Bill, Many thanks for allowing me to look at Matthew Meddings in your tree, I can't see a connection to mine at the moment but it is possible. Your idea of the Bassetts visiting relatives in 1861 is probably right, they may not have got there in time for any recording of their details. Lilian -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of staffordshire-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 16 August 2012 00:21 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: STAFFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 7, Issue 219 PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! Today's Topics: 1. 1911 census free (John Bennett) 2. Re: Fwd: St John's, Lane End baptisms 1810-1818 (Sian MacKian) 3. Re: Fwd: St John's, Lane End baptisms 1810-1818 (Sian MacKian) 4. Re: STAFFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 7, Issue 218 Meddings/Bassett Brickwalls (Lilian Fowler) 5. MELLOR (Ravenstone) 6. Mellor (Pam Hurley) 7. Re: Brickwalls - Bassett/Meddings (Harrison Genealogy) 8. Lookup please WOODHALL, BLOCKLEY Staffordshire 1830- (Trish Thomson) 9. Re: Lookup please WOODHALL, BLOCKLEY Staffordshire 1830- (Peter R Booth) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:33:38 +0100 From: John Bennett <john-bennett@ntlworld.com> Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] 1911 census free To: STAFFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9E1BACB4-0014-4517-96A4-E6DAE9B2135F@ntlworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just been advised 1911 census available free until 21st August. http://www.ancestry.co.uk/1911Census?o_xid=52030&o_lid=52030&o_sch=Email ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:35:53 +0100 From: Sian MacKian <sianmackian@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Fwd: St John's, Lane End baptisms 1810-1818 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAOvxa63Hs35a46anRVpdmeCH5q2zDtwdRDC0MPc7D0W4cF-stA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hello Steve Thank you for emailing me. I do understand that it was a chapelry of St Peter's, Stoke at that time. However Genuki says that "The register of St John, Longton, commences in 1764." I have tried all the suggestions you made but it was a while ago, so maybe it is time to have another go. Kind regards Sian ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:41:11 +0100 From: Sian MacKian <sianmackian@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Fwd: St John's, Lane End baptisms 1810-1818 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <CAOvxa61p-7tm5xH3sc6Z5p3pxN=J=uFhUxog2knN23b5fUvDfQ@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sorry Steve but I forgot to mention that all of Emma's mother's siblings were baptised in St John's between 1791 and 1805. Sian ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:49:28 +0100 From: "Lilian Fowler" <lilian.fowler@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] STAFFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 7, Issue 218 Meddings/Bassett Brickwalls To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <0E7F5022E5C2487086FFCFDE964AC5C1@yourai3cazt00s> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of staffordshire-request@rootsweb.com Sent: 15 August 2012 08:01 To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: STAFFORDSHIRE Digest, Vol 7, Issue 218 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:02:22 +1000 From: "Peter R Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Brickwalls - Bassett/Meddings To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000c01cd79ea$c0f8ee60$0400a8c0@family> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Lilian, I don't mean to be rude, but you've failed to establish the basics. You should be able to at least find the marriages of both couples and then purchasing certificates should provide parents. Perhaps it's how you write it down. With over 25 years of experience I've learned to think this way. Daniel Bassett born c1819 Carmarthenshire, and Catherine .............. born c1817 Breconshire were married on ............ at ......................... Known children were Elizabeth b......... Mary b........... Leah b............... In 1841 census he was a ................ at.................. In 1851 census he was a ................ at.................. In 1861 census he was a ................ at.................. Etc, etc I'm looking for descendants / ancestors of .............. Similarly, John Meddings born 1840 Bridgnorth, Shrop and Emma ...............born 1839 in Wolverhampton were married on ............ at ......................... Known children were Jane b1874 John Henry b1877 I'm looking for deaths and .................... Looking at ages, both marriages should be on FreeBMD. I could find them, but I have a feeling you know them. Daniel & Catherine's origins may be a bit harder because of earlier dates but John & Emma should appear with parents in at least 1841 & 1851 census. You also need to make it clear if you are looking for births, deaths, ancestors or relatives. Hope this helps to get some better results. Peter ------------------------------ Hello Peter, I appreciate your reply - I possibly didn't make my details clear. I have the marriage certificate of Daniel and Catherine Bassett nee Williams and also their death certificates and where they are buried. I of course know their parents from these. I have the census records from 1841/1851/71/81 and know where they are living on those dates. 1861 for Daniel, Catherine and their children I can't find and I would like to know whether they were still in Wales at that time, I feel that they were but without proof I can't be sure. 1891 census is a mystery for me as regards to Daniel as he was alive until 1895. His youngest daughter Leah Bassett was my gt. Grandmother. I have her birth, marriage and death certificates, and again I have her burial record - however I have looked for her on the 1881 census when she was married to William Banner and have not been able to find her either in the Stoke on Trent, West Bromwich areas and even in Wales just in case they were visitors to relatives, so this is another case of really wanting to know where they were at that time. I know that most of the Bassetts were ironworkers at the Iron and Steel works locally and until they moved to Staffordshire were generations of Welsh people. William Banner was a miner. Regarding John and Emma Meddings(nee Armstrong) I have their birth, marriage and death certificates and where they are buried. I have had a bit of difficulty in locating them on the 1861 census as they didn't marry until 1862, but having looked at the 1861 differently I think that I have found them and neither of them were living with their parents at that time. It is the 1881 census again that I find frustrating as I have tried to think of different ways and ideas of looking but still no luck. Meddings as a name isn't that common and could be spelled in different ways. I have been very lucky in the sense that I am in touch with members of both families, but it appears that we are all looking at the same brick walls. Once again Peter, many thanks to you. Lilian ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:24:59 +1200 From: "Ravenstone" <stretton_research@ihug.co.nz> Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] MELLOR To: "List - Staffs Messages" <STAFFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <34B96C66AA144C3BA51C804A13DE4FA0@ron7f9dbc63515> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi List, Would like to make contact with persons researching the family of MELLOR's from the following areas, Bradley, Brewood, Tatenhill, Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent. At one time the were in the Parish of Donington, Shropshire and a female line went to Manchester, Lancashire. Cheers Ron ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:20:01 +0100 From: Pam Hurley <pam@pamhurley.co.uk> Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Mellor To: staffordshire@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <502BE851.6020209@pamhurley.