Hi I too am interested in the tribe and penfold families of the petworth project. I have the book "elora" too. But i don't do so well when i get back into england. the aussie census may be on the lds website. they have a canadian one there for 1881 Telford Penfold B.A. B.Th. M.A. tpenfold@hotmail.com >From: "Bob Roberts" <flyfisher@rvi.net> >Reply-To: PENFOLD-L@rootsweb.com >To: PENFOLD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [Penfold] United States >Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:10:53 -0800 > >Hello Trevor and all members of the Penfold list. > >My name is Bob Roberts and I live in Grants Pass, Oregon-USA > >My research interest are: >(1) Penfold and Tribe ancestors in West Sussex, namely around the >Lurgashall >area. My 2x great-grandparents were Jesse Penfold and Jane Tribe Penfold. >They were involved with the Petworth Emigration Scheme and sailed on the >Lord Wellington for Canada in 1832. My great-grandmother, Esther Penfold, >was born aboard the ship the day it reached Quebec, Canada. >(2) Roberts in Wales, My great grandfather Owen Roberts was born in Aber, >Caernarfonshire, Wales. Owen emigrated to Canada in 1843 where he met and >married Esther Penfold. They had 13 children born to them and the family >migrated to Kansas, USA in 1870. One other child was born in Kansas. > >Some on the list may know about the two books that have been published >about >the Petworth Emigrants. Here are the titles: "Assisting Emigration to Upper >Canada-The Petworth Project 1832-1837", by Wendy Cameron and Mary McDougall >Maude. And: "English Immigrant Voices-Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada >in the 1830's", edited by Wendy Cameron, Sheila Haines and Mary McDougall >Maude. I have the two volumes plus one written by author John Connon >entitled "Elora", it is the early history of Elora and vicinity. This is >the >area where many of the immigrants settled and many of their lives are >described within the book. > >If any one on the Penfold list has surname interests in the Petworth Scheme >I will be happy to share what is in the books. > >May everyone enjoy a happy and prosperous New Year. > >Bob Roberts >Oregon, USA > > > > >==== PENFOLD Mailing List ==== >Researching: Penfold, Pennifold, Penford and other variants >Email addresses subscribed to list: 144 >Penfold Resource Website: >http://member.telpacific.com.au/kylee/penfold_genealogy/ > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail