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Travelling People / Re: Ellen Gray & Henry Smith (Lincs)
« on: Sunday 24 March 13 14:39 GMT (UK) »
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Lincolnshire / Re: Mary Bools c1813
« on: Sunday 24 March 13 12:26 GMT (UK) »
Hi.
I've only just picked up this posting so you probably have this information by now. . .
From Ewerby registers I found baptism July 2, 1800, Frances daughter of Ann Booles (illegitimate).
I also found IGI baptism Ewerby December 26, 1792 James Booles, son of William and Mary Booles.
I'm wondering if Ann was James' older sister. Ewerby is close to Great Hale.
If this is the same Frances the thread talked about then she would have been 16 if she is Mary's mother.
James Booles is my ancestor. I haven't been able to find anything about William and Mary.
I've only just picked up this posting so you probably have this information by now. . .
From Ewerby registers I found baptism July 2, 1800, Frances daughter of Ann Booles (illegitimate).
I also found IGI baptism Ewerby December 26, 1792 James Booles, son of William and Mary Booles.
I'm wondering if Ann was James' older sister. Ewerby is close to Great Hale.
If this is the same Frances the thread talked about then she would have been 16 if she is Mary's mother.
James Booles is my ancestor. I haven't been able to find anything about William and Mary.
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Lincolnshire / Re: Mary Bools c1813
« on: Friday 29 October 10 08:37 BST (UK) »
Hi
Do you have any links with the Booles family of nearby Ewerby? My grandad Fred Booles married Violet Smith and her family lived in Great Hale. I think there were two separate Booles families in the area - one spelling their name with an 'e' and the other without. I'm wondering if we got back far enough whether they would link up. I have found Booles in Ewerby back to the 1700s so they tended to stay put.
Do you have any links with the Booles family of nearby Ewerby? My grandad Fred Booles married Violet Smith and her family lived in Great Hale. I think there were two separate Booles families in the area - one spelling their name with an 'e' and the other without. I'm wondering if we got back far enough whether they would link up. I have found Booles in Ewerby back to the 1700s so they tended to stay put.
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Lincolnshire / Booles family of Ewerby
« on: Sunday 26 September 10 17:09 BST (UK) »
Hi. Anyone tracing this family? I've got a fair way back but would love to make contact with others following this line.
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Lincolnshire / Re: Peterborough in Lincolnshire?!
« on: Sunday 26 September 10 16:48 BST (UK) »
I'm in Peterborough and it's def Peterborough Cambs now! Saying that Lincolnshire is just up the road - five/ten minute drive away and you're in LIncs! Go the other way and you're in Hunts!
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Travelling People / Re: Henry SMITH and Dinah Ellen GRAY
« on: Tuesday 16 June 09 20:49 BST (UK) »
Hi Debulah
Lovely to make contact. Another piece in the jigsaw eh?
I'll go through what I have and get back to you.
You've got a head start with An65 on the case though - she's brilliant on the info, made everything make sense to me re Henry Smith and Dinah Ellen Gray and that isn't easy with the Smiths/Grays/Elliots etc. The families are so involved.
Sorry An65 - dont mean to embarrass you but credit where it's due...
Chezp
Lovely to make contact. Another piece in the jigsaw eh?
I'll go through what I have and get back to you.
You've got a head start with An65 on the case though - she's brilliant on the info, made everything make sense to me re Henry Smith and Dinah Ellen Gray and that isn't easy with the Smiths/Grays/Elliots etc. The families are so involved.
Sorry An65 - dont mean to embarrass you but credit where it's due...
Chezp
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Travelling People / Re: Henry SMITH and Dinah Ellen GRAY
« on: Tuesday 16 September 08 21:43 BST (UK) »
Hi An65
Yes, I was really impressed by the Romany Routes magazines.
I can now see that Dinah Ellen Gray stayed with travelling families after Henry's death when she "married" Francis Elliott in 1883 but what happened to her children?
I'm curious to what contact she had with her children as some of the census we've covered here suggest she was apart from them and they stayed with their Gray uncles/aunts while she and Henry Smith were still "Married" ... but obviously the census after 1901 can't help.
I have family story and some past contact with the Grays and Smiths settled there in Great Hale, nr Heckington , Sleaford, at The Laurels where the Gray family lived c1910 onwards, plus the Smith/Gray graves at North Kyme.
It looks as if Henry Smith's sister Harriet , wife of Abraham Gray, played a big part in Henry , his mother Charlotte and his son Frederick Smith's life, but the other Smiths seem to have moved away. Metheringham is one village mentioned.
I've lost almost all trace of Christopher, Sarah and even Fredericks's siblings, apart from the sister Harriet married Herbert Hand family (think mentioned earlier - son Montague and that ends in n1901 census)
And, while I've got my gt grandfather Henry Smith's grave at North Kyme, I've no idea at all where my gt grandmother Dinah Ellen Gray/Smith/Elliott is buried... not even the county - Lincs, Cambs, Notts?
Chez
Yes, I was really impressed by the Romany Routes magazines.
I can now see that Dinah Ellen Gray stayed with travelling families after Henry's death when she "married" Francis Elliott in 1883 but what happened to her children?
I'm curious to what contact she had with her children as some of the census we've covered here suggest she was apart from them and they stayed with their Gray uncles/aunts while she and Henry Smith were still "Married" ... but obviously the census after 1901 can't help.
I have family story and some past contact with the Grays and Smiths settled there in Great Hale, nr Heckington , Sleaford, at The Laurels where the Gray family lived c1910 onwards, plus the Smith/Gray graves at North Kyme.
It looks as if Henry Smith's sister Harriet , wife of Abraham Gray, played a big part in Henry , his mother Charlotte and his son Frederick Smith's life, but the other Smiths seem to have moved away. Metheringham is one village mentioned.
I've lost almost all trace of Christopher, Sarah and even Fredericks's siblings, apart from the sister Harriet married Herbert Hand family (think mentioned earlier - son Montague and that ends in n1901 census)
And, while I've got my gt grandfather Henry Smith's grave at North Kyme, I've no idea at all where my gt grandmother Dinah Ellen Gray/Smith/Elliott is buried... not even the county - Lincs, Cambs, Notts?
Chez
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Travelling People / Re: Henry SMITH and Dinah Ellen GRAY
« on: Tuesday 16 September 08 17:09 BST (UK) »
Hi An65
Least I can do for all your help. Thank you.
Chez
PS, any idea where I can try for getting in touch with any of Fred's siblings descendants? I can't seem to find them.
I've put a couple of messages on the LIncs FHS page but nothing back. Do you know of any other websites? I've just subscribed to the Romany and Traveller FHS but the lady advised me to wait till Oct when their new year subscriptions started so I wouldn't miss out - when I subscribed I also bought 3 of the older Romany Routes back issue magazines. They came last week. Full of information. If anyone is thinking of joining I would recommend it for the magazines alone.
Least I can do for all your help. Thank you.
Chez
PS, any idea where I can try for getting in touch with any of Fred's siblings descendants? I can't seem to find them.
I've put a couple of messages on the LIncs FHS page but nothing back. Do you know of any other websites? I've just subscribed to the Romany and Traveller FHS but the lady advised me to wait till Oct when their new year subscriptions started so I wouldn't miss out - when I subscribed I also bought 3 of the older Romany Routes back issue magazines. They came last week. Full of information. If anyone is thinking of joining I would recommend it for the magazines alone.
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Travelling People / Re: Henry SMITH and Dinah Ellen GRAY
« on: Sunday 14 September 08 18:58 BST (UK) »
Hi Jo
Have sent Gray grave pics off to you.
Chez
Have sent Gray grave pics off to you.
Chez