EDITORIAL - Toni Smith

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EDITORIAL
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Toni Smith
[email protected]
In June, I made a journey that I had been intending to do for some time. I
booked and went on to a tour of the ‘Battlefields of Europe. The experience was
fantastic, and very different from what I expected, -although really I had no idea
what to expect. We visited many of the main sites of battles of WWI in both
France and Belgium, and of course this included many of the war cemeteries of
both the allies and the Germans. We also saw the site of the Battle of Waterloo,
and the wonderful museums depicting the battle. The weather was perfect,
company superb, and the guide for the tour was absolutely first class. His
knowledge was far beyond that required for the job, and he made the
experience interesting as well as entertaining and educational. I was relieved to
learn that there was not a test of knowledge at the end! A similar trip is being
organised by the Society and all are welcome to participate. (see centre pages)
I am delighted to report that I now have quite a few articles stacked up for future
editions of the journal. This is a very satisfactory situation, and please do not be
deterred in sending your articles to me. They can always go on file for future
use.
I am looking at reviewing the content of the Journal, and would be very
interested in some feedback as to which ‘bits’ you enjoy and which ‘bits’ you
wouldn’t miss if they were to be discontinued. My feelings are that the group
reports may not be too dynamic, as they are in the past, whilst it may be good to
have regular features. Any ideas would be most welcome.
Bette Lakin has asked me to mention about members interests. She coordinates these, and has records back to 1996. Any long standing members
who wish to update their interests can do so by writing or Emailing direct to her,
and they will be added to the large database. Bette’s address is :
45 Danvers Road, Leicester LE3 2AD. Email [email protected]
Whist on the subject of member’s interests, I am thinking about collating the
new members interests, and producing a bi- annual booklet rather than putting
them into the quarterly Journal. One or two members have suggested this, and I
believe it is a good way forward. It would not only save space (more space for
articles) but would also enable me to keep to printing deadlines more easily.
Your views would be appreciated.
Your next Journal (with membership cards) will arrive after Christmas (January)
– so I have included the group programmes for January. The groups
programme secretaries have all worked very hard, and I’m sure you will enjoy
the delights in store.
LRFHS Journal No. 105
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NEWS FROM THE GROUPS
Hinckley
The Hinckley Library, Lancaster Rd., Hinckley - 7.30pm
3 October
7 November
5 December
2 January
Influence of Railways In Locality - Peter Lee
Were your Ancestors in the News? - Michael
and Joyce Billings
The Romance of Pub Signs
Frederick Harding
and Christmas Festivities
Introduction to Wills and Probate - Craig Stringer
2 May
Libraries and Resources
Philip Lindley
The distance from her new home in Southern Island was too great for Ava
Farrington to travel to Hinckley to relate “Picking Up The Pieces”. However, we
were pleased to welcome as our speaker, Philip Lindley, a Hinckley Librarian,
who gave us an interesting and informative talk.
Many books are available at Libraries for genealogists, from beginners
onwards. Earliest book relating to Leicestershire, at Hinckley, is dated 1622,
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others cover 18 and 19 centuries to the present day: including Social and
Industrial History.
Local families have given their researches (the last man burnt at the stake at
Litchfield, for heresy, was Mr Wightman of Burbage) and photographs,
postcards and books relating to Hinckley and surrounding villages may be
viewed on request.
On microfiche or film, are baptisms, marriages and burials of 30 local parish
churches, some Non-conformists records and newspapers of the area.
Thank you Philip for providing information leaflets for everyone present.
JEAN PERKINS
6 June
Members Evening
Members were invited to bring along an heirloom and to talk about their own
research.
Michael opened the evening by talking about one of his Hinckley forebears who
journeyed to America, then Joyce told us about Auntie Ivy who was pictured
riding a motorbike in the 1920’s. Jill had brought in a certificate awarded to her
late father, and Molly showed is a 100 year old photo album rescued from an
aunt’s closet. Rosalind spoke about her charm bracelet which included a 1901
sovereign and her grandfathers compass, then Joan told us about the research
she’d been doing aided by a cousin. Jean held great great uncle Williams
milking stool aloft and told its story. Then Maureen sought suggestions to try
and identify her grandfather’s team photo. Peter told how he’d made contact
with relations around the world via computer, and Ray closed the evening by
giving tips on sources for tracing ancestors by using fiches, records and
computers.
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All present went away informed and inspired by all these efforts, and the many
useful hints given as the evening progressed.
PAT CAMPTON
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Leicester
The Royce Institute, Crane Street, Leicester
10 October
14 November
December
7.30pm
Hidden Leicester
John Lucas
Members Evening & Pre Christmas Social
No Meeting
May
Agricultural Labourers
Dr Simon Pawley
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Benjamin Bishop, a typical 19 century agricultural labourer was given as an
example of a rural waiter. He applied to his local Justices for a settlement
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certificate, a document that was important to a labourer in the 19 century as
receiving stamps on your card for National Insurance Contributions in this day
and age.
It made all the difference between subsistence and poverty. Our speaker
painted a vivid picture of the life and working conditions of a countryman
working on the land.
The annual search for work, the hiring fairs, reminiscent of Hardy’s Novels.
The skilled shepherd who could command a reasonable wage. The unmarried
farm servant living with the farmer. The married labourer living in the “tied
cottage”.
These people were difficult to trace for researchers. They had to travel great
distances on foot, not being able to afford public transport.
The Enclosure and grazing Acts had forced many a small-holder onto the labour
market.
It is a miracle they survived at all, considering the hard out-door life. Poor
clothing, poor diet rheumatism and poor housing. Reliant on settlement being a
years work with the employer.
Not forgetting the charge to the Parish for financial payment. Many the farmer
who would try to find an excuse not to issue a certificate for a years work. Dr
Pawley certainly had researched his subject and left us wanting to hear more.
M WATTERSON
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13 June 2001 Peter Cousins Military Research on CD & Internet
It seemed appropriate to write my review of our June meeting on the day of the
anniversary of the battle of the Somme was.
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Our chairman, Peter Cousins, spoke to us on June 13 about the amount of
material available on CD Rom and Internet regarding World War One.
His information is invaluable to any researchers. Giving us slides and telling us
how he used this material for his research.
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Tracing a long lost relative who had enlisted in the 7 Battalion King’s Liverpool
Regiment.
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We were introduced to Webs and CD Roms that would help us. E.g. ‘Fallen
Heroes’ – soldiers who were killed or died from wounds ‘The Unfortunate
Region’ details of graves and cemeteries.
Nearer home a visit to the Loughborough carillon which houses data
appertaining to WWI records of officers and enlisted men.
Kew and the Imperial War Museum other sources which have information
covering this vast topic.
There is a wealth of information available to all on CD Rom and Internet. Mr
Cousins, I am quite sure, will help and advise people with their investigations,
with his considerable knowledge
M WATTERSON
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19 July 2001 Ask the Doctor – Aspects of Death
Dr Cawle
Dr Cawle came from Ibstock to answer queries that members had found on
their families’ death certificates.
Prior to this, Dr Cawle showed us by means of slides, examples from his own
researches regarding his family.
By using late Tudor parish registers, family marriages and their progeny.
He showed us by means of calculations, how to determine how many children
had survived infancy and the children who had died in infancy.
The sequence of live births and possible reasons for mortality, many on
terminology used on death certificates. The dread of post mortems seemed
endemic. The whole idea being abhorrent to our ancestors. These certificates
were carefully worded to avoid such a possibility. Our members produced an
interesting and varied selection of these certificates for Dr Cawle’s perusal.
Many causes of death were noted and explained. Interestingly many were prior
to 1890. As Dr Cawle remarked in his closing comments, “Nothing short of
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famine plague and war decimate population effectively” really prior to the 20
century.
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Life expectancy has increased for us with medical knowledge and skill. The 21
century has brought with new caused of death. Vastly different from the ones
our ancestors dealt having no drugs or antibiotics at their disposal.
M WATTERSON
Loughborough
The Community Lounge, Burleigh Community College, Loughboro’
7.30pm
12 October
9 November
14 December
Information from Burial Records - Denis Baker
Interesting finds at Kew Michael & Joyce Billings
Bring, Show and Tell –
Members Evening &
Christmas Social
June
Michael Hutchinson
The Sale of the Queens Head.
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Michael Hutchinson had a chance find of a volume of notes from a solicitors
office in Hinckley at an antiques fair, which led him to the will of Joseph Patch
his g g g grandfather. The subsequent acquisition of the majority of copy letter
books from the same solicitor, unfolded a tale of the disposal of Joseph's
properties in Bond Street, Hinckley. These centred round the Queens Head
Public House.
The will, the 1851 census, IGI and Parish records provided the background to
Joseph's travels to Hinckley, and the letter books gave an insight into how the
family had split up. The will provided for Joseph's widow during her lifetime and
the estate was then to be split between the two surviving children. Due to the
death of the elder boy, it was necessary to contact all his children, who were
scattered around the country. This gave addresses and a lot of background
information to the properties, since it was necessary to explain fully to one of
the indirect beneficiaries, what properties were, what rents they provided and
why the sale would make more in Hinckley than London or Birmingham.
The sale in 1876 saw the disposal of the Queens Head, some cottages and the
Bakery. Even this was fraught with difficulties, as one of the mortgage holders
was committed to the County Asylum after an attempted suicide. The mortgage
was only concluded after the death by his own hand of this person.
A second sale in 1881 saw the disposal of the remaining cottages, and with it
the final distribution of the assets of Joseph Patch.
An interesting talk which was amusing and also informative - especially outlining
some of the pitfalls of Family History.
M HEGGS
August
On a lovely summer evening 23 members visited Hough Tower Mill, which was
built in 1790, and is being restored by the Swannington Heritage Trust, to a very
high standard. Denis Baker, chairman of the Trust, told us the history of the mill,
including the families who were millers there.
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Swannington was a centre of the milling industry until the end of the 18
century. Records refer to at least nine wind and watermills in Swannington and
the immediate surroundings. A mill recorded on the site prior to 1790 is likely to
have been a post mill, and there is evidence of a mould surrounding the later
tower, where the post mill may have been erected.
We entered the mill for guided tours conducted by Denis Baker and John
Wilkins another management committee member. There are recorded sounds
of the mill working, because the next stage of restoration will be to install the
sails.
After our visit, several members retired to the nearby Fountain Inn, for
refreshments, where Denis and John joined us, and the evening was voted one
of the best yet! The mill opens on Sunday afternoon for visitors and by
appointment at other times. We highly recommend a visit!
September
Mr Buchanan described how he has found previously unknown relatives in
Canada, USA, Chile, Peru, S Africa, Borneo, Australia and New Zealand.
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Tow of his relatives went out to Chile, the eldest was involved in the guano
trade for 25 years and the youngest founded the National Bank of Chile. The
latter’s descendants are still in Chile and Peru. The eldest returned to London
and established a very successful hardware business. He lived near
Buckingham Palace and also had an attractive Scottish home. He became very
friendly with the Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII) and occasionally
entertained him and his mistress Mrs Keppel (an ancestor of Camilla Parker
Bowles) at his Scottish home.
Using a memoriam card, he was able to track down his USA relatives who now
live in 7 USA States. One of them is at present in Borneo on a missionary
assignment.
His relatives in Canada, Australia and New Zealand would never have been
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found if Mr Buchanan had not helped a relative to celebrate her 100 birthday in
the right year. A niece of this relative was later able to meet a previously
unknown relative from Paisley and told her about my research. From that
meeting, he was able to discover many new relatives in these countries.
The most fascinating part of his talk involved his South African relatives. One of
his father’s cousins married a black South African missionary whose
grandfather was a tribal chief with 8 wives and 39 children. He was able to
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describe in detail 1/39 of this family’s family tree. In two generations this
branch has rejected the tribal system to take successful degree courses in
Scotland.
Mr Buchanan has been able to visit his relatives in Canada, USA, Australia and
New Zealand and gave details of these visits during his talk. The New Zealand
visit was most successful and as a result of pressure from relatives there, he
has written 180-page book on his Buchanan family history.
Market Harborough
The Harborough Museum, Adam and Eve Street, Mkt. Harborough at
7.30pm
18 October
15 November
12 December
17 January 02
“Evening All” –
The Parish Constable
Jean Perry
Don’t Believe What You Read
Christine Vialls
Christmas Party with Harborough Historical
Society
Railways and the Post
Derek Smeathers
May
Dr Pegge’s Cookbook
Ann Pegg
We were delighted to welcome Anne Pegg once more to our meeting. Anne ‘s
talk was to illustrate the sidelines pursued in tracing ancestors.
Anne had inherited a family bible with a Pegg tree (this was her husband’s
name). She traced the Pegg family back to Birmingham where they were in the
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jewellery business. One brother went out to New York and worked in Tiffany’s
and she was lucky enough to have the marriage certificate that was part of the
marriage service sheet in 1892. By various means including an Ecclesiastical
census of 1811 she traced them back to Derbyshire. On the way she made
several interesting finds. Almhouses in Ashbourne with a Pegg Coat of Arms
depicting one Christopher Pegge - did he fit into the family?
In 1995 on a visit to her son in Harvard USA Ann made another interesting find.
A cookbook entitled “A Forme of Cury” published in 1780 and written by a Dr
Samuel Pegge, one time vicar of a small Derbyshire parish. Over the next 3
days Ann transcribed this cookbook and was amazed to discover the details
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and historical facts in it. In the 14 century, cranes, curlews, heron, seals and
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porpoises were on the menu and in the 17 century, teal, quail, herring and
flounder appear. There were references to mayoral dinners and banquets.
But the big question still remains, is this man an ancestor?
We wish you luck in your search for more clues.
JANE MOELWYN-HUGHES
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June
LRFHS Library Visit
A small group of members visited the Society Library and were given a very
detailed talk by Hilda Davis who was ably assisted by Peter Cousins on the
computers, about all the records held in the library.
It was an extremely interesting evening discovering the variety of assets in the
library. We here in Leicestershire and Rutland can be justifiably proud of our
Society library.
After the talk we were able to look up our own research with the help of two
experienced leaders. On behalf of the group our thanks go to Hilda and Peter
for their time and help.
JANE MOELWYN-HUGHES
August
Members Evening
After our summer recess about 25 members gathered for a members evening
when we discussed our successes and failures. We were introduced to Motor
Cycle Registers and Old Census details by Joyce Billings. Mick Billings talked
about his researches in the Hearth Tax Records. Peter Wilford gave us an
update into the research of the painting “The Village Wedding” (which he told us
about at last years members evening) as he had received a letter from Michael
Winner who now lives in the artist’s home, and gave us details of the original
painting’s whereabouts. (We hope to hear more next time)
Yve Robinson issued a plea for help in finding her grandmother in London.
Several ideas were put forward and we wish her luck in her quest. Hilda Davis
told us of the success she has had following a plea for help in our own journal.
Toni Smith explained the details of the forthcoming 1901 census, from
information recently gained from the Federation Meeting of the Society of
Genealogy, and Jane Moelwyn-Hughes pointed out the value of monumental
transcriptions.
All in all it was a successful evening with plenty of time for members to chat
together over tea and coffee.
J MOELWYN-HUGHES
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Melton Mowbray
The United Reform Church, Chapel Street, Melton Mowbray
at 7.30pm
4 October
1 November
6 December
3 Jan 2002
3rd May
Finding Father in Iceland
Children of the Titanic
Bring Your Own Family Tree
History of the English Pub
Jean Perry
Craig Stringer
David Clemow &
Mick Rawle
Bob Jarrett
Where Next?
The meeting on the 3rd May was one of our occasional ‘Where Next?’ evenings
when members were able to talk to experienced researchers about their
individual genealogical problems. Thanks go to Mick and Joyce Billings,
Eric Orbell, Ray Broad and Bryan Bailey for giving so freely of their time.
As well as providing the chance for members to get such input, it was also a
relaxing, social evening, with more time than usual to browse around the
bookstall, talk to fellow members over a cup of tea and check the list of
names known to be the subject of local research.
LESLEY CHANEY
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Family History 1750 – 1881
Mick Rawle
Mick displayed his family tree of the Rawle family and illustrated how all types of
research are needed to give the best results.
Examples were given of Census returns & Parish Records to glean the smallest
of details that are often overlooked.
We were shown a Scottish Birth Certificate that not only gave the Mother’s
maiden name but also the date of the parent’s marriage and the time of birth
(even though it is not a multiple birth)
Other records shown were Poor Law & Court Documents including
Apprenticeship Indentures, Prisoner Lists, Church Wardens Accounts, Quarter
Sessions, Removal & Settlement Certificates & information from Gravestones.
Newspaper reports were also found to be helpful.
Best of all for the Rawle family was a book written by Edward John Rawle in
1898 which contains copies of Wills that are now no longer available as the
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Devon Record office was bombed in the 2 World War and most of the records
were destroyed.
Mick showed a photograph of the gravestone of William Rawle “The Smuggler”
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reputed to have died in his 101 year but since proven to be only about 93! This
William Rawle lived throughout most of the period that was covered by the talk
and Mick read a piece from the book about William, who had such good
eyesight that he was able to thread a small needle in his 90s.
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How we all wish we had an ancestor like Edwin John Rawle with the foresight to
put pen to paper and record all those important dates.
CHERYL RAWLE
5th July. Were your Ancestors in the News. Mick and Joyce Billings.
We were given a fascinating insight into what can be found in newspapers to
flesh out the basic information we have concerning our ancestors. An
obvious start is to look for an obituary notice but it was made clear that
there may be much additional information particularly if death was due to
an accident or other incident which involved the holding of an Inquest. The
need to read all the newspapers published in the area for the appropriate
period as the details varied considerably from newspaper to newspaper.
Searching the newspaper archives at the Records Office (which go back to
the late 18th century) can certainly add much to our knowledge. One report
was particularly interesting in that it indicated the high regard that
employees held of their deceased employer in holding a collection to
purchase a memento to present to the widow.
It was explained how easy it was to become sidetracked when searching
because of the many interesting items discovered that had nothing to do
with the main line of research but were sometimes sad, at other times
amusing but certainly very diverting and in any case added to the overall
picture of life at the time.
I am sure that the newspaper archives at the Records Office will now be in
great demand as researchers seek to have a much better idea of the details
of their forebears' lives.
DENNIS UNDERWOOD
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August 2001 Framework Knitting Museum, Ruddington, Notts
Over twenty people joined the group, and after watching a video that gave us an
insight into the history of Framework Knitting and the lives of the people who
worked there. Due to the small space in some of the rooms, we were divided
into two groups. Each group in turn saw the cottages, and how they had been
restored to show how the families lived in the 1850s and 1900s.
The
narrowness of the stairs and the smallness of the bedrooms was quite a
surprise because people used to have more children per family in those days.
We were told how up to six children would have slept in one double bed. The
washhouse and privy reminded us of our own visits to grandparent's and even
parent's houses in days gone by.
We were given a demonstration of sock knitting by a peculiar machine with a
large handle and a circle of needles, the wool being fed through the needles as
the handle was turned enabling the operator to knit a complete row in a couple
of seconds. The Framework Knitting Workshop was so crowded we could
hardly believe it. Rows of machines were used and the noise must have been
deafening, as the operators worked. The demonstrations were well worth
seeing and we were invited to sit in the seats and pull a few levers.
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The museum provides a fascinating couple of hours showing in great detail one
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aspect of 19 Century social history. Well worth the effort of booking a trip.
CHERYL RAWLE
Rutland Group
The Rutland County Museum, Oakham starting at 7.30 p.m.
on the second Monday of the month
8 October
12 November
10 December
May 2001
Rutland Memorials in Glass
Battlefields Revisited
Christmas Get-Together
The Parish Constable-
Paul F A Sharpling
David Jones
Jean Perry
The life of a Parish Constable was always busy. Quoting from ‘The Compleat
Parish Officer’ and accounts books of Overseers of the Poor, Jean explained
the many and varied duties of the Office. She made us realise that these
duties: - preventing affrays; arresting night walkers, rioters, tramps and
vagabonds; ensuring that pumps were kept working; checking the scales of
bakers, transporting the poor back to their home villages, making people pay
fines for swearing and many others, meant that the Parish Constable was a
very important figure and that his lot was not always a happy one.
