Hi Daphne The Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office List of Parish Registers indicates that Southbroom St James Parish Registers are now included under Devizes, North Wilts and that PRs are available at the Wiltshire RO as follows: Baptisms: 1572-1974 Marriages: 1572-1979 Burials: 1572:1946 Cassell's Gazetteer states that in 1900 the parish was partly within the borough of Devizes and that the church was rebuilt in 1834, apart from the tower. I note that the IGI Catalogue states that Southbroom was a chapelry within the parish of Bishop's Cannings which is 3 miles to the NE of Devizes, until 1832, when it became a perpetual curacy ie a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed - per Blackstone. The LDS appear to have the BTs and the PRs. Regards Paul Portland On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:27:36 +1300, you wrote: >Hi List, >Time to return and work on the Wessex lines. > >I have a possible JOSEPH BURDEN baptised 24 March 1731 at Southbroom St James Wilts the son of George Burden and Ann ( possible marriage same place 1722 ) > >Can anybody tell me where or what this is or should be ?? found nothing on the street map site. > >Many thanks >Daphne >N.Z. > >Researching HAYTER, BURDEN LODDER, HUNT all in the Gillingham Shaftsbury area 1720 - 1810. > > > >==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== >If your relative was a mariner why not have a look at: >http://www.mariners-l.freeserve.co.uk/ >http://www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/mariner1.htm > >

BAKER, unknown, m. Mary Hippisley CURTIS aft 1881 DENMAN, Emily Jane, m. William Frederick CURTIS c. 1879 ELLIOTT, Caroline Amelia, m. George James CURTIS 1888 Bristol HARRIS, unknown, m. Mary Hippisley CURTIS bef 1881 MORGAN, Frederick m. Elizabeth Annie CURTIS c. 1876 THOMAS, Georgine Hannah m. William Frederick CURTIS 1892 Bristol Mike Matthews listowner: NECK-L@rootsweb.com email: mike@boddyparts.co.uk website: www.boddyparts.co.uk ~ my website includes info about my CURTIS, HIPPISLEY, MATTHEWS, HEAD, SMITH, BODDY, NATION, JENKINS, TOY and NECK ancestors, as well as two pages of photos from around Bristol and the West Country of England.

Hi Everyone My grandmother Florence Emma Cherrington HILL was born 3 March 1875 in Cheltenham Glous. Her mothers name was Elizabeth HILL and father unknown. On the 1881 Census she is with her grandparents? William HILL (54) and Eliza HILL(47) at 6 Bath Terrace Cheltenham and also Robert HILL (23) Frederic HILL (12) and Ernest Hill (5) Would be interested if anyone else has come across any of these folk? with very best wishes Sue Care2 make the world greener! http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife!

Robert EYRE, supposedly b: 30 Jan 1648 in or near Devizes, Wiltshire, the same day that King Charles I was executed; apprenticed to William ROGERS, merchant of Bristol; made several sea voyages as a supercargo before settling circa 1682 in Bethel twp., Chester (now Delaware) cnty, Pennsylvania, USA; md: Ann SMITH, dtr of Francis SMITH, gentleman, of Devizes, Wiltshire, date and place of marriage unknown. Francis SMITH, gentleman, of Devizes, Wiltshire, purchased 500 acres from William PENN in Sep 1681, wife's name Anne, maiden name unknown. Francis SMITH settled circa 1686 in Kennett (now Pennsbury) twp., Chester cnty, Pennsylvania. Francis SMITH said to have suggested the name Kennett for the area in Wiltshire where he was b: or spent much of his childhood. Children: Francis[2], Ann, Jane, Sarah, Alice. Henry PEARCE, son of Anthony PEARCE, clothier of Calne, and Katherine, maiden name unknown; bound for 7 years to Francis SMITH, gentleman of Devizes, Wiltshire, by his widowed mother, then of Devizes, in 1685. Henry PEARCE arrived in the USA Oct 1685 aboard the "Unicorne" as a bound servant of Francis SMITH, gentleman of Devizes. Henry PEARCE later md: Sarah SMITH, dtr of Francis SMITH. Searching for parents and further information on Robert EYRE, Francis SMITH and Anthony PEARCE in Wiltshire and inexperienced at searching in the UK. Considerable amount of information on the above in the USA to share w/those interested.

