----- Original Message ----- From: "m payne" <payne1@bigpond.com> To: <WARWICK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 10:22 AM Subject: [WAR] Odells > Thanks Pat! I will check Richard & Georgina out. The Elastic Weaving Company was definately in the family. > Regards. Marie Please could you tell me a bit about the elastic weaving industry? Was there a lot of elastic weaving in Coventry? What exactly was it? I have a relative (William Richardson, b.c.1849) who was an "Elastic Web Weaver" at the time of the 1871 census, an "Elastic Webb Manufacturer" at the time of the 1881 census and an "India Elastic Web Manufacturer" in 1891. He disappears after 1891 - I assume "India" refers to the type of elastic as in "India rubber" as opposed to him being likely to start a factory in India? Thanks Peter

I have George CHATTERLEY, christened in Morton Bagot 3rd Mar 1799. His parents were Thomas and Betty. There were three other children christened there to Thomas and Betty between 1788 and 1794(5). Now there were 5 children christened to Thomas and Elizabeth in Morton Bagot between 1778 and 1787. There is a marriage between Thomas and Elizabeth BLACKFORD there on 24th Apr 1777. It seems logical that they were the same couple but is anyone able to confirm that Elizabeth didn't die c1787 and that Thomas didn't marry a Betty c1788. The other assumption I would make is that the vicar changed in 1787/8. The former was of the "old school" and used her real name and that the latter was of the "new school" and used the name she was known by. Any comments would be happily accepted. Mike in a hot Whakatane NZ