Hi Bob, Happy New Year to you! I'm all fired up and motoring through my Westall family history! I'm getting to be quite boring I think! ;-) Anyway, I just got the Marriage Certificate for George and Mary Hickerton, and it confirms my hypothesis I think. They were married on 20th Sep 1862 in the parish church at Stanton St Quintin, Wilts. Both were 'of full age' and neither was literate. They were both living in Stanton St Quintin at the time of marriage. George gives occupation as shepherd, the same occupation as his father William. Mary's dad was James Hickerton, and one witness was Jacob Hickerton (Mary's brother) - again all fitting very well the information on my tree. The other witness was an Emma Millard (difficult to read!) and I have yet to determine if she was related to George.. I hope this helps. So I'm quite confident that Mary Hickerton was the wife of George Westall, the son of William Westall and Sarah Pounds .... well as far as anyone can be after more than 100 years! Best wishes for 2009, Fred -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bob Westall" <bobatbmw@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:29 PM To: <westall@rootsweb.com> Cc: "'J & E Armstrong'" <ellmay7@bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Westall > Fred, > > And the beat goes on! > > First, I am still not sure about Hickerton? More researched needed there? > > Second, for George Westall b 1854 I have his wife as Martha Ann Pike b > Apr - > June 1859 in Hungerford. They show in the 1881 census and the ages match > perfectly to what Free BMD shows. Although I guess matching ages do not > mean > much do they? Their 1881 Census follows? > > 1881 England Census > > Name: George Westall > Age: 27 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854 > Relation: Head > Spouse's Name: Martha > Gender: Male > Where born: Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England > Civil Parish: Ramsbury > County/Island: Wiltshire > Country: England > Street address: White House Lane > Condition as to marriage: Married > Employment status: View Image > Occupation: Ag Lab > Registration district: Hungerford > Sub registration district: Hungerford > ED, institution, or vessel: 14 > > George Westall Head..M..27..Agr Laborer..Wilts, Ramsbury > Martha Westall Wife..M..22......................Wilts, Ramsbury > William Westall Son...S...4 .................... Wilts, Ramsbury > > > Bob

Fred, Between you and Charlene I was already convinced you were correct as much as one can be with genealogy! I was just waiting for the Marriage Cert. I have done a little search on the Hickerton family and have sent it directly to you as it is too big for the list. As ever Great work guys. Bob -----Original Message----- From: westall-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:westall-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fred Westall Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 7:18 AM To: westall@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Westall Hi Bob, Happy New Year to you! I'm all fired up and motoring through my Westall family history! I'm getting to be quite boring I think! ;-) Anyway, I just got the Marriage Certificate for George and Mary Hickerton, and it confirms my hypothesis I think. They were married on 20th Sep 1862 in the parish church at Stanton St Quintin, Wilts. Both were 'of full age' and neither was literate. They were both living in Stanton St Quintin at the time of marriage. George gives occupation as shepherd, the same occupation as his father William. Mary's dad was James Hickerton, and one witness was Jacob Hickerton (Mary's brother) - again all fitting very well the information on my tree. The other witness was an Emma Millard (difficult to read!) and I have yet to determine if she was related to George.. I hope this helps. So I'm quite confident that Mary Hickerton was the wife of George Westall, the son of William Westall and Sarah Pounds .... well as far as anyone can be after more than 100 years! Best wishes for 2009, Fred -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bob Westall" <bobatbmw@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 5:29 PM To: <westall@rootsweb.com> Cc: "'J & E Armstrong'" <ellmay7@bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Westall > Fred, > > And the beat goes on! > > First, I am still not sure about Hickerton? More researched needed there? > > Second, for George Westall b 1854 I have his wife as Martha Ann Pike b > Apr - > June 1859 in Hungerford. They show in the 1881 census and the ages match > perfectly to what Free BMD shows. Although I guess matching ages do not > mean > much do they? Their 1881 Census follows? > > 1881 England Census > > Name: George Westall > Age: 27 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1854 > Relation: Head > Spouse's Name: Martha > Gender: Male > Where born: Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England > Civil Parish: Ramsbury > County/Island: Wiltshire > Country: England > Street address: White House Lane > Condition as to marriage: Married > Employment status: View Image > Occupation: Ag Lab > Registration district: Hungerford > Sub registration district: Hungerford > ED, institution, or vessel: 14 > > George Westall Head..M..27..Agr Laborer..Wilts, Ramsbury > Martha Westall Wife..M..22......................Wilts, Ramsbury > William Westall Son...S...4 .................... Wilts, Ramsbury > > > Bob ------------------------------- 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: 5.11510 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.11520 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/