I must have missed Linda's original request, but David's reply hit a chord with me If you go to these two pages on our website there are two letters written by officers in Wellington's army in the Peninsular General Foord Bowes and his brother-in-law Capt Stephen Johnson, and we have links to other sites dealing with Napoleon's wars at Waterloo and in the Iberian peninsular - including a link to a book which lists the names of the various serving soldiers. http://members.xoom.com/leisurewrite/bowes1.html http://members.xoom.com/leisurewrite/bowes2.html Cheers Eunice and Ron in Australia At 23:21 22/02/01 +0800, David Armstrong wrote: >G'day Linda, >I can't lay my hands on the references at the moment, however the Peninisula >War and the Waterloo Campaign were two entirely separate events, although >both were part of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars against Bonaparte. > >I believe that very few of Wellington's troops from the Peninsula War (1808 >to 1814) were with him in the Waterloo Campaign. Wellington commanded >British, Portuguese and Spanish troops in the Peninsula. This part of the >wars finished with the Battle of Toulouse in south western France, 1814. >Many of his veterans were then dispersed, some to North America for the War >of 1812 which was still going on. > >Only a part Wellington's troops at Waterloo were British, and few of them >his Peninsula Veterans. The rest were Dutch, Belgians, Germans etc. > >At the time, one should also consider the King's German Legion. This was an >Army within an Army in that they were troops recruited by George III of >England in his capacity as King of Hanover. Also the 60th Regiment, Royal >Americans had a strong German element. > >Cheers >David, >Perth, Western Australia >

Hi, Can anyone help with the following names, "GRIFFIN, HILL and KNIGHT". My Gt., Gt., Gt., Grandfather William Hill came from the Devizes area. He died at 8 Commercial Road, Devizes, Wiltshire., on the 12th July 1871 aged 76 years. William hill was born around 1794, but I don't know where, it' should be in the area of Devizes. The informant of William Hill's death was a Ninah Griffin of 7 Hills Yard, Devizes, again dose any know of this name. William Hill's son was William Henry Hill and he was born around 1830 and he married Martha Knight, both from the Devizes area. I know both moved to Penge in South London and are buried at Crystal Palace Cemetery. William Henry Hill died on 17th Dec 1896 aged 66 years, his wife Martha Knight is the daughter of Sarah Knight in the devizes area, Martha (Knight) Hill died on 24th Dec 1916 aged 90 years, also buried at Crystal Palace Cemetery. Doseanyone know of Clarion Hill eldest son of George Hill, both from Malmsbury in Wiltshire. Clarion wasborn in 1685 and died 1750 aged 65 years. Thank's if you for your help, Cliff.

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I am looking for the Death of Sexa RADFORD nee Fry who married Robert Radford in 1802 at Winscombe and they had 5 children the last my GGG Grandmother was born in 1813. Robert remarried in 1820 so Sexa died between 1813 and 1820. I have checked the FHL Film # 1526766 Parish records of Winscombe but the records are incomplete and I can't find a death entry. Can some one help please Raelene in Alice Springs

I have been researching KYTE surnames in Wiltshire and maybe adjacent counties, in which they seem to have concentrated (maybe William Jacob KYTE c1850 and others thru to 1920s). Also concentrated in that area, were more numerous people with the surname KITE (with an occasional KIGHT). I have assumed that my KYTEs originated as a misspelling of KITE. Could some kind person please respond to the question as to whether there is only one root surname (probably KITE) or whether there are indeed two entirely separate and different threads or families who just happen to have very similar surnames? Thank you. Brian Williamson, NZ

Hi Listers, Interests: TOVEY - Glous WASLEY - Worcs/Glous DENNING - Glous DUNN Glous & Som BALCH - Som PIPER - Crawley, Hants WAKEFIELD/CHURCH - Wallingford (Berks now Oxon) SKUSE - Wilts I have a puzzle, (I'm new to this) - can anyone tell me why there are two entries on the IGI for the following marriage? Is it that the banns were read in both places, and am I to assume bride and groom came from the places mentioned: George TOVEY m Ann Oakey 26 March 1832 Deerhurst Batch No 7534232 Ser: 16 Didbrook Batch 7304328 Ser 84 Further researches revealled sons: Charles Tovey bap. 24 Feb 1834 Tewkesbury George Tovey bap 13 Sept 1835 Tewkesbury Can some kind person look up the Tewkesbury Census 1841 to see whether there were other children, home address, ages and occupations of the family? I think their father George may be same George Tovey son of John Tovey and his wife Jane Christened at Yate in 1807, but I need the census age to confirm it. I believe Charles Tovey b. 1834 may be my g-g-grandfather, who later married Elizabeth W and lived in the parish of Christchurch Cheltenham, had to daughters who died young. When Elizabeth died abt 1874, Charles quickly remarried Leah (b. Hereford 1852) who gave birth to my g-grandfather Wm Charles Tovey in 1875 If anyone has connections to Tewkesbury Toveys Sr or Jr I'd be delighted to hear from them. Lisa. PS I would be delighted to hear from any other researchers who recognise any names on my interest list.

