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Do you have a date and place of birth for Obidiah please?

Not a definite one (a few candidates 1771-79). Marriage is Obadiah Mare and Sarah Blewer, Whitmore, Staffs, 1 Dec 1793. They had a daughter, Sarah 'May' (Trentham, 1797), who I think may be the wife of Edward Hodgkinson (possible/likely brother to William Hodgkinson). Other children were b. Trentham and Longton (Elizabeth claims to have been born Blurton, between Trentham and Longton - all very close).

Obadiah's grandson, also Obadiah Mayer (son of William and Ann), had as a witness on his 1852 marriage Caroline Blewer - very likely this is Caroline Hodgkinson who married John Bloor/Blewer - Caroline being the daughter of William Hodgkinson and Elizabeth Mear. And this Obadiah was a witness on the marriage of Charles Nield and Mary Ann Grundy.

Best - Garen.

Garen, the collection is growing!

Patrick Gavin
Gunner, 6578
Royal Artillery

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Thank you very much! I've copied the details and as soon as I get some time on the database again I'll get these added. Great work :-)

Hello Geoff - looks good! :-) Glad it arrived safely.

Garen - Your thread is very interesting!!! I've been doing genealogy for a long time and traced my family back to the early 1600's in Suffolk. I was born in London but am now in the US. I also have a strong parallel interest in the earlier Anglo-Afghan wars and wonder if I have any ancestors who participated. Separately I recently bought a medal attributed to a Pvt. T. Mathews with a clasp for the battle of El Musjid. He was supposed to be wounded and I've attached the corrected page from the seller with his entry. I'm wondering if this is a legitimate medal and page or fakes. I know from your post there are fakes. What do you think?

Hello Smutsey - thanks for your message.

From a casual look at the medal photos you attached it looks good. What's the naming like? The medal roll is certainly the same as the copy I have, and the same as the copy available on Ancestry.

The casualty roll doesn't include a T Mathews in the 81st Foot - but then it only has two entries - and neither does the London Gazette. Neither are necessarily definitive. What's the source for him having been wounded?

Can't see a service record on FindMyPast from a quick first look. I wonder why the error on the medal roll ..?

Best - Garen

Brassington is another name that crops up often.  My great x2 grandmother was Clara Neild , daughter of Job Neild and Emma Brassington . Clara went on to marry Stephen Leese in Longton and became known as the grand old lady of longton.  By the time she died she had over 100 living direct descendants in the Longton and Meir area of Stoke on Trent . I actually remember my own grandparents talking about Clara . Apparently she was a fish Hawker at one time

Just to throw in another link - Obadiah Mayer (the Yoxall horse dealer, b. 1837, son of John & Maria) married Rachel Brassington in 1857. Emma's parents were Joseph and Ellen of Uttoxeter, while Rachel's were John and Elizabeth from Derbyshire, so not sure if a connection?

Love that title - 'The Grand Old Lady of Longton'! :-)