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Thank you both. 

My initial reaction was to plump for Jane, but the 'little hook' threw me a little greensleeves as well.

Here's a slightly larger sample where the 'hook' seems to crop up in two other places.

We'll see what transpires.

Wombat

Hello Listers

I'm attempting to confirm the connection between my 9 x Great-Grandfather Henry WEAVER, bapt 12 August 1576 in Margaret Roding, to the STOKES family.

The connection appears to be via Henry's son John, bapt 1638 in Willingale Doe, thence John's daughter Susannah, bapt 3 February 1665/66 in Willingale Doe.  Susannah apparently married Abraham STOKES on 7 October 1690 in Roxwell.

I would greatly appreciate any assistance in confirming this link.

Regards
Wombat

Hello Sandymc

Nice to hear from you again.  I have to say that Wm James WARREN is certainly an enigma.

Apart from everything you've just covered (and by the sound of it you could be talking about my Wm James), my late Aunty Dot, to whom I owe a considerable amount family history wise, once told me that the family believed that Wm James "had another woman".  However, thus far, I have no evidence to substantiate this.

One thing does strike me as being a little odd though.  Wm James fathered seven children ostensibly with the same woman, Eliza Ann nee WATKINS.  The seven consisted of three boys and four girls with boys being born in 1876, 1878, and 1881.  Now the bit that strikes me as odd; there was a hiatus of five years before he started producing girls, who were born in 1886, 1889, 1891, and 1893.  Perhaps I'm reading too much into this, but with the regularity of the two sections  of the seven births why have a five year break in the middle?

As I discovered very early in my family history hunt that each question answered seems to pose five or six more ...... ah well ............

Regards
Wombat

Hello, and a happy new year, to all.

My maternal great grandmother was, prior to marriage, Eliza Ann WATKINS. Eliza Ann was apparently born in Kent, but her father, Edward WATKINS,  was born (on 2 November 1834)  into what seems to have been a fairly extensive WATKINS clan in Highworth.

My problem is that great grandma, and her husband William James (or just James) WARREN, were rather 'shadowy' in early and latter parts of their lives.  The middle part, I'm happy to say, is well documented.

Consequently I'm hoping that someone may have the Highworth WATKINS' in their research, and can possibly shed some light on Eliza Ann.

Regards
Wombat

Hello All

George H BREWSTER was a Bedroom Steward onboard RMS Titanic when it sank in 1912. He did not survive, and his body was never recovered.

Titanic records show that he was married, and was born in Essex in 1863 or 64.

Can anyone tell me if George H BREWSTER has a connection with the, rather prolific, Good Easter Brewsters.

Regards
TheWombat