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Norfolk / Re: BALLARD Burial
« on: Wednesday 30 August 23 20:47 BST (UK)  »

Hi Paul ...

My most sincere apologies for not responding to your post earlier.

No, I hadn't come across those burials so thank you very much for listing them - they'll be added to my folder on this family and will give me a kick-start to investigating the BALLARDs again!

Once again, many thanks for your kind help.

Pennie

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Leicestershire / Re: Heawood Studios - Leicester
« on: Monday 07 November 22 10:54 GMT (UK)  »

Thanks to you both for your replies.  My "conundrum" is that I have a photo taken at Heawood Studios which is inscribed on the back to my mother - but she was only born in 1925!

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Leicestershire / Heawood Studios - Leicester
« on: Friday 28 October 22 18:19 BST (UK)  »

Looking for any information on when the above photographic studio was trading in Leicester (in the hope that it may help to identify a photograph!).

Thanks in advance for any help.

Pennie

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London and Middlesex / Re: Camberwell (Non-Conformist?) Burial Records
« on: Sunday 20 February 22 15:26 GMT (UK)  »

Hi June ...

Unfortunately, for various reasons, my family history research has taken a back seat over the past few years, so I'm unable to help you at all.

Regards,
Pennie

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Berkshire Lookup Requests / Re: Thatcham Parish Records
« on: Tuesday 16 June 20 12:14 BST (UK)  »

Hi Peter and Kim ...

Many thanks for your replies and the information - all extremely useful!

I'm trying to further the ancestry and my 7 x great-grandfather, Richard WASTIE ("yeoman of Eynsham" according to his will).  I have ascertained that his mother was Christiana, as her will refers to her sons Richard and James (and there are no other WASTIE's who fit the bill!).  I then found a will for a Thomas WASTIE (late 1590s) who appoints "Cristiana his widow" as his executor.

I'm therefore fairly confident that Richard's father was a Thomas.  A Thomas WASTIE was born c1542 in West Hendred and there are no further records (marriage/children's baptisms/burial) for this individual in the parish, so I think this might be "my" Thomas.  Also, Richard's son married a girl from West Hanney, a parish very close to The Hendreds.

However, when I found the other Thomas (of Thatcham) I was concerned that there was another "candidate", so am very pleased to know that he married and remained in Thatcham!

Thank you again for your help.

Pennie

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Berkshire Lookup Requests / Thatcham Parish Records
« on: Friday 12 June 20 18:31 BST (UK)  »

I have been researching my WASTIE (and variants) ancestors for many years - they are mainly from Oxfordshire, but occasionally from Berkshire.

Courtesy of an entry in The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names, I have come across a Thomas WASTEE (sic) who had two children baptised in Thatcham  - Thomas in 1629 and Jane in 1634.

Can anyone find any references to Thomas Snr., or any other WASTEE/WASTIE entries.

Many thanks for any help.

Pennie

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Norfolk / Re: BALLARD Burial
« on: Tuesday 28 August 18 17:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much for all that.  I'm not sure whether that was my original source for my notes, but I've managed to find online and print a copy of the Norfolk Chronicle article - makes fascinating and sad reading.

Actually, quite a sad story.  James BALLARD had four sons and five daughters.  His first two sons (both baptised as James Alderton BALLARD) died in infancy and so the third one was given the same name (James was obviously desperate for a son to carry on the family name), then father and son die in the same tragedy …

Interestingly, the Alderton and Ballard names have been carried on down the family - my 2xgreat-uncle was James Alderton Ballard SYRETT!

Many thanks again for your help - and still hoping to locate James's burial.

Pennie

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Norfolk / BALLARD Burial
« on: Sunday 26 August 18 20:49 BST (UK)  »

Seeking any information regarding the death/burial of James Alderton BALLARD.  I don't know his birth/baptism details, but he married in Gorleston in 1797 and had nine children between 1797 and 1812.

His will was written in September 1817 and probate was granted in November 1822.  His will refers to him as "mariner" of Gorleston.

I'm just returning to my research on this individual after a gap of a good many years and have found some (very!) rough notes in my file to the effect that he may have been serving on board the revenue cutter HMS Ranger which went down with all 29 crew off Happisburgh on 13th October 1822.  My notes show a burial date of 22nd October 1822 - but no location - and that his eldest son (also James Alderton BALLARD) may also have been a member of the crew.  Unfortunately, I don't have a note of any sources for the above!

If anyone can help, I would be most grateful.

Pennie

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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Banting and Knobbs
« on: Monday 28 August 17 20:32 BST (UK)  »
I checked the OFHS's Oxfordshire Marriage Index (1538-1837).

The only marriages for a Richard BANTING(E) took place in 1626 and 1790.

These are the only instances of a BANTIN(G)(E) marrying a Sarah:

28 FEB 1831 - James BANTING (of Broughton) to Sarah KIRBY at Lechlade GLS
06 SEP 1832 - John BANTING to Sarah Mary SEWARD at OXF St. Mary Magdalen

I also checked the marriage bond indexes and there was nothing there either.

Pennie

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