Yes thankyou so much.I think the email I sent to you re the ACKERLEY's may have got lost inn cyber space so THANKYOU again ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Westall" <bobatbmw@cox.net> To: <westall@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Westall connections > Christine, > > When I was working with your Westall's I could not find them in > www.rootsweb.com FREE BMD under Westall so for the heck of it I looked > under > Westell and wham I found them. I was so pleased. Did you look over the > info I sent you on Ackerley? > > Regards to you and Australia > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: westall-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:westall-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Christine Charles > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 6:29 PM > To: westall@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Westall connections > > My Westall's changed their names in the 1800's to WESTELL .That branch > were > from Bristol & my gt grandfather moved to Liverpool > > Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Westall" <fred_westall@msn.com> > To: <WESTALL@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 12:45 AM > Subject: [WESTALL] Westall connections > > >> Hi Bob, >> >> >> >> Wow ... you really do have a great database of Westall's! By the way, >> who >> is the earliest Westall on your database? >> >> >> >> It seems that my earliest ancestor was William Westall (1638) who married >> Margery Willis (1630) on 1 April 1658 in Aldbourne Wilts. They were my >> 8x >> great grandparents. Their son, William Westall (1659) married Sarah >> Sylvester or Chilvester. Their son Edward Westall (1695) married Sarah >> Barnet (1698) in 1718, and then my line continues through son John >> Westall >> (1718) who married Hester Benfield (1720) in 1745. >> >> >> >> I think that the Richard Westall RA (the artist) line can be traced back >> much further but so far we have not been able to definitively link the >> Norfolk line of Westall's with my own line from Wiltshire/Berkshire. We >> have come tantalizingly close but no cigar yet! But I am quietly >> confident >> that there is a connection linking most of the southern English Westall's >> together. Currently I am trying to find the link between the Trowbridge >> Westall's and my own line. I think there may be a link via the Westall >> group in East Isley but I have not found it yet. >> >> >> >> I notice there is also a large group of Westall's based in the >> Oswaldwistle >> area of Lancashire near Huddersfield. I would love the find how that >> group >> came into being - was it a completely independent line or did they join >> the >> migration from the south to the north during the industrial revolution? >> The >> Westall's of North (Fylde) and West (Liverpool) Lancashire and Cheshire >> (Warrington) can all be traced back to remote branches of my own line. >> So >> far I have not found any Scottish Westall's but I have a lot of Scottish >> blood from my mother's side! >> >> >> >> Like you say Genealogy is fascinating. I only got into it about 3 years >> ago >> but now I am completely hooked. I am particularly interested in the >> lives >> of my ancestors, the historical context and the patterns of migration >> throughout the family. There's a lot still to do I think! ;0) >> >> >> >> Fred Westall (the third) >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 (5.5.1.322) > Database version: 5.10750e > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) > Database version: 5.10750e > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ > > ------------------------------- > 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 >