Sincere apologies for this - just trying to resolve a problem Paul Portland

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Honor I have a book with a sketch of that crest taken in the 1660s. It is for the family of GORE. What name are you researching in Yatton Keynell? The book mentions the names of the Lords of the Manor through its history and a few other names (only the rich people though!). I can copy the sketch to you, and if relevant to your researches the chapter about the church and manor (there is no problem about copyright as the original is no longer covered - I checked - and I own the copyright of my reproduction of the book). Mandy Ball > -----Original Message----- > From: Honor Humphries [mailto:hhumphries@grenville63.freeserve.co.uk] > Sent: 22 February 2001 21:58 > Cc: WILTSHIRE; WESSEX; MOONRAKERS; ENG-VILLAGES > Subject: [moonrakers] Re-posting. Yatton Keynell Church. > > > Just thought I would re-post my request for info. > about the crest on a pillar in Yatton Keynell Church, > Wilts. I would VERY much appreciate it if anyone > can give me any clue at all as to the origins of this > crest. It depicts 3 bulls heads and can be viewed on > a friend's web site at:- > www.btinternet.com/~burtonvilla/projects/sirloin.htm > (He has a very dry sense of humour by the way and > he chose the name for this link). > I would also be grateful if anyone knows of any > publications about Yatton Keynell church or village, > also the villages of North Wraxall and Slaughterford. > I think I've found all there is to find on the web about > these places and wondered if there was anything I could > read to help put some flesh on the bones of my family > research. > Thanks. > Honor Humphries, > hhumphries@grenville63.freeserve.co.uk > in Monmouthshire, S.Wales, U.K.

Hi To those who have joined today a reminder that all Rootsweb Lists will be off-line from 1600 GMT Fri 23 Feb until 1600 GMT Sat 24 Feb. This will mean that not only will there be no mail, but that you won't be able to subscribe or unsubscribe from lists during this period - and nor I would suspect interrogate the Rootsweb Servers! But I could be wrong on this latter point? Hoping you don't have too many withdrawal symptoms :-)) Regards Paul Portland >Starting at 8 a.m. PST Friday, February 23, RootsWeb will begin a planned >temporary downtime for maintenance of its servers and hosting process. It >will limit this downtime as much as possible, and will return with increased >performance and reliability for future growth.

G'day Linda, I can't lay my hands on the references at the moment, however the Peninisula War and the Waterloo Campaign were two entirely separate events, although both were part of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars against Bonaparte. I believe that very few of Wellington's troops from the Peninsula War (1808 to 1814) were with him in the Waterloo Campaign. Wellington commanded British, Portuguese and Spanish troops in the Peninsula. This part of the wars finished with the Battle of Toulouse in south western France, 1814. Many of his veterans were then dispersed, some to North America for the War of 1812 which was still going on. Only a part Wellington's troops at Waterloo were British, and few of them his Peninsula Veterans. The rest were Dutch, Belgians, Germans etc. At the time, one should also consider the King's German Legion. This was an Army within an Army in that they were troops recruited by George III of England in his capacity as King of Hanover. Also the 60th Regiment, Royal Americans had a strong German element. Cheers David, Perth, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Derham" <amonet@breathemail.net> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 4:37 AM Subject: [WSX] Request for help from history buffs! > My apologies for showing my ignorance here, folks. While I attended grammar > school, I didn't do much history! > > One of my ancestors was a Richard BABY, born 1787. While the main part of > his family is documented, he had an illegitimate son with a "lady" from > Brussels. > > My notes, which came from an elderly relative, say: "A Colour Sergeant in > the Army. Saw service in the Peninsular Wars, hence his presence in > Belgium". > > I'm assuming this means he was in the army as he also later lived in Mallow, > Cork, Ireland and I was told by a knowledgable person that the most likely > reason for his prescence there was that he was in the army. > > The question is: how do I find out which regiment he was in, so that I can > possibly (if they still exist) get hold of his records? I'm researching "the > Peninsular Wars" at the moment, and it seems that my Richard was part of the > campaign helping the Spanish to defeat Napoleon. > > If anyone could shed any light on these points, I would be MOST grateful. It > will point me in the right direction! > > Many thanks in advance, > > Linda Derham > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Do you know about the Free BMD Project and Fee Census? Have a look at: > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > http://www.john.lerwill.btinternet.co.uk/census/censproc.htm > >

