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New Zealand Completed Requests / Stewart Island miner's rights registers
« on: Thursday 06 August 09 03:06 BST (UK)  »
I'd like to find out whether miner's rights registers exist for Stewart Island for the period around 1890 or there abouts.

I understand that my Gt grandfather Edward William WATKINS 1872-1968 got his first prospecting experience on Stewart Island before heading to gold rushes in Western Australia & the Yukon.

Can anybody provide a lead?

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Gloucestershire / MERRICK St Mary Magdalene's Rodborough Gloucestershire
« on: Tuesday 21 July 09 05:44 BST (UK)  »
On the IGI I've found record for the marriage of Charles MERRICK & Patience WATKINS on the 31st Dec 1801 at Rodborough Gloucestershire.  The IGI also records the baptisms of four of their children including a Priscilla MERRICK born 1808.  While I didn't find a record for my ancestor Thomas MERRICK born 1803 at Rodborough the closeness of the years of birth are compelling.

This brings me to the Rodborough church (St Mary Magdalene's) cemetery inscriptions.  There appears a grave marked Patience, wife of James MERRICK died 10th of Jan 1835, 62yrs.  Also inscribed is Priscilla MERRICK died 10 Nov 1834, 26yrs.  This is weird as that date of birth for Priscilla MERRICK would seem to match the daughter of Charles & Patience MERRICK in the IGI!

Can anybody shed light on this?  Does anybody out there think that they could be the same family?

The IGI has a baptism for a Patience WATKINS 25 June 1775 at Stroud that makes her suspiciously close to the age of Patience who married Charles MERRICK.

Could Charles & James be the same person or am I getting ahead of myself here?  Any thoughts on this would be appreciated. ???

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Gloucestershire / MERRICK Cinderford & Ruspidge Gloucestershire
« on: Thursday 16 July 09 06:19 BST (UK)  »
I'm researching the family of Thomas MERRICK born 1803 Rodborough Gloucestershire occupation Saddler.  He married Harriet HEWLETT born 1811 Soudley Forest of Dean Gloucestershire.

Their youngest daughter Ellen Maria MERRICK (sometimes Helen) born 1848 Ruspidge married Thomas JONES born 1847 in Montgomeryshire Wales.  Shortly after 1871 the Jones immigrated to New Zealand.  The Jones are my direct ancestors.

Fanny Sophia MERRICK born 1833 married Richard JONES a Forest of Dean local & a 'engine smith' by occupation.  At the time of the 1861 census they were living in Birmingham.

Harriet Emily MERRICK born 1835 married Edward FOXALL an accountant & mine agent.

Samuel Hewlett MERRICK born 1838 Little Dean a saddler lived & worked in Lydney until the time of his death circa 1917.

Frederick Charles MERRICK born 1843 Cinderford married Maria ? from Ross Herefordshire & shortly thereafter travelled to the USA where three children were born.  They appear in the 1870 US census at Troy New York where Frederick is working as a machinist.  Between 1871 & 1873 Frederick & family returned to the Forest of Dean where Frederick worked as a saddler at Ruspidge.

I would appreciate any further information regarding this family.

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