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If you have any questions about the Boards or what the following is, pls contact me off-list at: mailto:SUFFOLK-admin@rootsweb.com . Thanks, Peter SUFFOLK List Admin. -------------------------------------------------- Re: Stebbing-circus family This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stivesfamily Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/2339.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Emily! Yes, like you I only get to see this occasionally, so sorry for the delay! Well the best way to trace me in the family is to go back from Francis and Lillian. I guess Francis' father would be Edwin Francis Stebbing. His father was Francis John Stebbing, who was married twice. Your side of the family came from the second marriage, but before that Francis John eloped with Caroline Hennessey and sailed to Melbourne, Australia at the time of the gold rush. Whilst there he had a son, also called Francis Edwin (confusing!). The Stebbings built up an "intercolonial" circus in Australia, but then (so it was said) on the way home the circus was destroyed by fire and Caroline also died. The only son of their marriage started again in England, planning to sire a troupe of acrobats. He had one son, but seven daughters, so a dancing troupe rather than an acrobatic one. This was my grandma and her sisters. So that leads to me. I live in Cornwall(UK): was a performing arts/theatre lecturer for a long time, but am now a professional storyteller. So I guess performing still runs in the blood! -------------------------------------------------- looking for my uncle This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tinabond1974 Surnames: hunt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8624/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi its me again i am also looking for someone else too. william hunt the son of william harold hunt. he was born to a mary-jane hunt in new south wales australia. any info on him could help or anyone knows him please let me know...... -------------------------------------------------- Re: DANSEY / DANSIE Family Research This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: betseylee Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/90.3.1.1.1.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I have been researching the Dansie family for many years and would love to have access to the tree. Thanks. Betseylee Browning -------------------------------------------------- Re: DANSEY / DANSIE Family Research This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JaneDansie Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/90.3.1.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: What is your interest in the Dansies in Suffolk, UK - I am married to one! Not sure how to make you able to access my tree. The tree have been compliling is called "Don Dansie" which is my husband's name. I will try and look into it now. Let me know if it works or not! Jane -------------------------------------------------- Re: my gandfater willam harold hunt This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tinabond1974 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8622.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: thankyou i have something to go on now thankyou very much... -------------------------------------------------- Re: Sinclair This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ValerieWalton54 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8603.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have finally ordered the marriage certificate and should receive it in early November. Can hardly wait to see what I learn from it. Maybe there is a connection to your Ipswich Chaplins. Will let you know when I receive it. -------------------------------------------------- Re: parish records lookups This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: diamondlifestyle Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.7.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Elizabeth, the record confirms the parents' names as John Ibrooke and Anne Hurren, but doesn't give any more details I'm afraid. Kate -------------------------------------------------- Re: parish records lookups This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: elizabethconway_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.7.1.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Kate Thanks very much for checking that for me. Regards Elizabeth -------------------------------------------------- Re: Aldred/Alldred - Lawlor - Hammond This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: HinkleyFamily1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/68.1151.1.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: hi my name is martin keith hinkley husband of eileen may hammond her father was john e hammond 1906 his mother was sarah alldred married to edward john hammond you can get me on email hinkleyfamily@hotmail.com ihave been gathering info for a family tree i only have at this stage is 20 pages infor only Australia IF YOU NEED ANY INFO ON THE AUSSIE SIDE OF HISTORY SEND ME YOUR POSTAL ADDREES REGARDS MARTIN KEITH HINKLEY -------------------------------------------------- Watson & Semer Hall This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kevbez1969 Surnames: Watson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8625/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I'm trying to trace the Watson side of my family and at the moment i'm looking at Robert Watson. currently I have: Robert Watson Spouse: Mary Watson Children: Arthur Lewis Alfred Watson (b1846), Ada Watson (b1856) & Agnes Watson (b1856) 1816c Birth - Semer Hall, Suffolk 1861 Residence Leeds 1871 Residence Ipswich St Peter, Suffolk I'm intrigued by the place of birth, Semer Hall which shows in the Census in 1861 (1871 just says Semer, Suffolk). Does anyone know anything about this Hall or place as i can't seem to find anything? I haven't as yet been able to find him in the 1851 or 1841 census. Also He shows as being a Tea Dealer and was hoping to find out more about that but have struggled so far. any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Kev. -------------------------------------------------- Re: Stebbing-circus family This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stivesfamily Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/2339.2.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello Karen, Yes, of course I know of your grandmother Queenie. I don't remember meeting her, but I remember meeting Aunty Buller (Georgina May) and Aunty Kitty - her sisters. This was when I was very young at Aunty Buller's house at Poulton-le-Fylde near Blackpool. My grandmother was their sister Annie (Cissie or Cis to them), who lived in Manchester, married to Fred Wood. My mother was Irene Wood who married my Dad, Richard Harandon. I have a brother, Richard, and I now live in Cornwall with my wife Pam and our three children, where I work as a freelance performance storyteller for adults and children I too was born 1959! -------------------------------------------------- Re: Stebbing-circus family This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: stivesfamily Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/2339.2.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: By the way,Karen - the family name was Stebbing, not Stebbin. All the best, Mark Harandon -------------------------------------------------- Re: Stebbing-circus family This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: venezolanababy Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/2339.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Jenny, The Stebbing Royal European Circus was taken away by the Venezuelan government and dissappeared by 1988. They were lucky enough to make it out alive. My father used to have posters but not sure that he still does but he does have lots of family photos! Why may I ask are you looking? Emily -------------------------------------------------- Re: Elgoods of Suffolk This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hwatson701 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/2027.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm a Scot with no English forebears apart from some Stephensons from Northumberland, but the Elgoods of Suffolk crop up on my maternal Stewart side. My great-grandmother Martha Stewart, born c.1853 in Hawick, had a brother called Archibald Stewart who married Anna Emma Elgood. She died in Edinburgh in 1943, aged 68, and the death-certificate gives her parents as Joseph Elgood, wine & spirit merchant, and Emma Blowers. The IGI records this couple's marriage at Mutford, Suffolk, in 1873. By the way, my wife has Jefferson ancestors, but on Tyneside. Harry -------------------------------------------------- Re: blowers suffolk This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: hwatson701 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/3279.1.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My family-tree is almost entirely Scottish and Northern Irish, but my great-grandmother Martha Stewart, born c.1853 in Hawick, Roxburghshire, had a brother called Archibald Stewart who married an English girl called Anna Emma Elgood. Anna died in Edinburgh in 1943 aged 68, and her death-certificate gives her parents as Joseph Elgood, wine & spirit merchant, and Emma Blowers. The IGI records the marriage of Joseph Elgood and Emma Blowers at Mutford, Suffolk, in 1873. Harry -------------------------------------------------- Re: Watson & Semer Hall This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kevbez1969 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8625.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: further to this, i've been looking for a Semer Hall but just found a Semer House and oddly it's on a road called Watson's Hill. Could there be a connection? http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1129&bih=639&q=suffolk +"semer house"&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Semer House, Church Ln, Semer, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 6JB&gl=uk&ei=rMPCTJREy42MB_z82bkF&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q8gEwAA -------------------------------------------------- Re: parish records lookups This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tracybentley1 Surnames: Bentley Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.england.sfk.general/8609.8/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kate, What a very kind offer. I would love to find more information about Susan Bentley born c.1832 in Wixoe to James and Elizabeth Bentley. She is listed in the 1851 census as niece and staying with her aunt, also Elizabeth Bentley and her son Elias, but after that I cannot find any information about her. Also, if its not too cheeky, I would love to know who James born c.1802 and his brother Wiliiam born c.1800 parents were. --------------------------------------------------