bookstall, exchange journals and the > library. > > The subject of the talk is "Anatomy of a County - the Oxfordshire > Historical Atlas Project". This will be presented by Kate Tiller. > > The presentation will be based on Oxfordshire's first historical atlas, > which was published a little while ago by the Oxfordshire Record Society. > This distils research on the archaeology, landscape, buildings and people > of > the county, and offers an overview of Oxfordshire across subjects and > periods. Our speaker will illustrate from a variety of themes, which > reflect and > sometimes determined the history of local families. > > Our speaker Dr Kate Killer is Reader Emerita in English Local History, > University of Oxford, a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, and a Visiting > Fellow in English Local History at the University of Leicester. She is a > Fellow > of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Historical Society, and a > Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire. She was Director of Studies in Local > History at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education > 1979-2003, and > introduced part-time University Diploma, Master’s and DPhil programmes in > English Local History. She is a former editor of The Local Historian, and > has written widely on local history. > > All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. > > For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- > > http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html > > For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- > > http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html > > Any queries, please contact me. > > Paul Gaskell > Publicity Officer > Oxfordshire Family History Society > www.ofhs.org.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

All The next meeting of the Oxfordshire Family History Society will take place on Monday 23 January 2012 at the usual venue at Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1AB. Doors open at 7.15pm for coffee, help with both genealogy and computers, and the bookstall, exchange journals and the library. The subject of the talk is "Anatomy of a County - the Oxfordshire Historical Atlas Project". This will be presented by Kate Tiller. The presentation will be based on Oxfordshire's first historical atlas, which was published a little while ago by the Oxfordshire Record Society. This distils research on the archaeology, landscape, buildings and people of the county, and offers an overview of Oxfordshire across subjects and periods. Our speaker will illustrate from a variety of themes, which reflect and sometimes determined the history of local families. Our speaker Dr Kate Killer is Reader Emerita in English Local History, University of Oxford, a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, and a Visiting Fellow in English Local History at the University of Leicester. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Historical Society, and a Deputy Lieutenant for Oxfordshire. She was Director of Studies in Local History at Oxford University Department for Continuing Education 1979-2003, and introduced part-time University Diploma, Master’s and DPhil programmes in English Local History. She is a former editor of The Local Historian, and has written widely on local history. All members, potential members and their guests are welcome. For directions as to how to get to the Exeter Hall, please see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/ExeterHall.html For a list of future OFHS meetings, please see :- http://www.ofhs.org.uk/meetings.html Any queries, please contact me. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society www.ofhs.org.uk