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The Common Room / Re: Do you ever doubt yourself?
« on: Wednesday 04 September 13 05:22 BST (UK)  »
I'm so relieved to read that others doubt themselves, after having just made a very big mistake here!
People were kind, however. I'm going to check dates much more carefully from now on.

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The Common Room / Re: Hammersley - Stoke on Trent
« on: Wednesday 04 September 13 03:42 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Ruskie. That's good advice. Splitting the thread is also a good idea.

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The Common Room / Re: Rootschat's Victorian Photos Website!!!
« on: Wednesday 04 September 13 00:52 BST (UK)  »
If you can use this, please do!
This is my great grandmother, Eveline Hammersley vonBerg.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oshu/6416024221/" title="Ancestor by locamotion, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6416024221_42116bd9ed.jpg" width="299" height="500" alt="Ancestor"></a>

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The Common Room / Re: Hammersley - Stoke on Trent
« on: Wednesday 04 September 13 00:17 BST (UK)  »
My apologies for so many posts! This is fascinating.

With everyone's help I think I've gotten closer to part of the  true history of my Hammersley line.
If I've read correctly, there was a Ralph Hammersley, probably one of my gr grandfathers, who was a servant at Loxley Hall - Uttoxeter, who had a son, Ralph Jr. who worked in several potteries, including Josiah Wedgewood's and who eventually started his own
Hammersley pottery. His son, Titus, developed the business. One census I read had many employees at his establishment.


re: Loxley Hall - hmm, that rings a bell. Didn't Robin Hood have something to do with that?
The irony is that several of my Morton ancestors were Sheriffs of Nottingham!

I have a Morton pedigree that I'd love to show to someone. As you can see, I'm prone to making mistakes!

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The Common Room / Re: Hammersley - Stoke on Trent
« on: Tuesday 03 September 13 23:07 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: t mo on Tuesday 03 September 13 22:42 BST (UK)
also you,ve got titus born 1812 and his father born 1802 which would make ralph 10 when titus was born and titus,s mother sarah born 1808 so she would only be 4  when she had him  ;D .
looking at the 1841 cen it seems that the name titus is seen more than once in different households along with ralph .
regards
trevor
I'm still finding my way around here. So much to learn!

Thank you everyone!  I see that some of my dates are wrong. Wrong Ralph! You've been so helpful!

edit:

Thanks to Jool and others who have recommended the site - The Potteries.  I've used that before. It's most helpful.
I'm sure that others have found the same names in different generations, confusing. The Ralphs, for instances.                                                                                                                        Because I'm a studio potter - I work on a potter's wheel and my pieces are one- of-a-kind - I have romantically imagined one of the Hammersleys as working as I do. But it's probably not so. The Industrial Revolution took pottery-making into the factory, and multiples of pieces made pottery widely available, and the popularity of tea made the pottery industry hugely successful.

I'm still digesting what you've all posted. Thanks again.

Adding:
Thank you, Richard, for the ebay link. A bit pricey for me! I have a small collection
of Hammersley pottery that I treasure.






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The Common Room / Hammersley - Stoke on Trent
« on: Tuesday 03 September 13 21:55 BST (UK)  »
Giving this a go...here are some facts that I have about the Hammersleys :

My gr. Grandmother was Eveline Hammersley vonBerg - b. 1854-d.1941 Born in Stoke-on Trent, died in Leamington Spa.

Her father, my gr.great grandfather was Titus Hammersley- 1812-1875  Eveline's mother was Sara Harris Hammersley, 1824-1909

Titus's father, my g.g.g.grandfather was Ralph Hammersley,  Born in Burslem  -(date needs correction)

That's as far as I got before my Ancestry.com subscription ran out. I'd been focussing mainly on the paternal line, the Mortons, and had just gotten started on my mother's side.





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The Common Room / Re: Saying hello
« on: Tuesday 03 September 13 21:26 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to everyone who replied! I went off to my studio to glaze some pots and
came back to this warm welcome. Thanks for that , and for all the tips !

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The Common Room / Saying hello
« on: Tuesday 03 September 13 19:28 BST (UK)  »
Hello.  I've just discovered Rootschat. It's like finding a diamond!
I'm American, with nearly all of my roots in England. Much of my research has been done on
Ancestry.com, but after several years there it's become too much for my budget.I will definitely
donate, however, to Rootschat.
I'm a potter, and after nearly  40 years of potting that started as a hobby, and after earning a degree in English Literature, then teaching, making pottery has morphed into my profession.
 I learned only fairly recently that my ancestors were potters in the
Stoke-on-Trent, Longton area - the Hammersleys. I've found out some facts about my gr. great grandfather, Titus Hammersley, who expanded the business - but I'm now interested in the earliest Hammersleys who may have actually  worked at the potter's wheel. It may have been Ralph - but I'm not sure. I'd appreciate any knowledge that people may have about the Hammersleys.
My father's side, the Mortons, was a revelation. More on that later.
So happy to be here.

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