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Newsletter for November

Hi All
This month we would like to do a few different things in the
newsletter for you so hope you will find the reading of it all right.
There will be as usual Christine’s update of what has been happening
within the group, as I know a lot of you like to read there is also from
Tony a small story about his research on the family of Hargate.
Christine and myself have started to organize the newsletter for
Christmas, which we are hoping to make it a special edition this year
as it will be just 1 year that we have been doing these.
As you can see I have enclose a few pictures from the some of our
members albums

OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
Nice start to the month with Judy in Australia calling in to see if we
had missed her? She has been busy and also had computer
problems. If anyone has any Australian genealogy problems or
questions, Judy is the person to contact. Just send her the details
etc. She now has a faster computer so now will be able to contribute
more.
Also at the start of October, Vera put on some interesting websites
on Yorkshire about the wool industry, cloth making and memorial
stones/gravestones in Saddle worth. Take a quick look at the
websites listed if you have an interest in that area.
4th October and an old photo of Melissa's family, all stood on the
front porch of their home in Toronto, Ontario, Canada was put into
her album for us all to see. I mention this now as later there is an
interesting development with this photo. The photo was taken
between 1917 and 1921 and the address is 178 Munro Street,
Toronto. It shows Melissa's great grandmother of Meola, Edna, Lloyd
&Ross. Melissa is keen to see if this house is standing there today.
Melissa also suggested today, that we have a separate place, a file,
where we can put all our 'brick walls' to make it easier to look at.
5th October and Elizabeth in Texas called in to say she is still looking
for her great, great grandfather John Joseph Dwyer from Ireland. She
has started a photo album of her family with a photo of great great
father Jack with his dog at the family homestead. This day Vera also
found the death details of Sarah White foot for Melissa. Vera
discovered that she died at 178 Munro Street, the house in the photo
that you can see in Melissa's file. Sarah was 86 years old when she
died and was born In London. Her father was William Booth. She had
us all fooled for a while with the surname of White foot. It appears to
be a Red Indian name but later on in the month, Frank put us right
and said the name originates from Norwich in Norfolk; however, Vera
believed it comes from Lancashire. Can someone solve this problem
for us please? The next day, Melissa writes in to say that she has
just realised that Sarah (the old lady in the photo) is in fact, the other
of Sophia. 6th October brings some disappointing news for Elizabeth
in Texas. She had a friend going to New York on business and as a
favour, was going to Ellis Island to see if there were any records on
her ancestor John Dwyer, who entered the USA around the 1860's.
Sadly, there was no record for him and now thinks he may have
entered the USA via Boston. I have done an article on Ellis Island in
this Newsletter, so have a peek, it is interesting.
7th October and Vera has started a new Group with myself, called
Brick walls. This was Melissa's idea, where if we have a 'brick wall'
then we could separate it from other queries and just talk about and
research it in a separate group. This is another Yahoo Group and the
website address for this is:
http://groups.yahoo.com/genealogybrickwalls/
8th October and we have a new member called Anthony Edwards.
Anthony likes to be called Tony and he has been researching his
family tree for about 2 years. Tony will hate me for this but he freely
says he is 45 years old. He has been married to Gillian for 21 years
and has 3 children. Tony drivers a truck for his living for his family
business and drives all over the country. Vera's husband, Harold, is
Tony's 2nd cousin, once removed! Tony is very good with look-ups
and has helped me a lot with a query I had on my mother's side of
my family tree. Today, Elizabeth found a database for the Dwyer
surname with over 100 entries - she was up to page 20 and still
looking! Also today, Vera found the marriage details of Melissa's
Sarah Elizabeth White foot (the old lady in the photo). She married a
John Bailey at the age of 16, John was 21.
10th October and Vera started the day with various articles on food,
identity cards and rationing during World War II. This sparked off little
debates amongst members, which was interesting. This produced
some messages on 'hand me downs' too.
Next day, 11 October and Melissa wrote in saying she wanted to
share with us a 'pay site' which was interesting called Family Chest.It
is free to search, the pay part being the cost of ordering documents.
The web site is www.familychest.co.uk/default.htm
You can search by family name and it shows documents appertaining
to that name. It contains 1000's of original historical family and
property deeds from England and Wales. Thanks for that Melissa!
A little bit of a quiet spell until the 15th October. Melissa kindly
restored a photo for Elizabeth, so well in fact, that it was shown to a
cousin who was able to identify that it was NOT her great grandfather
as she thought but her grandmother's father. The name being
Eugene or Gene, as he liked to be called. So he is Elizabeth's great,
great uncle. Then Melissa also restored a photo for Tony of his great
aunts, who came from Devon. The photo was taken years ago.
Check it out in Tony's photo album. The aunt on the right is till alive
at the grand age of 92 and she lives by herself in Weston-Super-
Mare.
17th October and I am busy still catching up with the messages after
a lovely holiday in Ibiza. As Tony was keen to do some look-ups, I
asked him to help me with the names etc of some family members on
my mothers’ side. The names being Hayes and Hazlehurst. I have
big gaps here and Tony was great in helping me find these family
members, thanks Tony!
Next day and Vera and I did some travelling down the time tunnel
with our famous magnifying glasses, with a view to finding out more
about a family tree member called Peter Adolph Young, for Dianne.
19th October and Judy in Australia kindly doing a look-up for me on
my Scottish ancestor called William Dixon Campbell Denovan, born
1829 in Edinburgh and died in Bendigo, Oz in 1906. Today, Annette
in Blackpool popped in to say 'Hi'. She is not actively researching her
family tree at the moment. However, she is keen to have some
photos restored by Melissa and will be putting them in the Restore
File when she has some time to scan them in. Annette made a point
of saying how fantastic the photos are that are being restored.
Although unwell, Annette always reads the messages on our Group
page and really enjoys the monthly Newsletters. Busy day today as
Dianne called in after reading what Vera and I found on her relative
Peter Adolph Young. A family member told her that Peter was born in
Germany but was naturalised here and probably Young was not his
real surname. Interestingly, Dianne says that Peter played violin in a
Band in London and indeed made a record. Sue Duckles wrote in to
say that during the warmer months, she tends to shelve her research,
happy to start it off again in the colder months, so will shortly be back
on tract and no doubt in touch again with us. Meanwhile, she has
been busy scrap-booking an album of family photos etc as a present
for her Mother-in-Law for Christmas. What a lovely idea. When she
starts research again, she is keen to find out more on a relative
called Robert. Today, Vera put on quite a few articles about WIGAN
in Lancashire. So if you have an interest in this town, take a look
back at the message. There are details on Wigan Cemetery, some
monumental inscriptions and also details about a Directory of Wigan.
Also today, Vera and Tony were busy finding more details for me on
my HAYES and HAZELHURST family members, which is much
appreciated as I have been able to fill in lots of gaps now. Thank you
both so much.
20th October and although quite busy at the moment, Pat (Selman)
wrote to us in response to Vera's research on her 'Mary Ann Collins'.
Pat told us that she has just received the Birth Certificate of Mary
Ann but is puzzled why she cannot find her on the 1861 census but
Vera could.
21st October and I asked, in view of the early release of the 1911
Census next year that members put in a separate file, details of what
they would really like to know from this census. Having these details
in one place, like the brick walls, would be a good idea. So Vera has
made up a file for this.
If you want to see again, what new things the 1911 census will be
showing, read message number 5492.
Pat Wareing wrote in to say that she was keen to see in this census,
details of her father's family and her paternal grandfather's family.
Today I saw an interesting article written by the Liverpool Echo
Newspaper, that gave details of some useful Irish Research Sites so
besides that, I have added her a few others:-
www.irishorigins.com (pay site)
www.Familyrelatives.com
http://freepages.genealofy.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/records/iril.htm
www.emeraldancestors.com
www.myirishancestry.com

