Fred, Your reply is absolutely marvelous! Thank you so much for the info. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Does anyone else have any ideas on Ernest Westall & Emily Ellen Vardy? There is an Emily Ellen Vardy as noted below. I think that is our girl! Births Jun 1883 Vardy Emily Ellen Pewsey 5a 173 The district Pewsey is in the county of Wiltshire Is the son Jack Westall b 1914 Cardiff the same Jack Westall that died Sep 15, 1944 as noted in the CWGC? Bob -----Original Message----- From: westall-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:westall-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fred Westall Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 5:42 PM To: westall@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Ernest Richard Westall Hi Bob, I think Ernest Westall (b. 1879) was born in Axford, near Ramsbury in Wiltshire. I'm not exactly sure who is father was (there are several possibilities) but I have his grandparents as Henry Westall (1827, Axford) and Eliza Pike (1831, Axford). They married on 12 Jun 1851 in Ramsbury , Wilts. This particular Ernest Westall was my 5th cousin once removed. The other Ernest Richard Westall I know quite well as he was my granduncle. He was born 15 May 1886 in 4 Post Office Cottages in Portskewett in Monmouthshire (the Severn Tunnel village). He was buried on 30 Mar 1946 in Barry cemetery (I can't find his GROd entry though). Ernest married Florence May Webb (b. 17 Mar 1896, Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan) on 23 Dec 1911 in The Register Office in Cardiff. By trade Ernest was a boilermaker. Ernest and Florence had 6 children: 1. Ernest H Westall (b.1912, Cardiff) 2. Jack Westall (b. 1914, Cardiff) 3. Irene M Westall (b. 1917, Cardiff) m. 1950, Barry to William T Lewis 4. Ronald Westall (b. 1920, Cardiff) m. 1950, Barry to Lilian Nancy Rees 5. Doris Westall (b. 1925, Cardiff) m. 1952, Barry to William J Hopkins 6. Arthur Derek Westall (b. 1928, Cardiff) Ernest Richard Westall's parents were Henry Westall (b. 11 Jan 1845, Canford, Dorset) and Sarah Ann Kingscott (b. 22 Jan 1844, Olveston, Gloucestershire). They were my paternal great grandparents. They married in St James Parish Church in Bristol on 12 Oct 1867. During his working life Henry progressed from a brickyard labourer in Cattybrook, Almondsbury, Glos, to a miner on the Severn Tunnel in Sudbrook, Mon. (near Portskewett), a walking ganger (a sort of foreman of navvies) on the Manchester Ship Canal, and finally ending as an 'Inspector of Public Works' at Barry Docks. I hope this helps. Fred -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bob Westall" <bobatbmw@cox.net> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 9:34 PM To: <westall@rootsweb.com> Subject: [WESTALL] Ernest Richard Westall > Free BMD shows an Ernest Westall m Emily Ellen Vardy in the Oct - Dec Qtr > of > 1906 in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Does anyone know where Ernest was born. > I > have an Ernest Richard Westall b Bet. Apr - Jun 1886 in Portskewet, > Monmouthshire. Is Ernest Richard the one that married Emily Ellen Vardy? > > > > Bob > > > > I believe they had at least the following Children: > > > > England & Wales, Free BMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 > > > > Name: Reginald F Westall > > Year of Registration: 1911 > > Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep > > Mother's Maiden Name: Vardy > > District: Hungerford > > County: Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire > > Volume: 2c > > Page: 565 > > > > Name: Gladys E Westall > > Year of Registration: 1914 > > Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar > > Mother's Maiden Name: Vardy > > District: Hungerford > > County: Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire > > Volume: 2c > > Page: 505 > > > > Name: Lilian P Westall > > Year of Registration: 1915 > > Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar > > Mother's Maiden Name: Vardy > > District: Hungerford > > County: Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire > > Volume: 2c > > Page: 509 > > > > Name: Leslie F Westall > > Mother's Maiden Surname: Vardy > > Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1916 > > Registration district: Hungerford > > Registration county: Berkshire > > Volume Number: 2c > > Page Number: 524 > > > > Name: Dorothy G Westall > > Mother's Maiden Surname: Vardy > > Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1917 > > Registration district: Marlbro > > Registration county: Wiltshire > > Volume Number: 5a > > Page Number: 114 > > > > Name: Winifred K Westall > > Mother's Maiden Surname: Vardy > > Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1920 > > Registration district: Marlbro' > > Registration county: Wiltshire > > Volume Number: 5a > > Page Number: 144 > > > > > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.11760 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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 E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11760 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11760 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/