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Ron I have Mellors from Cauldon with Thomas b. 1808 moving to Derby in the 1830s. Are they of interest? Best wishes, Pam. ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:43:11 +0100 From: "Harrison Genealogy" <bill@harrisongenealogy.co.uk> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Brickwalls - Bassett/Meddings To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <000b01cd7b15$d2a91b40$77fb51c0$@harrisongenealogy.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Lilian Remember .... the 1861 census was taken over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and families went to visit their kin at this time so ... you may find them away from home in this census. Regarding "MEDDING" family I have one link on my tree ... check out my online tree for details ... URL below. Regards Bill ======================================================================== * This Mail was sent WITHOUT attachments* Bill Harrison's Genealogy Pages can be found online at http://www.harrisongenealogy.co.uk Also BMSGH Webmaster - URL = http://www.bmsgh.org Also Webmaster of The Staffordshire BMD which can be found at http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk and the West Midlands BMD at http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk Also Webmaster of the Old Nortonian Society whose pages can be found at http://www.oldnortoniansociety.org.uk ======================================================================== -----Original Message----- From: staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:staffordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lilian Fowler Sent: 14 August 2012 06:52 To: STAFFORDSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Brickwalls - Bassett/Meddings Hello everyone, I am once again trying to knock down a few brick walls - I gave up a few years ago as I felt that I had tried all avenues but I have decided to try my luck once more and would ask for any suggestions and help in the following 1861 - DANIEL AND CATHERINE BASSETT and their children Daniel born c1819 Carmarthenshire, Catherine c1817 Breconshire living in Abersychan, Monmouthshire 1841/1851 - think that they would still be living in that area, as their Eldest daughter Elizabeth married James Stephens in 1864 they had a son born William born c1866 Aberyschan/Pontypool. A daughter Mary also had a son James (no father given) 1866, Abersychan/Pontypool. They had other children, the youngest being Leah born 1851. 1871 census they had moved to the Stoke on Trent area, and remained there. Catherine died in 1888 and Daniel in 1895, they are buried in Hanley Cemetery. However, I can find no record of Daniel on the 1891 census. 1881 - Leah is married to William Banner and is also living in the Stoke on Trent area, as William was born in West Bromwich I have looked there in case they were visiting his relatives, but again I haven't been able to find them. 1881 JOHN AND EMMA MEDDINGS and their children - John was born Bridgnorth, Shropshire 1840 and Emma in Wolverhampton 1839 but moved to Stoke on Trent area middle/late 1870's with their older children who were all born in Wolverhampton. However, their daughter Jane born 1874 and my grandfather John Henry born 1877 were born in Stoke on Trent. I have looked in Wolverhampton in case this family were visiting relatives. I know that the Medddings name has been written in various ways - i.e., Middins/Meddin/Meadin, and probably others, I have tried all of them. I would appreciate any help at all on these queries, my thanks in advance. Best Wishes Lilian ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- When replying please remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ****************************** PLEASE keep your Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware software up to date. BEWARE of messages making it onto the List with a single URL. NEVER follow the link. It's usually from an infected source! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:02:15 +1000 From: "Trish Thomson" <jpthoms@bigpond.net.au> Subject: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Lookup please WOODHALL, BLOCKLEY Staffordshire 1830- To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <4EB796C813B04EC48BC47A4EC590927A@home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi I am new to the list and would really appreciate any help re this family. MARY ANN WOODHALL born 1847 Jan-March NETHERTON KINGS NORTON Staffordshire.Married BENJAMIN BLOCKLEY Oct-Dec 1869 KINGS NORTON Worcestershire. I would appreciate a lookup of this marriage in the hope that it will give further details re their parents.They had 2 children in UK, JOHN HENRY born 1871 Birmingham Warwickshire and GEORGE JAS born 1873. They then emigrated to New Zealand1873 on the 'DOUGLAS', and had 3 other children in NZ. James Joseph 1875, Thomas Alexander 1878, and Mary Douglas 1873. Does anyone have any links to this family? Hoping to hear from someone. Trish Australia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. SPAMfighter has removed 1685 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Do you have a slow PC? Try Free scan http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:20:52 +1000 From: "Peter R Booth" <pbo08596@bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: [STAFFORDSHIRE] Lookup please WOODHALL, BLOCKLEY Staffordshire 1830- To: <staffordshire@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004401cd7b3c$9cd5bd80$0400a8c0@family> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Trish, At best the marriage will only give names of fathers of bride and groom. The way to go is look for the couple in 1871 census to get their birthplaces and then look for them with parents in 1851 and 1861. Peter ------------------------------ To contact the STAFFORDSHIRE list administrator, send an email to STAFFORDSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. 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