Richard, you must changed your password for this email account, preferably to something long and hard to guess at. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:33 AM, richardellis <richard@ellisresearch.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Dear Bill > > I have been subscribed to WRY for many years with no problem > > Don't know why you say someone is using my name! > > This email is being addressed to west-riding@rootweb.com which > is correct... > > Richard > > > -----Original Message----- > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Billeye > Sent: 13 March 2012 11:00 PM > To: Richard Gledhill; west-riding@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WRY] Hacked Address > > G'day Richard, > > Appears someone is using your name/address book. > > Otherwise have you inadvertently sent this mail to WRY? > > Bill > Melbourne, Oz > > On 14/03/2012 3:52 AM, Richard Gledhill wrote: >> > http://silvadias.com/g1/packages/asmiller_gallery/blocks/mywork.php?score182 > .html >> ------------------------

G'day Richard, Appears someone is using your name/address book. Otherwise have you inadvertently sent this mail to WRY? Bill Melbourne, Oz On 14/03/2012 3:52 AM, Richard Gledhill wrote: > http://silvadias.com/g1/packages/asmiller_gallery/blocks/mywork.php?score182.html > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Hi Roger, My DRANSFIELD line is from Kirkburton originally, Thomas Dransfield and Sarah Harrop. I know of 7 children but there may have been more, but no Robert that I know of. There was a Charles b 1788, thus the name being used further down the line. My Kirkheaton connection is Rev John SUNDERLAND, curate of Kirkheaton for 40 yrs, (until 1815) who no doubt came in contact with all the Dransfields from around the area, and his daughter Hannah married John Harrop Dransfield. This is the line I am trying to track, but sometimes you need to go further back to find out things! Would be interested if you find a link. All the best, Margaret On 12/03/2012, at 10:23 PM, Roger Gill wrote: > Hi Margaret > > I have Charles Dransfield b. 1816 -1820, son of Robert Dransfield and Lydia (Field) as a distant connection in my Almondbury families. His sister, Hannah (b. 1823) married Matthew Berry at Kirkheaton in 1842. > > > Regards > > > > > Roger > > > > > Family History Research: GILL, BERRY, CHARLESWORTH, ROBINSON and many others in the Holme Valley, south of Huddersfield. > > > http://www.roger.d.gill.btinternet.co.uk/index1gen.htm > http://rogergill.me.uk > > >> ________________________________ >> >> >> >> Just discovered more re my DRANSFIELD family from Kirkburton, Dalton, Almondbury to Huddersfield. >> >> Now looking for those researching >> Harrop DRANSFIELD b c 1812 >> Charles DRANSFIELD b c 1815 >> Fanny DRANSFIELD b ?? >> and/or any further siblings, >> >> >> or any related DRANSFIELD families >> >> Margaret in Australia >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the WEST-RIDING list administrator, send an email to >> WEST-RIDING-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the WEST-RIDING mailing list, send an email to WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 7, Issue 34 >> ****************************************** >> >> >> > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just discovered more re my DRANSFIELD family from Kirkburton, Dalton, Almondbury to Huddersfield. Now looking for those researching Harrop DRANSFIELD b c 1812 Charles DRANSFIELD b c 1815 Fanny DRANSFIELD b ?? and/or any further siblings, or any related DRANSFIELD families Margaret in Australia

Hi Margaret I have Charles Dransfield b. 1816 -1820, son of Robert Dransfield and Lydia (Field) as a distant connection in my Almondbury families. His sister, Hannah (b. 1823) married Matthew Berry at Kirkheaton in 1842.   Regards Roger Family History Research: GILL, BERRY, CHARLESWORTH, ROBINSON and many others in the Holme Valley, south of Huddersfield. http://www.roger.d.gill.btinternet.co.uk/index1gen.htm http://rogergill.me.uk >________________________________ > > > >Just discovered more re my DRANSFIELD family from Kirkburton, Dalton, Almondbury to Huddersfield. > >Now looking for those researching >Harrop DRANSFIELD b c 1812 >Charles DRANSFIELD b c 1815 >Fanny DRANSFIELD b ?? >and/or any further siblings, > > >or any related DRANSFIELD families > >Margaret in Australia > > > >------------------------------ > >To contact the WEST-RIDING list administrator, send an email to >WEST-RIDING-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the WEST-RIDING mailing list, send an email to WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >email with no additional text. > > >End of WEST-RIDING Digest, Vol 7, Issue 34 >****************************************** > > >

