Posssibly by using a Money Order. Originally devised in 1792 but were expensive. However prices were reduced in 1836 when another company took over. Finally in 1838 the Post Office took over making the system more profitable by reducing prices and therefore increasing usage. The main problem was the need to send an advance to the paying Post Office before payment could be made. This was overcome ny the introduction of the Postal Order on 1 Jan 1881. Hope this helps. It's all from Wikipaedia. Regards PAUL. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hollis" <jbhollis@btinternet.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [OXF] Illegitimate child:- COLES & SIMS ( 1868 ) > Bearing in mind this was 1868 and the father was in Birmingham - I wonder > how this weekly payment would have been made? > > Any thoughts? > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com > Sent: 01 March 2012 22:36 > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OXF] Illegitimate child:- COLES & SIMS ( 1868 ) > > >>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, March 14, 1868; Issue 5994. > > PETTY SESSIONS. > WOOTTON NORTH DIVISION. - Deddington, March 6. > Before Rev. W. C. RISLEY , and Charles Cottrell DORMER and H. C. RISLEY , > Esqrs. > Harriett COLES , of Deddington, charged Joseph Farmer SIMS , of > Birmingham, > with being the father of an illegitimate female child. SIMS did not > appear, but wrote a letter to Harriett COLES , in answer to one from her > sister Mrs. Caroline DAWSON , to the effect that he had not the means of > coming to Aynho by train, but would willingly allow her 2s 6d a week > towards maintaining the child if she would put him to no further expense. > The Bench ordered him to pay 2s 6d per week. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4844 - Release Date: 03/01/12 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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
Thanks for the response Paul - your suggestion sounds to be a likely method. -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of PAUL GOLDER Sent: 06 March 2012 00:56 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Illegitimate child:- COLES & SIMS ( 1868 ) Posssibly by using a Money Order. Originally devised in 1792 but were expensive. However prices were reduced in 1836 when another company took over. Finally in 1838 the Post Office took over making the system more profitable by reducing prices and therefore increasing usage. The main problem was the need to send an advance to the paying Post Office before payment could be made. This was overcome ny the introduction of the Postal Order on 1 Jan 1881. Hope this helps. It's all from Wikipaedia. Regards PAUL. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hollis" <jbhollis@btinternet.com> To: <oxfordshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [OXF] Illegitimate child:- COLES & SIMS ( 1868 ) > Bearing in mind this was 1868 and the father was in Birmingham - I wonder > how this weekly payment would have been made? > > Any thoughts? > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com > Sent: 01 March 2012 22:36 > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: [OXF] Illegitimate child:- COLES & SIMS ( 1868 ) > > >>From Jackson's Oxford Journal, Saturday, March 14, 1868; Issue 5994. > > PETTY SESSIONS. > WOOTTON NORTH DIVISION. - Deddington, March 6. > Before Rev. W. C. RISLEY , and Charles Cottrell DORMER and H. C. RISLEY , > Esqrs. > Harriett COLES , of Deddington, charged Joseph Farmer SIMS , of > Birmingham, > with being the father of an illegitimate female child. SIMS did not > appear, but wrote a letter to Harriett COLES , in answer to one from her > sister Mrs. Caroline DAWSON , to the effect that he had not the means of > coming to Aynho by train, but would willingly allow her 2s 6d a week > towards maintaining the child if she would put him to no further expense. > The Bench ordered him to pay 2s 6d per week. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4844 - Release Date: 03/01/12 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4852 - Release Date: 03/05/12