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Herefordshire / Sheep Stealing 1770's

« on: Thursday 03 August 17 04:04 BST (UK) »

Hello ,
I found an interesting court report from Shrewsbury Chronicle of 6 Aug 1774 which stated -

"At Hereford Assize which ended on wednesday , the four following received sentence of death , but were afterwards reprieved - viz George Bickerton , LITTLETON LEWIS , MILBOROUGH WILLIAMS and William Rixton Evans .
David Williams for stealing a wain rope and John Delahay for stealing a watch and money were ordered to be transported for 7yrs - one was burnt in the hand and committed to hard labour for 1yr , 7 were committed for 6 months , 5 discharged by proclamation and 6 acquitted ."

This is a particularly significant yet curious report for me as the named Littleton Lewis & Milborough Williams are ancestors who went on to marry the following year in May 1775 at Hereford St Peters.
It is evident they were reprieved but i have found that their co accused Bickerton & Evans were both given 14yrs and transportion to the America .
I'm not sure what , if any - punishment Littleton & Milborough actually got but they were very fortunate not to receive the same fate as their fellow lawbreakers - does anyone find this situation unusual ?
What might explain the contrasting punishments or was this perhaps not uncommon with this kind of offence ?
I have read that women would be given a stay if they were with child but that would not prevent sentence being carried out afterwards .
It's possible that this might have been the case with Milborough as her first child was bap April 1775 a month before her wedding, however this would not explain the leniency for her future husband Littleton Lewis .

If anyone has any thoughts or advice on any aspect of this or if you may recognise any of these names i would love to hear from you .

Kind regards

Wales / LEWIS or BLEWIS ?

« on: Wednesday 02 August 17 17:52 BST (UK) »

Hello ,
I wonder if anyone can help or have any knowledge of the surname BLEWIS aka LEWIS - particularly in the era 1600 - 1750 ?
I'm aware of the book "Welsh Surnames" by TJ & P Morgan which comments -
"...the surname Lewis was in use before the patronymic system was discontinued - it is difficult to understand why "ab-Lewis" did not result in a surname - "Blewis" ."

I find this observation intriguing as i'm researching my LEWIS family back to Lydbury North in Shropshire - where a Richard Lewis md Anne Ambler in 1712 .
I have found 4 children bn to this couple -
Brian 1713
Frances 1715
Littleton 1717
Mary 1719
But the odd thing is that the surname recorded for the 2nd & 3rd baptisms was written as "BLEWIS " and not Lewis.
I had assumed this was perhaps done in error as never hearing of this name before but further research has shown a small cluster of "Blewis's" in this era , mainly in close proximity in New Radnor near the border with Herefordshire where there appears to be a few baptisms of the same Radnor family of a Hugh & Martha BLEWIS in Kington Hereford - likewise this is close to Lydbury in Shropshire .

In the Morgan's book they noted only a very few examples of the name Blewis further to the above quote and it seems to me that there actually were ( though not many ) more instances of this surname in this era and more in later years .

Would anybody have any thoughts on this naming issue - it seems very logical that the name would have evolved from "ab Lewis" but suffice to say i have yet to work out whether my Richard was actually a Lewis or a Blewis .
Although i understand that the name Lewis evolved from Llewelyn & variants.
Incidentally , the name Littleton /Lyttleton is significant and repe ats in the family line , so it seems highly likely there is a connection somewhere to a branch of the family of that name .
Richard 's wife Anne Ambler was the daughter of Rev Brian Ambler the vicar of Lydbury North who has connections to sites in Mongomeryshire , but i've found no Littleton link to the Ambler family .

I wonder if this kind of confusion between BLEWIS & LEWIS has been found by any other researchers at any time ?
Sorry for the length of this post , but if you can help have any thoughts or advice on this i would greatly appreciate it .

Kind regards

Yorkshire (West Riding) / Sheffield Electoral Registers ?

« on: Sunday 11 December 16 04:06 GMT (UK) »

Hello ,

I'm trying to find about Electoral Registers records for Sheffield area circ 1871-1891 era - would anyone know if these records exist and if they have been indexed and available to search ?
Unfortunately i'm not local to the area and kind of hoping they might have been transcribed and online somewhere ?

Any help or suggestions much appreciated

Eden

Cork / Mallow Cork help please

« on: Wednesday 07 December 16 03:23 GMT (UK) »

Hello ,

I'm wondering if anyone can help or advise on Mallow Cork parish records in regards to Church Baptisms or Christenings etc ?
I have a slightly unusual situation as i have a Cornish ancestor by the unusual name of Thomas Menheniott - a typical cornish surname but found also under variants such as Menhenick/Menhinick/Menhenitt/ Menhenet etc etc .
He served in the 20th Of Foot regiment 1809 - 1821 during the Peninsular War but his service records show his regiment spent a number of years throughout Ireland but based mainly in Cork .
The issue is this , Cornish census records state his wife Mary as bn in Ireland and their 4 (known) children all listed as bn Mallow Cork . circ 1818-1830 .
I have tried for many years to find out more about the family and would dearly love to find birth or Baptism records for the children i know and any others i may be unaware of .
The known children and approximate birth dates are -
Catherine/Kitty c 1818-9
Ann c1823-4
Sarah c 1825-7
John c 1828-30

After leaving his army service in St Helena he returned to Ireland but
evidently at some time after 1830 returned to Cornwall where the family were found in 1841 census & onwards .
Naturally i'm also keen to know more about Mary and her Irish family but never had any idea about her maiden name , until i recently found a record which i strongly believe is them .
The overiding problem is the unusual surname causing them to be found under potential spelling variants , such as this marriage record -

Diocese of Cloyne - Mallow Cork Ireland Roman Catholic
27th Dec 1815
Thomas Minionet
Mary Roarke (or Rourke)

I believe this is highly likely to be my Thomas & Mary as i'm not aware of any Irish name which resembles MINIONET and the location and era would fit with the known family info .
However i would be interested if any Irish researchers might recognize or be familiar with Minionet or similar as an Irish name ?

Basically this enquiry is - despite finding the marriage record (above) , i'm finding it very difficult to locate Baptism or Christening records for Cork and particularly Mallow .
Does anyone know if these records survive for the years ( 1816-1830) and are they available to search ?

Apologies for the length of this post but if anyone can offer info any help or advice on the above i would be very grateful for any suggestions .

Kind regards
Eden

Essex Lookup Requests / Walthamstow Schools 1900-1910

« on: Sunday 04 December 16 19:21 GMT (UK) »

Hello ,
I wonder if anyone can possibly help with knowledge or suggestions on what Walthamstow Schools would have been in use circ 1900-1910 .
If possible i need to get the records for my family at that time but although i have a good timeline of their known addresses and therefore know which streets/areas of Walthamstow they were at , i don't unfortunately know which schools were operating then ?
If i knew the Schools i could maybe cross reference them to find which were local to the family abode/s at the time .

Any help or advice much appreciated

Thanks
Eden

Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests / Over / Nether Wallop Church MI help please ?

« on: Wednesday 12 October 16 03:33 BST (UK) »

Hello ,
I wonder if someone might be able to help me with this request please - unfortunately i'm not local to the area so not able to visit the sites in person .
I've just found a reference in a book which describes one of my ancestor's memorial sited in St Peters Church Over Wallop .
It sounds quite a significant monument being described as a large square stone monument with iron railings around it and sited in the Churchyard - however the book reference gives no details on the inscription .
The monument is for a William Dowling who died in 1849 and also his wife Harriet .

The book also refers to a different monument at the Church of St Andrew at nearby Nether Wallop where apparently there is an old stone monument within the Chancel of a former Rector and earlier William Dowling who died 1680 .

I wonder if it is possible to ask for anyone who may be local to Over or Nether Wallop or who may perhaps visit these Churches who could provide a transcription of either of these Memorials or perhaps even a photo (if permissable ) ?

Many thanks in advance
Kind Regards
Nancy

Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / 1891 Census - Heeley Sheffield Help please ?

« on: Thursday 11 September 14 02:50 BST (UK) »

Hello ,
Not a lookup request as such but i hope someone might be able to help with my query regarding the 1891 census and Heeley Sheffield ?
To be precise i am trying to get into STURGE STREET in Heeley hoping to find a LEWIS family known to be in there at that time , but can only find the "odd" numbers of this street and no "even "numbers seemingly present.
In fact only part of the "odd" numbers are present - 13 to 67 (inclusive ) in District 69
Ancestry has Heeley as having districts numbered 66-76 (inclusive ).
So the question is , where is the rest of Sturge Street in 1891 Census ?

I'm baffled so if anyone can offer any answer or suggestions i would be extremely grateful .

Kind regards

Nancy

Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Marriage Licence/Allegations

« on: Monday 08 April 13 17:40 BST (UK) »

Hi All ,
First time poster - hope this request is in the right place and someone may be able to help ?
Basically wanting to know about the Bishop of Winchester Marriage lic Allegations and missing entries - are there known to be any and if so how many ?
I have a marr doc circ 1782 which states was by licence , yet this is not present in the index found online or in the book listings found via google .
Hampshire RO checked but again this entry does not appear . Oddly on the origional Marr Doc page the other 2 marriages were also by licence but of the 3 , only one appears in the online name index .
Is it possible that the licence could have been obtained elsewhere despite taking place in Hampshire - if so where else could i try ?
I've checked the VG & Faculty indexes and no luck there .

Any input or advice much appreciated .
Thanks
Eden