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Society Communication Brief
Computing – New Group?
It is becoming apparent that more and more of the information that we use in
trying to trace our ancestors is being placed on computers. It is also apparent
that more and more of us are using home computers to record and retain our
family history data. We would like to know if there is a need for the Society to
run a specialist Group that deals only with computer and data handling matters.
If there were enough interested people, we would propose to hold an inaugural
meeting, probably in Leicester, later in the year. We envisage that this group
would hold regular meetings with speakers or workshops or demonstrations,
and would eventually provide a pool of expertise that the Society could call
upon in the future.
If you are interested in coming or helping to run such a Group then please drop
me a line at the address shown in the front of the journal or Email me at
[email protected]
ALSO……………
Computing – Internet
We have noticed that many Family History Societies run members only
discussion groups using the Internet. These are aimed at exchanging specific
county related information, discussing, for example, computer problems and
providing a very quick method of obtaining expert opinions about County or
Society or Local Family related matters. If you would be interested in joining
such a group and particularly if you would be interested in becoming the hub
person who would run the whole group, then please contact me at
[email protected]
Ray Broad, Secretary
ALSO…………………
Computing Section in the Journal
Would you be interested in writing / editing a computer section in the quarterly
Journal? If so, the editor would love to hear from you. Maybe this could be
combined with one of the above jobs?
Toni Smith – Editor
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PROJECTS UPDATE - By Mick Rawle
WOW !! Thanks for all the offers of help and for the many lists of projects that
many of you have already carried out. At one stage I was getting 15 Emails a
day and trying to reply to everyone became extremely hard work, so if I have
missed you out, then it certainly wasn't intentional, but the sheer volume
overcame me. Please contact me again if you ever have to wait for a response
from me for longer than three weeks.
Special thanks this time go to Harvey Bates of Australia who has donated
copies of his transcriptions and indexes of the 1891 Census for many parishes
in the Soar Valley. They will be extremely useful to us when we start the 1891
Census Index for the whole of Leicestershire County next year.
Also to Mark Evans who took next to no time to computerize and index the
Military Records of Leicestershire that are in a card index file in the Library.
These are interesting tit-bits of information taken from parish registers that refer
to military people. We now have that information on a spreadsheet thanks to
Mark and will be producing a Miscellaneous Indexes CD shortly, which will have
this index on it.
Also to Jennifer Hill of Kirby Bellars whose poor husband's story is told
elsewhere in this Journal. Jennifer didn't know anything about computers and
wondered what doing a transcript of the 1891 Census would be like - she
enjoyed it so much she asked for more and more and more and has to date
completed 16 of the 55 books and has now started on the Parish Registers as
well.
I hope the above examples of the type of help we have been getting inspire
more people to have a go at putting something back into the world of genealogy
wherever you are, after spending much time getting great pleasure from
extracting information.
I can't mention everyone else, but a heart felt thank
you to all those of you who have given your time or donated information as a
result of my pleas.
CENSUS PROJECTS
1851 Census Index for Rutland
By the time you read this I am hoping that the 1851 Census Index for Rutland
will have been completed and produced on CD ROM. It is difficult to look
ahead, because it is now the middle of August, but this project is on time for
completion in late September 2001.
1891 Census Index for Leicester City
In the last issue when I wrote the article for the Journal there were only 6 parts
of the Census that had been taken for transcription, but by publication date
there were only about 6 parts left to do, thus many people wishing to help were
disappointed. I have now received almost all the computer files (50 out of 55
to date) and by the time you read this I will be issuing out print-outs of the
indexes for checking against the originals on microfiche. This is an exacting
job and I am looking for volunteers who would like to help. The idea is to issue
a microfiche and a matching print-out to someone who either has a microfiche
reader at home or can take it to one nearby and check that the print-out is
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correct or make alterations to it where necessary. The microfiche I intend to
use are the ones in the LRFHS Library at the moment so I'm afraid that I am
going to have to restrict sending them to those people living in Great Britain
only. However, if you live abroad and you want to help, and have access to
the originals in microform wherever you are, then I can Email the file to you and
you can print it out, check it, amend it and return it to me.
I don't expect this Index to be completed before the middle of 2002, there are
about 130,000 names, double the quantity that we did last year for the 1851
Census Index for the City, which shows us that the population of Leicester City
had doubled between 1851 and 1891.
1891 Census Index for Rutland
This project is in its infancy and Ray Broad, Chairman of Rutland Group (and
Secretary of the LRFHS) is hoping to persuade the people who attend the
Rutland Group meetings to have a go at it. Some of them have already helped
with the 1851 Census, but more help is required, so come on all you Rutland
people, lets see you get stuck into this one and help out - contact either me or
Ray.
We require people to transcribe a few columns of every page of the
Census, but this will require careful co-ordination, so please don't start a few
pages on your own without first contacting us for an instruction sheet and
checking that someone else hasn't already done that bit.
1891 Census Index for Leicestershire
This will not be started until the City Index is nearing completion well into next
year. I will update you in these articles in the Journal when we require help for
that one.
Further Census Index projects
Once we have completed 1891 Indexes for the whole of Leicestershire and
Rutland we will then start on the 1871 and do the same thing for that Census,
followed by the 1861 and 1841 Censuses. There is already an 1881 Census
Index for the whole of Great Britain, and we will have completed the 1851
Census Index for all of Leicestershire and Rutland by the time you read this.
PARISH REGISTER PROJECTS
As I said in the last issue, I have a lot of photocopies of parish registers and
written or typed transcripts of those photocopies. I have now sent most of them
out to be put on to computer file, and have already received some completed
ones. Co-ordinating all LRFHS projects and personally organizing the Census
projects takes all the time I am prepared to give, so is there someone out there
who would like to organize these ? It will have to be more than one person
living in Leicestershire, Rutland or an adjoining county and able to get to both
the Leicester Records Office and the LRFHS Library fairly regularly. I have
now prepared the 'Parish List' file I talked about in my last article and that will
give the volunteer(s) a good start knowing what years are available and what
state each parish has reached. Many people will be required to help organize
such a long term and complicated project, and to give you some idea of the
scope, there are 334 Anglican parishes in Leicestershire and 60 in Rutland and
the idea at the moment is to get all the registers from the earliest dates up to
1812 copied on to computer spreadsheet files. We then require the Non-
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Conformist registers to be added to these and the whole lot to be grouped into
small areas and issued on CD ROM so that they are searchable.
Please
contact me if you are interested in helping to organize an area for these
projects. The size of each group of parishes will depend on (a) the amount of
volunteers we get and (b) on the amount of information for each parish, but my
initial idea is groups of about ten to fifteen parishes (plus any non-conformist
registers) per CD.
BURIAL INDEXES
Leicester Borough Burials Index
This is now available on CD ROM. It covers all the parishes plus the Welford
Road Cemetery burials from about 1813 to 1891. There are some before 1813
but only a few.
Welford Road Cemetery Burial Indexes
Project leader Ray Newberry - This project is continuing to add more
information to the original burial indexes. Many of the 98,000 records have
been updated, and the Society is now going to provide a search service from all
the original indexes - see centre pages.
County Burial Indexes
Project leader Brannon Cope - As stated in the last issue, these are continually
being updated - we are going to provide enough information for a second CD
ROM shortly. We have the information at the moment, but it requires checking
before we issue it. I have submitted a copy of the first CD we produced in
January this year to the National Burial Index (NBI) project being run by the
FFHS. That contains over 65,000 burials. The second CD ROM will be issued
to them for the NBI Project after our Society has been selling it for six months.
MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS (MIs)
I was told recently that a project was in hand to get all the MIs transcribed for
the two counties. On further investigation I have found that only one group Market Harborough - has actually been doing anything about it. There are
many lists of these in the LRFHS Library, but they all appear to be typewritten.
I haven't previously been involved in this, but it sounds like a great idea to me.
I would like to see the results in spreadsheet format issued on CD ROM so that
you can access the information and search it, wherever you are. This projects
needs a lot more thought and co-ordinating, so again, is there anyone out there
willing to take this one on ?
RUTLAND MARRIAGE INDEX 1754 - 1837
Ray Broad has been busy scanning the pages of the LRFHS booklets into his
computer and has produced a searchable computer file. It has quite a few
bugs at the moment - thing like a surname HLLL (is it Hill or Hall ?) and a
forename Eli2a instead of Eliza. These will be ironed out in the next couple of
months and a CD ROM made. If it can be done in time, we will issue this on
the same CD as the 1851 Census Index for Rutland.
I will do my best to keep you updated with each issue of the Journal, thanks for
your help and best wishes to you all.
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A Father’s Legacy to his Daughter
Introduction
On 19 May 1908, Evelyn Avery Wood was born at 13 Harley Street, Kingston
upon Hull. The birth appears to have been by caesarean section. The mother,
Minnie Wood (nee Avery), was in her late 30’s and had had a stillborn child
some 12 months before and so the pregnancy and birth had clearly been a
traumatic time for the family.
The father, Francis Hare Wood, by occupation a drapers’ agent and coal
merchant, decided to keep a journal recording his and Minnie’s fears and hopes
for their daughter as she grew up. The entries are intermittent and end in 1918
but provide a touching account of the family’s innermost thoughts. The first two
entries are reproduced below. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
PETER BIRKETT (B56)
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December 26 1908
Dear Evelyn
It is Boxing Day - you are sat on your little hobby horse on the floor near the fire
alternately groaning and chuckling and talking to yourself or to me - I don’t quite
know. This sketch is not much like you but your mother has just come in and
you have been squeaking and I cannot really do it any better.( There is a small
sketch of Evelyn on her hobby horse in the journal - PB)
It has been a dull Christmas as far as the weather is concerned but dry.
Yesterday your uncle Harry, auntie Ella, cousin Phil and Miss North came to
dinner. Miss North said “let me have her a bit Frank, I haven’t had her yet”. So
she nursed you for a while and seemed to enjoy it to.
Your mother and myself thought it would be a good thing to write in this book
things about yourself which would interest you when you get older. I am
supposing you to be about 21 years of age and shall write to you as I should to
one whom I expected to meet for the first time in my life about that date.
It is now Sunday night. I could not finish what I wanted to say yesterday. Your
mother has just been playing some of Mendelssohn’s “Songs without Words”
and one of Beethoven’s Sonatas. I hope you will play as well as she does when
you grow up. We should have gone to Chapel tonight but had you to mind Alice being out - and so I am writing a little more to you.
First of all I want you to know a little bit about your birth. Nearly a year before
you were expected we lost your brother - stillborn - and that loss was nearly the
cause of the loss of your mother too - but God was merciful and she recovered
well - but we dare not think of having another child and it was a surprise both to
your mother and myself when she became quite sure that another baby was
expected.
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I remember coming in that morning anxious to learn what the doctor had said.
Your mother came to me, laid her head on my shoulder and burst into tears. I
knew what it meant - death for herself or for her baby - no not quite that - but
something rather like that, a risk so great to her that at least it was like facing
death - if she would save her child. I cannot tell you all our feeling of sickness
and fear and despair but we knelt down and prayed for guidance, and your
mother decided to let the baby have a chance to live.
It meant such an operation as you will only be able to understand in later years
when, if it please God, you yourself shall know the joy of having a dear little
baby of your own. We had to wait five months in suspense - how great for your
mother I don’t know - but when I try to realise all that it meant my teeth would
almost chatter and I should feel sick.
After Christmas a year ago we set to work to make you a cradle from the wood
of an old piano. In the top room we worked and
cheered each other up. Once a week at least we lit
a fire and worked away and neither of us told the
other that we did not dare to hope the cradle would
be used. Your mother carried it and I cut it out or did
some of the rougher work in getting out the
background. It was a work of love and I would not
sell that cradle for £100.
The day before your birth your mother and I went into Pearson’s Park in the
morning - a lovely day it was and we had the park almost to ourselves - we
watched the birds at the pond and the trees and flowers in the first beginning of
Spring. In the afternoon we worked upstairs until nearly dark. In the evening
we sat together an hour or so in the garden - if garden we may call it - in the
shelter of the bicycle house - and how well we remember it - Vega (the star
which had been our chosen watch light for so many years long before we
became engaged). Vega shone out brightly right above our heads. We hailed it
with delight and thought that in its kindly glow we had the promise of God’s own
providential care - and so it was.
The next day - the day we feared - had come at last, your
mother having slept well. By the forethought of the doctor
- our kind friend Ada Jackson - the nurses came an hour
or two earlier than we expected. All was bustle and
preparation and then at length I was sat in my office
underneath the room into which they brought you when
you were born and I heard you cry. I shall not forget that
and then a little later Nurse Johnson looked in and said
the operation was going well and the baby was a girl. I
could not help it - nor did I want - I cried.
How good God was I cannot tell you but I do want you to know just this much this that I have told you of - for I want you to know something of your mother’s
love and courage and your own wonderful birth. The doctors were as proud as
Punch for you were a good size, in good health and a perfect wonder to us all.
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That same day at teatime I went to meet your Grandmother Avery who was
coming from Tenterden (expecting the operation to be two days later). I walked
arm in arm with her up Jameson Street and told her the good news - you born your mother doing well - and she cried to.
We did so want a girl - several months before we tried to find a name for a girl
and one for a boy. We could only find yours and I suppose you will know by
now why we chose it. I am hoping you will become more familiar with “Hazel”
than with “Evelyn”.
Then the next morning I ventured down to the Nurseries to have a word with
mother and your Auntie Ella. How anxious my mother had been for me and
your mother. When she saw me she put her hands on my shoulders and kissed
me and burst into tears of joy, the strain had been so great for her. We went
down the garden and sat on the seat under the pear tree in the sunshine and
talked of God’s mercy - she and your Auntie Ella and myself - and now I want
to speak of your Grandma, my mother but not tonight.
February 1909
My dear little girl,
You will be interested to hear what Mother has to say about your coming. I think
no little baby was ever more anxiously expected nor more lovingly welcomed
than you were and some day when you are older you will better understand
what a wonderful thing your advent into this world was - “the baby who was
never born” as one of the nurses called you.
Also, I want you to know what a debt of gratitude we owe to our Doctor Ada
Jackson and her partner Miss Lewis. I believe you owe your life to her,
humanly speaking, for the shock of the operation was so great to you that they
had the utmost difficulty to make you breath. I did not hear your first cry but I
was proud and happy when Nurse Johnson brought me a little bundle to look at
and I saw your tiny red face and dark hair and she said you were a girl. We had
so longed for a little girl that we did not know how to feel grateful enough to God
for answering our prayers.
It was a very anxious time for everyone the five months before you came. I
hope you may never have such a period in your life little girl. It had been a
terrible grief to me to lose my other baby and that made me fearful in all my
preparations for you. But in spite of all that it was one of the happiest times of
my life too, for the love and tender care your Father gave me, the patience and
unfailing sympathy, are beyond words. Nothing else could have nerved me for
the suspense and trial. You see I was so far away from my own dear Mother
and Father and, as you grow older, I hope you will find as I have done that there
is no love like that of a Mother but your Father’s loving care filled even that
blank as far as it was possible. Ah! I cannot tell you all he was to me. Some
day you may possibly know what the love of a good man is and then you will be
better able to understand this.
It was a terrible shock to my Mother when I told her you were expected because
there seemed little hope of a successful issue after my other illness, but she
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nobly put self on one side, like your Father, and her bright loving letters and
good advice came to help me every week. She said she would provide your
basket and get it ready for you and we had many a comical debate as to
whether it should be trimmed with pink ribbons or blue or both. Finally, we
decided on pink and you see our choice was justified. It was the very same
basket she had used when I, and your Uncle Alfred were babies so you should
feel honoured.
When it came to providing the little garments for
you to wear it was with very mingled feelings that
I got out those I had so sorrowfully put away the
year before. I felt it would break my heart if they
had to be put away again but thank God they are
being worn out and outgrown, for you are getting
quite a big girl now. There was not much sewing to do so I made you a pretty
lace veil, which I shall keep for you to have when you are grown up, and your
cradle too - Father has already told you of the hours we spent in preparing it for
you.
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So the eventful day drew near, the 19 May 1908. The trees were just getting
their beautiful green leaves and the birds singing and the day before, Monday,
your Father took me into the park where we sat and enjoyed the beauty of the
Spring and the warm sunshine and saw the happy little birds in the aviary.
I purchased the journal at an antique fair in Stafford for the princely sum
of £7 yet it would be a priceless document to have as part of your own
family history. I'll try through the Yorkshire FHS to locate a relative so that
it can be returned back to the family.
PETER BIRKETT
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Obituary
Sincere condolences to the friends and families of the following members:
Mr. John Ilston, 4 Freemans Holt, Aylestone, Leicester.
We are all very grateful to Mr Ilston and his wife, as they transcribed the
books of the 1891 Census of Leicester City, which are in our Library. These
books are currently being indexed by the Society.
Mr Ken Palmer 78 Severn Road, Oadby Leicester
Mr Palmer had researched the family history ‘the hard way’ about 10 years
ago and found the Palmers came from Ashby.
Mr. Philip Beasley died 5 June 2001 (B0387)
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Baptism Tit-Bits
Beat This !
Eleven members of the same family were baptized
together !
Barrow upon Soar Parish Register 3rd March 1824
Nine children of William and Elizabeth BRADSHAW
were baptized starting with Mary the eldest who was
born in 1795 followed by John born in 1800, down to
Joseph born in 1818. John BRADSHAW was married
by 1824 and had two children of his own baptized at
the same time as himself, which makes the total up to
eleven.
Scandal !
Waltham on the Wolds Parish Register (near Belvoir Castle)
Much of Waltham on the Wolds is still owned by the Duke of Rutland of Belvoir
Castle even today.
Baptisms
20th July 1821
Mary the daughter of Elizabeth BELVOIR of Waltham -Illegitimate.
Was Elizabeth a daughter of, or closely related to the Duke ? I've never seen
the name Belvoir as a surname. If you look on the IGI for Leicestershire, it is
the only entry for that spelling. For those of you who don't know how to
pronounce it, phonetically it is said the same as 'Beaver'.
I have also found Elizabeth BEAVER (sic) having another illegitimate child
called James William BEAVER in 1829, and he goes on to be called William
and have children of his own in Waltham in the 1850s (also on the IGI).
The IGI doesn't give any clues as to who Elizabeth was or where she came
from, so she probably adopted the name BELVOIR / BEAVER ! Does anyone
out there descend from this family or know of any illegitimacy in the offspring of
the Duke of Rutland at this time ?
MICK RAWLE
HAPPENINGS AT BARROW-ON-SOAR, 166 YEARS AGO
What does it take to give the Vicar rheumatism in his index finger, it being
permanently wet for two days in 1837?
The following records were found in the Records Office, Wigston………
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On June 29 1837, the Vicar baptised 26 children, and the following day, 64
children.
On reading the entries for the two days (or maybe three days as the Vicar had
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entries for 31 June also!) I found that the Vicar had signed his name in full at
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the top of each page, but initialled further entries only. Each fathers occupation
was entered in full, many being ‘Framework Knitter’, and I was left to wonder
when FWK came into being as later records show.
According to The Book of Common Prayer, baptisms were to be performed on
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Sunday or Holy Day. Thursday 29 June was St Peter’s Day so was a Holy
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Day, but Friday 30 was not. Baptisms can be accomplished on other days if
necessary.
As these two dates are weekdays, I wonder how many people had to have time
from work to act as Godparents, not to mention parents also, which I’m sure
they could ill-afford to do. The ages of the children were from 3 months to 25
years, so the church must have been very full with queues down the path to the
gate.
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Since Civil Registration came on 1 July 1837, did these people think they
would be missing out if not baptised, or was it the Church needing them to be
more respectable?
BERYL HOLMAN, 24 BRAZIL STREET, LEICESTER LE2 7JA
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THE VILLIERS FAMILY OF HOBY, LEICESTERSHIRE
A single line pf pedigree of the Villiers Family of Coventry that has its roots in
Hoby, Leicestershire, was the subject of my research. Starting with the writer, it
works it’s way via 3 watchmakers, 6 weavers, 2 farm workers and 1 tenant
farmer to the year 1487 or thereabouts!
The story can be continued to the time of the Norman Conquest via the Villiers
Family of Brooksby and of Crosby in Lancashire.
Over a period of 35 years, sufficient material has been accumulated (principally
from the IGI) to be able to see patterns of additional Villiers; families in North
Warwickshire, Sussex, Lincolnshire and Somerset, with strays appearing in
many other English counties, some having links with Leicestershire.
A significant discovery made some years ago was of the Villiers Family of
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Missouri, USA, which can be traced to 19 century Coventry.
The story of the Villiers Family of Hoby does have its weaknesses, but over time
more details may be found. The greatest need is for the period prior to 1614,
where some key dates are required for definition. A brochure, containing
pedigree worksheets and monographs of those directly identified, is available in
the Society Library.
PETER VILLIERS, 5 POWERSCOURT ROAD, BARTON ON SEA, NEW MILTON, HAMPSHIRE
BH25 7PD
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Beginners Luck?
By Terry Moss
I was aware that our branch of the MOSS surname came from Loughborough.
So about four years ago, after early retirement, I got down to the serious
business of tracking down my ancestors. In those four years I have done all
the usual things, read through many census returns, reasoned relationships,
verified them to my satisfaction with BMD, certificates. Slowly the family
emerged from such recent obscurity. The period I am looking into is the1800’s.
One of the things I noticed, during the reading, of all the information
gathered, was how my G Grandfather, Edwin MOSS, seemed to have regular
changes of addresses probably for the ever increasing children, to date I have
identified 10.
Not being familiar with the street layout of Loughborough it seemed obvious I
needed a street map of the centre of Loughborough to help me follow the family
movements in the Town. This I duly downloaded from the one of the map sites
on the web.
This is where lady luck, (we all need her with family history research), gave
me a helping hand. Looking at the street map I noticed a road called Alan
Moss Road, I had already found an Alan MOSS in my family tree but I did not
know if there was any direct connection. I emailed the contact line on the
Leicester Council web site and asked the simple question, “Can you tell me
anything about Alan MOSS Road in Loughborough?”.
I had a very courteous reply saying my question had been sent it to the
Loughborough Reference Library. John Slater the Archivist for Loughborough
local history very kindly looked into it. After the preliminary inquiries, the next
thing I received was an A4 brown envelop with lots of family information
including copies of photographs of family members and 4 Mayors of
Loughborough. It was like finding the pirates treasure, for indeed it was my Alan
MOSS, so of course I was very excited.
I know it should be obvious that a Reference Library has local family history
but it is not always the first port of call. If you are not local it can be
difficult to spend time searching if you are not sure exactly what you are
looking for. John Slater was one of many people who have helped me along the
way, for on the whole family researchers, are a generous bunch. I would just
like to say to all budding researchers, you never know, just keep looking. Of
course join the FHS, I am already a member of the Gloucestershire Society.
Having contact with other members will enable you to share your information.
For many, the family tree represents many years of diligent inquiries but
sometimes lady luck does give a hand.
I have to say I am still excited with the material that I have received and
would of course be happy to share with others.
TERRY MOSS 10 OLD MANOR CLOSE CHARFIELD WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE GLOS GL12 TS
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DIARY OF GEORGE WAIN
Sent in By Keith Warrington
(second cousin twice removed)
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Note: George Wain was born in Huncote on October 2 1881. He
emigrated to America in 1903, and I have made contact with his grandson,
George Bostian who wrote to the Leicester Mercury in an attempt to trace
his Wain relatives. George Bostain lives in North Carolina USA where
George Wain finally settled
KEITH WARRINGTON, 7 ANSTEY LANE, GROBY, LEICESTERSHIRE LE6 0DA
Attended public school (called Parish) school in Huncote, Leicestershire,
England (about 200 population). Started very young, passed the 4th standard at
about 11 years of age. Not compelled by law to attend after completing 4th
standard so went to work with a market gardener helping tend stall in City of
Leicester, 7 miles away, and Market Harborough, 18 miles a day, 3 days a
week, working in garden the rest of the week, and received 2 shilling & sixpence
(60 cent) per week. Worked around that and several other farms for years. Then
went to work in quarries breaking small stones with a ½ pound hammer for
about 2 years, then drove a horse to a 2 wheel trap, driving the manager of the
quarries around for about one year. Then started work with my brother Joseph
to learn the trade of settmaking at about 15 years of age. (Settmaking is called
Paving Cutting in the United States). Served two year apprenticeship with him
and agreed at the start to work the two full years without pay. He agreed to pay
Mother something for my keep, how much I never knew.
Quarries were all overcrowded with men with families, so all young men
learning the trade had to leave as soon as their apprenticeship finished. Left
home and found work in the trade at Wirksworth, Derbyshire, at the age of 17
years. Stayed there a few months, then went to Shap in Westmoreland. Stayed
there about 8 months, and then went back home visiting for a week, then to
Belfast, Ireland. Worked there about a week, then back to Shap. Only stayed a
few weeks this time, and then went to work in Kilywan Dumfriesshire Scotland a
few months. From there to Nottingham, England, for several months, repairing
old paving at good wages, then back to Shap where I could always get work.
After a short time the quarry shut down, so went to friends in Manchester who
advised joining the police force. Was examined by doctor and accepted, but too
young to be signed on Went back home and got work breaking stone at day
labour wages. Stayed 4 weeks, then went to Portsmouth expecting to get work
repairing old blocks, but was disappointed, so started back and found work in
London. Found plenty of work in all parts of London repairing old paving and
curb stones at good wages and stayed 4 months or more. Left there and went
to Newry, Ireland and worked in the quarries there making new paving blocks.
(The Irish called them Causey Blocks). Stayed there about 3 months, then went
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to Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire, England to make paving blocks in a large
limestone quarry. Here I met a Tom Wain, age about 45, who questioned me
concerning my name. He was an Erecting Engineer and belonged to Ripon
Yorkshire, and claimed me as a sort of cousin. He had never known another
Wain and he had travelled the wide world. (I have never met another Wain
either. I saw the name on a large toy and notion store front in London once).
Stayed several months at Horton in Ribblesdale by Settle, Yorkshire, then tried
to get on the police force at Wakefield, Yorkshire, but still too young (must not
have been 21 yet). Went on up to Scotland again and worked at Forest Hill by
Cauldercruix (between Glasgow and Edinburgh) for two months, snow a foot
deep all the time and very cold. Had a very poor boarding house, so back to
England again and found work at my trade in the Hills (a wild country) above
Haltwhistle, between Carlisle and Newcastle, Northumberland. Stayed there six
months. Made lots of money and sent for brother Joe who made lots of money
(he was the best man with the tools I ever knew).This was about the time of' the
Boar War between South Africa and Great Britain. I left Haltwhistle expecting to
enlist in the army at Carlisle, Cumberland, for service in South Africa, but was
refused after all kinds of examinations and delays on account of two teeth
missing. Very disappointed. Started on for home and travelled all the way (100
miles or more) on a bicycle one day and most of the night, but saw a lot of
England. Got home all right and stayed a few hours, then rode my wheel next
day to West Bromwich (30 miles) and struck a good job there repairing old
blocks for about three months. Work finished for a time, so I went home for a
week, then to London to look for work but could not find any from London to
Chester. I went to Liverpool where I found work on the streets fixing new paving
on the Pier Head. When that job finished, I took the boat to Grennock, Scotland,
stayed a few days with friends at Gourock, 4 or 5 miles away. There was work
here but no opening for any more men. From Gourock to Glasgow (no job) then
to Kilsyth, between Glasgow and Edinburgh, where I found work for about two
months when work finished. From Kilsyth to Manchester where I worked for
three weeks when I heard work had started again in West Bromwich, so I quit
and went back there. At about this time I decided if the job in West Bromwich
was as good as it had been before, I would save up enough money to take me
to America, where I had been crazy to go since I was a kid. Work was good and
I did save my money (although I never wasted any in drink or riotous living) and
when the job finished a week before Easter I went home for a few days and told
mother, now I am going where I’ve always wanted to go. She said alright, I
guess you can take care of yourself . I gave her all the money I could spare and
allowed myself just a few shillings over and above my fare and 50 dollars I had
to show in America before I would be allowed to land. (If I remember, I had
round 25 cents when I landed, above my 50 dollars)
I sailed on the Cunard Liner Ultonia (a very old boat, It took 12 days) and
landed in Boston in the spring of 1903. From Boston to Milford, New Hampshire
(just an hour on train) on a Saturday just after dinnertime and walked right from
the depot to a quarry, (about 30 minutes walk),and the first man I saw was a
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middle-aged man named Charley Smith, who was raised in Markfield, England,
and went to school with my older brother Joe and sisters. I started to work in
Milford and I was anxious to see some more of the country. I went to a small
Village, Brookline, Mass, and worked a little while, then to another small town
on the Connecticut River, Haddam, Conn. Worked there a few weeks then went
to Guilford, Maryland, a few miles from Annapolis Junction. Stayed there until
the job shut down about Christmas time. From there I went with Joe Kirchin and
two other men to Oneco, Conn, where it was up to my knees in snow, but got
work and worked there until along in March, when I moved to a village 9 or 10
miles away called Coventry, Rhode Island. Along in April I answered an ad for
men wanted in Jasper, Minnesota, received a reply which said come and bring
3 or 4 men with you, so walked up to Oneco the next day, Sunday, and got
three men to go. Their names were Ezra Baum (a man then around 50) and two
young fellows who had just landed there from Enderby, England (two mile from
Huncote), Stan Whittaker and Sid Bowler.
I always remember the trip to Jasper because going along in the train from
Buffalo to Cleveland along the shore of Lake Erie the ice was just breaking up
and I thought it was a great sight as I had never seen such big chunks of ice
before. It took us 3 ½ days to get there. I stayed there till I got a letter about the
middle of December from Nance telling me mother was very sick and wouldn’t I
come home. I quit that day and went home as quick as I could get. I remember I
had several hundred dollars after I got home and gave it all to mother. She
seemed to improve so much. I stayed around with her for several months. It
was impossible to get work around home and finally I got tired loafing and
mother seemed to be so much better, so I borrowed $2.50 from her and went to
Bolton, about 100 miles away and struck an extra good job repairing old paving
blocks. Mother died shortly after, but as I used all the money I had helping to
bury her, I couldn't come back right away, so I went back to Bolton where in
addition to having a good job, I was offered a position to play professional
football (soccer ) which I was tickled to death to accept till the season finished. I
was offered a contract to play the next season at a higher salary and a small
salary during the off-season, which I reluctantly refused, as I dearly love the
game, but I was anxious to save enough money again to come back to
America. I believe I stayed in Bolton around 4 or 5 months when the work
finished. I next got work in Tytherington, Gloucestershire for just a few weeks.
My next move was to Birmingham where I found work and a girl (Mom). I
believe I stayed in Birmingham about six months when I finally persuaded her to
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marry me, which she did in St Chrystendom Church, Birmingham, on the 21
day of March, 1906,and we both set sail for America on the 27th of March on
the Cunard Liner, Carmania. Landed in Boston a week later, we went to Milford,
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N.S. again, where Mabel was born on April 16 1907.
That winter in Milford was very cold and work poor, so we moved to New
Bedford, Mass. the latter part of the winter and worked there until about June
when the job shut down, and we came to Granite Quarry, North Carolina, in July
of 1908.
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Mom was not happy, as living conditions were not good, so we went back to
England in September 1908 on the Cunard Liner Baltic. We returned to Granite
Quarry in April 1910 on the Adriatic, where we have remained ever since,
except for a short period in 1917 when the paving business was bad during the
war. We moved to Cortland, New York, where we operated a farm with my
sister Mabel and her husband. We did not get along too well, so moved back to
Granite Quarry.
Began work with Georgia Granite Corporation in July 1930 as quarry
superintendent, and have remained with then ever since.
Added January 24. 1954:
1914. Job was poor and I went with two others (Jack and Bob Griffith) to New
York to work on a repairing job on Grand St., Brooklyn. Lived up in the Bronx
and travelled several miles by elevated train and over the Washington Bridge to
work. Visited the Bronx Zoo often and saw pretty well all of New York City while
here... perhaps about two months. From there to Columbus, Ohio, to a repairing
job (several weeks),then to Cincinnati to repair new blocks for the Mount Airy
Company, although they were cutting them by the car load. I figured the
inspector who was doing the cutting was wanting graft (in other words, wanted
his palms greasing). I wired the Mount Airy people to that effect and they wired
me to come to Mount Airy at their expense. Told me when I got there, they had
it figured about the same, and thanked me for proving it and told me that I could
have a job in Mount Airv ~ as long as I lived.
The war broke out about this time and I didn't care much for Mount Airy after a
few weeks. There wasn't a living in it for me. So answered an ad for quarry
foreman at the Whitney and Badin Dam (Sardaway Contracting Co.) Got along
fine there with the people and after staying by myself for a month up there took
Mom and Mabel and Dorothy and moved there to a Company house right close
to where the Badin Dam is now. (There were between 4 to 5000 men on that
Badin Dam job, 95% were coloured. There were 2 steel derricks 110 feet high. I
was in charge of a crew of 50 to 100 coloured and 4 white men, having to do
with quarrying a face in the mountain 90 feet high and 100 or more feet wide, so
they could bore 2 tunnels to run the river through while they built the dam
across.) Mom and the babies got sick with typhoid and malaria after a few
months and no doctor nearer than Dr West (in Salisbury) to care for them. While
I was in Salisbury getting medicine for them, Mr Jamison then head of the dam
construction, offered me the privilege of naming my own salary if I could
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QUERY BOX
Editor – Please keep entries for the Query box to a minimum of
information as the requests are many, and this gives scope to print more
of your ancestral problems. Always quote your membership number on
all correspondence. – FREE SERVICE ONLY TO MEMBERS.
Having no pictorial record of my great grandmother or of any of her close
th
legitimate kin, I am keen to discover work by Mr ISAAC of Stamford who on 10
May 1887 photographed the schoolchildren of Great Easton, Leicestershire.
st
They were also photographed, possibly by the same man, on 21 February
th
1879 and 5 June 1890.
Any information would be gratefully received
DEREK JOHN FREESTONE 37, KILVERSTONE AVENUE, EVINGTON, LEICESTER LE5 6XN
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I had a break-through early in the New Year in my searches for the LEEDHAM
family when three people got in touch with me about the descendants of
Stephen and Sarah (nee Baxter) Leedham who married in 1820 at Polesworth.
They had thirteen children between 1820 and 1844 mostly baptized at
Polesworth, Ibstock or Bagworth. Of these, three families have been traced to
the present day – one in Australia, one in Warrington and my family here in
Leicestershire. Two of us, Margaret Smith (Australia) and I, wondered whether it
would be possible to find any more descendants of Stephen and Sarah. Is there
anyone reading this who is descended from one of: Louisa, bap. 1822, Sarah bap 1825, John bap 1827, Edward bap 1829, Mary
bap 1833, Stephen bap 1834, William bap 1835, Betsey bap 1837, Frederick
bap 1842 or Eliza bap 1844? Or does anyone know about this Leedham family?
If so I should be pleased to hear from you.
ALEC MORETTI, 49 BROOK STREET, WYMESWOLD, LOUGHBOROUGH LE12 6TT
************
I'm after info on John ORME B 1794 in Peckleton and M to Martha INCHLEY of
Desford in 1814. They had 8 children who were John MARSHALL C 1815
Mary Ann C 1817 Martha C 1819 Elizabeth C 1821 D 1823 Sarah C 1823
Emma C 1826 Edward C 1828 & Elizabeth C 1831 D 1842 I've got down to
that stage of my search but am unable to get any more info., so any help would
be a great help.
TERRY RATCLIFFE R126
[email protected]
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My grandfather worked for ‘Leicewter Coal Consumers’ who had an office in
Loasby Lane, Leicester. He worked there during the 1930’s. Is there anyone
who knows of the firm?
MARGARET PEARSON, 36 SALCOMBE ROAD, WARNERS END, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTS
HP1 3RQ
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Can anyone help? I am trying to put a name to my Great Grandfather.
My Great Grandmother Catherine (Kate) Rushin had eight (and still counting)
illegitimate children. There isn’t a fathers name on any of the birth certificates so
I then tried the school records, to which three of the children used the name
John this I thought was a step forward, only to find that on a wedding certificate
he has now become James.
Can any one suggest another path I could take, apart from having the whole of
Anstey D.N.A. tested? Catherine was born in Anstey in 1870 and lived in
Church Lane, she then moved to Carlisle Street Leicester, with her children,
around 1914 and died in 1934.
VAL HOLLILAND. 87 NEW ZEALAND LANE, QUENIBOROUGH, LEICESTER. LE7 3FU
[email protected]
************
If you are researching a surname from the Bradgate area of NW Leicestershire
would you be willing to share/swap information with a collector who already has
a substantial data base of material? The villages of Anstey, Groby, Newtown
Linford, Ratby, Swithland and Ulverscroft, surnames pre 1840 being my special
interest.
DAVID RAMSEY, THE ORCHARD, GROBY, LEICESTER LE6 0BA
[email protected]
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I have researched the STAFFORDS of Blaby as my ancestor Edward Stafford
th
of Whetstone married Alice FREESTONE of Blaby on 27 July 1807 at Blaby.
His sister, Susannah STAFFORD married Alice’s brother Thomas FREESTONE
th
at Blaby on 6 November 1809. Edward’s parents are unknown. Alice’s parents
th
were James Freestone who married Ruth Watkins on 25 December 1776 at
Blaby.
I shall be happy to send my Stafford and Freestone family trees for a s.a.e. to
anyone searching these names. Can anyone help me further?
JILL PRIME, 6 DEERDALE WAY, BINLEY, COVENTRY CV3 2EQ
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Samuel BAILEY was born in 1843 at Willoughby on the Wolds, Notts. His eldest
brother John Bailey, my great grandfather, became a carpenter and was
apprenticed in Willoughby in the early 1850’s to Jonathan GLOVER, a joiner in
the village, who came originally from Blaby, Leicestershire.
Samuel Bailey also became a carpenter, and in the 1860’s, moved to Blaby
where, doubtless through the influence of Jonathan, he was employed as a
carpenter by the Glover family, who were builders in Blaby. Head of the family
was Thomas Glover, who lived at ‘Park House’ in Lutterworth Road.
Samuel Bailey was married at Blaby in 1872 to Sophia COPSON and the
couple set up home at Glover’s Yard, Willoughby Road, Blaby. They were still
living there in 1881 with five children: - Elizabeth, John, Mary-Ann, Ann and
Martha. A sixth child, Sarah, was born in 1883. Samuel was only 49 when he
died, in 1892. Little is known of the children except that Ann was married at
Blaby in June 1900, to Thomas FRANKLIN.
I would be delighted to hear from anyone researching, or with knowledge of: 
The GLOVER family who were builders in Blaby
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The family of Samuel and Sophia BAILEY
The family of Thomas and Ann FRANKLIN
DAVID BAILEY, WREYLANDS COTTAGE, CHERITON FITZPAINE, CREDITON, DEVON EX17 4JH
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I have a copy of a death certificate, raised in Leicester in 1850. The cause of
death states:
“E Certified 7 days”, does anyone know what this means?
Also I have an ancestor who, in 1881, was living on a vessel moored at Whitby.
His occupation was “Master of Lighter”, could anyone tell me about this please?
DIANNE MEAKIN, 1 FOREST ROAD, LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICESTER LE11 3NW
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I have unearthed additional clues in my bid to find Grace Beaumont that tell
me that Grace Beaumont's mother was Elizabeth Truman. Grace's brother,
William Truman who died in December 1826 at Snibson,death recorded in the
Hugglescote Baptist Chapel Minute Book, left a will which is in the P.R.O.
London. He was, it would appear a rich man, probably did not marry which I
deduced from the content. He leaves money to 'my nephew Thomas Harriman a
farmer of Snibson', my nephew William Parkinson son of Grace Beaumont
money in trust to provide annuities for Elizabeth Frearson of Sawley and Ann
Bennett wife of Thomas Bennett of Boughton on the Hill Leicestershire. These
two ladies were William P's sisters. He also includes William Harriman, a Baker
of Hathern, and John Harriman, a Grocer of Nottingham.
Which information source group in the L & R FHS should I request
information about the Harriman family as it is earlier than the censuses and
before national recording of BE,DO & Ms. It is very probable that they were all
Baptists so I. G. I. may not have any records of them.
The four Parkinson brothers emigrated and converted around 1755 - 60,
William and Robert to Quorn, Thomas to Hinckley and Joseph, Grace's
husband to Ravenstone and joined the Castle Donnington B. C. (children's
births recorded at Dr William's Library) before inheriting the family farm in
Sawley Derbyshire in 1779.
I am trying to find out who the mother of the three Harriman men was and
then hopefully back to Elizabeth.
Any suggestions would be very gratefully received.
BOB BENNETT
[email protected]
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I would be interested to hear from anyone researching the names HUDSON,
STEVENSON and WALLIS in Kegworth, Leicestershire. I am descended from
William Hudson (born 1876), son of Thomas Hudson and Elizabeth Stevenson
th
who were married at The General Baptist Chapel, Kegworth on 20 October
1864. Elizabeth was the daughter of William Stevenson and Mary Wallis (born c
th
1811) who were married at St Andrew’s Church, Kegworth on 29 September
1833. I would be very grateful for any information
MARGARET HARTSHORN, 38 ST PAUL’S AVE., HASLAND, CHESTERFIELD DERBYS S41 0NG
[email protected]
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NEW BOOKS REVIEW
BASIC FACTS ABOUT RESEARCH IN LONDON PART 1 – RESEARCHING
LONDON ANCESTORS £1.50 PLUS POSTAGE Basic Facts About Research
in London is divided into two booklets. Part 1, Researching London Ancestors,
is aimed to help family historians undertake research in London to a satisfactory
completion and describes some of the main record offices and a small part of
their collections The second booklet London Repositories, will supply a brief
description of the record offices (and other places of interest to the family
historian), together with addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, email
addresses and websites.
IRISH ANCESTRY – A BEGINNERS GUIDE BY BILL DAVIS - £6.95 PLUS
POSTAGE
This is the third edition of Bill Davis’s successful Irish Ancestry: A Beginner’s
Guide, the title now being slightly changed from earlier editions. Born in
England of Irish parents he studied Irish history and emigration and now
lectures on the subject. In 1980 he began to research his own ancestry,
experiencing at first hand the many difficulties of Irish research. He concluded
that many of the problems associated with Irish research could be solved and
.that his experiences could be helpful to others, and so in 1992 the first edition
of this book was published. The rest as they say.., is history.
BISHOPS’ TRANSCRIPTS AND MARRIAGE LICENCES – BONDS AND
TH
ALLEGATIONS 5 EDITION BY JEREMY GIBSON £3.95 PLUS POSTAGE.
This is a guide to the location of Bishops’ Transcripts and of the records
connected with the issue of Marriage Licenses. It also describes any abstracts,
calendars and indexes to the latter, published or unpublished, and, when these
are lacking, gives an indication of the arrangement of the surviving original
documents. For Bishops’ Transcripts, reference is given to any lists of parishes
giving covering dates or more precise indication of exactly what years exist.
LONDONERS’ OCCUPATIONS – A GENEALOGICAL GUIDE. SECOND
EDITION BY STUART RAYMOND. £5.50 PLUS POSTAGE.
A considerable amount of occupational information on Londoners is available in
print. These include biographical dictionaries, record publications, guild
histories, archival guides, trade directories, regimental histories, etc, etc. All of
these help us to identify people in the past, and may provide essential clues in
tracing our family trees. The purpose of this bibliography is to draw these
publications to the attention of the genealogist. Arrangement is alphabetical by
occupation.
BASIC FACTS ABOUT USING COLINDALE AND OTHER NEWSPAPER
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REPOSITORIES BY AUDREY COLLINS. £1.50 PLUS POSTAGE.
The aim of this book is to suggest where and how family historians can
find newspaper and magazine articles that will be of use in their research. It
may not be possible to find references to your named ancestors in the news,
but the incidental detail you find during a search can add greatly to your
understanding of their lives and times. There is also an enormous range of
magazines, special interest, professional and trade journals which can give
valuable background information.
FAMILY HISTORY ON THE WEB – AN INTERNET DIRECTORY OF
ENGLAND AND WALES BY STUART RAYMOND. £4.95 PLUS POSTAGE.
A vast amount of information concerning genealogy and family history
is now available on the internet. Surfing the net can be a very productive
process for the researcher; it can, however, also be very frustrating. Despite the
fact that there are thousands of genealogical web sites worth visiting, the
means for finding particular relevant sites are very poor: search engines
frequently list dozens of irrelevant sites, but not the ones you require. This book
is intended to help you identify those sites which are most likely to be relevant
to your research.
IDENTIFYING YOUR WORLD WAR 1 SOLDIER FROM BADGES AND
PHOTOGRAPHS BY IAIN SWINNERTON. £6.50 PLUS POSTAGE.
SLEEPING DOGS LIE II - BY NORMA E RAWLINGS
A second book by this writer, who is a member of our Society. This too has the
theme of family research.
It is a most interesting fictional story about genealogy and its pursuit, set ten or
so years into the future. It imagines the advances that could be made to help us
in trace our ancestors, this time with dire consequences. It is well written, with
some wonderful word pictures, and keeps the reader intrigued to the very end.
AROUND FOXTON – MEMORIES OF AN EDWARDIAN CHILDHOOD BY
SARAH DALLASTON. £3.50 PLUS POSTAGE. Recollections and
photographs of Sarah Dallaston (nee Durran) born in 1904.
THE TOWN HALLS OF LEICESTER £0.60p plus postage. The history of
Leicester’s Town Halls over seven centuries.
OLD BRAUNSTONE HISTORY OF THE MANOR OF BRAUNSTONE,
LEICESTER.
£2.50 plus postage.
LEICESTERSHIRE YEOMAN FAMILIES AND THEIR PEDIGREES.
£0.45p plus postage.
INNS OF LEICESTERSHIRE. A SHORT ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF
LEICESTERSHIRE INNS.
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£0.80p plus postage.
GLENFIELD – A CONSIDERABLE VILLAGE. A HISTORY OF GLENFIELD
FROM IT’S BEGINNINGS.
£2.50 plus postage.
THE VICTORIAN CELEBRATION OF DEATH by James Stevens Curl Sutton
Publishing ISBN 0-7509-2318-0 price £20
This book is a scholarly study of attitudes to death, provision for burial, and
questions associated with this subject. The author treats an emotional subject
with great delicacy of feeling allowing a wider understanding of an important
ceremonial of the Victorian age
Reviewed by
Mrs J E Bates (B30) 23 Mail St, Newtown Linford, Leicester LE6 0AE
Family photographs are an integral part of genealogy, but they fade with age or
are damaged by frequent handling. With computerised technology, your
memories of the past can be enhanced, restored, edited, rebuilt, or simply
copied or enlarged, from as little as £3.00 for a 6” x 4” enhanced copy. They can
also be presented on CD-ROM, either as an electronic album or with your family
history, including trees, reports, maps and your own commentary. For a
customised service:
John Ward
HomeWard Photographic
68 Blakemere Close, Winyates East, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0LZ
Telephone 01527 465350/526936
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.homewardphotographic.co.uk
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Dates for your Diary
Doncaster & District Family History Society
Family History Day
th
Saturday 27 October 2001 at The School & College for the Deaf
Cost £7.25 plus the cost of a meal at £4.75 if required
Speakers:
John & Beryl Hurley
You Really Want To Know Your Ancestors?
David Smith
Gypsies, Tinkers & the Traveller In Family History
Anne Batchelor
Times Footsteps–researching an 1898 family journal
Details from June Staniforth, Marton House, 125 The Grove, Wheatley Hills,
Doncaster DN2 5SN (01302 367257)
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See Page 34 for Oral History Workshop dates
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DATES FOR LONDON & KEW
COACH TRIPS
(See booking forms in the centre pages – page xxiv)
LONDON – MYDDELTON STREET F.R.C.
TH
THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER 2001
TH
TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2001
ANY QUERIES FOR LONDON TRIPS
CONTACT:
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DATES FOR 2002 TO BE ANNOUNCED
ANY QUERIES FOR KEW TRIPS CONTACT:
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- 0116 2892453
All London Trips for 2002 will be recorded on your new membership card
SPELLING CHEQUER
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew
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A journey from Grantham to Woolsthorpe by Canal
1881
Grantham was crowded. Showmen from all over the country and continent had
converged on the town for the Mid-Lent fair to be held on the following Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. Their caravans filled the Market Place and the
surrounding streets. Besides the showmen with mechanical exhibitions there
were photographers, conjurers, shooting galleries, wax work exhibitions and
marionettes. The Inns were packed to capacity and a troop of musicians from
Germany were lodging in Welby Street.
I was pleased to be away from all the hustle and bustle promised for the
following three days. Having been offered employment in Nottingham I chose to
take a few days and walk the distance alongside the Grantham canal.
Wharf Road leads to the canal terminus. I paused at number 31 to seek advice
from Mrs Mary Robinson, born at Barkston in the Vale and formerly a boatman's
wife, her knowledge would be invaluable for my trip. Just time for a farewell
drink in the last "Blue" public house, the aptly named Blue Boat. The widowed
Mary Milner is now head
publican, but needs to takes
in lodgers to keep the Blue
Boat afloat.
There are three occupied
cottages on the wharf; Mr Cotterell, agent to the Great Northern Railway and
Thomas Musson a horse shunter on the railway. But of interest to me was Mr
Caleb Page, canal inspector. I lingered to pass a few words and learnt some
useful contacts for the journey ahead. I don't recall if there were any day boats
at the wharf, but there were no living boats, the area was quiet compared to the
frenzy in the town.
The canal was peaceful as I passed the skin works and into the countryside.
Harlaxton wharf in the cutting was deserted, piles of coal having been unloaded
awaited delivery to local houses by William Towers the coal merchant. Even the
fishermen had abandoned the bank in exchange for festivities in Grantham.
At Woolsthorpe the first lock is found, but the second is of more interest, having
a house alongside and an arched bridge at the tail. I spoke to a woman in the
cottage garden. She said her name was Elizabeth Willis and her husband was a
carpenter but was away from home. While
her seven children played around the lock
she spoke of their move from Grantham
some four years ago. The children clearly
enjoyed the freedom of the countryside and I
could imagine the family remaining in this
idyllic spot for many years.
Mrs Willis introduced me to her neighbour
James Pacey a brick-maker who invited me to join him for a drink at the beer
house kept by Benjamin Wright, here we met George Pearson, he lodged on
the premises, with his wife and three children. Mr Pearson owned a barge and
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was the local coal dealer. He was making a trip towards Nottingham the next
day and offered me free passage, so as the day was closing I accepted the
offer of a meal and bed at Woolsthorpe Wharf.
Notes 2001. The second lock down is known as Willis's Lock and until her death
3 years ago it was occupied by the reclusive Miss Willis. Next to the Rutland
Arms is Carpenters Shop formally a workshop for the canal company. There are
a number of photographs of a boat trip from Redmile on a boat belonging to Mr
Pearson of Woolsthorpe.
KEN BROCKWAY
A Railway Accident
at Melton Mowbray
"On the 25th July 1892 there was a railway accident just north of Melton
Mowbray North station. The 1.53pm passenger train from Nottingham to
Northampton came off the rails and fell down the embankment. The driver,
fireman and one passenger were killed. The Board of Trade had an enquiry
and in the report railway employees, William Higgins, Charles Rockly,
Charles Marshall, Christopher Gale, Thomas Woodford, William T. Coy,
Richard Miles, Alfred Skerritt, Charles Munks, Henry Buxton and George
Harwood all gave statements. If one of these men is an ancestor of yours,
see what they had to say in the Inspectors report at the PRO or National
Railway Museum."
KEN BROCKWAY
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East Midlands Oral History Archive
A new three year Lottery-funded project to establish an oral history
archive for Leicestershire and Rutland has been set up recently. This is a
joint venture between the Centre for Urban History at the University of
Leicester, Leicester City Museums and Library Services, and the Record
Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland (ROLLR).
Since the 1980s, there have been several oral history projects in Leicester and
other areas of Leicestershire. A census of existing material, carried out as part
of the bid for this project, identified around 1300 tapes held by organisations or
individuals. However, these have never been easily accessible in one central
place, and some are stored in poor conditions.
Thus the first aim of the East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) is to
retrieve as many of these recordings as possible, and to make them more
accessible through edited CD-ROMS and cassettes, newsletters, a website,
and an on-line catalogue. In addition to the Record Office itself, some of the
recordings will also be available in libraries and museums, and a series of talks,
events and other activities will be held to encourage wider use of the archive.
The existing material covers memories of childhood and schooldays, work and
leisure, health and housing, agriculture and rural life, and a whole host of other
topics which are potentially of great interest and value to family historians.
Once this phase of the project is under way, the EMOHA aims to generate new
oral history recordings through a targeted programme of interviewing, and by
providing advice, training and support for community groups, museums and
heritage organisations, students and other individuals who are interested in
developing their own projects. So if you have been thinking of doing some oral
history, but are not sure where to start, please get in touch with us!
As the name suggests, the project is intended to have a dimension beyond
Leicestershire and Rutland itself. We plan to achieve this in part by setting high
standards in the collection and use of oral history materials, and acting as a
model for further oral history projects in the East Midlands in the future.
The initial development work on the project began in 1997, the bid was
submitted in May 1999, and its successful outcome notified to the partners in
June 2000 – but if the process of setting up the EMOHA has been a lengthy
one, we believe that it will be well worth the wait. It is a very exciting project with
enormous potential for involving people in recording their own history. We look
forward to keeping you informed of our progress!
In the meantime, on Saturday 17 November 01, we are holding a joint
workshop with the Family and Community Historical Research Society
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and the Nottinghamshire Living History Archive. Entitled ‘More Than Just
a Name’, this will look at examples of what oral history can add to
research into family or community history, and give some practical
pointers to people thinking of recording some interviews of their own.
It takes place at the Centre for Urban History, 5 Salisbury Road, Leicester,
LE1 7RH, from 9. 30 a.m. – 3. 45 p.m., and costs £5 for FACHRS members
or £6 for non-members. For further details, telephone Clive Leivers of
FACHRS on 01629 823687, or contact us at the Centre for Urban History
by telephoning 0116 252 5065 or by email: [email protected].
Cynthia Brown, Project Manager, East Midlands Oral History Archive (B324)
What is oral history?
Oral history – the recording of people’s memories - is one of the most valuable
sources of information about the recent past. It allows people who have been
‘hidden from history’ to be heard, and to contribute their own unique
experiences to the historical record. For anyone interested in history, it offers a
new and different perspective.
What is the East Midlands Oral History Archive?
The East Midlands Oral History Archive has been funded by the Heritage
Lottery Fund to establish the first large-scale collection of oral history recordings
covering Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland. It is a partnership between the
Centre for Urban History at the University of Leicester, Leicester City Museums
& Libraries, and Leicestershire Museums & Libraries Services.
The project, which runs for three years from April 2001, will:

bring existing oral history materials into one central archive

record new oral history interviews to add to the archive

set up an easily accessible computerised catalogue of the recordings

produce audio cassettes, CD ROMs and other materials based on oral
history recordings, both for general use and for educational purposes

offer advice, support & training to encourage other people to get
involved in oral history recording

promote and encourage oral history projects in other areas of the East
Midlands
What sort of material will it include?
Over 1000 existing recordings relating to Leicestershire & Rutland have already
been identified and will be added to the archive. These cover a wide range of
subjects, including work, leisure & sport, health and housing, childhood
memories, wartime experiences and migration. New recordings will extend the
range of topics still further. The collection will also incorporate the sound archive
of BBC Radio Leicester.
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Who is it for?
Everyone! Local historians, family historians, students, academic researchers &
teachers will find it particularly useful – but you can help to build up the archive
by contributing your own memories to the recordings.
Where can I listen to the recordings?
This is a three-year project, but we will produce our first selection of materials
on audiotape and CD in Spring 2002. Edited extracts of the recordings will also
be available in local libraries as the project progresses. The complete archive
will be kept at the Record Office for Leicestershire & Rutland in Wigston Magna,
Leicester.
If you are doing research on a specific subject, and would like to know what oral
history material may be available, please contact us and we will do our best to
help.
We would like to hear from you! Please contact us:

if you have oral history recordings which you would like to deposit in
the archive (either the originals or a copy), or if you know of any work
being done in this area

if you are thinking of setting up your own oral history project, and
would like some advice and/or training. There is no charge for this.

for more information about the project or the contents of the archive

to book a free talk to your organisation about oral history and the
archive project
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to be added to our mailing list for future information

to discuss the possibility of voluntary work, e.g. oral history
interviewing, copying, summarising or transcribing recordings. Training
can be provided.

for further information about post-graduate courses at the Centre for
Urban History
How to contact us
East Midlands Oral History Archive, Centre for Urban History, University
of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH
Tel. 0116 252 5065
Fax 0116 252 5062 email: [email protected]
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The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies,
Northgate, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1BA
GENEALOGY AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies has pleasure in announcing
two new research projects.
The first of these is an oral history project concentrating on longevity of
individuals. A substantial prize has been set aside for anyone who is able to
produce a pedigree for three generations in which: THE LIVING GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE AGED 95 OR MORE, WITH
CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN IN GOOD
HEALTH
Among the pioneers of the application of genealogy to genetic research in aid
of medical teams throughout the world, The Institute of Heraldic and
Genealogical Studies has taken a further step forward and now seeks your
active co-operation on a second project also.
The eminent physician Dr Paul R. Billings of Harvard Medical School in the
United States of America remarked in a commentary to the Principal of The
Institute more than a decade ago: "As a diagnostic tool, genealogy is and will
remain essential to identify, in good time, individuals at risk from disorders that
have an hereditary element, no matter how sophisticated molecular and other
scientific techniques become."
In 1999, our Principal's nephew, Professor Ian Humphery-Smith, formerly of
Sydney University, Australia, and of the Faculte de Medecine de Brest, France,
was appointed to the Chair of Pharmaceutical Proteomics at the University of
Utrecht in The Netherlands. The Institute has launched a programme to assist
geneticists working with him in their work.
Any family historian who has a proven Family Tree of four or more
generations on each line and/or longevity for four or five generations is
invited to apply for participation in the research programme that will
ultimately benefit generations to come. It will help to obviate the present
necessity to experiment on animals in the development of medicines.
The data-base will also provide a means of assisting those whose genealogical
research may be blocked by adoption, lack of documentation or the inability to
discover the place of origin of the family. It will become an invaluable research
tool for historians as well as for geneticists.
In the first instance, please respond with your full name, address, telephone
number and e-mail address stating your willingness to assist in this project. You
will then be supplied with forms and further details.
JEREMY PALMER, REGISTRAR
TEL 01227 768664 - FAX 01227 765617
[email protected]
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Could These Be Yours?
I have mistakenly bought a birth certificate as follows: th
Frank Ernest Smith – born 4 August 1896 at 3 Winsome Cottages, Upper
Conduit Street, Leicester.
Son of Tom Smith and Catherine Smith (formerly Cook)
Fathers occupation – shoe-finisher
If this is of any help to anyone I would be pleased to pass it on
TONI SMITH – EDITOR
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Dear Editor
I have found, amongst my father’s belongings, some letters. I know that these
are nothing to do with any member of my family, past or present, because at the
beginning of the twentieth century when they were written, no members of my
family had any connection with Leicester or anyone who lived here. I can only
assume that he must have found them in one of the many sets of drawers he
acquired in his habit of collecting any wooden items he saw others discarding
“Because the wood might come in useful”. I have several sets of old drawers
and cupboards, many broken into piles of polished wood, to discard in my
attempt to clear his house.
There are six letters to Miss Fan Burnham, Goscote Hall, Birstall, Leicester.
Four are from Will of 155 Upper Kent Street, Leicester, who appears to be her
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nd
young man. One letter was written on 28 July 1906, one on 22 September
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1906, one on 10 July 1907 and one on 6 November 1907, and this appears
to be her birthday. The other two letters are from her sister, Em, in Canada, and
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I think that the post date is 1909. One letter was written on 2 February and the
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other on 30 March but they are both in the same envelope, and I am not even
sure if they were written in the same year. In the second letter she mentions
having a baby boy but does not say his name.
I find it all very interesting and hope they will be of use to somebody who knows
these people. If they are not claimed I might do a bit of research on them for my
own satisfaction. I would like to know if Fan and Will did marry and how her
sister survived in Canada, if the little delicate baby she had not really wanted
grew up and if things improved for her financially.
Anyone who can connect their family with these people should contact Joy Hill
direct at:
MRS JOY HILL, (H388) 319 ABBEY LANE, LEICESTER LE4 5Q
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CAN YOU PLACE THESE PICTURES?
Where were these two Leicester Petrol Stations?
If you know where they were, please let the editor know!
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WAR MEMORIAL LOCATIONS – YOUR HELP NEEDED!
Members of the LRFHS will be aware that for some time there has been a national
effort to record all known war memorials in Britain. Of necessity, this has involved
volunteers hunting around for the memorials, recording inscriptions, noting the state
of the memorials and trying to find out a bit of the history of these monuments.
Leicestershire and Rutland has been fairly well recorded although it is likely that more
than half are still to be done and help is now needed to ensure that our memorials
are entered into the Imperial War Museum Inventory of War Memorials. Whilst it
would be nice to have more volunteers to comb their own areas it is realised that this
may not be everybody’s cup of tea. However, one of the major problems facing
recorders has been finding out where the memorials are! For instance, they be in the
market place, on the green or in the church yard. In other cases memorials may
appear in clubs, factories, offices, places of worship and even in banks. They may
be obvious monuments (crosses, statues), they may be simple plaques or,
occasionally buildings or parts of buildings such as stained glass windows.
To help us record as many of the memorials as possible I would be grateful if LRFHS
members could at least point us in the right direction! Do you know the location of
ANY war memorials – let me know and a recorder will be able to save some time by
at least knowing where to find it!
Any details of war memorial locations would be gratefully received. Please send to
Ray Morris at 142 Hinckley Rd, Barwell LE9 8DN (telephone 01455-4541966) or
emailed to
[email protected].
RAY MORRIS (M285)
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Your Letters
The Executive Committee Members are happy to receive letters from any member,
whether delivering a brickbat or bouquet, and these will be dealt with according to
content. However, we cannot give credence to, or print material that is received
anonymously. Any member who wishes to contact the Chairman or any other
committee member in total confidence may do so.
Some of your readers may already have encountered Nick Page’s new ‘An Account
of the Life of Jeffrey Hudson’, favourite court dwarf of Queen Henrietta Maria in the
seventeenth century (Lord Minimus, Harper Collins, 2001).
Eighteen inch high Jeffrey came from Oakham, Rutlandshire, where his father John,
a butcher, bred bulls for the Duke of Buckingham’s bull baiting.
One would have thought there must be many Hudsons today who can prove or at
least claim a relationship to the remarkable Jeffrey. But it seems no relations have
been traced. Do any of your readers have Jeffrey Hudson in their family tree?
ANTHONY ADOPH 39 NUNNERY FIELDS, CANTERBURY KENT CT1 1BA
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Hello Toni,
Received from despairing husband of 1891 Census Indexer!
"Hope we can get a copy of the 1891 Census Index when my wife has finished so
that I can wipe it all from the hard disc. She looks at every name with interest and
goes back to the originals if the names aren't clear.
She has managed to wear the letters off one keyboard and we had to buy her a new
one, and if she sits typing much longer she will want an easy chair to sit on next to a
faster computer.
I know that getting food on the table seems to have gone out of the window and
cleaning only gets done if she knows that somebody is coming."
The lady this man is referring to has done 13 books out of the 55 we started with, and
with approximately 2500 names in each, that adds up to an awful lot of work.
Thanks a million to Jennifer and Ted Hill.
MICK RAWLE – PROJECTS C-O-RDINATOR
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During the course of researching my father’s family history, we came across a
photograph of his grandfather, LIONEL LESLIE LINEKER, on a firms outing in only
1913. The outing was George Gibbons & Co of Leicester which was a printing firm
based in King Street and Duke Street.
I have deposited a copy of this photograph in the Leicester record Office at Wigston
Magna.
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Perhaps someone researching their family may discover an ancestor who worked for
G Gibbons & Co around this time and may be able to identify someone from the
photograph.
If ever someone does think they recognise a face on the photo, would you be so kind
as to pass on my address as my partner and I would love to put names to the faces
SUE DAVIES, 12 HAZEL GROVE, OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE SY11 2PY
[email protected]
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I visited the Kegworth Village Association at Kegworth Museum recently, and during
conversation with their secretary, Mrs Brenda Moore, she asked whether I was aware
of the origins of Australian Yard, which was once situated in Kegworth, off the High
Street, until the Kegworth Library was built on that site.
I am not aware of the origins of the name, and Mrs Moore then asked if I could
possibly research this for the Museum. The Kegworth Village Association have not
been able to find anything amongst their records. One suggestion is that the yard
may once have housed those persons who were either deported to Australia or those
who may be emigrating to Australia of their own accord, i.e. that the yard may have
been a ‘stopping off’ point in journeys to Ports of embarkation.
I wonder if any members of the Society may be able to help the K.V.A. in their search
for the origins of the name? There were other ‘Yards’ in Kegworth, which were central
garden areas, or courtyards, surrounded by a number of cottages.
Any assistance given would be most welcome.
SHEILA SHARPE, 17 THOMAS ROAD, KEGWORTH DERBYSHIRE DE74 2DY
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Forenames in recent records have been an interest of mine for ten years. On page
31 of a good recent book ‘Billesdon 2000 years of a High Leicestershire Village’
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appears a list of 19 century gypsy children’s forenames, and they are colourful and
inventive.
None, as it happens, are derived from place names. But I have established to my
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own satisfaction that travelling parents of 18 and 19 century did indeed sometimes
name their children after favourite stopping places or even just from where they
happened to be at the time of birth.
I found my example last year when looking at the 1891 census. The forename of the
unmarried elder daughter (30) of the SMITH family settled in Caldercott was
enumerated Reservoy in 1891 and Resovy Eve in 1881. The reason for it remained a
th
mystery to me. On 27 July 2000I made no connection with Reservoy / Resovy Eve
when in the records of Orton on the Hill I found the name of Measham LEE, d 1833
aged 73 years. But at once I erected a theory that he had been of travelling stock and
had been named as proposed above.
And I have regarded it as proved since today, in the records of Scalford finding the
name of Reservoir SMITH d 1861 aged 18 months. Her entry carried the note ‘A
Gypsy Girl sojourning in the Parish’.
Now I know what forename the enumerators at Caldecott were trying to hear and
spell in 1881 and 1891. I also know that the SMITH family head there was a former
traveller who had put down roots, after which he and his family took up settles
occupations. And finally I feel ready to test the theory against other examples as fast
as they crop up.
Believing this may be of interest to other historians.
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D J FREESTONE, 37 KILVERSTONE AVE., LEICESTER LE5 6XN
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LEICESTER YEOMANRY RECORDS – First World War
I visited the Loughborough Carillon not long ago and found the Museum of the
Leicester Yeomanry in the Bell Tower. The Regimental records are kept there and I
was able to trace the complete military record of my father, from his wound and
subsequent hospitalisation and his eventual discharge.
Mr Basford the Museum’s volunteer Curator on that day was most helpful.
Me can be contacted at 33 Turvey Lane, Long Whatton, Loughborough ()1509)
842384.
ROGER BEEBY, 168 KNIGHTON CHURCH ROAD, LEICESTER LE2 3JL [email protected]
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Thought I would let you know about the kindly action of a fellow LRFHS member,
Arthur Beyless. He was in a second-hand bookshop the other day and came across
two copies of The Wyvernian, magazine of the City Boys' school. You may recall my
item was about school memorabilia, amongst other things.
Anyway, remembering my interest in the school, Arthur purchased the magazines
and brought them to my house this morning (Sunday) Not only that but he refused to
accept my offer to reimburse him the for costs involved.
DENNIS J DUGGAN
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In Journal No 104 (page 32) you kindly printed a photograph asking members to
identify the scene. It has now been identified by a member, Steve Buzzard. He
telephoned to tell me that it was taken in the village of Rockingham, on the
Leicestershire / Northamptonshire border. Unexpected as this is, it makes perfect
sense – my great-grandmother Jane Orton was born in the nearby Great Easton.
Now I must find the link!
This is the third major success that I have had since joining the LRFHS in
January: Identification of a photograph that had been puzzling me for eleven years;
and, through the Bulletin Board, tracing the history of two relatives who emigrated to
Australia in the nineteenth century. My thanks go to all those who make the Society
tick.
Yours very sincerely
JOHN WARD (W495)
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ALL FOR THE PRICE OF A STAMP!
By Edward Stevenson
One doesn't receive much for the price of a stamp these
days! However, I have been amazed by what a bit of effort
and a 27pence stamp has produced in terms of
information for my Family History.
As most of us do, I left it rather late before deciding to try
and find out more about my roots- I suppose I was in my
mid fifties before I thought I'd "have a go". My mother had
died several years previously and my father had the
beginnings of Alzheimer’s so there was to be no information from my immediate
forbears.
My Dad had received a letter about 10 years ago from someone researching the
name TABRAR-my Dad's mother's father's name- and some correspondence
followed, but then I forgot all about it, until I decided four years ago that I would write
to this person and ask him for any details of the maternal side of my father's family.
Back came a Family Tree dating back to about 1800 with many interesting facts and
figures, stories etc. and several copies of certificates. I suppose this must have really
got me interested and I determined to see what I could discover about other
branches of my tree.
But where to start? The only close relation alive of my mother was a brother who
unfortunately knew nothing of the family. However, my Aunt Cath, his wife, provided
me with snippets of information, which only served to confuse me! But, she DID
provide me with one vital piece of information- the address of one of my mother's
cousins, known to me as "Auntie" Joan. Although this address was over 20 years old
I sent her a letter, via "The occupier", who sent it on to her, and within a week we
were corresponding. A short time later I visited this sprightly 80 year old and her
daughter, Carole, whom I'd last met during the Second World War when the family
was evacuated from London to my parent's home in Nottingham, and we exchanged
family news.
To my great delight Joan gave me a Victorian Photo Album containing Cartes de
Visite purporting to be of my Grandmother Kelly's ancestors- 87 photos in all- only
one of which was identified. I hoped that I would be able to find out who at least
some of these photos were, but all Joan knew was that the album had been given to
her Mum by a relative in the 1940’s, but she, of course, didn't know who.
During my visit and discussion about family members, she made a chance remark
that one of her cousins had worked for "Ambrosia" in Devon at some time, and I
made a mental note of this fact. This cousin, with mother and 2 sisters, were also
evacuated during the war to my Grandmother’s home quite near ours, and I had not
met them since then.
When I returned home I quickly went to the store cupboard and took out a tin of
"Ambrosia" rice pudding and wrote a letter to the address on the label explaining that
I wanted to get in touch with a former employee of theirs - a Miss Peggy..........,
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enclosing a letter to be forwarded to her if possible. By return I received a letter
saying that my letter had been passed on to Peggy- one of their "pensioners", from
whom I then received a letter wondering who the heck I was! After explaining, and
hoping that she or her sisters or better still, her mother, would be able to help me with
family details, I received a second letter telling me that her mum was still alive, aged
95 years and with an excellent memory. What luck! I hoped that it was this branch of
the family that would remember the Victorian album and identify some of the photos.
A few weeks later I met my 95-year-old "Aunt" Emmie and 2 of her daughters not
seen for 50 years, and we exchanged stories and I brought out photos of them in the
1940’s, which caused some amusement. I then produced the Victorian album, but to
my intense disappointment there was no flicker of recognition. Emmie suggested it
must have come from her brother's family, now all dead, but she provided another
address for me to contact. Unfortunately this also drew a blank on the album, but
other useful information was obtained, including 3 copies of certificates, so all was
not lost. I hope I may also receive other old photos from this source.
Encouraged by all this I then decided to investigate another cousin of my Mum's, last
heard of in Brighton 50 years ago. This was a very long shot, but I wrote to a Brighton
newspaper, with details of my mum's cousin, known to everyone as "Boy" Kelly
because he had 4 sisters! I really didn't expect a result from this, but to my
amazement my letter was printed and I had a phone call from "Boy's" son telling me
his Dad was there waiting to talk to me. I subsequently visited this family and old
photos, which originally had come back to them from New Zealand (another clue to
follow up one day) and programmes of concerts my Great Grandfather had
performed in, were produced by 90 year old "Boy"- items even his own son had never
seen!
I have now almost exhausted my mother's side of the family, except for descendants
of my Great Aunt Neva Alice Kelly who married Harry Rackstraw in London in 1894.
So far I have had no success writing to Family Tree on Teletext about any
descendants of Neva and Harry, but I think it's worth another try as I HAVE had great
success on this programme with my father's family. My query about the
Stacey’s descendants produced 8 phone calls/e-mails- the second call being from the
daughter of the very person I wanted to trace-still alive at 85 years. I was very
pleased to say the least! But even more so when I corresponded with this cousin of
my Dad's- Grace- and discovered that I had 4 more Great Aunts I never knew
existed. Grace has a wonderful memory and has told me so much in only 2 letters,
also providing me with my only photos of my Great Grandmother and others of the
Stacey's. I hope to visit this lady very soon.
Two more excellent results from a stamp came by writing to two London Local
Studies centres asking if they could find any newspaper reports of two inquests-one
Kelly in 1904, and one Stacey in 1924. I DID include a small cheque with each of
these (one of which was returned) but received replies with newspaper reports very
promptly, which gave me new insight into my forbears lives - a report of what my
Grandfather Stacey said about his wife's sudden death was particularly poignant.
I shall continue to try and track down my ancestors and
descendants using a stamp (+ SAE every time of course to
encourage a reply). I have received unbelievably rewarding
information - all for the price of a stamp!
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But a very special extra bonus is that I have been able to re-unite 90-year-old "Boy"
with his 95-year-old cousin Emmie after over 50 years - now THAT feels good!
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MEMORIES OF WWII
Some of you will remember I wrote an article entitled “OUT OF THE
BLUE” a few issues ago. Well I have had another interesting result via the “net”. A
week or two ago I received an E-mail from someone in Chester saying he was
interested in my war service on my home page and noted I had been stationed at
Castle Archdale on Loch Erne in Northern Ireland with the RAF operating Flying
Boats during WWII. He said his father-in-law lived at Belleek on Loch Erne and as a
boy used to watch the flying boats landing and taking off. His father in Law (Joe
O’Loughlin) would love to talk to me and would I be kind enough to give him a ring,
which I did. He said he would send me a book on Loch Erne during the War. He also
said he and his wife Ina would be visiting Jersey on July 7th for a week’s holiday, so
we made arrangements for them to contact me whilst in Jersey.
Sure enough the book “Castle Archdale and Fermanagh in World War II
arrived the next morning. I was thrilled as it had pictures of the flying boats on Loch
Erne, pictures of Castle Archdale and even a picture of my old Squadron (202)
operations board showing patrols of 18 hours.
The O’Loughins arrived in Jersey and I spent an afternoon with them. We
had a lovely time reminiscing and recalling memories of my spell at Castle Archdale.
He told me Castle Archdale was a holiday camp now (what a change!).
Joe brought two books to show me “Flying Cats – Catalinas in World War
II” and “Short Sunderland Flying Boats in World War II”.
Joe is busy locating sites in Ireland where a plane crashed and airmen were killed,
and trying to organise permanent memorials to them. Many are in Southern Ireland
which is surprising as I, and many others, did not know that Churchill had made a
secret arrangement for the flying boats to fly directly out to the Atlantic over Irish
territory thus saving 100 miles which added to the time they could stay on patrol. This
route was known as the “Donegal Corridor”. So Southern Ireland did help us in WWII.
I also learned that the land base near us -“St.Angelo - is now Enniskillen
Airport. Before leaving they were kind enough to invite me to visit them in Belleek,
which offer I shall take up, providing I can get a flight to Enniskillen.
This is another instance of contacts that can be made via the net.
GEORGE SMITH – WEB SITE CO-ORDINATOR
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NEWS FROM THE RECORD OFFICES
Leicestershire & Rutland
FHS Research Centre and Library
www.lrfhs.org.uk
NEW TO VIEW AT THE FH LIBRARY
A book entitled A HISTORY OF BELGRAVE by David
Campton dated about 1900. It is quite a scholarly effort. The
book contains two pedigrees which may be of interest to
researchers into the Lords of Belgrave, from about 1170
(Henry II) up to 1630, and the name Byerley of Belgrave from 1682 to 1760
The Society wish thank Roger Beeby of 168 Knighton Church Road, Leicester LE2
3JL for this gift.
Bennet's Business Directory 1901 (kept in cupboard) .
Burial Index, Goole, 1849-1923 .
Index to M. Harborough Marriages 1754-1800 (Donated by Leigh Taylor & Beryl
Norman) .
Reader's Digest, 'Explore Your Family's Past' .Mowsley, a Leicestershire Village, by
Wootton & Lacey .
Missing - from the 1881 British Census. Crewmen arriving Sydney, April 1st - June
30th 1881.
Sudden Deaths in Suffolk 1767-1858 & More Sudden Deaths in Suffolk 1858-1921
by L & D Smith.
Northants Militia Lists 1777 (will be on computer).
Clarendon Park Methodist Church, by G.B.Pyrah.
Other Books
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Basic Facts about Research in London part 1 – Researching London
Ancestors
Irish Ancestry – A Beginners Guide by Bill Davis
Bishops’ Transcripts and Marriage Licenses – Bonds and Allegations
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5 Edition by Jeremy Gibson
Londoners’ Occupations – A Genealogical Guide. Second Edition by
Stuart Raymond.
Basic Facts about using Colindale and Other Newspaper Repositories
by Audrey Collins.
Family History on the Web – An Internet Directory of England and
Wales by Stuart Raymond
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Identifying Your World War 1 Soldier from Badges and Photographs
by Iain Swinnerton.
Town Records
both by John West. Reference books
Village Records
with lists of County bibliographies.
Kilvert's Diary, 1870-1879.
Loughborough Baptists & the Town, by S.A. Cramer
Index to Leicester Borough Marriages 1837-1852 (All Saints, St Mary de
Castro St. Martins & St. Nicholas) Donated by C. Phillips.
 Kilvert's Diary, 1870-1879.
 Loughborough Baptists & the Town, by S.A. Cramer.
 A Family’s History by Val Boyd Insley
This book has been kindly donated to the Library by the Author, following the
review from the Society in Journal 104 (March 2001). We are very grateful and
delighted at having a copy for the Library. Thank you Mr Insley.
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Bennet's Business Directory 1901 (kept in cupboard) .
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Burial Index, Goole, 1849-1923 .
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Index to M. Harborough Marriages 1754-1800 This index was kindly
donated by Leigh Taylor & Beryl Norman, for which we are very grateful.
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Reader's Digest, 'Explore Your Family's Past' .
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Mowsley, a Leicestershire Village, by Wootton & Lacey .
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Missing - from the 1881 British Census. Crewmen arriving Sydney, April
1st - June 30th 1881.
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Sudden Deaths in Suffolk 1767-1858 & More Sudden Deaths in Suffolk
1858-1921 by L & D Smith.
 Northants Militia Lists 1777 (will be on computer).
 Clarendon Park Methodist Church, by G.B.Pyrah.
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NEWS FROM OUR WEB SITE
Leicestershire & Rutland FHS Web Page
www.lrfhs.org.uk
Well we continue to grow having nearly 60,000 hits up to now with average of 100
hits a day!
Home
Hits to Count Started
date
59930 03/17/98 Record Office
Execom
673
04/10/00
Lest we Forget
Leicester
7522
01/01/99
Loughborough
3880
Market
Harborough
Melton Mowbray
Hits to Count
date Started
10840
04/06/99
1451
04/08/99
Cemeteries
11802
04/08/99
03/05/98
Useful Sites
24740
03/15/98
2278
03/05/98
Surname Interests
17331
06/17/00
3610
03/16/98
2343
10/16/99
Hinckley
2332
03/05/98
Members' E-mail
Directory
Trips to London
1027
03/15/98
Rutland
2016
06/20/00
Picture Gallery
3065
05/24/98
News & Notices
8293
05/21/98
Free Photo Offer
2687
05/24/98
Library
4074
03/26/98
Query Box
4817
09/28/98
Publications
16751
03/26/98
Bulletin Board
4897
01/01/99
Search
12908
01/23/99
Recordings
1136
10/01/98
If you have any suggestion as what you would like including on the Site please get in
touch
[email protected]
I am pleased with the extra response we are getting from the BULLETIN BOARD
since I changed it from The HELPWANTED/OFFERED. I am getting many more
entries on it and it is worth a look.
Newcomers to Genealogy who are not familiar with UK sources should go to
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/EmeryPaper.html
for a useful page of information.
The Surname list continues to grow and now contains about 1400 surnames. Don’t
hesitate to let me have your list of surnames if you have not already done so, but only
six at a time please and in alphabetical order if possible please. Saves me a lot of
dodging and diving by doing this.
If you do not regularly look at the Guest book I recommend you do so regularly as
there are many submitters listing Surnames.
Finally as you will see from an article I have submitted on another page I have had
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another pleasant experience as a result of my personal web site war service page. If
you are interested in learning something of life in Leicester in the 20s and 30s the go
to
http://www.localdial.com/users/airforce/child.html
Bye for now and happy surfing
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THE RECORD OFFICE
FOR LEICESTERSHIRE LEICESTER & RUTLAND
Long Street, Wigston Magna, Leicester LE18
2AH
Telephone: 0116 2571080 Fax: 0116 2571120
NEWS FROM THE RECORD OFFICE
We are well into the holiday season now but as staff go away on well-earned breaks,
people on holiday are taking advantage of time off to come in and do their research.
So you may be lucky and come in at a quiet time but more likely you will find us as
busy, or even busier, than usual.
In one sense the Internet has opened up whole new fields for genealogists. In
another, those fields have proved to be minefields. Certainly the words "I've done my
family tree on the Internet" are words that I find very worrying. This is because it is
virtually impossible to do it that way.
In fact there are very few web sites which contain primary source material. The web
site for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a rare example
(yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register). Soon also it will be possible to look at the 1891
census on line but most sites do not provide primary source material. Instead they
provide information about the types of material held in that particular archive,
directions for getting there and sometimes catalogues of the collections.
Many sites that appear to provide family history details are in fact indexes such as
'Family Search' which is organised and run by the Church of the Latter Day Saints
(www.familysearch.org.). No matter how good an index is, it's still only a guide and
liable to contain errors or gaps. I cannot stress too strongly that any information from
an index or transcript should always be verified in the original source whether that be
parish registers, census or anything else. A microfilm (or 'fiche) copy is acceptable
because it is an image of the original.
And it should go without saying that information gleaned from 'chat rooms' should
also be verified. If you don't verify information that you have gathered from web sites
and chat rooms, other than primary source material, you could find at a later date that
you are way off track because someone else made a mistake.
Have fun on the Internet but remember that there is no substitute for thorough patient
research!
Pat GrundyResearcher
The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland
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Society: MAY 2001
B0791
B0792
C0506
C0507
C0508
BAKER, Mrs. KIN YVETTE 11 HOLMDALE ROAD SYSTON LEICESTERSHIRE LE7 2JN
BOYSON, Mr. DAVID 6 LINDEN WALK LOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE LN11 9HU
COE, Mr. N.A. & Mrs. J. 75 SANDY LANE MELTON MOWBRAY LEICESTERSH LE13 0AN
CULCHETH, Mrs. JUNE MARY 13 TRINITY ROAD NARBOROUGH LEICESTER LE9 5BU
CATES, Mr. TREVOR JOHN 26 WOOD HILL PARK PEMBURY TUNBRIDGE WELLS KENT
TN2 4NW
C0509 COURT, Mr. WILLIAM SYDNEY 31 CHARNWOOD RATBY LEICESTER LE6 0LD
C0510 CLAYTON, Mr. PAUL ALAN 7 MANNINGS DRIVE HOLLY LODGE HINCKLEY
LEICESTERSHIRE LE10 0LG
D0253 DAKIN, Mr. LEONARD 289 PARK ROAD LOUGHBOROUGH LEICESTERSHIRE LE11 2HF
D0254 DICKINSON, Mr. NORMAN 2 SANDRINGHAM AVENUE EARL SHILTON LEICES LE9 7HY
D0255 DRAGE, Mrs. FLORENCE MARY 25 KILBY DRIVE WIGSTON LEICESTER LE18 3SR
D0256 DAVIES, Mr. BRUCE BOYDEN 7 CHAPEL FIELDS SWINFORD LUTTERWORTH LEICES
LE17 6BS
E0134 ESLING, Mrs. PATRICIA JEAN TOWN END FARM HOUSE LICHFIELD ROAD ABBOTS
BROMLEY STAFFORDSHIRE WS15 3DL
F0222 FREESTONE, Mr. ALAN 97 COVERSIDE ROAD GREAT GLEN LEICESTER LE8 9EB
F0223 FRITH, Mrs. PATRICIA ANN 24 WILLOW GROVE MOUNTSORREL LEICES LE12 7ST
G0232 GALLEY, CORINNE RUE de la LECHERE 63 BULLE 1630 SWITZERLAND
G0329 GREEN, Mrs. SALLY 1 NEW INN CLOSE BROUGHTON ASTLEY LEICESTER LE9 6SU
G0330 GREEN, Mrs. AUDREY MARY 31 MANOR COURT BOURNE LINCOLNSHIRE PE10 9PP
G0331 GREENHILL, Mr. D.T & Mrs. C.S. 19 WHITLEY CLOSE MINSTER GRANGE LEICESTER
LE3 9TF
H0594 HUBBARD, Mr. PAUL EDWARD 124 THE PASTURES NARBOROUGH LEICESTER LE9 5FU
H0595 HUDSON, Mr. & Mrs. 3 PANTAIN ROAD LOUGHBOROUGH LEICESTERSHIRE LE11 3LZ
H0596 HEATON, ALICE 21 SARSON CLOSE ASFORDBY LEICESTERSHIRE LE14 3UG
H0597 HANDS, Miss. MARGARET 7 HEAYS CLOSE LEICESTER LE3 6LR
H0598 HALL, Mr. DAVID WALTER 111 REDWOOD AVE MELTON MOWBRAY LEICES LE13 1TZ
H0599 HUGHES, Mrs. VALERIE 177 HANDLEY ROAD NEW WHITTINGTON CHESTERFIELD
DERBYSHIRE S43 2EP
H0600 HARTMAN, Mr. WILLIAM H. 37 BUCHANAN ROAD STOCKTON NJ 08559-1504 U S A
J0157 JOHNSON, Mr. JOHN BERNARD YEW TREE FARM ORSTON NOTTINGHAM NG13 9NG
J0158 JONES, Mrs. MAUREEN MARY 83 ROMAN ROAD BIRSTALL LEICESTER LE4 4BF
K0155 KIRBY, Mrs. JOAN MARGARET 19 GORSEBURN HOUSE AIKMAN AVENUE NEWPARKS
ESTATE LEICESTER LE3 9JU
K0156 KIRK, Mrs. HAZEL MARY 2 GREAVES AVENUE OLD DALBY MELTON MOWBRAY
LEICESTERSHIRE LE14 3QE
M0415 MASON, Mr.TERRY & Miss.ANN 15 WARD CLOSE LEICESTER LE2 8NJ
M0416 LH MILLWARD, Mr. M.J. & Mrs. B. 29 SANDALWOOD ROAD LOUGHBO LEICES LE11 3PR
M0417 MAILE, Mrs. SHIRLEY R. 13 ALEXANDRA TERRACE BOURNE LINCOLNSHIRE PE10 9HJ
M0418 MORGAN, Mrs. SANDRA L. 10 WOODFIELD ROAD ROTHLEY LEICESTER LE7 7RF
M0419 MOORE, Mr. J.C. & Mr. D.A. 158 QUEEN VICTORIA ROAD NEW TUPTON CHESTERFIELD
DERBYSHIRE S42 6DU
N0111 NUTT, Mrs. MARGARET 1 FLAX LANE TWYCROSS ATHERSTONE WARWICKSH CV9 3SB
P0368 PERKINS, Rev.JOHN & Mrs.RUTH 'BEECHCROFT' 6A NORTH AVENUE ASHBOURNE
DERBYSHIRE DE6 1EZ
P0369 PALMER, Mrs. MARINA ALICE 1 CHURCH WALK BLABY LEICESTER LE8 4FB
S0620 SMYTH, Mr. PETER CHARLES ANSTEY LEICESTER LE7 7FD
S0621 SHELLEY, Mr. TONY 76 HENLEY ROAD LEICESTER LE3 9RB
S0622 SMITH, Mr. COLIN BARCLAY 4 BRENTFORD CLOSE CHOLSEY OXON OX10 9PZ
S0623 SPENCER, Mr. RICHARD CHARLES 9 PEEL CLOSE KIBWORTH LEICES LE8 0SL
S0624 STAPLEFORD, Mrs. MARLENE 11061 FULLER CRES. NORTH DELTA BC V4C 2C9
CANADA
S0625 SPURR, Mr JOHN H. 69 SWITCHBACK ROAD SOUTH MAIDENHEAD BERKSHIRE SL6 7QF
S0626 STEVENS, Mr. R. & Mrs. M. 25 RAVENSTHORPE DRIVE LOUGHBORO LEICES LE11 4PU
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S0627 SMITH, Mr. SIDNEY ROY 24 HIGHCROFT AVENUE OADBY LEICESTER LE2 5UN
T0254 TURNER, Ms. JENNIFER 17 AVOCA CLOSE LEICESTER LE5 4RA
W0515 WIFFIN, Miss. MAUREEN 1 HEAYS CLOSE LEICESTER LE3 6LR
W0516 WALSHE, Mr. C.D. & Mrs. P. 6 WHINHAM AVENUE BROUGHTON ASTLEY LEICESTER
LE9 6QN
W0517 WHALING, Mr. C.M. & Miss. C.L 70 THIRLMERE ROAD WIGSTON LEICESTER LE18 3RR
W0518 WADE, Mrs. J.M. 40 St. JAMES STREET SHAFTESBURY DORSET SP7 8HE
W0519 WILLIAMS, Mrs. JEANETTE 6 FRITCHLEY CLOSE HUNCOTE LEICESTERSHIRE LE9 3AR
W0520 WOODHEAD, Mrs. SUSAN 'SELSTON' ASHBY LANE BITTESWELL LEICES LE17 4SQ
JUNE 2001
A0215
A0216
A0217
B0793
B0794
B0795
ARACSI, Mrs. ANN 15 WALKER ROAD BIRSTALL LEICESTER LE4 3BP
ADAMS, Mrs. BRENDA 17 LAWFORD GROVE SHIRLEY SOLIHULL WEST MIDS B90 1EX
AGER, Mr. I.W. & Mrs. A.C. 32 EYEBROOK CLOSE LOUGHBOROUGH LEICES LE11 4PS
BURTON, Mr. KENNETH WILLIAM 9 GLADSTONE CLOSE HINCKLEY LEICES LE10 1SB
BIRD, Mrs. ELAINE PAULINE 23 FERNHURST ROAD LEICESTER LE3 2PG
SALUSBURY-BYRNE Miss. CAROL ANNE FLAT 6 ELMFIELD GDNS ELMFIELD AVE
LEICESTER LE2 7RD
B0796 BALLARD, Miss. YVONNE 34 ORANGE STREET SOUTH WIGSTON LEICESTER LE18 4QB
B0797 BRIGHT, Mrs. ELIZABETH 200 St. JOHNS ROAD COLCHESTER ESSEX CO4 4JR
B0798 BURL, Mr. MAURICE LEONARD 74 SHILTON ROAD BARWELL LEICESTERSHIRE LE9 8BN
D0257 DICKSON, Mr. IAN RODWELL 28 LEDBOROUGH LANE BEACONSFIELD BUCKS HP9 2DD
D0258 DOWNWARD, Mr ROGER CHARLES 24 STONELEIGH WAY LEICESTER LE3 9TD
D0259 DONNELLY, Miss. SUSAN ANN 9 TOWN GREEN STREET ROTHLEY LEICESTER LE7 7NU
F0224 FOWLER Mr. D. & Mrs. M. 32 VALLEY ROAD LOUGHBOROUGH LEICES LE11 3PZ
F0225 FIKE, Mrs. THERESA C. 6727 PSALMOND CT. MIDLAND GA 31820 U S A
F0226 FEWKES, Mr. EDWARD J. 330 WEST AVENUE HORSEHEADS NY 14845 U S A
G0332 GILBERT, Mrs. LESLEY 26 EVESHAM ROAD LEICESTER LE3 2BD
H0601 HODGES, Mr. MICHAEL GEORGE 11 WESTERN AVENUE FLECKNEY LEICES LE8 8BS
H0602 HAWKSWORTH, Mr. R.A. 36 CHERRY TREE CLOSE BRINSLEY NOTTINGHAM NG16 5BA
H0603 HUNT, Mr. PETER JOHN FRANK 72 ROSETTA VILLAGE VICTOR HARBOR 5211 SOUTH
AUSTRALIA
K0157 KING, Mrs. TESSA PRIVATE BAG X1 PO BOX 41 WELOBIE 1714 SOUTH AFRICA
L0242 LOCKE, Ms. GILLIAN 'CARETAKERS HOUSE' METHODIST CHURCH WOOD STREET EARL
SHILTON LE9 7ND
M0420 McNEILL, Mr. HUGH BRIAN 7 WYCLIFFE AVENUE MELTON MOWBRAY LEICES LE13 1UB
M0421 MYNARD, Mr. JOHN 'WOODLANDS' BRAMLEY ORCHARD BUSHBY LEICES LE7 9RU
M0422 MARSDEN, Miss. JULIE ANN 5 SONNING WAY GLEN PARVA LEICESTER LE2 9RU
P0370 PARKER, Mrs. ELAINE 22 LINCOLN DRIVE SYSTON LEICESTER LE7 2JW
P0371 POTTER, Mr. HARRY 15 OAKFIELD AVENUE MARKFIELD LEICESTERSHIRE LE67 9WH
P0372 PARSONS, Mr ANDREW BARRIE 21 TOWNSEND CLOSE BROUGHTON ASTLEY LEICESTER
LE9 6NX
S0628 SHERWIN, Mr. ROY 108 RAVENHIRST ROAD BRAUNSTONE TOWN LEICESTER LE3 2PU
S0629 STEWART, Mrs. BETTY IRENE 10 BARKERS LANE CHILWELL BEESTON NOTTS NG9 5AF
S0630 STUBBS, Mr. KEITH GEORGE 17 OXFORD DRIVE MELTON MOWBRAY LEICES LE13 0AL
T0255 THORNTON, Mrs. PAMELA 32 AVONDALE ROAD SPONDON DERBY DE21 7AW
T0256 TAYLOR, Mr. MAURICE ARNOLD 42 KENDAL ROAD SILEBY LOUGHBO LEICES LE12 7PF
W0521 WOODCOCK, Mr. JOHN THOMAS 61 BRAMALL ROAD LEICESTER LE5 0PF
W0522 WESTON, Mrs. M & Mrs J WOODWARD 23 ADDERLEY ROAD LEICESTER LE2 1WA
W0523 WILLIAMS, Mrs. PATRICIA ANN 81 HEREFORD CLOSE BARWELL LEICES LE9 8HU
W0524 WEBSTER, Mr. JULIAN 'OAKGATES' 53 COPPERKINS LNE AMERSHAM BUCKIS HP6 5RA
Y0034 YOUNG, Mrs. JULIE 30 EYEBROOK CLOSE LOUGHBOROUGH LEICES LE11 4PS
JULY 2001
A0218 ARTHUR, Mr. J.O. & Mrs. M.E. 16 ASH GROVE BLABY LEICESTER LE9 4GA
A0219 ANTILL, Mrs. BETTY EILEEN 31 MOSSDALE ROAD KINGSWAY LEICESTER LE3 2UT3
B0799 BATTEN, Miss. D. J. M. 83 WINDRUSH DRIVE OADBY LEICESTER LE2 4GL
B0800 BRIDGWATER, Mrs. PAT 8 HANBURY CRESCENT PENN WOLVERHAMPTON WEST
MIDLANDS WV4 4BW
B0801 BURNS, Mrs. ADRIENNE 177 MERE ROAD WIGSTON MAGNA LEICESTER LE18 3RN
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55
B0802 BROWN, Mrs. JEAN M. 99 St. LOUIS AVENUE BEACONSFIELD H9W 4X9 CANADA
C0511 COOK, Mrs. DIANE CECILIA 'REDVERS' 2 LYNTON CRESCENT CHRISTCHURCH DORSET
BH23 2SD
D0260 DIXON, Mr. C.H. & Mrs. S. ROYAL DENE THE LAKE LEICESTER ROAD MELTON MOWBRAY
LEICESTERSHIRE LE13 0DA
D0261 DAVIES, Mrs. SUE 12 HAZEL GROVE OSWESTRY SHROPSHIRE SY11 2PY
D0262 DOWELL Mrs. MARGARET E. 15 WHARFEDALE ROAD LONG EATON NOTTINGHAM NG10
3HG
D0263 DOLBY, Mr. FRANK SUMMER'S END 71 BURFORD ROAD WITNEY OXFORDSHIRE OX28
6DR
F0227 FRANKLIN, Mrs. EILEEN 2 SHEPPARD ROAD BASINGSTOKE HAMPSHIRE RG21 3HS
G0333 GARRATT, Mrs. SALLY 51 SPRINGFIELD CRESCENT KIBWORTH BEAUCHAMP
LEICESTER LE8 0LJ
G0334 GRACE, Mr. BRADLEY WILLIAM 62 OAK CRESCENT LEICESTER LE3 3FL
G0335 GRIMSHAW, Mr. & Mrs. DAVID 127 HEATH LANE EARL SHILTON LEICESTERSHIRE LE9
7PF
H0604 HUBBARD, Mr. STEPHEN JAMES 57B COLCHESTER ROAD LEICESTER LE5 2DH
H0605 HIGHAM, Mr. M. & Mrs. G.L. 4 SAXONS LEA PICKWELL MELTON MOWBRAY
LEICESTERSHIRE LE14 2PL
H0606 HAYNES, Mr. DEREK EDWARD 7 SPA WELL DRIVE WEAR VIEW ESTATE SUNDERLAND
SR5 5TS
J0159 JOHNSON, Mrs. GILLIAN 24 NORMANDY ROAD HILTON DERBY DE65 5GW
J0160 JIMMIESON, Mrs. JOYCE 353 MARKWELL ROAD CABOOLTURE QUEENSLAND 4510
AUSTRALIA
K0158 KENDALL, Ms. SHEILA MAY 22 LORRIMER ROAD AYLESTONE LEICESTER LE2 8AU
M0423 MATTOCK, Mrs. JOAN ANN 4 GIBSON ROAD SILEBY LEICESTERSHIRE LE12 7PE
M0424 MAYOH, Mrs. JUDITH GROVE STABLES 16 BURROUGH ROAD SOMERBY MELTON MOWBRAY
LE14 2PP
M0425 MARSH, Mrs. JACKIE 93 BRIGHTON AVENUE WIGSTON LEICESTER LE18 1JB
M0426 MACGIRR, Mr. & Mrs. ALBERT R. 1222 CASTLEHILL CRESCENT OTTAWA ONTARIO K2C
2B3 CANADA
M0427 McGILCHRIST, Mrs. TRISH 49 MILLSIDE TERRACE PETERCULTER SCOTLAND AB14
0WD
O0077 O'BRIEN, Mr. GARY & Mrs. JEAN 5 MILL COTTAGES HIGH ROAD FOBBING ESSEX SS17
9HZ
P0373 PALMER, Mr. JOHN A.C. 27 LONGCROFT AVENUE BRIXHAM DEVON TQ5 0DS
P0374 PUMFRETT, Mrs. GILLIAN MARY 'OSADA' PALESGATE LANE CROWBOROUGH ESSEX
TN6 3HF
P0375 PORT, Mrs. WENDY PATRICIA 12 LEDWELL DRIVE GLENFIELD LEICESTER LE3 8BG
R0267 RANDON, Mr. DAVID V. 4 BLUE SLATES CLOSE WHELDRAKE YORK YO19 6NB
S0631 SALES, Mr. A. & Mrs. R. 10 COTMAN DRIVE HINCKLEY LEICESTERSHIRE LE10 0GB
S0632 SEARBY, Mrs. CAROL ANNE 53 BRIGHTON AVENUE GOSPORT HAMPSHIRE PO12 4BU
S0633 SPENCER, Mr. NICHOLAS 21 HARBORO RD KIBWORTH HARCOURT LEICESTER
LE8 0RB
S0634 SEATON, Mr. HOWARD GEORGE 17 NANPANTON ROAD LOUGHBOROUGH
LEICESTERSHIRE LE11 3ST
S0635 SHIPPARD, Mrs. ROSEMARY LYNN 503 SOUTHLEIGH ROAD EMSWORTH HAMPSHIRE
PO10 7TF
T0257 TURNBULL, Mrs. LYNDA 87 HARBOROUGH ROAD OADBY LEICESTER LE2 4LG
W0525 WRIGHT, Mr.KENNETH-Mrs.LINDA 149 AVENUE ROAD LEICESTER LE2 3EB
W0526 WHITE, Mr. PHILIP 61 TOURNAMENT ROAD GLENFIELD LEICESTER LE3 8LR
W0527 WHITE, Mrs. C.M. 55 ACORN WAY WIGSTON LEICESTER LE18 3YA
W0528 WADDINGTON, Mrs. MARION 169 WYCOMBE ROAD LEICESTER LE5 0PQ
AUGUST 2001
B0803 BROWN, Mrs. DARYL MARKVIEW 7 4020 STAVANGER NORWAY
B0804 BEECH, Mrs. JILL STAR COTTAGE HIGHER FORE STREET MARAZION CORNWALL TR17
0BQ
B0805 BATES, Mrs. DAPHNE 9 CHURCH STREET BILLESDON LEICESTER LE7 9AE
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D0264 DOWNES, Mrs. CHRISTINE 5 WISE GROVE RUGBY CV21 4BA
H0607 HALL, Mr. MARTYN ROGER 7 LOWER LEICESTER ROAD LUTTERWORTH
LEICESTERSHIRE LE17 4NF
J0161 JEFFREY, Miss. LAURA 60 SANVEY LANE AYLESTONE LEICESTER LE3 8NF
L0243 LAWSON, Mrs. ANNE P. 18 FOUR WELLS DRIVE SHEFFIELD S12 4JB
M0428 MALKIN, Mrs. MAXINE 14 TEIGN BANK ROAD HINCKLEY LEICESTERSHIRE LE10 0EE
M0429 MITCHLEY, Mr. MARK PHILIP JOHN 34 HAMILTON STREET LEICESTER LE2 1FP
O0080 OWEN, Mrs. CATHERINE 15 ROMAN CLOSE CLAYBROOKE MAGNA LUTTERWORTH
LEICESTERSHIRE LE17 5DU
P0376 PHILLIPS, Mr. VICTOR GEORGE 6 LOWESBY CLOSE MELTON MOWBRAY
LEICESTERSHIRE LE13 1HW
P0377 POWELL, Mrs. JULIA 18 STAVELEY ROAD DUNSTABLE BEDFORDSHIRE LU6 3QQ
S0636 SMALL, Mr. BRYAN R. RR1 871 MARINE DRIVE GIBSONS BRITISH COLUMBIA V0N 1V1
CANADA
T0258 TOOLEY, Mr. MICHAEL PHILIP 32 MONTGOMERY ROAD NETHER EDGE SHEFFIELD S7
1LQ
CHANGES OF ADDRESS
A0214 ANDREWS, Mrs. FRANCES LOUISE 57 CARTER CLOSE ENDERBY LEICESTER LE9 5NZ
B0440 BARRS, MR. A.F. & MRS. C.A. 122 DAVENPORT ROAD LEICESTER LE5 6SB
B0348 BEEBY, DR.JOHN 44 NEW STREET KENILWORTH WARWICKSHIRE CV8 2EZ
F0149 FINDON, MR. GEOFFREY D. 6 AVON FIELDS WELFORD NORTHANTS NN6 6JL
F0158 FLAVELL A E, 15 WENSOM CLOSE, BURLEY GRANGE, OAKHAM RUTLAND LE15 6FU
H0286 HEWITT, MR GRAHAM J. 77 BELFRY DRIVE, LEICESTER, LE3 6UU
L0156 LITHERLAND, MRS. CAMILLE C.A. PENPWLL CLUNDERWEN Nr. NARBERTH DYFED SA66
7PN
O0035 OVERTON, MR J. STUART LE ROCHER ESLIER 35270 BONNEMAIN FRANCE
0257 MUDFORD, MR. BRIAN 11 HUNTSMAN CLOSE, MARKFIELD, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE67 9XE
N0095 NORRIS, Miss JOANE E. 208 MILLIGAN ROAD AYLESTONE LEICESTER LE2 8FD
P0124 POWELL, MISS MARY E. 189 EVINGTON LANE, LEICESTER. LE5 6DT
T0060 SLATER, MRS M.F. APARTMENT No 2 THE CHURCH MILL CAISTOR ROAD MARKET
RASEN LINCOLNSHIRE LN8 3HX
S0627 SMITH, Mr. SIDNEY ROY 21 HIGHCROFT AVENUE OADBY LEICESTER LE2 5UN
T0199 TAYLOR, MR. D.C. & MRS. P.A. 10 KINGFISHER COURT ASFORDBY ROAD MELTON
MOWBRAY LEICESTERSHIRE LE13 0EA
T0053 TOMLINSON, MRS K.L. THE CROFT VICARAGE CLOSE, STOKE GABRIEL TOTNES,
DEVON. TQ9 6QT
T0223 TOWNSEND, MR. ANTHONY PAUL 43 COTLEY ROAD LEICESTER LE4 2LJ
CORRECTION OF MEMBER’S ADDDRESS
MR S R SMITH 21 HIGHCROFT AVE., OADBY LEICS LE2 5UH
NEW MEMBERS INTERESTS
ADAM
MIDDLESEX
1850
T0254
ADAMS
LEICESTER1800+
M0424
ADKIN
LANGHAM/SAXELBANY
W0518
ADKIN
MELTON MOWBRAYANY
W0518
AGER
NW KENT
1850+
A0217
ALEXANDER LEICESTER ANY
M0425
ALEXANDER WARKS ANY
M0425
ALLAN
ESSEX1850+
F0225
ALLEN
HINCKLEY
ANY
M0428
ALLEN NORTON J' TWYCROSSANY
M0428
ALLEN
WIGSTON
1900
P0372
ALTHORP ANY
1850+
H0601
ANTILL
LEICS
1850
A0219
APPLETREE
COVENTRY 1800+
B0793
ARMSTRONG
LEICS
PRE1900 G0232
ARTHUR LEICESTER
1821-1891 A0218
ASTON
ATKINS
ATKINS
BAILEY
BAILEY
BAINES
BAINES
BALL
BALLARD
BALLARD
BARKER
BARRATT
BATES
BATES
BATES
LEICS 1835
S0630
HIGHAM LEICS
PRE1830 A0216
LEICS
1800S
M0415
LOUGHBOROUGH 18-19C
G0330
NOTTS
19C
G0330
LEICS
ANY
B0791
RIDLINGTON
19C-20C P0377
EMPINGHAM RUTLAND
1800-1900 J0159
ANSTEY
1700-1800 D0257
THURCASTON
1700-1800 D0257
LOUGHBOROUGH 1903
Y034
EXTON RUTLAND 1796
S0629
ENDERBY/CROFT 1850-2001 P0369
LEICS
ANY
M0423
TAMWORTH
1850-1890 B0805
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BATH
NETHERSEAL/ OVERSEAL
1800-1830
S0636
BATTEN MIDDLESEX
1800-1880
B0799
BEAVIS HURSLEY HANTS PRE1830
S0626
BELFIELD STAFFS/CHES
ANY
W0516
BELL
WAREHAM DORSET 1850+
B0802
BENFORD LEICS
ANY
W0519
BENNET MANCHESTER
1900-1950
S0631
BEVANS LEICESTER
1800+
M0424
BILLET(T) DORSET
PRE1840
S0626
BLACK
REMPSTON/LEICS 1883
Y034
BLACKBURN LEICESTER
19-20C
W0522
BLAKESLEY LEICESTER
1850-1890
P0368
BLAND
LEICESTER
1902-1907
C0508
BLAYNEY
ANY
1800
J0158
BLOCKLEY
LEICS
ANY
P0372
BLYTHE
DERBYS
1837
N0111
BOLLARD BELGRAVE LEIC 1900S
W0521
BOSTOCK LEICESTER
1800-1900
W0528
BOTTERILL LEICESTER
1850-1890
P0368
BOULTON STAFFS
ANY
W0516
BOWLER
LEICS
PRE 1850
M0419
BOYSON
LEICESTER
ANY
B0792
BRADLEY CHESTERFIELD 1900+
D0260
BRADLEY SHEPSHED
PRE1900
T0258
BRAIN
POLESWORTH 1850-2001
P0369
BRAISBY
LOUGHBOROUGH1840-1890
S0623
BRAKER
LEICS
1900
K0155
BRAY
LEICS
1600
P0372
BRIGGS
WARKS
1850
N0111
BRIGHT
BRISTOL
1900
S0627
BROOKES HATHERN
PRE1800
H0602
BROOKS
DERBYS
1830
N0111
BROOKS
LEICESTER
1900
J0161
BROWN
LOWESTOFT
1972+
B0802
BROWN
SWANAGE
1850+
B0802
BROWN
WEST HAMPNETT DORSET
1850+
B0802
BROWNE
BATTLE ABBEY 1600
M0429
BROWNSWORD
DERBY1800 J0158
BRUCE
WISHAW N LANCS 1905
Y034
BRUIN
BLABY
PRE1800
S0633
BRUNDLE LEICS/NORFOLK ANY
P0372
BRYAN
SADDINGTON 1650+
M0424
BUCK
LEICS/BATH CITY 1930S
A0215
BURCHER GLOUCS
C1800
T0255
BURDETT LANGHAM/SAXELBYANY
W0518
BURDETT LEICS
ANY
P0372
BURDETT MELTON MOWBRAYANY
W0518
BURROWS CROPWELL NOTTSPRE1900
K0156
BURTON
STOKE ON TRENT1750+
B0793
BUSWELL LEICESTER
ANY
B0792
BUTLER
STAFFORD
1850
S0630
BUTLER
WORCESTER
1823
S0630
BYRNE
BIRMINGHAM AREA1944
B0795
CADLEY
HUDDERSFIELD ANY
M0425
CADLEY
WILTS
ANY
M0425
CAIRNS
BRISTOL
1909-1959
G0333
CAIRNS
OXFORD
1900-1908
G0333
CANDLISH DURHAM
1790S
T0257
CANNAM
ANY
1850+
H0601
58
CAPENHURSTLEICS
1700-1800
W0525
CASTLE
LEICESTER
1880+
S0635
CATTELL
S0623
CAVE
HUSBANDS BOSWORTH 1812-1881 B0797
CAVE
LEICESTER
ANY
S0632
CAVE
LUTTERWORTH1800-1812
B0797
CHADBURN HULL1800-1900S
H0605
CHADWICK STAFFS ANY
F0224
CHAMBERLAIN SWINDON1790 1900
B0805
CHAPMAN MIDDLESEX
1800-1880
B0799
CHAWNER LEICESTER
1750-1880
M0426
CHRISTIAN EXTON RUTLAND 19C
G0330
CLARKE
SHENTON
1800
D0264
CLAYTON LONDON
1900
C0510
COCKRILL LEICS
ANY
P0372
COLEMAN LEICS
PRE1900
G0232
COLEMAN NEWBOLD VERDON
1800-1970
P0370
COLEMAN OADBY
1840
J0161
COLLES
M MOWBRAY
1881
C0511
COLLINS
ANY
ANY
B0791
COLTMAN LEICS
PRE1900
G0232
COOK
LEICESTER
1800-1900
B0800
COOKE
BRUNTINGTHORPE
1700-1860
J0159
COOKE
BURTON ON TRENT
1860-1900
J0159
COOKE
KENT
1800S
S0626
COOPER
LEICESTER
18-20C
W0522
CORTON
BILLESDON
1700-1800 W0525
COURT
WARKS
1880S
C0509
CRABY
IRELAND
1800-1900
D0254
CRABY
MIDDLESBROUGH
1800-1900
D0254
CRITCHLEY GLOUCS
C1830
T0255
CROFT
HUNCOTE
1800S
H0604
CROFT
TITENCOTE RUTLAND
1800S
H0604
CUFFLIN
LEICS
1500+
M0420
CULCHETH LEICESTER
1910
C0507
CUNNINGTON KINGSCLIFFE
NORTHANTS 1860
C0511
CURTIS
STAFFORD
1860
S0630
CURTIS
STAFFORD
1831
S0630
DAGLEY
LEICS
1900
K0155
DAKIN
LEICS
ANY
D0253
DALBY
EXTON RUTLAND19C
G0330
DICKINSON YORKS
PRE1850
D0255
DILLOW
GLENFIELD
1700-1800
S0633
DIXEY
CORBY NORTHANTS
1700-1800
S0633
DIXON
LEICS
1890+
D0260
DOLBY/DALBY LEICS
1795+
D0263
DOLBY/DALBY RUTLAND
1795+
D0263
DOLBY/DALBY PETERBORO' 1795
D0263
DOWELL
THORNTON
1750-1850
D0262
DOWN(ES) LEICESTER
1850-1890
P0368
DUTTON
LEICESTER
1800-1900
W0528
EDMONDS LONDON
1868-1949
B0802
EDMONDS WEYMOUTH
1868-1949
B0802
EMBERTON NEWPORT SALOP1800
H0595
- October 2001
EMBERTON
EVANS
EVANS
EVANS
EXTON
FAIRE
FELSTED
FEWKES
FIELDS
FINDLEY
FLEMING
STAFFS
1870
H0595
DARLASTON STAFFS1800+ M0427
STEPNEY LDN 1845+
B0801
WALES
1880
C0510
EDMONTHORPE PRE1870 S0625
DERBYS
C1830
T0255
WARKS
1900-2000 K0155
LOUGHBOROUGH ANY
F0226
TEESIDE
ANY
G0334
BURBAGE
ANY
L0243
GREENOCK SCOTLAND18-19C
G0330
FLEMING
NOTTS
19C
G0330
FOSTER
LEICESTER
1850
J0161
FOSTER
SCREVETON NOTTSPRE1865
M0416
FOULDS
LEICESTER
ANY
S0635
FOULDS
NEWTOWN LINFORD ANY S0635
FOWLER
OTLEY YORKS ANY
F0224
FOXON
BURBAGE
ANY
L0243
FREER
LEICESTER
1800+
S0635
FRISBY
M MOWBRAY
1881
C0511
FROST
LEICESTER
1850-1890 P0368
GALLIFORD CORNWALL
ANY
H0596
GALLIFORD DEVON
ANY
H0596
GALLIFORD LEICS
ANY
H0596
GARNER
QUENIBOROUGH 1850
J0161
GARSIDE
STAFFS
ANY
W0516
GARTLAND CO TYRONE
PRE1850 M0420
GATES
DOVER
1840
S0620
GAYES
STH KILWORTH ANY
H0606
GEARY
THORNTON /DESFORD1850 D0262
GEE
LEICESTER
1900
W0527
GEE
F0227
GLOVER
LEICESTER
1850
J0161
GODDARD ISLE OF WIGHT ANY
S0628
GODFREY CLIFTON BEDS PRE1870 H0602
GOODACRE TWYFORD /MELTON ANY M0423
GOODB(O)URN(E) NETHER BROUGHTON
1700-2000 W0524
GOODBAND ASLOCKTON NOTTS1800-1900
W0524
GOODMAN GREASBOROUGH W YORKS
1850-1900
W0524
GOODMAN SHEFFIELD
1880-1920 W0524
GORMAN
BURTON ON TRENT1800S W0517
GORMAN
COVENTRY
1800S
W0517
GRACE
TEESIDE
ANY
G0334
GRAY
BINGHAM NOTTS1750+
M0420
GREASLEY LEICS
1917
K0155
GREAVES NETHER BROUGHTONANYK0156
GREAVES OLD DALBY
ANY
K0156
GREEN CASTLE DONNINGTON1800 D0264
GREEN
LEICESTER
1800
D0264
GREEN
NW KENT
1850+
A0217
GREENHILL LEICESTER
1883-1885 G0331
GREENHOUGH LEICS1800S
G0329
GRIFFITHS BRIGHTON
1850-1940 P0376
GRIMES
LEICESTER
1870
W0523
GRIMES
THURLASTON 1835
W0523
GRINDLEY TILSTOCK SALOPANY
H0595
GRINYER
GRINYER
