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Some Special Interests => One Name Studies => One Name Studies: T to Z => Topic started by: bearkat on Sunday 04 December 05 12:01 GMT (UK)
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Interested in hearing from anyone researching VAUS in the City/East London.
They were Thames watermen and furniture makers.
bearkat
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Hi,
I'm also interested in Vauses in London; my lot were cabinet makers. I'm not sure they are same as yours as I think the watermen are a different lot; but I'd be interested to exchange info.
Regards,
Jamie.
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I think we were in contact in July last year. ;)
I haven't managed to get any further with my research. :(
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Sorry, didn't recognise the name.
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Nothing to be sorry about - we can all go under disguise here. ;)
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Hi, have you seen Online Document PROB 11/1013
Will of John Vance , Waterman of Saint John Southwark , Surrey
Date: 1775.
Source: DocumentsOnline (images of documents from The National Archives)?
Jamie.
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Thanks for that, Jamie. No I haven't.
I think that it is unlikely that he's related to my Benjamin Thomas VAUS as he is not mentioned in his will BUT he is a waterman.
I'm off to have a look........
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Good luck.
Incidentally, I expect you know to be pretty open about spelling: I found that Vans, Vanns, Vanse, Vas, Vass, Vaus, Vauss, Vause, Waus, Wauss and Vance all seem to be completely interchangeable even within a single document without any discernible pattern of use according to the date or particular branch of the family.
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Yes, some you need a great of imagination when researching this name. ;)
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Hi, have you seen Online Document PROB 11/1013
Will of John Vance , Waterman of Saint John Southwark , Surrey
Date: 1775.
Source: DocumentsOnline (images of documents from The National Archives)?
Jamie.
It only mentions his daughter Ann, wife of Solomon FERGUSON. :(
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Drat!
Better luck next time!
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Hi,
Now I'm researching all Vans/Vaus/Vance variants, including your watermen - I'm wondering whether you'd be willing to pass on the whole of that bit of your tree, in a gedcom? It'd save me a fair amount of work and the risk of errors or omissions - and if I ever find anything to add, of course I'll let you know.
Are you descended from them? Are you aware of Archibald, the card-maker? He might be where they come from, if his family went downhill - as they could have. He was descended from the Vans family of Barnbarroch, I know - but I don't know exactly how!
Jamie.
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I'll send you a PM. :D
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Hi, I've just taken a stroll around the church of St Mary Horsham West Sussex. I came across a gravestone with Benjamin Vaus. I was curious as he is stated as living in Shipley, Sussex, my village 8 or so miles away. I googled him and found your thread. I believe the date of his death was 18.. So perhaps a later ancestor than the one you are searching for, but I thought this might be a clue in your quest.
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Thank you, he's new to me, I'll track him down!
Jamie.
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Another rootschatter, Lisa in California is researching VAUS in Sussex
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=678556.msg5250795#msg5250795
I haven't found a link between to the Sussex VAUS yet.
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Do you have a coherent version of the Sussex Vaus family? I'd be really grateful to someone to share that with me to save me redoing all the research.
Jamie.
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Hi:
I am in the middle of researching three other family surnames, so my Vaus facts are definitely not as clear as they could be. But, summing up:
My Vaus ancestor, William Vaus, was married in Itchingfield, Sussex (1748 - surname spelled Vous); Church Warden in Shipley (c1756); and died in 1796, I believe burial place unknown. His son, also William Vaus, was christened in Shipley (1761), lived in Horsham at one point and was buried in Shipley (1839).
William (1761) had sons named William, James, Joseph and Benjamin. Names were handed down through the generations and I believe the Vaus branches had at least two Benjamins.
We do not know where the "first" William Vaus was born. Family tales state the name was originally Vaux and that ancestors were French. I have seen our family records with Vous, Vaus and Vaux spellings. (Also, an occasional Vans, when the transcriber could not read the original writing. It's understandable, as the name is not common.)
Barnbarroch, I started researching before computers were commonly available. Unfortunately, except for a very brief tree on one of the pay sites, all of my information has been recorded non-electronically. Not a wise move on my part, but that's what I have done. I believe I have seen Vaus family trees on one of the pay sites, if you have access to the common site (without naming it). ;)
Shandvill, welcome to RootsChat. Thank you for sharing the information. My Vaus, Francis, Newman, Morgan, Adams, Cooper and Parker lines lived in Shipley (c1700 - c1850), so I have a huge interest in Shipley.
PS My Vaus ancestors were farmers, but in one of the wills, cattle was mentioned, so I'm not exactly sure what they did. ;)
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bearkat:
Thank you for pointing out my other thread about my Vaus ancestors. :) I forgot that we had some progress with them. I've spent the past couple of hours researching the information, trying to find additional clues.