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Staffordshire / Re: Elijah Mayer - Staffordshire potter
« on: Friday 10 May 19 13:41 BST (UK)  »
Hello Black Basalts, have you looked for Elijah in the Northern Ceramic Society publications?  They are all indexed and I'm sure there will be information about him there.  I found them very useful when researching my potter ancestors who were in Hanley/Stoke in the late 18th and early 19th century.

Regards,

Paul Tittensor

Tittensor One-Name Study homepage: www.tittensor.com

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Scotland / Re: BM Tittensor - Scottish artist?
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 13:25 GMT (UK)  »
Colin and Gadget, thanks very much for your replies.

Beryl Mary looks like the one.  I'll look for her marriage to a Tittensor.

Harry Tittensor the artist worked for Royal Doulton in Staffordshire.  There is more information about him on my web site (link below - follow the link "Some Notable Tittensors").

Thanks for your help,

Paul

Tittensor One-Name study homepage: www.tittensor.com

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Scotland / BM Tittensor - Scottish artist?
« on: Sunday 10 February 19 10:51 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I would like to find more information about an artist called B.M.Tittensor.  I know of two paintings by him/her:

Winter Sunset, Aberlady.  A signed watercolour sold in the USA in 2009.  Full details. Including an image can be found on the Arcadja web site.

Gosford Bay.  In a private collection.  Signed and dated 1988.

Given the Scottish subjects I wonder if he/she might be Scottish?

I have looked for a birth of a B Tittensor before 1970 in both the Scottish and English registers but didn't find a good match.  It could be a married surname, of course.

Does anyone have any more information or suggestions about where to look please?

Thanks,

Paul

Tittensor One-Name study homepage: www.tittensor.com

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One Name Studies: T to Z / Re: TITTENSOR One Name Study (Link)
« on: Thursday 25 October 18 09:47 BST (UK)  »
Hello Harry, it is very good to hear from you.  That is very interesting.  I have seen some text books on old English that mention David Tittensor (e.g. "A Grammar of Old English" by Richard Hogg, another of his students at Edinburgh) but I hadn't really appreciated his background.  It is good to know that he came from Staffordshire.

Regards,

Paul

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Staffordshire / Re: William Baddeley born Burslem 1890
« on: Monday 21 December 15 13:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, further to my earlier, rather vague reply I just found my original notes.  The information I saw (back in 2002) was a printed index to pictures in the Weekly Sentinel compiled by Joan Curwen.  With this information I was able to find that the index is now on-line here:

http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/default.aspx?Index=M

There are 21 Baddeleys, including 5 with initial W.

Regards,

Paul

Tittensor One-Name study homepage: www.tittensor.com

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Staffordshire / Re: Land End cottages and Premises 1816
« on: Sunday 13 December 15 09:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Miffy, it sounds like your ancestor may have held land which was part of a manor, in which case you potentially have the opportunity for a lot of useful information (if it survived).

You first need to know what manor the land belonged to.   Is there any mention of a manor in the will or other documents?  Are any field names mentioned?  What was your ancestor's name?

If not, the there was a Manor of Trentham which would be a good place to start.  The Manorial Document Register lists what records survive for each manor:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/manor-search

This list includes some quite interesting items.  There are perambulations  for 1700 and 1806 where the officers walked the boundary of the manor.  These often list the names of fields and maybe even their occupiers/owners.  There are some suit rolls covering 1788 to 1826 with lots of names (Stafford Record Office D593/J/4/2).

There is also quite a lot of information available about potters (maps, rate books etc).  Please give the information you have found on the earthenware man and I might be able to find some more.

Regards,

Paul

Tittensor One-Name study homepage; www.tittensor.com

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US Lookup Requests / Re: 1920 Census Look Up: Walter Harrison Tittensor
« on: Sunday 06 December 15 20:38 GMT (UK)  »
Sandra, Erato and Shellyesq, many thanks for your replies.  It is very useful to have access to people who are understand US records.

I have browsed a few pages either side of 1703 Irwin Ave and didn't spot any likely entries.  It appears that he wasn't in Irwin Ave in 1920.  I couldn't see him in the 1920 census index (although the name is often mis-spelt/indexed).  I'll keep looking any maybe broaden the search a bit as his wife and son were in Ontario in 1921.

Erato, you mention city directories.  Are any of these on-line?  Walter Harrison appears in a few Scottish directories in the early 1900s which I found on Google books.  I might find him in some US directories, although as he was only in the US for 3 years he may not have been listed.

Many thanks again for your help,

Paul

Tittensor One-name study: www.tittensor

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US Lookup Requests / 1920 Census Look Up: Walter Harrison Tittensor
« on: Sunday 06 December 15 17:39 GMT (UK)  »
My ancestor Walter Harrison Tittensor arrived in New York on 12 April 1918 aboard the SS Carillo (from Ancestry and the Ellis Island records).  According to his will (proved in Scotland), he died on 12 May 1921 and was described as an electrical engineer of 1703 Irwin Ave, McKeesport, PA.  He is buried in McKeesport and Versailles cemetery (see FindaGrave).

I would like to find out more about his time in the USA.  I have looked for him by name on the 1920 census on Family Search without success.  Is it possible to search by address to see who was living at 1703 Irwin Ave in 1920?  I would be very grateful if someone more familiar with these records could look it up for me.

I have found quite a lot about his early career as an engineer working in England. Scotland and Jamaica – more details in my web site: www.tittensor.com (follow the link “Some Notable Tittensors”).  I would love to know what he worked on in the USA.

Many thanks for your help,

Paul

Tittensor One-Name study homepage: www.tittensor.com

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Staffordshire / Re: William Baddeley born Burslem 1890
« on: Saturday 21 November 15 08:39 GMT (UK)  »
From memory, Stoke City Archives have an index to obituaries in the local newspaper(s), some or all of which have pictures.

Regards,

Paul

Tittensor One-Name Study homepage: www.tittensor.com

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