Hi John I can't recall the accident details from your original post but it may be that the death of a single child at a level crossing was not regarded as significant enough to warrant the attention it receives today - in much the same way that most road deaths today are unreported. Another example of biased reporting: more people were killed in the building of the Forth railway bridge than were killed in the Tay Bridge disaster. HTH Andy. At 14:03 11/03/2012, you wrote: >Thank you for the leads. The http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/ site >had lists of accidents over all railway time. As is so often the >problem nothing fits. There was an accident in 1926 August 30, a >Monday when a train hit a charabanc on a level crossing, but that was >in Cumbria, Naworth, and probably a long way from Stainforth. But >there were 9 deaths, 8 from the coach and the crossing keeper. So far >not been able to find out any more but I suppose it may have been an >outing. > Finding the TAYLOR family is proving hard -- a common name and they >were itinerant workers for a while, catholic with Irish connections. >Makes me wish I had asked (even) more questions of the family. >==John ffitch > >Some useful websites - >FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > >Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you for the leads. The http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/ site had lists of accidents over all railway time. As is so often the problem nothing fits. There was an accident in 1926 August 30, a Monday when a train hit a charabanc on a level crossing, but that was in Cumbria, Naworth, and probably a long way from Stainforth. But there were 9 deaths, 8 from the coach and the crossing keeper. So far not been able to find out any more but I suppose it may have been an outing. Finding the TAYLOR family is proving hard -- a common name and they were itinerant workers for a while, catholic with Irish connections. Makes me wish I had asked (even) more questions of the family. ==John ffitch

Thank you Lenny, did not phone the Church, e-mailed using their Website, am in Canada & making trip over this Fall. Perhaps a letter would be a better idea. Ellen

Hi Ellen Yes the church is still operational and there is a grave yard Not sure what number you phone, but this is the church tel No and address Christ Church Linthwaite (01484) 842591 Church Lane The Vicarage, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5TA Regards Lenny Researching the Beaumonts of Yorkshire -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ellen Murray Sent: 10 March 2012 01:35 To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: [WRY] Christ Church - Cowlersley - Linthwait Have tried 2x to contact Christ Church in Cowlersley, Linthwait with no success and am now wondering if the Church is still open. Would anyone on the List know if the Church is still in operation? & if so is there a Graveyard there? Ellen Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Have tried 2x to contact Christ Church in Cowlersley, Linthwait with no success and am now wondering if the Church is still open. Would anyone on the List know if the Church is still in operation? & if so is there a Graveyard there? Ellen

Hi   The Search Engine (I love the witty title!), the archive section of the National Railway Museum in York has archived official accident reports, though I think you can only search in person and not online.   http://www.nrm.org.uk/ResearchAndArchive.aspx   Regards,   Lesley ________________________________ From: richardellis <richard@ellisresearch.demon.co.uk> To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 9 March 2012, 14:03 Subject: Re: [WRY] Seeking information on Rail Accident Don't think it was this rail accident  as Parkgate and Rawmarsh are near to Rotherham which is a considerable distance ( about 15 miles) from Doncaster.... and Stainforth is a further 8 miles or so NE of Doncaster...therefore around 23-25 miles in total. Accident could have happened if family were visiting possible Weston relatives who lived north of Sheffield - not far from Rotherham. If child killed it would have been in local newspapers - but means possibly checking up to 52 assuming it was 1926 - suggest work backwards as coroner's report etc may be a week or more after the accident. Possibly the railway (LNER)  had archived records too - just a thought Richard -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of maggiemole@aol.com Sent: 08 March 2012 5:16 PM To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WRY] Seeking information on Rail Accident Could it have been http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2094 this one, John? I searched Google for railway accident 1926 and it took me to Wikipedia: check other accidents here before assuming it was this one, as I am not familiar with all the location names. No names, but a date will help you search newspapers. Maggie -----Original Message----- From: john ffitch <jpff@codemist.co.uk> To: west-riding <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:16 Subject: [WRY] Seeking information on Rail Accident According to my late mother, her aunt Harriet TAYLOR (b 1883) married Joe and had a large family and lived at Stainforth (Doncaster).  She told me that one female child was killed on a level crossing in 1926, and another child was called Fred.  My mother was 6 in 1926 and probably knew her cousin. I have failed to find out much more from 1901 census, and the only possible marriage is to Joseph Weston m 2Q1902 (Sheffield 9c 818) in FreeBMD. I would like to know more about the level crossing accident.  Despite being a Yorkshireman I have not got to grips with information sources for south Yorkshire. ==John ffitch Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don't think it was this rail accident as Parkgate and Rawmarsh are near to Rotherham which is a considerable distance ( about 15 miles) from Doncaster.... and Stainforth is a further 8 miles or so NE of Doncaster...therefore around 23-25 miles in total. Accident could have happened if family were visiting possible Weston relatives who lived north of Sheffield - not far from Rotherham. If child killed it would have been in local newspapers - but means possibly checking up to 52 assuming it was 1926 - suggest work backwards as coroner's report etc may be a week or more after the accident. Possibly the railway (LNER) had archived records too - just a thought Richard -----Original Message----- From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of maggiemole@aol.com Sent: 08 March 2012 5:16 PM To: west-riding@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WRY] Seeking information on Rail Accident Could it have been http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2094 this one, John? I searched Google for railway accident 1926 and it took me to Wikipedia: check other accidents here before assuming it was this one, as I am not familiar with all the location names. No names, but a date will help you search newspapers. Maggie -----Original Message----- From: john ffitch <jpff@codemist.co.uk> To: west-riding <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:16 Subject: [WRY] Seeking information on Rail Accident According to my late mother, her aunt Harriet TAYLOR (b 1883) married Joe and had a large family and lived at Stainforth (Doncaster). She told me that one female child was killed on a level crossing in 1926, and another child was called Fred. My mother was 6 in 1926 and probably knew her cousin. I have failed to find out much more from 1901 census, and the only possible marriage is to Joseph Weston m 2Q1902 (Sheffield 9c 818) in FreeBMD. I would like to know more about the level crossing accident. Despite being a Yorkshireman I have not got to grips with information sources for south Yorkshire. ==John ffitch Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I wonder if anyone can shed any light on this. I noticed on the side of an old farm building in Marsden (Hill in Lingards Wood, Marsden, to be exact) a plaque with a sign plus a date, 1754. The sign can be described as two capital 'E's back to back, or alternatively 3 horizontal lines with a vertical line through the middle. I assumed this was a form of someone'e initials, but then recently saw the same sign on some old wills at the Borthwick Institute, as someone's mark (i.e. substitute for a signature when they were illiterate). At first I got quite excited, as the first person I saw using it was one John Firth, who lived at Hill around the right time and whom I believe to have probably been an ancestor, which might then imply that he buillt the house. But then I saw the same used by other people with different surnames, so wondered if it was just an alternative for the more usual mark, a plain cross. Has anyone come across this before, and can they shed any light on the matter? Many thanks for any help Steve

Llisters may be interested in a new blog, launched today, called "Famous family trees" for Findmypast. My first subject is Charlie Chaplin and it can be seen at: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/2012/03/famous-family-trees-charlie-chaplin/ I shall be doing a different celebrity each month, some living, some dead - but hopefully always entertaining and informative! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

Could it have been http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2094 this one, John? I searched Google for railway accident 1926 and it took me to Wikipedia: check other accidents here before assuming it was this one, as I am not familiar with all the location names. No names, but a date will help you search newspapers. Maggie -----Original Message----- From: john ffitch <jpff@codemist.co.uk> To: west-riding <west-riding@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:16 Subject: [WRY] Seeking information on Rail Accident According to my late mother, her aunt Harriet TAYLOR (b 1883) married Joe and had a large family and lived at Stainforth (Doncaster). She told me that one female child was killed on a level crossing in 1926, and another child was called Fred. My mother was 6 in 1926 and probably knew her cousin. I have failed to find out much more from 1901 census, and the only possible marriage is to Joseph Weston m 2Q1902 (Sheffield 9c 818) in FreeBMD. I would like to know more about the level crossing accident. Despite being a Yorkshireman I have not got to grips with information sources for south Yorkshire. ==John ffitch Some useful websites - FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WEST-RIDING-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

From: john ffitch <jpff@codemist.co.uk> > According to my late mother, her aunt Harriet TAYLOR (b 1883) > married Joe and had a large family and lived at Stainforth (Doncaster). > She told me that one female child was killed on a level crossing in > 1926, and another child was called Fred. My mother was 6 in 1926 and > probably knew her cousin. > > I have failed to find out much more from 1901 census, and the only > possible marriage is to Joseph Weston m 2Q1902 (Sheffield 9c 818) > in FreeBMD. > > I would like to know more about the level crossing accident. > Despite being a Yorkshireman I have not got to grips with information > sources for south Yorkshire.> Your most likely source is a newspaper. There is bound to have been a report of the accident, I would think. I suggest Googling "Doncaster newspapers" and then see which archives would have copies covering the period and if any are online. There will almost certainly be hard copies and film at the British Newspaper Library at Colindale, North London, but they are in a state of flux because much of the material is being moved to Boston Spa, Yorkshire. There may have been a report in a Sheffield paper too. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

According to my late mother, her aunt Harriet TAYLOR (b 1883) married Joe and had a large family and lived at Stainforth (Doncaster). She told me that one female child was killed on a level crossing in 1926, and another child was called Fred. My mother was 6 in 1926 and probably knew her cousin. I have failed to find out much more from 1901 census, and the only possible marriage is to Joseph Weston m 2Q1902 (Sheffield 9c 818) in FreeBMD. I would like to know more about the level crossing accident. Despite being a Yorkshireman I have not got to grips with information sources for south Yorkshire. ==John ffitch

hiya, just to let you know we are not looking at the larger area once called Tanshelf in Pontefract (covers Wakefield Road, Love Lane & Halfpenny Lane areas) but the housing estate, built around 1890 and demolished 1971 / 1972 Some of the streets can be found on the 1891 Census, but by 1901 all of the others are there: Stuart Street main road through with St George Terrace, Newport Street (where I lived with parents) York Street, Princess Street (my grandparents Richard & Clara REYNOLDS lived when 1st married) Chapman/Chatburn Street, Duke Street, Railway Avenue, Colonel's Walk (road still there running down hill towards footpath bridge under railway lines) Headlands (my great grandparents Harry & Annie PONSONBY lived) was facing the baths. Sessions House Yard & Headlands Villas (only 3 houses) of Watergate (road still there behind Haribo/Dunhills). Coburg Street, Nutt Street, Anderson Street and Victoria Street (where my mother born) There was a school, Railways Station, Baths, Bakehouse, Methodist Chapel Hall, Picture House, Alexander Theatre (later used as Bingo Hall) and lots & lots of shops. If you drive past the area now all have gone, even the Queen's Hotel that was facing the housing estate, has been turns into private flats. Alex (as we called theatre) was demolished and nightclub built called Kiko's which now stands empty. The Fire Station built on where I lived has sadly now closed & joined with Knottingley/ Only our/your memories last & photos, hidden away in bottom of wardrobes or in attics so please have a look and kindly share with other folk from down Tansh' thank you THANK YOU Maureen & Jacky Taking to few folk other day & we surprised how many memories & families we all knew

hello all, we are having another TANSHELF REUNION and looking for more memories and photographs. After last year's very successful reunion, where over 200 folk got together to watch the video that Jacky had done with photos that everyone had lent her. She was able to use the money donated for copies of this DVD to get a 2012 Calendar & 2012 Diary published. They are selling like hot cakes. Everyone that came (and ones that couldn't make it) wants another get together, so we are looking to use the photos to make another DVD, Calendar & Diary for 2013 So if any of you had family or friends that lived Down Tansh' (our pet name for Tanshelf) then we would like to hear from you. Lots of the people went for a drink in the Ex-Servicemen's Club on Front Street just up from Tanshelf on way into Pontefract town centre. Later Dunhill's took over this building, now the Liquorice Factory now belongs to Haribo. A new club was built around corner on Sessions House Yard after row of houses demolished. Later the Police Station was built next to Club. I lived there until 1971/72 when all houses demolished and lots, of my ancestors & family did too. So we are also looking for help with memories & photos of this Club and the houses that were on Sessions House Yard. My gran Annie HOLT was born at No. 11 in 1906 and I've never seen these houses nor found any on these web sites that have a old photo's: http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/search.htm http://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/search.htm?term=tanshelf&type=Or&exclude=&include=All&resStart=0&resEnd=20&ao=&thumb= http://www.wakefieldmuseumcollections.org.uk/photographs/index.asp?page=intro http://www.wakefieldmuseumcollections.org.uk/photographs/index.asp?page=hitlist&mwsquery=%28%7BCategory%7D%3D%7Bphotographs%7D%29&mwsQueryTemplate=%5B%7Bcontrol%3DwordPrefix%7D%7Bindex%3DPhrase+search%7D%7Brelation%3D%3D%7D%5D&wordPrefix=Tanshelf&submit_button= thank you, Maureen & Jacky CLIFF, REYNOLDS, PONSONBY, HOLT, TONKS ............ WOOTTON ........