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Gloucestershire / John Stock of Bristol

« on: Sunday 15 October 23 14:55 BST (UK) »

John Stock was a paper-maker in Bristol from around 1744 until around 1771 and although I have details of his marriage and a fair bit of information on his sons John Edmonds Stock and Thomas Stock, I am having a great deal of trouble tracing his family backwards. So far I have discovered, via Gwent Archives' online catalogue, that he was the son of Mary, sister of Henry Edmonds, gent, of Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire, and that his father may possibly be one Thomas Stock of Coleford, Gloucester, surgeon, but I cannot find either a marriage to confirm this, or any other information about the family at all! There is also a possibility that John may be related in some way to the Robert Stock who married in Bristol in 1729. All help gratefully received.

Gloucestershire / Wall & Browne, Stay Makers, Taylors and Habit Makers

« on: Thursday 03 August 23 19:36 BST (UK) »

Can anyone help me with the identity of Mr Wall, before I go completely round the bend? I believe that he may be the John Wall whose son John Browne Wall was baptised in 1793, Bristol, but can find nothing more about him. Wall and Browne had premises at Broad Mead in the 1780s, according to their rather lovely trade card, and this is confirmed by an entry in Matthews' New Bristol Directory for 1793-4 which reads "Brown [sic], John, Taylor and Stay-maker, 5, Broad-mead," but there is no sign at all of Mr Wall.

Gloucestershire / John Brown of Thornbury, Clockmaker

« on: Sunday 30 July 23 14:12 BST (UK) »

I am hoping someone can help me to fill in the gaps about this man. At present I only know that he moved to Thornbury from Bristol circa 1792, that he had premises on the High Street in Thornbury, and that he was still there in 1797. (There is apparently an indenture for that year in which he is mentioned). I am trying to determine whether he might have been the son John (b. circa 1766) who was mentioned in the will of Arthur Browne, bookseller of Bristol, in 1787 and, to date, I have come up with nothing but dead ends, so even the smallest of snippets would be helpful.

Scotland / Duncan McGregor of Corshellach, Cromdale

« on: Tuesday 31 January 23 14:28 GMT (UK) »

I have been trying to untangle the relationships between various McGregors who I now know were at Corshellach from at least 1798 onwards. A Donald, Duncan and John McGregor are named as "of Corshellach" in the 1822 List of Acknowledgement, and I had initially thought that all three men were related to some degree, but now I am not so sure, so would value any help given.

I have had a certain amount of success with tracking down information on Donald and John who are, in fact, father and son, and have even been able to work out a rough tree of the family. Duncan (born 1767, Ryduack, in the parish of Abernethy and Kincardine) is proving a harder nut to crack as I am struggling to trace his line back any further than his parents, Alexander McGregor (possibly the one born 1732, Abernethy and Kincardine parish?) and Janet Grant. Duncan was married three times and had seven children, one of whom was illegitimate, and one born of an adulterous relationship, but I have not had a great deal of success tracking down any of the wives or children with any certainty, either, barring sons Malcolm and William (the illegitimate child).

Warwickshire / 325a Broad Street, Birmingham

« on: Thursday 25 August 22 08:29 BST (UK) »

I'd be grateful if anyone can tell me where No. 325a Broad Street is/was/may have been. This is a business address and, in 1929, Malcolm and Stella Marson were listed at these premises, according to the Electoral Roll, along with several other people. I am hoping to find out what kind of business it might have been. Many thanks.

Warwickshire / Pub or House?

« on: Wednesday 17 August 22 10:41 BST (UK) »

An ancestor is living at "The Haven," School Road, in the Sparkhill Ward in 1930/31. I had assumed that this was a private house and that he and his wife had two female lodgers living with them, but have just stumbled on a website listing lost Birmingham pubs, which mentions "The Haven" in School Road, but no other details. "The Haven" isn't given a street number of its own but falls between 243 and 265 School Road on the Electoral Roll. The same couple went on to manage the Royal Oak Hotel in Stratford Road, Hockley Heath, circa 1939, so it wouldn't come as a surprise to find that they had done it before. Any help on unravelling this one would be appreciated.

The Common Room / Guardian of the Proof House

« on: Wednesday 17 August 22 09:33 BST (UK) »

I'm hoping that someone with a bit of expertise in the gun trade can help me to establish exactly what the Guardian of a Proof House does, please. I've tried Googling it but as my internet provider's security system blocks many of the websites dealing with weaponry, it's proving to be a frustrating exercise. The ancestor I'm researching was a Guardian of the Birmingham Proof House from around 1940 to 1945 at least (possibly longer), but also seems to have been running a hotel at Hockley Heath with his wife, so I would like to know what his duties at the Proof House would entail. Many thanks.

London and Middlesex / Jewellers in Wood Green North London early 1900s?

« on: Tuesday 26 July 22 16:14 BST (UK) »

Does anyone with some knowledge of Wood Green local history know if there was a jeweller's shop situated in the High Road or vicinity, by the tail end of the 19th century? My 2x great-grandfather Charles Newton was a "diamond setter" throughout his working life and moved with his wife and family to Noel Park some time in the late 1890s or early 1900s (they were in Bury Road by 1901). I would really like to be able to discover whether he worked locally, or travelled to Ward's Stores at Seven Sisters Corner to work in the jewellery department there. I got all excited when I realised that he had lived just a couple of streets away from Ward's Corner (Pelham Road, Tottenham), before the move to Noel Park, only to discover that Ward's only opened for business after 1901. Any help would be appreciated.

Occupation Interests / Help deciphering a silk-related occupation, please

« on: Wednesday 13 July 22 11:07 BST (UK) »

Jane Bennett is staying with her parents Jeremiah and Catherine Haythorp on the night of the 1841 census, although she had married the year before. The Haythorps are living at Hare Street, Bethnal Green, and I am having a job deciphering Jane's occupation which looks like "Silk [illegible] Maker" - the wording is very faint. At first I thought she might be involved in the process of silk-weaving in some way as her husband is a silk-weaver, but as her mother is a milliner, I am now wondering if Jane was making silk flowers or ribbons of some sort for the hats. I'd welcome a second pair of eyes and/or anyone with knowledge of silk-related occupations who might be able to enlighten me.