Hi John There's also no mention of period of payments. Yes it does pose some interesting thought! Not like they could just log onto internet banking and transfer!!!! I do really enjoy these snippets - thanks for sending them through Michael Lyn 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 John Hollis Sent: Friday, 2 March 2012 8:17 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com 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

Is the child's name mentioned anywhere? Marcelle -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ironbark Studio Sent: Tuesday, 6 March 2012 4:59 AM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] Illegitimate child:- COLES & SIMS ( 1868 ) Hi John There's also no mention of period of payments. Yes it does pose some interesting thought! Not like they could just log onto internet banking and transfer!!!! I do really enjoy these snippets - thanks for sending them through Michael Lyn 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 John Hollis Sent: Friday, 2 March 2012 8:17 PM To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com 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