Hi Annette! It doesn't seem to be the CARR family but this does seem to be relevant: in view of Emily's presence in what seems to be a Drapery business. Cheers Paul Dwelling: 129 High St Census Place: St Maurice, Winchester, Hampshire, England Source: FHL Film 1341301 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1232 Folio 75 Page 6 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Samuel S. GILLETT U 49 M Musbury, Devon, England Rel: Head Occ: Draper Eva GILLETT U 21 F Musbury, Devon, England Rel: Niece Occ: Drapers Shopwoman Margaret BYRNES U 30 F Islington, Middlesex, England Rel: Assistant Occ: Drapers Shopwoman Emily CARR U 25 F Southampton, Hampshire, England Rel: Assistant Occ: Drapers Shopwoman Ellen PYM U 19 F Lippett, Devon, England Rel: Servant Occ: General Servant Henry STEPHENS U 27 M Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Rel: Assistant Occ: Drapers Shopman Robert ADAMS U 22 M Faversham, Kent, England Rel: Assistant Occ: Drapers Shopman Frank SHERE U 18 M Barrick St John, Wiltshire, England Rel: Apprentice Occ: Drapers Apprentice Alternative Address: mountpleasant@goginan.fsbusiness.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "chrislock" <chrislock@ntlworld.com> To: <WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:22 PM Subject: [WSX] census look up > Hi All, > Could someone do a look up for me in the 1881 census for Winchester Hampshire, the address is: > 129, HIGH STREET, WINCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE. > Hopefully it will be the CARR family. > Thanks. > Annette. > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > Can't find the mail list you need - try John Fuller's page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk.html > or Rootsweb's own pages from http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > >

A very big thank you to all of you who did the look up for the CARR'S in High St. I was hoping to find a family of CARR'S. If anyone has a family of them can you let me know, also I hope to find a family of JERRIM'S, (what an easy name to research). Thanks again. Annette.

Hello Listers ls there SKS who could do a look up for me. ln the 1861 census for Rotherwick near Hartley Witney.JAMES RIVERS aged about 55 (carpenter or Wheelwright) wife ELIZA RIVERS aged about 55 .Daughter CHARLOTTE aged about 20. Thanks in Advance Marion Norfolk UK

The children of Richard and Charity STONEMAN were baptised in Coldridge: - Charity 22 Aug 1732 Anne 4 Dec 1734 Peternell 30 May 1737, married William SHOBROOKE at Brushford 25 May 1760 and was buried at Coldridge 28 Sep 1802 Jane 30 May 1739 Have you come across this family during your researches? If so, I would very much like to hear from you. Adrian Yorkshire Researching Devon - LUSCOMBE, SHOBBROOK, PERRIAM, PITTS, QUICK & CORNISH. Dorset - WILMOT(T) Gloucestershire - HESKINS & MUDON Middlesex - MONTGOMERY & SAWARD Somerset - MUDON/MEWDEN, POTHECARY & WILMOT(T) Wiltshire - HEATH, COOK, BECKINGHAM, RUDMAN, WATKINS, WAIT(E) & WHIT(E)BREAD Monmouthshire - POTHECARY Glamorgan/Carmarthenshire - PARRY

Just thought I would re-post my request for info. about the crest on a pillar in Yatton Keynell Church, Wilts. I would VERY much appreciate it if anyone can give me any clue at all as to the origins of this crest. It depicts 3 bulls heads and can be viewed on a friend's web site at:- www.btinternet.com/~burtonvilla/projects/sirloin.htm (He has a very dry sense of humour by the way and he chose the name for this link). I would also be grateful if anyone knows of any publications about Yatton Keynell church or village, also the villages of North Wraxall and Slaughterford. I think I've found all there is to find on the web about these places and wondered if there was anything I could read to help put some flesh on the bones of my family research. Thanks. Honor Humphries, hhumphries@grenville63.freeserve.co.uk in Monmouthshire, S.Wales, U.K.