Gawber Church Records, Barnsley.

[tomkin]

    Just spotted this website for the Church of St. Thomas, Gawber nr. Barnsley.

    The Burial records for 1852-1999   and Baptism records for 1849-1873
     are accessible.

    The church covers the area's, Gawber, Higham, Barugh Green, Redbrook &
      Wilthorpe.
 
   It's a well laid out site with a lot of other interesting features.

        Tomkin

[Pinetree]

Hi Tomkin

Do you have a link?

Pinetree

[tomkin]

    Sorry Pinetree,


         I was that busy stuffing mincepies into my face that
   I forgot to put it on. 

     Here it is.    www.gawberchurch.com

      Tomkin.

        all mince pies gone. Now for the stollen slices

[AnneMc]

Hello Tomkin:

Thank you very much for this site. I think it will help with my research of my families in the Barnsley area.

Happy New Year!!

Cheers
Anne

[tomkin]

Hi Anne,

     http://applications.barnsley.gov.uk/service/registrars/

     A BMD index is being prepared by the FHS of Barnsley.

     It's in it's infancy at the moment but it might be useful to
       check every so often and see what is available.

       Tomkin

[Pinetree]

Tomkin,

Thank you for the link - I found one of my CROSSLANDs there 

Pinetree

[AnneMc]

Hello Tomkin:
Thank you for the web link will check it out..  Pinetree where do your Crossland family come from. 

Cheers
Anne

[Pinetree]

Hi Anne,

The earliest I have is Joseph CROSSLAND son of Joseph but I don't have a  date or place of birth as I can't find him on 1851 census

He married Mary MERRIWEATHER in 1846 in Darton, Yorkshire and they had two children - Amanda b. 1848 in Kitroyd and Anthony Merriweather CROSSLAND b. 1853 in Gawber.  Anthony's baptism is on the website Tomkin gave but transcribed as CARLSLAND.

Joseph died in Barnsley Reg District in 1857 but does not appear on the list of Gawber burials as I hoped he might 

Do you have CROSSLAND connections?

Pinetree

[Pinetree]

Many years after this post I discovered that Joseph CROSSLAND died on 19 February 1857 in the Lundhill colliery explosion. His body was finally recovered in May 1857 and he was buried in one of the mass graves in Darfield Churchyard.

Pinetree