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Bath to Tasmania - (Bath - Somerset)
I am searching for information about Peter Brewer, b 31 Jan 1799, Bath, Somerset. He was orphaned at a young age and taken in by his uncle who ensured he was educated. He sailed to Tasmania in Nov 1823 on the "Heroine" with the Bayles family. He was the overseer at their property near Campbell Town before marrying Elizabeth Harrington Jones and starting his own property at "Bowood" in north eastern Tasmania.
I am looking for information about his parents and his uncle in Bath.
Family Surnames: Brewer
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Palmer/Mould family - (Bath - Somerset)
I'm looking for information regarding the Palmer/Mould family from Weston/Bath. John Wicks Palmer (1866) was married to Katherine Mould who was born in Bath in about 1857. They were both school teachers and their son was Reginald Charles Palmer (1894).
Family Surnames: Palmer, Mould, Wicks
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Luckman Family - (Bath - Somerset)
My gggg grandfather was James Luckman b. about 1785ish, believe he was a plasterer as noted on my ggg grandmothers marriages.
He had 3 children that we know off Sophia b. about 1806 - Edward b. about 1810 - my ggg grandmother Jane b. about 1811 all in Bath, Somersetshire. This is all we (the family) know.
about him.
Regards Kaye (Qld- Aust)
Family Surnames: James Luckman
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MATTHEWS - (Bath - Somerset)
MARY ANN MATTHEWS Born 1832 in BATH. In 1841 census aged 8 she was in BATH UNION WORKHOUSE. Does anyone have any information about the Workhouse in BATH please.
Family Surnames: Matthews
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Hugh P M Green b1917 - (Bath - Somerset)
Does anyone have any info on a William and a Gladys Green who had a son Hugh Green b1917 I believe they lived in the Bath area of Somerset.
Family Surnames: Green
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jacob wolf - (Bath - Somerset)
I am trying to trace jacob wolf 1851-1895 born in germany and in 1871 lived at 84 avon st walcot bath as a musician in 6 piece band later moved to bristol.i am trying to find out the name of the town he was born in and the name of the band and why would a band from germany want to play in bath in 1871? was there a music festival in bath?.And do anyone know anything about 84 avon st walcot bath.
Family Surnames: Wolf
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Best /Willcox families - (Bath - Somerset)
I am trying to find parents of Frances Willcox b 1821/1822, who married Charles Best b 1812, they were married in St John's Parish, Weston Supermare, Somerset 26 Jan 1837 witness were Michael and Elizabeth Willcox (parents or siblings??) and emmigrated to New York in 1840 so are not available in the census. I have not been able to locate emmigration records which may contain more information about her family.
Thank You for any help
Christine
Family Surnames: Best, Willcox
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Fleetwood (name change from Taylor - (Bath - Somerset)
My greatgrandad was called Horace Fleetwood, but he changed his name from Taylor. He was an artist and and interior designer in art decco design. My gran said he designed the interior of a cinema next or near to Victoria Station in London UK. He lived in Bath somerset Uk for a while. He had a wife called Julia who died in 1939 from dropsy, He remarried at the age of 72 a lady called Vera who was very pretty and came from Lancashire. That is all I know about him. Does anyone have any information they could pass on?
Many thanks Lucy
Family Surnames: Fleetwood, Taylor
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FRAPPELL - (Bath - Somerset)
info on frappell family wanted, originally from bath and settles in west ham, east london (or essex then).
Family Surnames: Frappell
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Bath - (Bath - Somerset)
John Warren born c1802 at Bath. Married Celia Radford in London. John was a tailor. Antone else researching this family?
Family Surnames: Warren
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Leat's of Bath Somerset - (Bath - Somerset)
My G.G.G.Grandfather was born in Bath. Are there any LEAT'S still living there ? ? He was John Leat 1814 married a Sarah Southern, lived in Nottingham around 1844, where his first son John Henry was born. Then by 1847 when his second son Charles was born they were living in Stoke on Trent, where he and his family spent the rest of their lives. I have not found his Birth or Marriage, but he and his family are on the 1851 & 1861 Census.He may have had a sister called Kezia 1821.