22nd October and Vera added the details that she wishes to see in
the 1911 census. She is looking forward to seeing there her Dad as a
young boy and also her Mum and a few others. Lets hope that the
site does not crash like the 1901 release did. Pat Wareing is hoping
to find details of her Dad's half brother and sister. Today I wrote to
my friend in Toronto Canada, David, who I have been helping with
his family tree research for a number of years now. I told him about
Melissa wishing to know if the house at 178 Munro Street in Toronto
was still there. He said he has a friend who lives nearby there that
owed him a favour and would ask him to have a look. Also today,
Grace wrote in to ask us to look up for her a William Jones B1928 in
Holborn, London. He married a Francis Turner B1896. Her father's
names was Jenny Jones and her mother was Mary Anne ? She
wants to know also if he had any siblings.
23 October and Helen from Australia is now ready to do some
research in the UK having done research in Australia. Her great,
great grandparents married on 13 July 1852 in West Town, Essex
Their names were James Parish and Elizabeth Ann West. Helen's
sister is visiting the UK next year and would like to take some photos
etc. She can't find the town name of West Town in London. Next
day, Vera solved the problem, realising that she meant West Ham!
So Helen was very pleased that Vera had cleared up that brick wall
for her.
25th October and I had some good news from my friend David in
Canada. Not only had his friend gone to see if Munro Street was still
there, he was able to track down number 178 and send in 4 photos of
the house for Melissa. Naturally, Melissa was delighted and you can
see the new photos in her photo album. Just take a look and see how
the porch has changed.
27th October and we have a new member, the second this month.
Welcome to Marian, who likes to be called Maz. Maz was born in
Bermondsey in London but now lives in Manchester. Maz is a distant
cousin of Tony. She is researching the BIRD, BLACKWALL &
EDWARDS surnames for her family tree. She also has ancestors
from the Devon and London areas. As Maz comes from London, she
knows it very well and if anyone needs any info about that area, ask
her. Also talking about new members, Melissa has asked us to look
out for a new member with the name of Patricia Stell. Patricia's
family are from England.
28th October and Vera placed an interesting article on how to get
started on doing your own genealogy project. Take a look at
message number 5542 for the details - far too many to put on here!

So, almost at the end of October. We are pleased to welcome our

two new members, Tony and Maz. Let your friends and family know
about our Groups and ask if they would like to join. Now we have
three groups:
Familytreeforyou
Brick walls
Byegoneyears
Vera and I are busy working on the November and Christmas edition
of the Newsletters and would ask to keep everything interesting, that
you participate by sending in suggestions for articles and indeed
send in articles from yourselves. Have you also joined all three
groups? If you have trouble finding how to ask to join these, just ask
Vera or myself. Thanks everyone for all the messages this month, it
has been a pleasure reading through them all again.

Christine
 The history of Knitting

Fashionable stockings
The Tudor court
Hand knitting in England expanded as an industry in Tudor times
(1485-1603). Knitted caps and stockings were highly fashionable.
From the time of Henry VIII, fine knitted silk stockings imported from
Spain were part of court fashion. Previously, a piece of cloth was
cut to the shape of a leg and the edges sewn together to create a
stocking. By the time of Elizabeth I, knowledge of how to hand knit
stockings had spread around England and documents refer to the
industry in places as far apart as London, Kingston (Surrey), and
Richmond (Yorkshire).
The first knitting frame
The increasing popularity of knitted stockings at court and beyond
created opportunities for entrepreneurs to make money. In 1589
William Lee of Calverton, Nottinghamshire, successfully converted
the actions of hand knitting with two needles into a mechanised
process. This was the first knitting frame. Like the hand knitting
process, the knitting frame produced a shaped piece of fabric that
was then sewn together to create a garment.
Failure to get a patent

Lee wanted to protect his invention by obtaining a patent from

Queen Elizabeth. Lord Huns don, a courtier, promoted the case for
the knitting frame to the Queen, but without success. The woollen
fabric produced by the early frame was considered to be too coarse
compared with fine silk stockings. The frame was also seen as a
threat to the hand knitting industry that might lead to many people
losing work. Lee responded to the Queen's comments and
improved the frame by increasing the number of needles per inch
from eight to twenty. This knitted a finer fabric. Unfortunately for
Lee, his supporter, Lord Huns don, died in 1596, dashing any hopes
of securing a patent for the frame.

French tribulations

Convinced of the value of his machine, Lee crossed the Channel to

France where Henry IV promoted religious tolerance and actively
encouraged the development of industry. Lee's brother James, nine
workmen, and nine frames, accompanied Lee on the journey. From
a base in the town of Rouen, Lee began to establish his business. A
contract was drawn up with Pierre de Caux to supply frames and
train apprentices so that production of garments could commence
by 26 March 1610. The business seemed to be progressing well, but
unfortunately for Lee, the political scene changed rapidly when
Henry IV was assassinated in 1610. In the uncertainty, Lee travelled
to Paris and died a broken man around 1614.

