would Lyon have been a. name a. non jewish family would. have used

[greyingrey]

maybe the mods had better transfer this to Nottinghamshire now, although I'm sure the people there are sick to death of this. family.

I don't think its impossible for William and Lyon to be the same person...im just disinclined to think it...if he. was the same person, he'd already moved to nottingham when he had. his first 2 sons baptised.....he gave Samuels father's name. as William in 1819. and Alfreds fathers name as Lyon in 1820....if he'd had Samuel baptised in Leicester id be inclined to agree with you...fresh start and all this.

have you got an interest in this family....if so, I might have some background information for. you

[David Nicoll]

Hi, not specifically the Asher name as far as I know, I do have lots of relatives in and around Nottingham though, Baldwin, Moore, Mallet, amongst many others.
An interesting puzzle, perhaps of the kind DNA would help with. I have managed to push my trees back a couple of generations that way, find a reason to go looking, and then lo and behold you find the documentation confirming things. Looking at wills and books you would never otherwise have looked at. I presume you have looked at Nottingham business directories? I had a Quick Look but could not see any Asher names.

[greyingrey]

yes, ive looked, but I'm open to new ideas.

one of Lyons sons. married an Elizabeth Moore, who's connected to a munton more....that sounds quite good when you sing it to the tune of postman pat....think her. father was Thomas Moore though.....will have to get.out my notes

we really have checked through.all the William Ashers we could find....just the one in Leicester left....but, of course, not all the refcords have been found or transcribed.

thought of Dan tests but people tell me its too far back 6to be any use

[David Nicoll]

Hi, Ok, I had thought you probably would have done.

I am not sure that I would agree with DNA not going that far back. I have quite a lot of matches where the most recent common ancestor is in the 1730-1760 period, and some hinting even further back. I will admit some of it took some proving to my satisfaction.
You might get a German match which might help sort things out.

[greyingrey]

thanks David....I have another branch of my family, with both g grandparents lutheran germans, but the Dna is something to think about.

sam could have been a methodist because
William was
sam had genuinely been converted
there was a methodist as minster on his deportation and he wanted. to get well in
I believe Lyon worked for. a prominent methodist in nottm and, even if I'm wrong, this person helped the jews in nottm a great deal and the methodist chapel in nottm was more or less across the road from where they lived

[greyingrey]

its William who's the big mystery