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Ewens - (Bath - Somerset)
Mary Ewens C1755 married Thomas Trimnell in St James,Bristol. Seeking info on these families
Family Surnames: Ewens, Trimnell
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Thomas Wood - Bath - (Bath - Somerset)
Trying to locate the birth of Thomas Wood who was in Bath late 1700's early 1800's. Known to have had a son, Fereby Wood, baptised 1804 St James, Bath (mother Sarah Wood). Fereby Wood known to have been in Gloucestershire 1820's later London (Chelsea) where he died. Any info would be appreciated.
Family Surnames: Wood
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Kezia Leat Bath, Somerset - (Bath - Somerset)
Anyone have any information on Kezia Leat 1821, she married Joseph Vile 1823, They had a daughter Elizabeth 1854 born Bethnal Green London area.
Kezia came from the Bath area, I have her Marriage Certificate, her father was Charles Leat, this is where I am lost, Did Charles have a son called John 1814, ( I have him in my tree ) who was Charles's wife ? I need help as to what to do next
Thanks
Family Surnames: Leat
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Trott Family - (Bath - Somerset)
Looking for the Trott family in Bath and Somerset who may have Daniel and Priscilla amongst their ancestors.
Family Surnames: Trott, Holmes
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Wills William Robert Bath Somerset - (Bath - Somerset)
Looking for others with an interest in the family of William Robert Wills born 1837 in Bath. Wife Martha Nield. Moved to New Zealand 1874. Believe his parents were John and Elizabeth Wills of Bath and Wookey Somerset.
Family Surnames: Wills
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Staynings family - (Bath - Somerset)
I have discovered that William James Stayning/s was born in Bath in 1832 - cannot find him anywhere - anyone help. The family later moved to Bedminster in Bristol.
Family Surnames: Stayning/S
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DANIELS - (Bath - Somerset)
Seeking info on the ancestors and descendants of Edgar Daniels b 27 May 1849 Stroud, m 25 July 1869 at Chalford Emily Mary Fisher who was b 21 June 1850 Bisley. Their children were: Ernest Edwin b 1870 m 1894 Amelia Millier, Gertrude Agnes Annie b 1872 m 1894 Ernest Arthur Millman, Constance Mabel b 1874, Gordon Joseph Edgar b 1876 m 1898 Elizabeth Ann Radford, Reginald Walter James b 1878 m 1901 ??, Elton Fisher b 1880 m 1901 Bessie ??, Laurie Dan b 1881 m 1905 Alice Mary J Dyer, Essie Maud Lydia b 1883, Edgartine Mabel b 1886 m 1908 Thomas Grant. The first five children were born in Stroud, the others in Bath, to which the family moved presumably in 1880/81.
Family Surnames: Daniels, Fisher, Millier, Millman, Radford, Grant, Dyer,
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Norris - Furniture Makers - (Bath - Somerset)
Hello - am looking for ancestors of the Norris family who were furniture/cabinet makers in Bath (Albion Works) starting with Simeon Norris in middle 1800s and then carried on by his sons Alfred & Frederick. Both Alfred and Frederick had large families so there must be lots of descendants out there!
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STRIDE Family Gravestone, St James Cemetery - (Bath - Somerset)
Inscription on the stone reads:
'In loving Memory of William Stride Died Feb 24th 1878 Aged 1 year and 3 months Also Elizabeth Ann Stride Mother of the above And beloved wife of Thomas Stride Died Feb 18th 1897 aged 47 Also John Thomas Stride Son of the above Died Dec 8th 1912 aged 33 And of Hannah Stride Wife of the above Died Nov 24th 1935 aged 67'
I found this stone by chance & have digital photo of it. Thomas (Tom)STRIDE (b.1851 Englishcombe) was a brewer & publican of the Burnt House Inn, Odd Down (1881,1891 census). His brother Charles STRIDE (b.1849 Englishcombe) was the publican of the Red Lion Inn, Odd Down, 1881 & married Sarah HILL(nee WILLIS). Thomas & Charles were the sons of Thomas STRIDE (b. abt1801 Witham Friary) & Ann BOND (b.abt 1814 Castle Cary) John Thomas STRIDE married Hannah HILL in Bristol in 1908.
Family Surnames: Stride Bond Hill Willis
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Zillah Stone/ George Edward Young - (Bath - Somerset)
George and Zillah married 1876; 6 offspring including Alfred Ernest(my grandad) Can't seem to find out much-he was a coachman with his own co. near sidney gardens. son of william Moses young and Mary Palmer;(m.1841)
Family Surnames: Stone Young
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WESTs, BATHs, CRISPs - (Bath - Somerset)
Seeking dedicated Researchers interested in: Sarah BATH nee WEST (b 5 Apr 1815) d 14 Oct 1909 at her farm "Malford" near Walcha NSW Australia, aged 94. Her parents: Thomas WEST (boatman) and Elizabeth. Sarah married the widower William BATH in Bath's "Trinity" Church on St Valentine's Day 14 Feb 1842. William's mother Mary Bath nee Hull d 1849 at 4 John St, Bath. In 1844 William and Sarah were living at Christian Malford WILTS (Bath and Ch. Malford had been linked by rail in 1841) when they were chosen by the Poor Law Union's Emigration Fund to be sent to Australia as assisted migrants. They arrived in Sydney in Dec 1844, settled at "Malford" outside Walcha NSW and have many descendents today. My great-grandfather George Crisp WEST (bapt. at Ch. Malford 20 March 1851, son of John WEST (poulterer, marketman) and Jane CRISP) got married at Walcha NSW 1871, his first child born at "Malford". There was no WEST family recorded at Ch. Malford in the 1851 Census. Also Martha West (b Bath ca 1855) married Police Constable Richard Murphy at Walcha 1875. ANY INFO REGARDING THE WESTS MUCH APPRECIATED. Furthermore: seems that John West and Jane Crisp m Bath 1841 (Vol. 11, p. 12). Seems Jane died Bath 1847. Seems John widower 43 was in 1861 Census with son Charles 13. Seems John was in the 1871 Census aged 59 with new wife Elizabeth and two step-children. Seems John is not in 1881 Census. Seems William Bath and Sarah West m Bath 1842 (Vol. 11, p. 17). Were John and Sarah siblings?
Family Surnames: West, Bath, Crisp
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Mary Sylvester - (Bath - Somerset)
Hi All
I am writing from good old NZ and am looking to try and contact a Mary Sylvester (was Waterhouse) widow of Paul R Sylvester. We believe that her father Rupert Waterhouse was my Great Grandfathers - Tinsley Waterhouse brother.
Looking forward to hearing from anyone who can help us reunite a family that knows very little about each other.
Kind Regards
Tanya
Family Surnames: Sylvester, Waterhouse
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John Winslade - (Bath - Somerset)
I am looking for any details, birth, parents, marriage, siblings etc of John Winslade born approx 1801 in Bath.
Family Surnames: Winslade
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VOWLES, BELL, LAMBERT of BATH - (Bath - Somerset)
I am researching Harry Bennett Vowles, b. Green Park Buildings, BATH, 28/6/1864. His father was Thomas Bennett Vowles b. abt 1807, in Compton Bishop m. Emily Bell b. abt. 1827 in Norton St Phillip.
Also Fanny Emily Vowles m. William Henry Lambert in Bath. I think the Lamberts may have owned a hardware store in Bath.
Any info on these families or the area they lived/worked, would be appreciated
Family Surnames: Vowles, Bell, Lambert
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WARRENS OF WALCOT HOUSE BATH - (Bath - Somerset)
IAM LOOKING FOR JAMES WARREN 1736-1788 OF WALCOT HOUSE BATH. HE WAS SON OF JOHN WARREN OF LONG MELFORD SUFFOLK. JAMES MARRIED MARTHA DAWSON 1766. JAMES WAS WITH LORD CORNWALLIS IN AMERICA. JAMES'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW'S BROTHER WAS THE PLENIPOTENTIARY TO AMERICA 1800s.NAMELY FRANCIS JAMES JACKSON.
Family Surnames: Warren, Jackson
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brain/martin - (Bath - Somerset)
family from lansdown,bath elizabeth jane brain, mother surname martin Eizabeth born Aug 10,1843,bapized may 22 1870,married a Swarthout, died in san bernardino, california
Family Surnames: Brain, Martin,Swarthout
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West, Crisp - (Bath - Somerset)
Just received a Death Record from the GRO: my great-great-grandmother Jane West died at 30 George St, Bathwick, 6 March 1867, aged about 50. Wife of John West, porter (he died in Bath in 1871). Informant: Clara West, Jane's daughter (she was born at Tiverton, Devon, in 1845, but mostly the family lived in Bath). John West m Jane Crisp at St Michael's Without, Bath, 29 May 1841, lived at 10 Upper Borough Walls (street). 1851 Census: lived at 14 Gracious Court. 1861 Census: he was a Porter at "Bath Journal" Printing Office and lived at 6 St Michael's Place, Bath, with his son Charles; she lived at 4 Northgate Lane, Bath, porteress at Printing Office, with her children Clara, Jane (aged 10 and a Porteress), Martha and Henry. In 1871 John was living at 3 St John's Place with his second wife and Martha and Henry; he died there later that same year after an accident, Profession: Hall Porter at Bath Theatre (just around the corner). Looking for descendents of John and Jane's children: George (m Walcha NSW Australia 1871 to Catherine Levingston), Emma, Clara, Charles, Jane, Martha (?m Walcha 1875 to Police Constable Richard Murphy), Henry -- all Wests.
Family Surnames: West, Crisp
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LEAKEY: fish and chip shop - (Bath - Somerset)
My husband's maternal grandparents owned a fish and chip shop in the Bath, Somerset area. Their names were Alfred and Doris Leakey(nee Ashley). Their eldest, Vivian married Robert Mills and emigrated to Ontario, Canada. Viv has two sons, Paul, my husband and Tim. Any friends, relations or customers out there?? Please reply...THANK YOU! SANDY
Family Surnames: Leakey,Ashley
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Jacob Parsons + Elizabeth - (Bath - Somerset)
looking for any details about Jacob and wife Elizabeth Parsons. last record in Sherford Church where sons Henry (1812) and James (1820)were baptised. who were Jacob's parents, any info very much appreciated
Family Surnames: Parsons
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Fraser-Betts - (Bath - Somerset)
Does any one have any information on the Fraser-betts family in this area, and any relation to the Herwig family
Family Surnames: Herwig Fraser- Betts
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Cuffs of Bath - (Bath - Somerset)
I am trying to ascertain if the Thomas Cuff of Ilton who married Charlotte Dill in Bath in 1820 was the brother of John Cuff who married Eliza Dill (Charlotte's sister)in Bath in 1830. John Cuff always gives his place of birth as Somerset but with no particular place named. John was a widower of the parish of All Saints Poplar when he married Eliza and I am looking for details of his first marriage which may well also have taken place in Bath. Any help at all much appreciated.
Family Surnames: Cuff
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JACOB WHITE - (Bath - Somerset)
JACOB WHITE b1826 lived SNOW HILL 1841-1901 Was a labourer then a Mason. Married MARY ANN MATTHEWS who was a laundress. I would love to find what SNOW HILL was like then and was there a laundry in the area or did she do laundry at home. Any information or links to forums or photographs about the area and/or the family would be very useful to me. Thank you!!
Family Surnames: White, Matthews
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OLIVER HEWLETT - (Bath - Somerset)
OLIVER HEWLETT b 1859 YEOVIL. He lived in BATH and was a Cabinet Maker. I know he was in Bath 1881/1891/1901 census and still there until 1940. I know little about him or his family and would be very grateful if anyone knows anything about him, I dont know if he fought in WW1 or anything about his trade. Thanks!!
Family Surnames: Hewlett
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Comley/Barnes - (Bath - Somerset)
Charles Comley, born 24 July 1854 in Bath (son of Charles Comley
and Sarah Viner but registered under mother's name Viner - they married
28 July 1861). Married Mary Anne Barnes 16 August 1875. They had 11
children:- Rosina Kate b. 1876 d. 1876; Harriet Olive b. 1878 married
Sam Chesworth and went to Rhodesia; Sarah Ellen b. 1879 d. 1969 in
Canada; Charles William b. 1882 d. 1916 in Plymouth; Elizabeth Jane b.
1884 d. 1884; Frederick John b. 1885 and went to Canada; George b. 1888
m. Kitty Carey d. 1959 in Nuneaton; Male child b. 1889 d. 1889; Amelia
b. 1891 d. 1907; Annie Lilian b. 1893 m. 1914 to Bertie John Hole;
Kathleen b. 1895 m. 1920 to Richard Spurrell. My line is through Sarah
Ellen who married Alfred John King in 1900.
Family Surnames: Comley
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Orphanages names in Bath, Somerset - (Bath - Somerset)
Grandfather Alfred J. Jeffreys was put into an orphanage in Bath Somerset. Would like to locate the one he was in. He went there sometime around 1880.Parents were Thomas? and Elizabeth(Bright) Jeffreys. Parents died when their house burned.
Family Surnames: Jeffreys
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AMERY - (Bath - Somerset)
Ann Amery married William Markham in Bath in 1849. Does anyone have any information? William came from Dunster.
Family Surnames: Amery
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Parsons-Cook - (Bath - Somerset)
Monica Parsons and Bryan Cook married in Bath on 4th June 1960. My Wife Pat and I were friends of Monica's, in fact Pat lived with Monica until we were married in 1955.We were in Malta at the time of their marriage and now know nothing about their current whereabouts - probably no longer in Bath. If anyone can provide any clues -they were both Civil Servants, the help in finding them would be apreciated
Family Surnames: Monica Parsons
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Mary ATWOOD /Charles COMLEY - (Bath - Somerset)
Mary Ann Atwood, christened Bath St Michael 29 Nov 1807, daughter of John ATWOOD and Ann. Mary Ann married Charles Comley at Bath St James 19 May 1828.
Family Surnames: Attwood Atwood Comley
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Bailie family - (Bath - Somerset)
Does anyone have any information on the BAILIE family who lived in Bath in the early 1800's. Head of family was Col William Annesley Bailie who married Hon Elizabeth St Leger in Cork. I think they had at least 2 sons, William Annesley and Thomas Goddard, born at the end of the 18th Century. I think there was a daughter who married John Nagle from Cork. The family lived at 10 Green Park Buildings and there is an obituary in the Bath Chronicle for William Bailie Senior on May 23rd 1821. William Junior married Jane Georgina and their children were all baptised at Walcot St Swithins from 1823-1827. Their names were Georgina born 1822, Elizabeth (1820), George (1819), William Annesley (1814), John (1824), Clare (1826). Thomas Goddard married Mary Murphy in 1810 and was a lieutenant in 80th Foot Regiment. Mary is listed as a widow in 1841 census. They had 5 children - Thomas Goddard (1817), Charlotte Brereton (1818), Henry, Elizabeth and Matthew, dates uncertain. They were living near Bath Abbey. There was another Bailie family living at 29 Grosvenor Place in 1830-1846, possibly a Captain and his wife. I know the children of Thomas and his wife moved to London but I have no information on the others. Any help would be appreciated.
Family Surnames: Bailie
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Maber - (Bath - Somerset)
John Arthur Maber, born 1839 Bath died 1911 Worcester. Parents Reuben Maber, and Ann Mould. John, married Jane Smith, 1872 Bath. Reuben may have had brothers Samuel, Henry, and James.
Family Surnames: Maber
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BLACKMORE - (Bath - Somerset)
Searching for relatives of William George Blackmore born Lyncombe and Widcombe, Bath, Somerset 1870.Thank you Bernadette
Family Surnames: Blackmore, Dillon
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Holroyd - (Bath - Somerset)
I am trying to contact Dorothy Holroyd nee Cockroft. I believe that she is still living in the Bath area. We lost touch in the 1980's.
Family Surnames: Holroyd
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Cottle Bath - (Bath - Somerset)
Looking for descendants of Marina Cottle born 1839 who married Edward Davis 1866. Edward died in 1879 at Bath Merina who came from Radstock had a daughter Alice Emma Maber in 1882. Alice Emma married in 1901 at Bath to Albert Bernard Bader born at Solothurn, Switzerland born around 1879. Marina died in 1906 at Bath.
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Trying to find out what happened to my g.grandmother mary annora schofield, a nurse - my last sight of her in the records is the birth of her 3rd illegitmate child, Mervyn philip conroy schofield in Oak St, Bath in 1915 (the first 2 were given up separately for adoption some years earlier). Any info on her (or on her son) gratefully received.
Family Surnames: Schofield
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