After Lee's death, James Lee returned

from France with eight frames and
seven of the workmen. James
promptly disposed of the remaining
frames in London and returned to
Nottinghamshire where Lee's
apprentice, Aston, had continued to
work on the frame and made a
number of improvements. The route
of James Lee's return resulted in the
establishment of two knitting centres,
one based in London with the older
frames, and one in Nottingham using
the newer frames.

Saxony frame
A presentation frame with some metal parts replaced by wood.
The design is typical of a frame from Saxony, Germany. A box
rail with two drawers for holding needles is located in front of
the bench and the frame includes decorative wooden inlay.
John Biggs and Sons presented the machine to Leicester
Museum in 1849. John Biggs was Lord Mayor of Leicester at
the time. It was one of the first exhibits to be put on display at
the town's new museum.

Stocking
Man or woman's stocking knitted in blue silk on the stocking
frame. The ankle has 'turn shape' decoration made by taking a
stitch off the needle, turning it round and putting it back on the
needle. Stockings of 1732 - 1743 on the wax figure of the
Duchess of Buckingham in Westminster Abbey have similar
decoration. This stocking was dated 'c.1700' when J R Allen of
Allen and Solly at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and the
 International Exhibition in 1862 exhibited it with other historic
stockings.
The origins of the Derby silk industry
Silk from Europe
Silk stockings that copied the Italian fashion leaders were highly
prized from their introduction in England in Tudor times. Worsted
knitting had located itself in the East Midlands by the start of the
eighteenth century, but the silk industry remained in London a little
longer. Imported silk from the Continent came into London where it
was processed for use in weaving and knitting. Waste from the
weaving process was often recycled and turned into silk yarn for
knitting. This link between the two industries allowed London to
compete with the East Midlands on price. The London industry also
benefited from being located close to the main market for tailor-
made garments.
The first mills
Early attempts to relocate the silk industry to the East Midlands
were made by Thomas Cotchett in 1704 when he tried to establish a
silk mill in the region. Described as a 'citizen and merchant tailor of
London', Cotchett leased Little Island in the River Derwent from the
Derby Corporation. After spending £2,000 building the mill, a
particularly high price for a mill at that time, he went bankrupt in
1713. In 1715 John Lombe, a friend of Cotchett and silk merchant
from London, visited the mill and saw its decayed state. Lombe
promptly bought the mill for £200 and began to rebuild on the site
based upon designs he saw on a visit he made in 1716 to Leghorn,
Italy. John Lombe died soon after he had returned from Italy and
left his brother Thomas to carry on the work.

The mill on Little Island was well positioned to supply silk yarn to the
knitting industry centred on Nottingham. Ideally, such a mill would
have been located in Nottingham so as to avoid the problem of
transporting yarn to hosiers' warehouses, but the Trent was
considered too slow moving a river to power a mill. The Derwent
was seen as a fast moving river with enough force to drive the mill's
waterwheels. This early choice of location by Cotchett and Lombe
led to the development of a focus for silk knitting around Derby,
while Nottingham mainly used cotton after Ark Wright and
Hargreaves set up their factories and Leicester used worsted.

The remains of the silk mill now

form part of Derby Industrial
Museum.
 Effects of war
Supplying the troops
The outbreak of war in 1914 created new challenges and
opportunities for the knitting industry. Economic growth was
brought to a halt as uncertainty spread across the world.
Government contracts gained by manufacturers in the knitting
industry kept many of East Midlands factories going. Corahs
supplied over seven million garments to the Government between
1914 and 1918. The completion of orders was achieved despite the
loss of employees to the armed forces. Half of the male members of
Corah's workforce, 330 in total, went to serve their country,
40 never returned.
New times, new fashions
The experience of war had a long-term impact on the country and
changed attitudes. There had been widespread loss of family
members and reliance on women to keep the factories running. The
formality of previous generations was abandoned in favour of more
casual informal wear. For women, shorter skirts replaced the ankle-
length skirts of Victorian and Edwardian times. With the
introduction of short skirts came an increase in demand for
stockings. The demand created an opportunity for producers of
manmade fibres, such as rayon, that provided a cheaper alternative
to silk. Other fibres used for stockings included lisle and wool.
Despite the development of cheaper fibres, stockings continued to
be a luxury. In 1930, British women bought an average of only 1.5
pairs per year. This figure had increased to an average of 4.5 pairs
per year by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
Other areas of growing demand for the knitting industry were
outerwear and underwear. Outerwear such as cardigans and
jumpers became very fashionable amongst men and women.
Women wore long hip-length cardigans with pockets and jumper-
dresses while men wore cardigans in place of casual jackets. Fair
Isle knitted pullovers became the rage after the Prince of Wales
(later King Edward VIII) was pictured wearing one. Matching socks
would sometimes be worn with the cardigan, often on the golf
course. The change in skirt lengths led to new styles in women's
underwear. Shorter skirts would have revealed the traditional long
frilled drawers and, therefore, thigh length knickers were worn.
Between 1924 and 1939 the output of underwear nearly doubled.
Weaving in knots
While the cotton weaving industry of the North West experienced
decline between the wars, the knitting industry in the East Midlands
continued to expand and flourish. Cotton weaving had relied upon
overseas markets to maintain its level of output, but with increased
competition abroad and global economic problems, great hardship
was experienced. In contrast, the knitting industry did not face this
problem to the same extent, and it was able to benefit from the
growing market for its more fashionable products. Falling costs
made knitted goods increasingly affordable for the country's
population and generated further demand. Cheaper goods also
meant that clothes were more likely to be replaced instead of
repaired if they were damaged. The workforce increased from
70,000 in 1912 to 122,000 in 1937, of which around 80% were
women.

War again
As war approached, companies turned to producing clothes for the
troops. From 1939 men and women were recruited in greater
numbers to the armed forces and needed uniforms. The outbreak of
World War II in 1939 brought difficult times to Britain and clothes
rationing was introduced in June 1941. A Director of Civilian Hosiery
was tasked with controlling yarn allocation, how clothes were made,
and how many were made. Companies were told every four months
how much they could produce and were required to report output
figures every two months. To indicate that an item of clothing met
the quality standards set out in the regulations, a utility mark
consisting of 'CC41' plus the style number and the company's code
was stamped onto the garment. By the end of 1943, 99% of
women's stockings and 96% of all other garments were utility
marked. Clothes rationing continued until 1949.

Miscellaneous Institutions

Z/3901//UNION WORKHOUSE MARKET BOSWORTH/

J/LAURENCE/SMITH/INMATE//6///LEC/BARLESTON/
J/NOAH/SMITH/INMATE//4///LEC/BARLESTON/
J/CHARLES/READ/INMATE//8///LEC/MARKFIELD/
J/JOHN/KIMBERTON?/INMATE//7///LEC/MKT BOSWORTH/
J/JOSEPH/KIMBERTON?/INMATE//6///LEC/MKT BOSWORTH/
J/THOMAS/HOPKINS/INMATE//2///LEC/DESFORD/
J/AMOS/BUTCHER/INMATE//2///LEC/MKT BOSWORTH/
J/WILLIAM/MARTIN/INMATE//8///LEC/BARLESTON/
J/JAMES/MORRIS/INMATE//10////GLANAMABER?/IRL/
J/MARY/HOPKINS/INMATE/WID//58//LEC/SOWTON/
J/ELIZABETH/BONNETT?/INMATE/UN//33//LEC/BARTON/
J/SUSAN/BAILEY/INMATE/UN//39//LEC/IBSTOCK/
J/ANN/HAWOOD/INMATE/UN//46//LEC/RALBY/
J/MARY/CROSLAW/INMATE/UN//69//LEC/BARLESTON/
J/ELIZABETH/BREWARD/INMATE/UN//61//LEC/STANTON/
J/PHOEBE/BOYER/INMATE/WID//70//LEC/MARLESFIELD?/
J/ANN/KIMBERLIN/INMATE/MAR//33//LEC/NAILSTONE/
J/SARAH/NORMAN?/INMATE/UN//17//LEC/NORTON/
J/CAROLINE/NOON?/INMATE/UN//26//STS/BURTON ON TRENT/
J/SARAH/WARING/INMATE/UN//27//LEC/OSBASTON?/

Z/3902//LEICESTER INFIRMARY ST MARY/

J/WILLIAM/SLEATH/PATIENT//10//SCHOLAR/LEC/ROTHLEY/
J/SAMUEL/PARKER/PATIENT/MAR/59//PORTER/WAR/COVENTRY/
J/THOMAS/BROMWICH/PATIENT/MAR/34//LABORER/WAR/RUGBY/
J/THOMAS/SHARPE/PATIENT/WIDOWER/48//LABORER/WAR/QUENIBO
ROUGH/
J/WILLIAM/COOPER/PATIENT/MAR/42//CORDWAINER/LEC/LEICESTER/
J/RICHARD/HOOK/PATIENT/MAR/68//LABORER/LEC/HOUGHTON/
J/JAMES/JOHNSON/PATIENT/MAR/36//LABORER/LEC/HOUGHTON ON
THE HILL/
J/WILLIAM/PRESTON/PATIENT/MAR/51//FRAME WORK
KNITTER/LEC/LEICESTER/
J/JOHN/CLERK/PATIENT/MAR/34//LABORER/LEC/GREAT BOWCLEN?/
J/DANIEL/WESTON/PATIENT/MAR/57//LABORER/LEC/NEWTON
HARCOURT/
J/THOMAS/JENNINGS/PATIENT/MAR/36//CORDWAINER/LEC/LEICESTE
R/
J/HENRY/MUNTON/PATIENT/U/18//LABORER/LEC/THORP/
J/ROBERT/CHAMBERLAIN/PATIENT/MAR/62//LABORER/LEC/RIBWORT
H HARCOURT/
J/JOSEPH/RILEY/PATIENT/MAR/69//FRAME WORK
KNITTER/LEC/SYSTON/
J/JOSEPH/BAIE?/PATIENT/MAR/69//FRAME WORK
KNITTER/LEC/SYSTON/
J/RICHARD/MASON/PATIENT/WIDOWER/71//COACHMAN/LEC/THRICKL
EY?/
J/THOMAS/CROWSON/PATIENT/U/37//HAWKER/DBY/SWADLINCOTE/
J/ERASMUS/MUSSON/PATIENT/U/58//SHOE MAKER/LEC/LEICESTER/
J/WILLIAM/LEAVESLEY/PATIENT/U/29//JOURNEYMAN
GROCER/LEC/LOUGHBRO/
J/EDWARD/LIQUORISH/PATIENT/U/40//FARM
LABORER/LEC/HALESTON/

Hoton Parish Records Marriages

1654 to 1826

The following marriages have been transcribed from the Hoton parish records

And whilst every effort has been made to make an accurate copy, this list must
never
 The less be treated as a secondary source.

Robert Lacey of Hoton & Sarah Hood of _ _ _ Dau. Of John

Hood......................................02 May?

William Johnson of Hoton & Ann _ _ _ 1654 before Willm Danvers J.P.

William Simson of Hoton & Francis Grundy 1656 before Willm Danvers J.P.

Robt Kimberley of Grimston & _ _ _ Simpson of Hoton before W. Benbrick

esq...............20 Jun. 1656

Christopher Alderman of? & Bridget Boeman of Shoe bee of Saxelby

by Mr. Willm Hartop esq.

J.P........................................................................................................21 Jan. 1656

Thos Widdayson & Mary Arnell of Prestwold by Edw Bownton of Mount Sorrel

Minister of the Gospel of Jesus

Christ........................................................................................04 Oct. 1657

Geo Knite of Prestwold & Mary White of Hoton by Thos Korkram

esq...............................29 Oct. 1657

Willm? & Francis Lacer of H. by me John

Foxcraft...................................................................12 Aug. 1657

Thos Torlington & Mary Stevenson of H. by Master Moses Foxcroft of Prestwold

minister..2 Nov. 1658

Thos Boulton & Mary Yorick by Thos Boyer of Knipton

Minr...............................................04 __ber. 1658

? _arrat & Sarah

Green.....................................................................................................................08
May 1661

? ? & Elizth
Alderman...................................................................................................................
....02 Feb. 166?

? ? & Elizth
Buckram....................................................................................................................
.....31 Mar. ?

? Whitby & Mary

Ludlam................................................................................................................26
Sep. 1665

? Matlock & Margaret

Alderman....................................................................................................30 Nov.
1665

George Winfeeld & Rebecca

Bird...................................................................................................03 Feb. 1665
Thos Berry & Jane
Sharwine...........................................................................................................24
Jun. 1666

Richd Shieton & Rebekah

Shenton................................................................................................15 Nov. 1666

Thos Toone of Prestwold & Mary Guy of

H.................................................................................29 Sep. 1668

John Guy of H. & Ann Wolds of

Thursinton................................................................................10 Nov. 1668

John Guy of H. & Margaret Reade of

Glen.....................................................................................18 Jul. 1671

Thos Hallam of H. & Ann Kilbey of

Grimston................................................................................21 Sep. 1671

John Hallam of H & Mary Marshall of

Loughboro........................................................................01 May 1672

Thos Bartram & Susanna Fox both of

H.........................................................................................23 Jun. 1672

John Kendall & Mary Fewkes of

H..................................................................................................15 Nov. 1672

Robard Higens & Mary

Heanesworth.............................................................................................13 May
1695

Henry Morton & Ann

Fox.................................................................................................................07 Sep.
1695

Samuel Kendel & Elizth

Gamble.......................................................................................................17 Sep.
1695

John Browne & Mary

Guy.................................................................................................................01 Jun.
1699

Henry Spencer & Elizth

Kilborn........................................................................................................30 Nov.
1699

Willm King & Elizth

Hallam................................................................................................................30
Apr. 1700

John Buge & Sarah

Dawe...................................................................................................................30
Apr. 1700
Joseph Smith p. H. & Frances Wilford of
Cotes..............................................................................25 Mar. 1700

Willm Cooper p. Barkby & Sarah Lace of

H.....................................................................................29 Apr. 1701

Thos. Lace of H. & Elizth Cooper of

Barkby.....................................................................................1? May 1701

Thos. Hallam & Ketura

Foster.............................................................................................................28
Dec. 1702

John Davy of H & Elizth Wood (ford)

of? .........................................................................................07 Feb. 1701

Edw. Berington p. Hathern & Ann Olife of

Hoton............................................................................23 May 1709

Willm Toone of Belton & Ann Shaw of

__m...................................................................................... ? Oct. 1711

Solomon Woodraf & Mary Guy of

__m..............................................................................................27 Mar. 1712

Willm. Gut ridge &

Jane? .......................................................................................................................1
2 Nov. 1724

John Abael & Mary

Cooper..................................................................................................................02
May 1737

Jonathan Spencer & Ann

Shetelwood................................................................................................09 Jun.
1737

Joseph Roper & Elizth

Iorman..............................................................................................................02
Nov. 1737

Robert Hallam & Elizth

Bramley.............................................................................................................3?
Sep. 1741

Joseph Tansley & Mary

Barat................................................................................................................01
Oct. 1742

Robert Varnom & Mary

Iroman..............................................................................................................06
Nov. 1742

John Parsons & Ann (Parsons) married on Hoton-Wake

Sunday...................................................24 Sep. 1742-3
The nearest Sundays 24th September I can find is in 1738 and 1749

Ralph Smith & Sarah

Hallam.....................................................................................................................2
3 Apr. 1750

John King & Elizabeth Budge both of H. with consent of the mother of said E. B.
lic...................27 Jan. 1762

Edward Boot & Mary Morton both of H.

lic.........................................................................................10 Dec. 1762

Thomas Langdale & Mary Cooper both of H.

lic.................................................................................16 Apr. 1768

Henry Grundy & Sarah Lacey a minor by and with the consent of Susannah Lacey
w.

Her natural and lawful mother

lic.............................................................................................................21 Jan.
1770

John Angrave of East Leake co. Nottm. & Mary Cooper Of H.

lic....................................................21 Feb. 1770

John Coates of Stanford co Nottm. & Ann Cooper of H.

lic..............................................................25 Mar. 1772

Thomas Hallam & Jane Harrison both of H.

lic....................................................................................18 Mar. 1776

John Merriman & Sarah Wooner both of H.

lic....................................................................................01 May 1777

William Simons of Burton on the Wolds & Sarah Wainwright of H.

lic...........................................21 Aug. 1778

John Chettle of Glapwell & Mary Petcher of H. with consent of parents

lic...................................29 May 1782

'By the Rev. Mr Carr curate of Rempstone by the consent of J. Dawson curate of H.

(witnessed by) Robt Chettle

Fras Chettle

The above were married according to the ecclesiastical law though not regularly
entered.

Witness John Petcher

Robert Fletcher of Stanford & Ann Lacey of H.

lic............................................................................09 Aug. 1782

Thomas Darker & Sarah Williams both of H.

lic..................................................................................21 Jun. 1788
John Lacey & Mary Glover both of H.
lic.............................................................................................30 Apr. 1789

John Gill of Draycote in the parish of Wilne in the co of Derby & Jane Gilbert of H.
lic...............13 Apr. 1795

John Carver of the parish of Loughborough & Catherine Pratt of H.

lic..........................................04 Dec. 1798

Daniel Hickling of the parish of Loughborough & Sarah Smith of H.

lic.........................................29 Jan. 1800

William Rudd of the parish of Melbourn co Derby & Mary Noble of H.

lic.....................................23 Aug. 1802

William Dunmore of Ashwell co Rutland & Lucy Wright of H.

lic....................................................16 Aug. 1804

John Matthews of the Liberty of Holdingham in the parish of Sleaford co. Lincoln

& Hannah Angrave of H.

lic....................................................................................................................16 Jun.
1805

Thomas Whiteman of Market Harborough & Elizabeth Gilbert of H.

lic...........................................17 Apr. 1806

Henry Morton & Mary Gill both of H.

lic...............................................................................................17 Jan. 1807

William Crampton of the parish of Crewkerne co. Somerset surgeon & Ann
Parkinson of H. lic..05 Oct. 1808

John Gill farmer & grazier & Mary Gill both of H.

lic..............................................................................24 Oct. 1809

Jeremiah Butt in the p. of Stanton in the Woulds in the Co. of Nottm. Grazier

& Mary Bennett of

H.lic...........................................................................................................................
..12 Dec. 1809

William Earp of Melbourne co Derby gardener & Ann Bennett of H.

lic............................................04 Feb. 1812

James Seward of par. of Loughborough & Francis Angrave of H. with consent of

parents lic...19 Jul. 1813

George Oldham of p. of Balderton Co. Nottm. & Mary Lacey of H. with consent of
Friends lic...26 May 1817

Thomas Linker & Lydia Ferrin both of H. with consent of Friends

lic..............................................19 Dec. 1821

Thomas Parr of the p. of St. Mary in the town of Nottingham

& Jane Gill of this parish with consent of parents
lic.............................................................................25 Apr. 1826

Old Photographs

Christmas Window
 Helpful Household Hints
Grandma's Household Hints And
Tips May Be Old-Fashioned, But
They Can Save You Time And
Money Today

Grandma used these helpful household hints to save herself time and
money. In her day there were no convenience stores, no supermarkets,
and very few laborsaving appliances. You had to be resourceful and
make do with what you had.
So, you were always on the lookout for helpful house cleaning tips and laundry
hints, and a good tip for carpet and window cleaning would never go amiss. Yes,
helpful household hints were a necessity.
Here's just a few of the tips you will find:

How to prevent salt from lumping; how to soften jeans; how two forks and a
knife can substitute for a corkscrew; how to make old-fashioned white wash; how
to remove stains from clothing; how to forecast the day's weather, and more.
Table Of Old-fashioned Cooking Measures

Cooking measures were important to nineteenth-century cooks. Many homes

did not have the luxury of weigh scales and some didn't even have a proper set of
measures.

Ingredients were often estimated. And if one measurement were known, another
could be obtained. For instance, 2 wineglassfuls equal 1 gill, or 1/2 cup.
Old measures like grain, gill, scruple and dram (drachma) are little used
nowadays, so if the quantities called for in the Grandma's dessert recipes seem
unclear, just refer to these measures for cooking.
Every measure is level, unless otherwise specified. Because of the loss or gain of
moisture constantly happening in dry ingredients, exact measures are not
possible; but for ordinary purposes, and for home cooking and baking, the
following is approximately correct:

About 25 drops of any thin liquid = 1 teaspoonful

1 Pinch = 4-1/2 grains, or less than 1/8 teaspoonful

1 Saltspoonful = 1/4 teaspoonful

1 Scruple = 20 grains, or about 1/2 teaspoonful

3 Saltspoonfuls = 1 dram (drachma), or 27-1/3 grains

1 Teaspoonful = 4 salt spoonfuls, or 36-1/2 grains

4 Teaspoonfuls = 1 tablespoonful liquid

2 Tablespoonfuls, or 16 drams (drachmas) liquid = 1 fluid oz

4 Tablespoonfuls = 1 wineglass, or 1/2 gill, or 1/4 cupful

2 Wineglasses = 1 gill, or 1/2 cupful

2 Gills = 1 coffee-cupful, or 16 tablespoonfuls, or 8 fluid oz

1 Tumbler = 1 coffee-cupful, or 1/2 pint

2 Coffee-cupfuls = 1 pint

2 Pints = 1 quart

4 Quarts = 1 gallon

16 Ounces = 1 pound, or 1 pint of liquid

Note: A set of measuring cups (with small lips), from 1 pint to 1/4 cup, will be
found convenient in every kitchen, though common pitchers, bowls, glasses,
teacups, wineglasses, etc., may be substituted.

Metric Equivalents
1 oz = 28.4 grams
1 pound = 0.5 kilograms
1 pint = 0.568 litres
1 quart = 1.136 litres
1 Imperial gallon = 4.6 litres

Household tips
. Troublesome Ants
A heavy chalk mark laid a finger's distance from your sugar box
and all around (there must be no space not covered) will surely
prevent ants from troubling.

To Drive Off Fleas

Sprinkle about area a few drop of oil of lavender.

Coal Ashes For Walking On

Make excellent garden walks with coal ashes. They become very
hard by use, and no weeds or grass will grow through them.

To Keep Flies Off Items

Boil three or four onions in a pint of water and apply with a soft
brush, let dry.

To Prevent Lost Children

Label children's hats, scarves, etc., with the name and place of
residence so that, if lost, they may be easily restored.

To Soften Hard Water

Hard water becomes nearly soft by boiling.
 To Start A Fire In Damp, Still Weather
Light a few bits of shavings or paper placed upon the top of grate;
thus by the heated air's forcing itself into the chimney and
establishing there an upward current, the room is kept free from
the gas and smoke which is so apt to fill it, and the fire can then be
lighted from below with good success.

To Preserve Old Books

Bindings may be preserved from mildew by brushing them over
with spirits of wine. A few drops of perfumed oil will secure libraries
from the consuming effects of mould and damp. The Romans used
oil of cedar to preserve valuable manuscripts.

To Hang Pictures
The cheapest and best material with which to hang pictures is copper wire, of a
size proportioned to the weight of the pictures. When hung the wire is scarcely
visible, and its strength and durability is wonderful.
Finish For Room
A room with plain white walls is finished beautifully by placing a
black walnut (or the same wood with which the room is finished)
moulding, around the room where the border of paper is usually
placed, at the junction of wall and ceiling. The moulding, finished in
oil, is easily put up. The upper edge should be rounded, and a
space of a quarter inch left between it and the ceiling.

To hang pictures, buy an "S" hook, sold at all hardware stores,

place one hook over the moulding, hang the picture cord on the
other, and slip to the right or left to the desired position. This saves
the wall from injury for picture nails.

Laying Carpets
A carpet wears better if put down well, and it is better to have it done by
experienced persons when the expense can be afforded and such help can be
had.

Links to help you

Here are some useful links to have a look at for those researching their military ancestors:

Victorian Wars & Campaigns

Indian Mutiny - List of medal recipients (top level info only) -
http://users.rootsweb.com/~indwgw/medalpage.htm

Zulu War/Rorke's Drift - http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/

Afghan War 1878 -80 - Garen is a mine of information about this particular conflict and the
participants. http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar/

Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Great place to start. Lots of further links from here -
http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.htm

What War? - Another of Garen's. Which conflicts were the British involved in any given year
(victorian era)? - http://www.garenewing.co.uk/angloafghanwar...uff/whatwar.php

World War 1
The Great War Forum - http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/

The Long, Long Trail - http://www.1914-1918.net/

Soldiers Died in the Great War, National Roll of the Great War and other sources. Pay-to-view
though - http://www.military-genealogy.com/

The War at Sea, the ships and the engagements - http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/

Casualties
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (database of deaths in both world wars) -
http://www.cwgc.org/

Crimean War, Zulu War casualties & Army Deaths 1901-05. Recommend Kevin Asplin's site
for much else besides - http://hometown.aol.co.uk/heatherasplin/home2.html

Afghan War casualties 1878-80 - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/afghana.htm

Officers Died (over wide span of wars) -

http://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm

Other Ranks Died (sister site of above) -

http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm

Casualty database created by Rob Alexander (Victorian period) -

http://www.surreygenealogist.com/sgdatabase.htm

Boer War Roll-of-Honour & Memorials - http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Boer/

Korean War Roll-of-Honour - http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Databases/Korea/index.html

Uniforms, Badges & Medals

Military Badge Identification (useful for Id'ing regiments from photos) -
http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badges/badgestart.htm
Soldiers of the Queen (Victorian military uniforms) - http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/

Les Hussards (Victorian cavalry uniforms) - http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK_home.htm

Medal Identification Ribbon Chart - http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/un...dom-

ribbons.htm

Army - General
Land Forces of Britain & Empire - place to start when researching any regiment of the army -
http://www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm

Naval
Ancestors who fought at Trafalgar -
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/aboutap...algarancestors/

Naval service records 1873-1923 - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...avy-

service.asp

About how things used to be.

A friend sent me this which I find quite

interesting

Here are some facts about the 1500's:

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly
bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However,
they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of
flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of
carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of
the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the
other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last
of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could
actually lose someone in it. Hence, the saying, don't throw the
baby out with the bath water.

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no

wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm,
so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the
roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the
animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, it's
raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.
This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other
droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with
big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some
protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than
dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors
that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread
thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the
winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened
the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was
placed in the entranceway. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big

kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire
and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did
not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving
leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the
next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for
quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge
cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old.

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel

quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their
bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring
home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests
and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high
acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food,
causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with
tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were
considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt

bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the
top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination

would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.
Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and
prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table
for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat
and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the
custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out
of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would
take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When
reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have
scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been
burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of
the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground
and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the
graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell;
thus, someone could be saved by the bell or was considered a
dead ringer.

And that's the truth.... Now, whoever said History was boring???
!!

The letter below is from Tony one of our new

members

The Hargate Family

The interest in the Hargate family started with my Grandma Irene
Hargate born in 1922 in Wakefield West Yorkshire, sadly she died in
1989 in Huddersfield long before I developed my interest in family
research.
My first port of call was with my Great Aunt Jessie Snape nee Hargate,
she was able to point me in the right direction, telling me that most of the
Hargate family she knew of came from the Wakefield area. So the work
started little did I know where it would all lead me?

The Origins of the Hargate Name

The first element of the name may derive from either the Old Norse
personal name "Higrtr" or the Old Norse "harthr" meaning difficult or
inaccessible plus the second element "gata" a road; hence "Higrtr's road"
or "the inaccessible road". In the modern idiom the name is also found as
Hargate and Hargitt.

The Search Starts

A couple of years ago I had 6 months of work due to ill health, this gave
me plenty of time to start searching the family and I did spend many
hours on the Hargate family. I was able to track down through Genes and
Ancestry many sides of the Hargate family and connecting to other
people who also have an interest in the family. I now have 100’s of
Hargate family members in my tree. The search took me back to Darfield
near Barnsley; I have a Henry Hargate born 1580 in Darfield, which is the
oldest relative to date he is my 10x Great Grandfather. This got me
thinking where the Hargate family actually originated from, so a field trip
was called for and off I went in search with not a clue what I was looking
for! I started by calling off at the Library but didn’t get too far with that,
so headed off for the local church and to my surprise what a beautiful
church, it was I entered the church to have a look around and saw the
curate who came over to talk to me he informed me that there was a
museum in Darfield which might be able to help me with my research. So
off I went to the museum, it was very small and I didn’t think there would
be much hope of finding anything out. Just as I was about to leave a man
tapped me on the shoulder and said he would show me around but it
would cost £2.50 being the usual Yorkshire man I had to think before
parting with my money. Ha ha I paid the man the £2.50 he said follow
me, which he led me up some stairs where I started to tell him the story of
the Hargate family; he listened with great interest, and said hold on for
one minute,
He disappeared round the back into another room and duly reappeared
clutching some old maps. We laid the maps out on the table and he
explained that between Darfield and Great Houghton there was an old
Viking settlement which dated back to the 1400’s and the likely hood is
that this is where the Hargate family first settled in England.
So to sum it up it was the best £2.50 I ever spent and would recommend
to anybody not to just sit at your computer but to get out there and see
what more you can uncover.

All the best

Anthony Edwards (Tony)

I have added some more in about the History of Darfield

Darfield is situated, in the county of South Yorkshire, on the A635 road,

which links Barnsley and Doncaster. It is 5 miles from Barnsley and 11
miles from Doncaster. To the North is Leeds (27 miles by road) and to
the South is Sheffield (15 miles by road).

Darfield is classified as a coalmining village. It has a long historical

background. Its development has been subjected to many influences.

Its current population, according to the latest census, was

approximately 8,050.

Photo: Looking towards the village at the turn of the 19th

century, believed the only place where the church's
reflection can be seen in the river

Roman
Many Roman coins have been found in Darfield. In 1691,
while ploughing, a farm labourer unearthed a pot, which
contained 481 golden Roman coins. Further discoveries have
been recorded. In 1950, while digging the foundations for a
house, a labourer dug up a pot in which were 500 Mark
Anthony silver coins, they were dated to the 3rd century AD.

*The South Yorkshire Archaeology Unit, Sheffield, holds the

records of the finds. Further official records declare "there
are traces of Roman earthworks in the lower reaches of
Darfield". There are no records to indicate these earthworks
have been located.

Anglo Saxon

The name of Darfield is attributed to the Anglo Saxons. In

Saxon the name "Feld" describes "a large area of pasture
land"; while the term "Dere" describes the deer, which
roamed the forest. Combine "Dere" and "Feld", it gives
"Derefeld", later to become DARFIELD.

