Dear Mike, Best of luck with your administrator job, I know from my personal experience its hard work but very rewarding. I was looking through my Sainsbury family trees ,(Mostly from the county of Wiltshire) Documents, letters etc and noticed that my late grandfather has a small tree with the same names of Sainsbury that you are researching. But the dates and names are slightly different. His tree has the following :- John Sainsbury married Mary Chandler 19th July 1759 at Marden near Devizes in Wiltshire. their son was Richard Sainsbury baptisted 29th December 1759 age 4 years. Richard Sainsbury married Elizabeth ? of Puxton. Somerset, 1783 John their son born 1783 married Elizabeth ?, from Acton ? they had three sons and four daughters. The trouble with my Grandfathers Sainsbury's trees and documents is that he has not identified his source's of information and as such must be viewed with caution, but he was correct with a number of his family trees. Robin Robin Holley The Wiltshire Emigration Database List. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Sainsbury <sainsbury_michael@hotmail.com> To: <SAINSBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 11 November 2001 05:16 Subject: [Sainsbury] New administrator has been "hired"! > Greetings to everyone on the Sainsbury-Listserver. > > I've taken on the job of adminstrator. In addition to queries, I hope we can use this "forum" to post information, links, etc. that each of us may find on the Sainsbury surname. > > My own Sainsbury research is at a bit of a standstill. There's not much I can do to trace further back in England from here in the Pacific Northwest. However, I'm pleased to help all Sainsbury researchers by looking after this List. > > So -- happy hunting! And happy e-mailing and posting, too! > > My own family history: > > My grandfather, Alfred Thomas (later changed to Roger Joseph) Sainsbury was born in Congresbury, Somerset, on Septembe 7, 1904 and emigrated to Canada with his family in 1911. My descent is from an elusive Richard Sainsbury who was not born in the area. The proverbial brick wall has therefore been hit. :-( > > But here is the descent: > > Richard Sainsbury > b. ca. 1753 not in Yatton > m: 14 Jan 1782 Elizabeth (Betty) Sprod (Sprudd), Yatton > bur: 10 Nov 1811, Congresbury > | > John Sainsbury > bap 5 Jan 1783, Yatton > m. (2) Sarah Jones > bur. 5 Jun 1857, Congresbury > | > Thomas Sainsbury > bap. 4 Sep 1825, Congresbury > m. Louisa Ham (info. from son's Ontario death certificate) > bur 18 May 1879, Congresbury > | > Albert Capel (Tom) Sainsbury > b. 3 Jun 1877, Congresbury > m. Agnes Palmer > 1901? Bath? (from Ontario obituary) > d. 28 Mar 1953, Coldwater, Ontario > | > Roger Owen Sainsbury > b. 28 Mar 1936, Ontario > m. Patricia Margaret Martin > 15 Jun 1963, Vancouver > | > Michael Andrew Sainsbury > b. 16 Jun 1966, Vancouver > > ************************************************** > Mike Sainsbury and Steve Peace > 1404 - 1960 Alberni Street > Vancouver BC V6G 1B6 > Canada > (604) 685-6642 > http://webhome.idirect.com/~stevepeace/ > *************************************************** > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > >