Hi folks It has now been established that Mary Ann, the only known daughter of William WESTALL, bargeman, to have survived to adulthood, married in 1842 George CANNING at Newbury, Berks. The LDS membership register has a note that George was a Church Elder and they emigrated in 1849 [no destination recorded]. Thanks to Ancestry's extension of 'freebie' access to Immigration Records [expiring 31 December] I found the family on the New Orleans Passenger list of the James Pennell Ship which left Liverpool Oct 1849. From the names and recorded ages of the children I was able to confirm that I had the right family via their Newbury Registration District birth references in FreeBMD. George & Mary A.CANNING appear with 8 of their children [including Alice who was only 9 months old when they embarked] in the 1880 US Census at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

Dorothy, Most interesting. They must have gone pretty much directly on to Iowa as on the 16th of September 1850 George and Mary Ann were already in Pottawattamie, IA. I checked the 1850 US Census and found the following: Bob Westall Taken from the 1850 Federal Census Name: George Canning Age: 26 Estimated birth year: abt 1824 Birth Place: England Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa George Canning 26..M..Tailor..Eng Mary Ann 24..F..........Eng Mary 7..F..........Eng George 5..M..........Eng Ebenezer 4..M..........Eng Alice 2..F..........Eng -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of Dorothy Jones Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 6:29 PM To: WESTALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WESTALL] WESTALL of Newbury Hi folks It has now been established that Mary Ann, the only known daughter of William WESTALL, bargeman, to have survived to adulthood, married in 1842 George CANNING at Newbury, Berks. The LDS membership register has a note that George was a Church Elder and they emigrated in 1849 [no destination recorded]. Thanks to Ancestry's extension of 'freebie' access to Immigration Records [expiring 31 December] I found the family on the New Orleans Passenger list of the James Pennell Ship which left Liverpool Oct 1849. From the names and recorded ages of the children I was able to confirm that I had the right family via their Newbury Registration District birth references in FreeBMD. George & Mary A.CANNING appear with 8 of their children [including Alice who was only 9 months old when they embarked] in the 1880 US Census at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message