In the year 1066 (the year of the Norman Invasion), the

major landowner in South Yorkshire, Lord Swein died. He
appointed, as the chief executor of his will GODWYN, Priest
and Pastor of Darfield. Does this indicate that Darfield
Church and its Pastor were held in high esteem?

Norman

When William the Conqueror invaded England there are

indications that he met with little resistance in the south, but
the further north he advanced the stronger the resistance
became. By the time he reached South Yorkshire very
stubborn resistance was met. In an attempt to overcome this
resistance the Normans imposed a curfew, all lights and fires
had to be out by 8 p.m. But this was ignored, and so orders
were given to burn down homes and crops across the area.
The villages that offered the strongest resistance were
destroyed. There were records of an 8th century church in
Darfield, but when the Doomsday Book was compiled there
was no record of a Darfield church. In that book Darfield was
recorded as "Derewelle

For centuries Darfield was a quiet agricultural village. The census of

1851 shows that the population was 600; there were 300 men and 300
women. The breakdown of the population by "job" - there were 6
landowners, 105 farm labourers, 100 scholars (these being children
between the ages of 3 to 13), 44 domestic servants, 35 quarrymen and
24 railway workers.

But In 1862 A Major Change Took Place

On the western boundary two coalmining companies sank

mine shafts. Darfield Colliery Company sunk one 10 ft. shaft
and one 11 ft. shaft to a depth of 380 yards. Within one mile,
Mitchell Main sunk similar shafts to the same depth; their
target being the "Barnsley Bed", a seam of coal 7 ft. 6 in.
thick. Many pits in the area worked this seam and proved it
to be a very profitable investment.

While this development was taking place, Houghton Main

Colliery Company was developing a major colliery on the
northeast border. As Darfield entered the 20th century its
population had increased to over 4,000 and coalmining had
become its main employer.

Let Us Pause and Examine The Facts

In 1851 Darfield had been a quiet agricultural village with a

population of 600. By 1901 the population had increased to
over 4,000 with coalmining having become its major activity.
About 60% of the men and boys worked in local pits. There
were no pits within Darfield itself. The male population
became a labour pool for surrounding pits, but the problems
such a population explosion demanded careful research.
Where did the people come from?, how were they to be
housed and fed?, where were the children to be taught and
how was health to be safeguarded?

The obvious question to ask is, how was such a growth of

population possible? The answer is that it was based on
families moving into the village.

Where did they come from? It would be a very interesting

exercise to give a positive answer; no official research has
been done on this subject, but having associated with this
population over a lifetime and conversed about family
background, the areas of Lancashire, Staffordshire and
Durham have been dominant.

What was the King's Militia?

In 1660 the King abolished all the private armies. He claimed

that the civil wars were damaging land, crops and villages as
well as the loss of life of the younger generation. In its place
he proposed to set up the Kings Militia, an army to be
financed by the rich gentry.

He introduced laws that decreed:

Any man with £600 and/or land valued at £6,000 should

donate and maintain a horse and rider (a cavalryman)

Any man having £60 and or land valued at £600 should

provide and upkeep a foot soldier (Musketeer or Pike man)

The gentry of Darfield provided:

One cavalryman - Rob Wainwright

Four foot soldiers - William Mars den and Fran Rayne

(Musketeers) Thomas Mars den and P. Dixon (Pike men)

The commanding officer was Lord Lieutenant of the county,

Sir Michael Wentworth whose regiment is well documented.
Much of their mustering and training was done at Shroggs
Head and Middle wood.

At the bottom of Shroggs head and Middle wood hall hill one
comes to the lower reaches of Darfield. The old Darfield
bridge inn was situated at this spot.

According to the ancient monument department of the

Ministry of Works this inn was built in the 17/18th century.
It was an old coaching inn.

Ancestors Who May Have Emigrated to the U.S.A. Via Ellis

Island, New York.

Ellis Island, now a 27.5-acre site located just minutes off the
southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York, is likely to connect
with more of the American population than any other spot in
the country. It has been estimated that nearly half of all
Americans today can trace their family history to at least one
person who passed through the Port of New York at Ellis Island.
Ellis Island Immigrants - Immigrants from all over the world
funnelled through Ellis Island: Italians, Irish, Polish, British, and
German immigrants are a few. Many had to leave famished
countries and endure months of weary travel, often separated
from their families for years. Over 40% of the American
population can trace their ancestors to Ellis Island.

Passenger manifest records were kept of the more than 22

million people who entered the United States through Ellis
Island. Key data available on immigrants contain up to eleven
fields including important information such as name, gender,
age on arrival, marital status, ship name, port of origin, and last
residence.

Next to vital records and census records, immigrant records are

key to family histories and genealogy research. Ellis Island
contains immigration records for more than 22 million
immigrants. The information on these records may be key to
helping you extend your family history even further.

The “Search by Ship” feature has arrived! It provides a great

alternative to searching the Ellis Island Database by immigrant
name alone – especially if you’re not sure of the spelling of the
name, but do know or have a good idea of what ship carried the
immigrant to America.

It’s a simple process: ships are listed alphabetically. You will

select a letter of the alphabet -- then you will be given the
opportunity to narrow that down – then you will select a ship
name – then select an arrival year – then arrival date and Port
of Departure. You will be presented with the entire list of
passengers on that ship with links to each passenger’s
“Passenger Record,” copy of the original ship passenger
manifest and the description and/or picture of the ship. Here is
the link to click on:
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/ship_list.asp

If you know the passenger's name, then click on this link:

http://www.ellisisland.org/search/passSearch.asp

Here is the story of Margaret Finney whose grandfather, Martin

Feeney, emigrated to the U.S.A. from Ireland. Here is her story
of how she tracked him down. Click on the link:

http://www.ellisisland.org/immexp/wseix_3_6.asp?
 IDEAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT

For those who have a Scottish Ancestry and would like some interesting stationery for
yourself or indeed it would make a lovely Christmas present too for someone else in your
family of Scottish origins, here is a lovely website offering beautiful stationery sets depicting
your clan name and logo.

http://www.dwalker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Clan%20stationery.htm

Hope you enjoy the reading in this months news

letter I know there is a mixture of every thing in it

From

Christine and Vera