POPLAR LONDON1850-1940 P0376
STEPNEY LONDON1850-1940
P0376
GUNN
NUNEATON
1886
C0510
GUTTERIDGE DERBYS
C1830
T0255
GUTTERIDGELOUGHBOROUGHC1800 T0255
HADDON
HINCKLEY
PRE1850 A0216
HAFFENDENBRIGHTON
1880
M0429
HAINES
STH KILWORTH ANY
H0606
HALFORD PRESTON RUTLAND1700+ M0424
HALL
DUNTON
1976
H0607
HALL
DUNTON
1915-1920 H0607
HALLAM
DERBY
1850+
J0159
HALLAM
LOUGHBOROUGHPRE1880 B0803
HALLAM
STAPENHILL DERBYS
1870-1900
J0159
HANCOCK SHEFFIELD
PRE1885 M0416
HANDS
LEICESTER
1860H0597
HANGER
LEICESTER
1930
P0375
HARNDEN
BOW/ POPLAR LONDON
1860+
M0429
HARRISON LEEK STAFFS 1800-1900 D0254
HART
M MOWBRAY
1680
S0629
HART
UPPER BROUGHTON1680 S0629
HARTMAN BARWELL/IBSTOCK
PRE1800
H0600
HATHER
NOTTINGHAM 1890
S0629
HAWKSWORTH
ANY ANY H0602
HAYNES
STH KILWORTH ANY
H0606
HAYWOOD BARWELL
1800
D0264
HEATON
ANY
ANY
H0596
HEWTON
LEICESTER
ANY
B0792
HIBBINS
BARWELL
ANY
M0428
HIBBINS
HINCKLEY
ANY
M0428
HIBBIT
RUTLAND
1700-1850 H0599
HIGGINS
ANY
ANY
S0631
HIGHAM
HULL 1800-1900S
H0605
HIGHTON
PECKLETON
1870+
W0523
HIGHTON
THURLASTON 1870+
W0523
HILL
GRIMSTON LEICS 1790S O077
HILL
LEICS
ANY
P0372
HODGE
GREENWICH KENT 1800+ M0427
HODGES
LEICS
1800+
H0601
HODGES
STH KILWORTH PRE1850 H0606
HODSON
LEICESTER
1900
B0805
HOGG
LEICS
1840
N0111
HOLBROOK NOTTS
1840
N0111
HOLDRIDGE LOUGHBOROUGH 1858
Y034
HOLT
LEICS
ANY
M0423
HOPKINS
LEICESTER
1968
B0796
HORNE
BIRMINGHAM /LEICS
1700-1800 W0525
HOWES
BEDS
ANY
W0519
HUBBARD BLABY
ANY
H0594
HUBBARD HUNCOTE
1800S
H0604
HUDDLESTONE M MOWBRAY 1881
C0511
HUDDLESTONE WYMONDHAM 1824+ C0511
HUDSON
STAFFS
1890
H0595
HUGHES
LEICS/STAFFS 1650+
P0370
HUNT
LEICS
ANY
H0603
- October 2001
59
HURLEY
HUTCH
KERRY_ROS TRALEE 1880 H0595
BARWELL/ THORNTON
1799
D0262
HYAM
LEICESTER
1890
B0794
ISON
NUNEATON
1886
C0510
JAMES
DORSET
PRE1830 S0635
JAMES
WALES
1880
C0510
JEBB
SHEFFIELD
PRE1850 M0416
JEFFREY
OADBY
1880
J0161
JOHNSON LEICESTER
PRE1890 M0416
JOHNSON LEICESTER
1860
B0794
JOHNSON WIGSTON
1900+
K0158
JONES
GLAMORGAN
ANY
B0791
JONES
LEICESTER
1900
W0527
JONES
SHROPS
ANY
F0224
KEIG/KEGG RUSHEN ISLE OF MAN
1800+
O080
KELSEY
HINCKLEY
PRE1810 A0216
KENYON
STALYBRIDGE 1800-1850 S0631
KERRIDGE ANY
ANY
W0524
KEYWORTH CAUNTON NOTTS
1700-1800
W0524
KEYWORTH UPTON NOTTS 1700-1800 W0524
KILBORN
BRUNTINGTHORPE1730+ H0368
KILBORN
STOKE ALBANY 1650+
H0368
KILBY
SCALFORD
1849
J0157
KIMBER
LEICESTER
1900
J0161
KIMMINS
TIVERTON DEVON1600+ M0427
KIMPTON
IRELAND1800-1900
D0254
KIMPTON
RYE SUSSEX
1800-1900 D0254
KINGSTON M MOWBRAY
1885/6
C0511
KNIGHT
STOKE ON TRENT1800+
B0793
LANGFORD SHERWOOD NOTTS
PRE1875
M0416
LANGTON COSBY
ANY
B0791
LAWRENCE RUSHDEN
1880
B0794
LAWTON
STAFFS/CHES ANY
W0516
LEADBETTER GT DALBY1700+
M0424
LINEKER
LEICS
ANY
D0261
LINEKER
THRAPSTON NORTHANTSANY
D0261
LINNEY
LEICESTER
1915-1920 H0607
LITCHFIELD S DERBYS /STAFFS1700+ R0267
LLOYD
LONDON/FLINTSHIRE
1600-1732
S0626
LLOYD
PECKLETON
1870
W0523
LLOYD
PONTYPRIDD
1835
W0523
LOCK
PORTSMOUTH 1900
C0510
LOCK
STATHERN/WALTHAM1856 J0157
LOWE
SHROPSHIRE
1850
A0219
LYNAS
N.YORKS
ANY
H0596
MACHIN
STAFFS
ANY
W0516
MAILE
LEICS/RUTLAND PRE1900 M0417
MALKIN
MARKET BOSWORTHANY M0428
MARKHAM LEICS
1900
A0215
MARS(T)ON OAKHAM AREA 1730S
O077
MAYER
LEICS /NORTHANTS1700-1800
W0525
MAYER
LONDON
1700-1800 W0525
McMURRAY LEICESTER
ANY
B0792
McNEILL
CO ANTRIM
PRE1850 M0420
60
MEADOWS
MEADOWS
MERRAL
MILWARD
MINARD
MINNS
MITCHLEY
MOORE
MOORE
MOORE
LEICS
ANY
B0791
SOMERBY
1690+
M0424
LEICESTER
1750-1850 M0426
SNEINTON NOTTSPRE1897 M0416
ANY
ANY
M0421
NORFOLK
1820
W0520
BURNHAM MARKET1730 M0429
CROPSTON 1700-1800
S0633
LEICS PRE1850
M0419
RUSHEN ISLE OF MAN1800+
O080
MOULE
LEICS
ANY
M0423
MOUNTENEY LEICS PRE1820
H0602
MUGGLETON BURTON OVERY
1800-1890 B0800
MUGGLETON
ILLSTON 1800-1890
B0800
MUGGLETONLEICESTER1850-1900B0800
MUGGLETON NEWTON HARCOURT
1800-1890 B0800
MUSSON
LEICESTER 1900 W0527
MUSSON
NOTTS
1870
S0628
MUSSON
RUTLAND
PRE1800 S0625
MYNARD
ANY
ANY
M0421
NASH
STOKE ON TRENT
1840+
NEAL
QUORN LEICS PRE1880 B0803
NEALE
LEICESTER
1750-1840 M0426
NEWTON
EARL SHILTON 1800-1970 P0370
NEWTON
NEWBOLD VERDON
1800-1970
P0370
NEWTON
SOMERBY
1880S
W0521
NICHOLSON SHEFFIELD
PRE1820 M0416
NORRIS
OXON
1820
W0520
NORTON SMEETON WESTERBY1700+ M0424
NORTON
STONEY STANTON
1600-1800
D0257
OATES
SANTAN ISLE OF MANANY O080
OLDHAM
LEICESTER
1750-1840 M0426
OSGOOD
HANTS
1850S
W0515
OULAGHAN HIGHGATE/BIRMINGHAM
1850-2001
P0369
PADMORE LANGHAM/SAXELBYANY W0518
PADMORE MELTON MOWBRAYANY W0518
PAGE
BIRMINGHAM
1830-1840 C0509
PALING
HOUGHTON ON HILLANY L0243
PALMER
ENDERBY
1850-2001 P0369
PALMER
LEIC ST MARGS 1800S
W0517
PALMER
LEICS ST PETERS/HILDAS
1800S
W0517
PARKER
LEICESTER
1750+
P0370
PARKER
MOUNTSORREL 1750+
P0370
PARNELL
ANY
1884?
M0422
PARSONS HINCKLEY
PRE1830 A0216
PARSONS LEICS
1800
P0372
PATRICK
LEICESTER
1800
D0264
PAUL
HINCKLEY
ANY
M0428
PEACOCK DURHAM
1870S
T0257
PEAKE
KINGSCLIFFE PETERBORO'
1825
C0511
PEBERDY LEICESTER
1821-1891 A0218
PEPPER
LOUGHBOROUGH 1888
Y034
PERCIVAL KETTON RUT
PRE1820 M0416
- October 2001
PERKINS
PETITT
PHILLIPS
LEICESTER
1850-1890 P0368
BAWTREY YORKSPRE1850 D0255
NEWHAM LONDON
1880-1940 P0376
PHILLIPS
POPLAR/ PLAISTOW LONDON
1880-1940 P0376
PICK
OLD DALBY
ANY
K0156
PICKARD
LEICESTER
PRE1850 A0216
PICKERING LEICESTER/LEICS
1800-1900 T0256
PINCKARD ANY
1850+
H0601
PLANT
DESFORD
1800-1850 D0262
POLLARD LEICS
1900-2000 K0155
POOL
LUTTERWORTH 1766
B0797
POOLE
ASHBY
PRE1812 D0262
PORT
ILFORD ESSEX 1944
P0375
PORT
MANOR PK E. LONDON
1908
P0375
POYNER
EARL SHILTON ANY
D0262
PRICE
NAILSTONE
1850-1900 D0262
PRIDMORE HINCKLEY/DESFORD
PRE1750
B0804
PRIESTLEY LEICS
ANY
D0253
PRIME
BARLSTONE
1800-1950 P0370
PRIME NEWBOLD VERDON 1800-1950 P0370
PUGH
NORTH MIMMS 1760
J0161
RANDELL
TILTON LEICS 1700+
M0424
RANDON
LEICS
1540+
R0267
REA
LEICS
ANY
H0603
REEVE MEASHAM / LEICS1700-1800 W0525
REILLY
LEICESTER
ANY
B0792
REVELL
LEICS/RUTLAND PRE1900 M0417
RICE
KENT
1800S
S0626
RICHARDS LEICS /NORTHANTS ANY M0423
RILEY
BOTTESFORD 1858
J0157
RILEY
LEICESTER
1855
J0157
RIPPIN
STAMFORD LINCS 19C
G0330
RO(D)GERS LEICESTER
1850
P0374
ROBINSON BURBAGE
ANY
L0243
ROBINSON LONDON
1900
C0510
RODWELL BARKSBY
1600-1800 D0257
ROSS
LEICS
1650+
P0370
ROSS
WIGSTON MAGNA 1720+ K0157
ROWAN
LONDON
1880
S0620
ROWE
CORNWALL
1900
B0805
ROWLAND ASHBOURNE DERBYS
1930-1940S
H0605
RUDKIN
MANOR PK E. LONDON
1911
P0375
SALES /SEALES NETHERSEAL
1800-1850
S0631
SALUSBURY BIRMINGHAM AREA1944 B0795
SAMUEL
LLANELLY S WALES1895 W0527
SANDERS ARNOLD NOTTS 1800S
S0635
SANDERSON EAST GRINSTEAD
1750-1880
M0429
SEATON
WIGSTON
1700-1850 S0634
SELBY
MELTON MOWBRAY
1900
A0215
SHARPE
LANGHAM/SAXELBYANY W0518
SHARPE
MELTON MOWBRAYANY W0518
SHARRATT LEICESTER
1800-1900 W0526
SHAWS
NEWBOLD VERDON
1850-1900
D0262
SHELLEY
LEICS
1900
S0621
SHERRIFF LEICESTER
1850-1890 P0368
SHERWIN LEICS
ANY
S0628
SHILLCOCK BURTON LAZARSPRE1800 S0633
SIMM
ULVERSTON
ANY
F0224
SLAWSON WHITCHURCH,CHES1850 S0620
SMALL
NETHERSEAL/ OVERSEAL
1800-1870
S0636
SMALLEY LEICS
1800S
M0415
SMART
LEICESTER
1800-1900 W0528
SMEETH
FARNHAM/ ALDERSHOT
1880
SMITH
BRISTOL
1934
S0627
SMITH
BURBAGE
ANY
L0243
SMITH
GT TORRINGTON DEVON
1700-1900
J0159
SMITH
LEEK STAFFS 1800-1900 D0254
SMITH
LEICS
ANY
D0253
SMITH
LEICS
1820-1900 S0622
SMYTH
CAMBS
1800
S0620
SPENCER CROPSTON
1700-1800 S0633
SPENCER LOUGHBORO
1840-1890 S0623
SPRIGGS
LEICS/NORTHANTS
PRE1950
G0232
SPURR
ASFORDBY
1750-2001 S0625
SPURR
MELTON MOWBRAY
PRE1800
S0625
SPURR
WYMONDHAM 1860-2001 S0625
STAPLEFORD LEICS/DERBYS ANY
S0624
STAPLEFORD STAFFS/NOTTS ANY
S0624
STAPLEFORD THORPE SATCHVILLE
1780S
O077
STAPLEFORD TWYFORD
1780S
O077
STARK
WOODHOUSE EAVES 1800 D0257
START SHEPSHED LEICS PRE1900
G0232
STEEN
SOWERBY YORKS1850+ G0333
STEPHENS POPLAR LONDON
1800-1900
P0376
STEPHENSON
YORKS
1800S
G0329
STEVENS BRITWELL SALOME,OXON
1700S
S0626
STEVENS SHIRBURN,OXON1700S
S0626
STEVENS STAFFS
ANY
F0224
STEWART ORSTON NOTTS 1852
S0629
STINSON
OSGATHORPE 1750+
M0427
STINSON
WHITWICK
1820+
M0427
STORER
LANGHAM/SAXELBYANY W0518
STORER
MELTON MOWBRAYANY W0518
STRETTON DERBYS PRE1850
J0160
STRETTON LEICS
1850+
J0160
STRETTON STAFFS
PRE1800 J0160
STRICKLAND WESTMORELAND ANY S0626
STUBBS
WARWICK1859
S0630
STURGESS LEICESTERANY
S0632
SULLIVAN KERRY_ROS TRALEE 1880 H0595
SUTER
OAKHAM1890+
D0260
SUTHERLAND LEICESTER 1800
D0264
SUTTON
MIDDLESEX
1800-1880 B0799
SWAN
TEESIDE
ANY
G0334
- October 2001
61
SWIFT
TACEY
TAILBY
TAILBY
TAMS
TAPLIN
LEICS
ANY
LOUGHBOROUGH
LINCS
PRE1640
SLAWSTON
1640+
LEICS
1900
LEICESTER
1968
F0226
C1800
H0368
H0368
S0621
B0796
TAYLOR
BIRMINGHAM /LEICS
1700-1800
W0525
TAYLOR
BOTTESFORD 1858
J0157
TAYLOR
DERBYS
1837
N0111
TAYLOR
NEW BRUNSWICK, USA1800S S0626
TAYLOR
ROMSEY,HANTS 1800S
S0626
TAYLOR
WILLOUGHBY WATERLEYS
1800-1900
T0256
THOMPSON WILLOUGHBY WATERLEYS
1800-1900
T0256
TIMSON
BURBAGE
ANY
L0243
TOMLIN
WILLOUGHBY WATERLEYS
ANY
F0224
TOOLEY
SHEPSHED
PRE1900
T0258
TOON
LEICESTER 1840-1890
S0623
TOON(E)
ASFORDBY /HOBY1800
SO077
TOWNSEND LEICS1800-1900 T0256
TREAD(D)LE LEICESTER
1889
P0374
TREADDELL LEICESTER1889
P0374
TRICKITT
LINCS1870
S0628
TRIGGER
THORP LEICS PRE1800
H0602
TRILL
BUXTED
1750-1850
M0429
TUDBALL
LIVERPOOL
PRE1860
S0635
TURNER
BELGRAVE LEIC 1900S
W0521
TURNER
MIDDLESEX1870
T0254
TWELLS
LEICESTER ANY
M0425
UNWIN
LEICESTER1904
P0375
UNWIN
YORK1927
P0375
VANN
BLABY /AYLESTONEPRE1800 S0633
VERNON
LEICS/STAFFS ANY
W0519
WADDINGTON LEICESTER 1800-1900
W0528
WADE
LOUGHBORO 1840-1890
S0623
WAGSTAFF LEICESTER 1850-1890
P0368
WAIN
MARKFIELD /HUNCOTE
1800S
H0604
WALKER
BAILDON YORKS18-19C
G0330
WALKER
BOW LONDON1870-1930
M0429
WALKER
STOCKTON ON TEES1896
P0375
WALLER
DERBYSANY
T0255 F0223
WARD
BLABYANY
H0594
WARD
WARKS1850
N0111
WARD
WOOLWICH KENTPRE1850
H0602
WARDLE
THRINGSTONE1750+
M0427
WATERFIELDLEICESTER1750-1840
M0426
WATERMAN COLCHESTERPRE1820
S0635
WATERTON LEICESTER ANY
M0425
WATTS
HOUGHTON ON HILL ANY
L0243
WEBSDALE HULL1800-1900S
H0605
WEBSTER ECKINGTON DERBYS
1750-1900
W0524
WEBSTER LEICS1800-2000
G0232
WELLS
LEICESTER
ANY
S0632
WELLS
LOUGHBOROUGH
1881
F0227
WESSON
BUTLERS MARSTON WARKS
ANY
D0261
WESTON
BUTLERS MARSTON WARKS
1880+
D0261
WESTON
ENDERBY 1800S
D0261
WESTON
LEICESTER 19-20C
W0522
WESTON
OSWESTRY 1881+
D0261
WHALING BURTON ON TRENT 1800S
W0517
WHALING COVENTRY 1800S
W0517
WHATLEY BELGRAVE LEIC 1910+
W0521
WHEELER LEICS 1880
D0261
WHITE
BOURNE LINCS 1890
W0527
WHITE
HINCKLEY1900
W0527
WHITE
SYSTON1850-1900
W0526
WIFFIN
ESSEX 1890
W0515
WILLIAMS LEICESTER1800-1850
M0426
WILLIAMSON
LEICS 1834
M0418
WILLIAMSON
LEICS ANY
H0603
WILMAN
DERBYS 1830
N0111
WILMOTT HUNCOTE1800S
H0604
WINCOTT WARKSANY
W0519
WOOD
LEICESTER 1899
P0375
WOODCOCKTHORPE ARNOLD 1890S W0521
WOODWARDLEICESTER18-20C
W0522
WORTLEY SHREPSHED1850S
W0521
WOSS
TWYFORD /MELTON ANY M0423
WRIGHT
LONDON /BIRMINGHAM
1700-1800
WRIGHT
SNEINTON NOTTS1880S
WRIGHT
WOLVEY /OUNDLE /LEICS
1700-1800
WYMAN
RIDLINGTON19C-20C
YORKE
SHENTON1800
W0525
0629
W0525
P0377
D0264
Extra Interests
BENNETT
BOULTON
BOULTON
GILLATT
HERBERT
62
CHESTER
CHESTER
LEICS
PRE1850
YORKS
LEICESTER
PRE 1850
1840+
ANY
PRE1840
HOWDEN
YORKS
PRE1850
RANDLES CHESTER
ROWLANDS CHESTER
WARHIRTON YORKS
1800+
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ANY
ANY
WHEATMAN YORKS
ANY
Patricia Russell (R257)
21 Kilbride
43 Lindsay Rd., Branksome, Poole Dorset BH13
6AP
***********
HALLAM
MOWSLEY
1770
ARMITAGE YORKSHIRE
1800’S
DUCKENFIELD
1800’S
LEWIN
WHITBY
1880’S
WRIGHT BRAUNSTONE GATE
1880’S
Dianne Meakin
1 Forest Road, Loughborough
Leicester LE11 3NW
***********
BROMHEAD LEICS ANY
BROMHEAD ANYWHERE
BUSHBY
ANYWHERE
JEFFERSON ANYWHERE
JENNINGS KINFARE, STAFFS
MARTIN
SOMERBY, LEICS
1800’S
1890+
ANY
ANY
17&1800’S
ANY
Trude Martin (M297)
40 Pensham Hill, Pershore Worcester WR10
3HA
***************
STURGESS LEICSTER
1800’S
MOULDING LEICESTER
1800’S
RAGG
LEICESTER
1800’S
FEARN
DERBY
1800’S
FITCHETT DERBY
1800
S M Shore (S564)
84 Davenport Rd, Leicester LE5 6SB
[email protected]
**************
SPENCE
ENDERBY
ANY
SPENCE
LEICESTER
ANY
PEPPER
RUTLAND
ANY
PEPPER
NORTHANTS
ANY
PEPPER
LEICS
ANY
Sonia Rest, (R38)
‘Ceris’ Castle Rd, Horsell, Woking, Surrey
GU21 4ES
**************
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