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Topic: I Might Be Able to Help with Ancestors Living in Taunton 1820's to 1830's (Read 5540 times)
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heathera1940
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Hi Les
I have alredy asked you about Billing. could you try Northam for me
Many thanks Heather
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Les de B
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Heather - Sorry, no trace of NORTHAM surname in any of the book's indexes.
Happy Bunny - Yesterday you quoted a previous posting from this topic but you didn't make a request for anything. I see you are only "new" here, and you may be having teething problems getting used to the format. If so, just try again, its not a problem - we were all "newbies" once 
Les
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de Belin, Swindail, Willcock, Williams, Moore, Watts, Searjeant, Watson, McCready, Reid, Spink, de Lancey, Van Cortland, and of course, Smith!
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maz1
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Hi Les
I was wondering if I could take you up on the offer from last Sept in doing a write up for me on Rab Channing - I think I now know where he fits in.
Thanks very much - I hope Im not being too cheeky
thanks again
Maz
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Les de B
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Hi Les
I was wondering if I could take you up on the offer from last Sept in doing a write up for me on Rab Channing - I think I now know where he fits in.
Thanks very much - I hope Im not being too cheeky
thanks again
Maz
Hi Maz - not a problem.
Rab CHANNING gets a brief mention in a section concerning wrestling. No doubt it paints a picture of what he did during the early days of Taunton. "Wrestling was another amusement. The Devonshire wrestlers frequently came to Taunton to contend with men of the town and neighbourhood. Rab Channing and Tom Grainer were our local champions. Wrestling is a very healthy and useful exercise, but when the contest is carried on by kicking shins with hobnailed and toe-tipt boots it becomes a very painful and dangerous amusement. I have seen men kicking away at each other's shins until they were scarecly able to stand from pain and loss of blood; when they could not get at each other's shins, each would try to lift his opponent bodily off his legs and dash him with great force to the ground. Boys of course imitated the men. You may ask the cause of people's minds being in such a low and brutal condition as to be pleased with such degrading passtimes as I have endeavoured to describe. One of the causes may be attributed to the long war which had just ended; it had brutalized men's feelings, and made them coarse minded and indifferent to blood and danger."
I hope that gives a little "blood & bone" (no pun intended) to your ancestor.
Les
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de Belin, Swindail, Willcock, Williams, Moore, Watts, Searjeant, Watson, McCready, Reid, Spink, de Lancey, Van Cortland, and of course, Smith!
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maz1
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Thanks ever so for that Les
He certainly was a colourful character!!!
best wishes
Marian
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Les de B
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Hi John. The only MOORE's found in the index were a coachman and a Lieutenant. In the body of the book, there was no further description of them, nor their first names.
Les
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de Belin, Swindail, Willcock, Williams, Moore, Watts, Searjeant, Watson, McCready, Reid, Spink, de Lancey, Van Cortland, and of course, Smith!
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Jillray
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Hello Les
Would you be able to see if there are any Macey or Macy in your book please.
Thank you very much
Jill
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Les de B
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Sorry Jill, can't help you - no mention of a Macey/Macy in the book's indexes.
Les
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de Belin, Swindail, Willcock, Williams, Moore, Watts, Searjeant, Watson, McCready, Reid, Spink, de Lancey, Van Cortland, and of course, Smith!
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Jillray
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Ok Les, thank you for looking anyway.
Jill
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Dolly_007
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Hello,
Would you be able to look for Gaylard/ Gayland ?
Many Thanks
Dolly.
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Ireland: Jackson,Storey,Harris
Ireland:Kirkpatrick,Moore.
Winsford Cheshire: Dickinson.
Liverpool:Armstrong, Leclercq,Lemon,Power,Rutherford.
Liverpool:Edwards,Jackson,Mayston,Shepherd,Shepphard.
Holyhead:Roberts
Wrexham: Edwards
Birkenhead:Pouncey,Phillips
Durham:Pouncey,Phillips.
Essex: Jackson,Phillips,Moul(es).
Wirral:Jackson,Edwards,Shepherd,Roberts.
Errol Perthshire: Scott
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Les de B
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Hi Dolly. I'm afraid there weren't any Gayland/Gaylard in the book's main index. The closest thing I found was in the Tradesmen Index under Innkeepers - Garland "Nags Head".
That's the only mention which probably doesn't help that much - sorry.
Les
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de Belin, Swindail, Willcock, Williams, Moore, Watts, Searjeant, Watson, McCready, Reid, Spink, de Lancey, Van Cortland, and of course, Smith!
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Dolly_007
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Hi Les,
Thank you for the look up - the surname has been spelt in various ways,the Inn Keeper at the Nags Head may well be related .
Cheers
Dolly.
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Ireland: Jackson,Storey,Harris
Ireland:Kirkpatrick,Moore.
Winsford Cheshire: Dickinson.
Liverpool:Armstrong, Leclercq,Lemon,Power,Rutherford.
Liverpool:Edwards,Jackson,Mayston,Shepherd,Shepphard.
Holyhead:Roberts
Wrexham: Edwards
Birkenhead:Pouncey,Phillips
Durham:Pouncey,Phillips.
Essex: Jackson,Phillips,Moul(es).
Wirral:Jackson,Edwards,Shepherd,Roberts.
Errol Perthshire: Scott
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